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Mirra Andreeva reaches the French Open semifinals at age 17, and will face Jasmine Paolini, 28 06/05/2024 05:43pm • PARIS (AP) ��� With the insouciance of a 17-year-old having the time of her life in Paris, Mirra Andreeva says she and her coach work out a game plan before a tennis match ��� and then she forgets all about that, preferring to just wing it. Seems to be working out fine so far: The unseeded Russian i Heartbreak, anger and many questions follow University of the Arts' abrupt decision to close 06/05/2024 04:09pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� Bryant Fleming was looking forward to the fall semester at the University of the Arts, where the rising senior was to choreograph a production of ���Sister Act" ��� the same musical comedy that led him to fall in love with theater in high school. Instead, the musical theater ma A court ruled embryos are children. These Christian couples agree yet wrestle with IVF choices 06/05/2024 02:35pm • When faced with infertility, Amanda and Jeff Walker had a baby through in vitro fertilization but were left with extra embryos ��� and questions. Tori and Sam Earle ���adopted��� an embryo frozen 20 years earlier by another couple. Matthew Eppinette and his wife chose to forgo IVF out of ethical con Will Biden's new border measures be enough to change voters' minds? 06/05/2024 01:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden tried to address a major liability for his reelection campaign by taking executive action to significantly restrict asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border. But it's unclear whether the Democratic president's efforts will be enough to change the minds of voters who h NHL to broadcast Stanley Cup Final games in American Sign Language, a 1st for a major sports league 06/05/2024 01:41pm • While interpreting the annual pre-Stanley Cup Final state of the NHL address into American Sign Language for the first time in 2022, Brice Christianson worried that it was a one-time thing, his only chance to open the door to hockey for the Deaf community. Two years later, it is difficult for him no Japan's birth rate falls to a record low as the number of marriages also drops 06/05/2024 12:45pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Japan���s birth rate fell to a new low for the eighth straight year in 2023, according to Health Ministry data released on Wednesday. A government official described the situation as critical and urged authorities to do everything they can to reverse the trend. The data underscores J Tech news site Gizmodo sold for third time in 8 years as European publisher Keleops looks to expand 06/05/2024 12:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Longtime technology news and review site Gizmodo has been sold for the third time in the past eight years, this time to a European publisher looking to expand its coverage of the digital scene. Switzerland-based Keleops didn't disclose how much it paid for Gizmodo in its Tuesday an Florida becomes the latest state to allow high school athletes to profit from NIL deals 06/05/2024 11:28am • GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) ��� Florida is the latest state to allow high school athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness. The Florida High School Athletic Association unanimously approved a measure Tuesday that allows students to earn money through NIL without putting their athletic eligib Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline 06/05/2024 11:24am • WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) ��� Kate Bulkeley's pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends. Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline 06/05/2024 09:48am • WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) ��� Kate Bulkeley's pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends. After receiving Trump's nod ahead of Virginia's US Senate primary, candidate Hung Cao prepares for uphill battle 06/05/2024 06:31am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) ��� Political observers have already placed bets on Tim Kaine, predicting the Democrat will glide into a third term as the junior U.S. Senator of Virginia, a state that hasn���t elected a Republican to the upper chamber since 2002. But Republicans vying for a chance to unseat th How internet addiction may affect your teen���s brain, according to a new study 06/05/2024 04:57am • (CNN) ��� Teens who spend lots of time on social media have complained of feeling like they can���t pay attention to more important things like homework or time with loved ones. A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling Canines on Capitol Hill push legislation to help working dogs 06/05/2024 04:34am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at��Today on the Hill. A four-legged military veteran and other tail-wagging everyday heroes came to Capitol Hill this week to highlight the important role that dogs play in the armed services In Burkina Faso, a growing number of children are traumatized by war 06/05/2024 02:06am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� When armed men entered Safi���s village in northern Burkina Faso and began firing, she hid in her home with her four children. The gunmen found them and let them live ��� to suffer the guilt of survival ��� after killing her husband and other relatives. Safi, whose last name After crackdown on Hong Kong, overseas communities carry the torch to keep Tiananmen memories alive 06/05/2024 01:10am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� As the 35th anniversary of Beijing���s Tiananmen Square crackdown neared, Rowena He, a prominent scholar of that bloody chapter of modern China's history, was busy flying between the United States, Britain and Canada to give a series of talks. Each was aimed at speaking out for th