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Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 04/27/2023 01:21pm • Here���s a look at how AP���s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP���s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Louisville shooter's parents recount mental health struggle 04/27/2023 11:51am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A man who opened fire at a Louisville bank, killing five co-workers, had confronted mental health problems over the last year but the situation appeared to be managed until just days before the shooting, his mother said. In an interview with NBC���s ���Today��� show that aired Thur The Netherlands celebrates birthday of King Willem-Alexander 04/27/2023 10:45am • AMSTERDAM (AP) ��� The Netherlands celebrated the 56th birthday of King Willem-Alexander on Thursday with street markets, parties and orange-glazed pastries, even as an annual poll showed support for the monarchy continuing to decline. The king and much of his family spent part of the day in Rotterd Take Our Kids to Work Day retools at 30 as work has changed 04/27/2023 10:39am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� At Michigan State University, children of employees can spend Thursday seeing what it's like to staff a dairy farm, work in sports or plant a tree at the school's first in-person Take Our Kids to Work Day since the pandemic began. Some 1,500 employees and kids have registered an How will we know if the US economy is in a recession? 04/27/2023 09:13am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The government���s report Thursday that the economy grew at a 1.1% annual rate last quarter signaled that one of the most-anticipated recessions in recent U.S. history has yet to arrive. Many economists, though, still expect a recession to hit as soon as the current April-June qu ���A collaborative leader���: Prince George���s Co. community members list requirements for new schools CEO during forum 04/27/2023 08:47am • Parents and community members in Prince George's County, Maryland, got a chance to weigh in on the search for the school district's next leader Wednesday night at Charles H. Flowers High School in Springdale. The Public Engagement Forum, hosted by County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, invited r Excitement builds for Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' at CinemaCon 04/27/2023 02:22am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Universal started out its CinemaCon presentation with the big one: New footage from Christopher Nolan���s ���Oppenheimer.��� ���I know of no more dramatic tale, with higher stakes, twists and turns, paradoxes,��� Nolan told a room full of theater owners Wednesday in Las Vegas. ��� Kartye scores in NHL debut, Kraken lead series 3-2 over Avs 04/27/2023 01:45am • DENVER (AP) ��� The new father got things rolling. The new forward chipped in, too. And just like that, playoff newcomer Seattle is a win away from clinching its first series. Tye Kartye scored in his NHL debut to help the Kraken beat the reigning Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche 3-2 in Game Stock market today: Bank fears send Asia shares mostly lower 04/27/2023 12:18am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares mostly fell Thursday, echoing the drop on Wall Street, as worries about the U.S. banking sector and inflationary pressures weighed on investor sentiment. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 declined 0.2% in morning trading to 28,349.95. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 slipped 0.4% US sues Tennessee over ban on care for transgender youth 04/26/2023 10:42pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� The Justice Department on Wednesday filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's new law banning transgender youth from receiving gender-affirming care, one of the several laws the state's GOP-dominated Statehouse enacted this year targeting LGBTQ+ people. The federal governmen Va. detective honored for her work to protect suffocation victims 04/26/2023 10:11pm • Detective Lorraine Goldberg accepts her Unsung Heroes award in Richmond on April 26, 2023. (Courtesy Lorraine Goldberg) A Loudoun County detective has a new title ��� Unsung Hero. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares awarded Detective Lorraine Goldberg during Victims Rights Week for her work As India grows, so do demands for some to prove citizenship 04/26/2023 09:33pm • MURKATA, India (AP) ��� Krishna Biswas is scared. Unable to prove his Indian citizenship, he is at risk of being sent to a detention center, far away from his modest hut built of bamboo wood that looks down on fields lush with corn. Biswas says he was born in India���s northeastern Assam state. So w HBCUs capitalize on growing interest by adding sport options 04/26/2023 08:42pm • The outrage, frustration and emotional trauma Jahi Jones felt as he watched video of police murdering George Floyd three years ago compelled him to seek ways to lift up other young Black men. He just wasn't sure how to do it. Jones had attended the University of Maryland on an academic scholar Louisiana 'Don't Say Gay' bill advances out of committee 04/26/2023 07:43pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� As several conservative states adopt legislation that prohibits school employees from teaching or discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom, Louisiana advanced its own ���Don���t Say Gay��� bill Wednesday. The anti-LGBTQ+ measure was narrowly approv Twitter relaxes pot ad rules to lure in more advertisers 04/26/2023 07:00pm • Twitter under its 420-friendly owner Elon Musk earlier this year became the first major social media company to allow cannabis advertisements. Now, the platform is relaxing those rules in an attempt to lure in more advertisers from U.S. states where marijuana is legal. ���Going forward, certified a