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Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 23-29 04/24/2023 08:54am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of April 23-29 April 23: Actor Lee Majors (���Six Million Dollar Man���) is 84. Actor Blair Brown is 76. Actor Joyce DeWitt (���Three���s Company���) is 74. Actor James Russo is 70. Director Michael Moore is 69. Actor Judy Davis is 68. Actor Valerie Bertinelli is 63. Sierra Bancorp: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/24/2023 08:06am • PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� Sierra Bancorp (BSRR) on Monday reported first-quarter profit of $8.8 million. The bank, based in Porterville, California, said it had earnings of 58 cents per share. The results fell short of Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 'Gender Queer' tops library group's list of challenged books 04/24/2023 06:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� With Florida legislators barring even the mention of being gay in classrooms and similar restrictions under consideration in other states, a report released Monday says books with LGBTQ+ themes remain the most likely targets of bans or attempted bans at public schools and libraries Stock markets today: Asian stocks mixed ahead of new US data 04/24/2023 12:12am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Asian stock markets were mixed Monday ahead of a U.S. economic update this week that is expected to show growth slowing. Shanghai and Hong Kong declined while Tokyo advanced. Oil prices fell. Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index gained 0.1% on Friday but ended with a small loss Today in History: April 24, hostage rescue mission fails 04/24/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, April 24, the 114th day of 2023. There are 251 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On April 24, 1962, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology achieved the first satellite relay of a television signal, between Camp Parks, California, and Westf ACLU and Spotsylvania Co. schools face off over removed library books 04/23/2023 09:09pm • The political dust storm over 14 books removed from high school libraries in Spotsylvania County continues as the American Civil Liberties Union labels the action unlawful and unconstitutional. The group is now petitioning the Virginia state board to intercede. In March, 14 books were removed fro How to Celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week 04/23/2023 08:00pm • Teachers often play an outsized role in the lives of the children they teach. They support, inspire, motivate and bring learning to life, and their paychecks rarely reflect just how much time and energy they put into their work. Teacher Appreciation Week is a chance for students, parents and adminis What Is Latent Autoimmune Diabetes in Adults? 04/23/2023 08:00pm • We have a very good understanding about the symptoms, diagnostic tools and standards of medical care for Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes. Type 2 diabetes encompasses the majority of diabetes cases (90% to 95% of all diagnosed cases) while Type 1 diabetes affects 5% to 10% o Dame Edna creator Barry Humphries dies in Sydney at 89 04/23/2023 06:59pm • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) ��� Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died. He was 89. His death in the S Gunfire took their son at 20. Now it takes his daughter, 12 04/23/2023 06:44pm • Janet Rice headed to the hospital Thursday night, as she routinely does when tragedy befalls her community. A barrage of gunfire had injured several young people, including a 12-year-old girl struck in the head by a stray bullet. While en route, Rice's phone rang. She pulled over. The young girl in NBCUniversal CEO Shell departs over ���inappropriate conduct��� 04/23/2023 06:03pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal and one of the media industry's renowned executives, is departing the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast announced Sunday. In a brief statement, Shell said Sunday would be his last day Guardians' Logan Allen strikes out 8, wins MLB debut 04/23/2023 05:53pm • CLEVELAND (AP) ��� Cleveland's Logan Allen held the Miami Marlins to a solo homer and struck out eight over six innings to win his major league debut Sunday, a 7-4 victory that kept the Guardians from being swept. Allen ended the day with the game's lineup card and several baseballs. And the requis Tachlowini Gabriyesos runs for refugees at Belgrade Marathon 04/23/2023 12:59pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Tachlowini Gabriyesos fled his native Eritrea and walked through the desert to reach Israel when he was just 12 years old. He is now running marathons, sending a message of hope and endurance to all refugees like himself. Gabriyesos, who turns 25 in July, finished 16th in t Brazil's school violence mirrors US. Its reaction doesn't 04/23/2023 09:08am • About two weeks after a man killed four children in a Brazilian daycare center, authorities already have rounded up some 300 adults and minors nationwide accused of spreading hate speech or stoking school violence. Little has been revealed about the unprecedented crackdown, which risks judicial over A deeply divided Israel limps toward its 75th birthday 04/23/2023 02:05am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Orit Pinhasov strongly opposes the Israeli government���s proposed judicial overhaul, but you won���t find her anywhere near the mass protests against the plan. She says her marriage depends on it. Pinhasov���s husband sits on the opposite side of Israel���s political divide, and