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Fox, Dominion reach $787M settlement over election claims 04/18/2023 08:32pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Fox News agreed Tuesday to pay Dominion Voting Systems nearly $800 million to avert a trial in the voting machine company's lawsuit that would have exposed how the network promoted lies about the 2020 presidential election. The stunning settlement emerged just as opening st Restored Tennessee Rep. Pearson charts progressive path 04/18/2023 07:48pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson never guessed he'd be expelled for leading a gun control protest on the House floor after a deadly school shooting. Nor did he predict that he'd be propelled into the national spotlight, placing his state at the forefront of the conversation on Transgender girls go to court over Arizona school sports ban 04/18/2023 07:21pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The parents of two transgender girls in Arizona filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a year-old state law banning trans girls from participating in school sports. Attorneys for the families, whose names are concealed in court documents out of fear for their childrens' safety, filed A look at who's who in the murder trial of slain kids' mom 04/18/2023 06:30pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say the mother charged in a triple murder case took part in a complex conspiracy that included unusual spiritual beliefs and efforts to kill those who stood in the way of her goals. Here, a look at the defendants and the first witnesses in the trial of Lori Vallow D Loudoun Co. schools reviewing how SROs handle sexual assaults 04/18/2023 05:32pm • A joint committee made up of Loudoun County School Board members and County Board of Supervisors is offering recommendations for the Virginia school system’s school resource officers on how they handle sexual assault cases. It comes in the wake of the recent announcement of a federal Title IX i Tenn. lawmakers cut proposed amount to anti-abortion centers 04/18/2023 05:18pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee budget writers on Tuesday said they will funnel $20 million of taxpayer dollars to help fund anti-abortion centers, marking a dramatic reduction from the original $100 million proposed by Gov. Bill Lee several months prior. “After a considerable conversation, bo Iowa's Senate advances bill to loosen child labor laws 04/18/2023 04:49pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Lawmakers in Iowa's Senate passed a controversial bill Tuesday that would allow minors to work longer hours and work in currently banned roles, like serving alcohol at restaurants, the Des Moines Register reported. Supporters of the bill — mainly Republicans — said it w Brazil government aims to boost safety after school attacks 04/18/2023 04:37pm • BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil’s government announced efforts Tuesday to spend more on securing schools and crack down on the incitement of violence as officials seek to curb a wave of fatal school attacks. The array of measures were discussed at a meeting convened by President Luiz Inácio Lula Judge: Mississippi must give religious exemption on vaccines 04/18/2023 03:52pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi must join most other states in allowing religious exemptions from vaccinations that children are required to receive so they can attend school, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge Sul Ozerden handed down the decision Monday in a lawsuit filed last year Italy's contested bid to crack down on migrants sparks flap 04/18/2023 02:36pm • ROME (AP) — Bogged down by leftist opposition amendments, Italy's Senate on Tuesday delayed the start of a debate on the right-wing government's contested immigration crackdown, while a minister's warning to Italians about “ethnic substitution" triggered anger. Agriculture and Food Sovereignty M US reporter held by Russia on spying charges denied release 04/18/2023 02:33pm • A Russian judge ruled Tuesday that American journalist Evan Gershkovich must remain behind bars on espionage charges in a case that is part of a crackdown the Kremlin has intensified on dissent and press freedom since invading Ukraine. Appearing in public for the first time in weeks, the 31-year-old Surprise delivery: Amazon hands out $40K scholarships to Prince George's Co. high school seniors 04/18/2023 12:39pm • Seven Prince George’s County high school seniors gathered inside a room at Eleanor Roosevelt High School for what they were told would be a STEM-related conference. But they walked outside and saw cameras, microphones and their parents all gathered together. Even then, they didn’t truly k Littlest intruder: Toddler crawls through White House fence 04/18/2023 12:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A curious toddler on Tuesday earned the title of one of the tiniest White House intruders after he squeezed through the metal fencing on the north side of the executive mansion. U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers, who are responsible for security at the White House, For Palestinians, holiest Ramadan night starts at checkpoint 04/18/2023 10:18am • QALANDIYA CHECKPOINT, West Bank (AP) — For many Palestinians, the journey to one of Islam's most sacred sites on the holiest night of Ramadan begins in a dust-choked, garbage-strewn maelstrom. Tens of thousands of Palestinian worshippers from across the occupied West Bank on Monday crammed throug Your tax refund could be smaller than last year. Here's why 04/18/2023 09:56am • NEW YORK (AP) — Expecting a tax refund? It could be smaller than last year. And with inflation still high, that money won't go as far as it did a year ago. The more than 100 million taxpayers who have had their returns processed as of April 7 got refunds that were an average of 9.3% less than las