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How 'swatting' calls spread as schools face real threats 03/30/2023 05:46pm • A spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the country for months, raising concerns among law enforcement and elected leaders. Schools in Pennsylvania and Utah were the latest targeted by so-called swatting. Computer-generated calls on Wednes Probe: Delays in district's schools awards not deliberate 03/30/2023 05:39pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� A third-party investigation into delays by a northern Virginia public school district in recognizing student achievements on a standardized test found no evidence the delays were deliberate, the superintendent said this week. Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Miche Manhattan claws back people as urban counties stem outflow 03/30/2023 04:58pm • Turns out the pandemic hasn't permanently dissuaded people ��� especially immigrants ��� from seeking their fortunes amid Manhattan's bustling streets. The county that encompasses Manhattan added more than 17,000 residents in the year ending last July after losing almost 111,000 people in the previo Biden meets NFL player Damar Hamlin, praises his resilience 03/30/2023 04:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden met Thursday with Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who went into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the field after making a tackle during an NFL game in January. Biden tweeted a photo of him with Hamlin in the Oval Office and said it was an honor to 5 NWSL players have been with the same team all 11 seasons 03/30/2023 03:49pm • Portland was the only place Christine Sinclair ever wanted to play. When the National Women's Soccer League launched in 2013, it was natural that Sinclair would gravitate to the Portland Thorns; she won a pair of NCAA titles at the University of Portland and she had a home in the Rose City. Eleven Transcript of AP interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy 03/30/2023 03:37pm • ON A TRAIN FROM SUMY TO KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� AP Executive Editor Julie Pace interviewed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as Zelenskyy visited the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, which still faces regular shelling from Russian forces, and northern towns in the Sumy region that were libera Helicopters in Kentucky crash are versatile Army workhorses 03/30/2023 03:25pm • Two U.S. Army Black Hawk medical evacuation helicopters crashed during training Wednesday night in Kentucky, killing nine soldiers. Here are questions and answers about Black Hawks: WHAT IS THE BLACK HAWK? The Black Hawk is a twin-engine, four-bladed, medium-lift, utility helicopter developed for th Man charged in 20-plus calls of false threats in US, Canada 03/30/2023 02:57pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� U.S. authorities on Thursday said they arrested a Washington state man who made more than 20 ���swatting��� calls around the country and in Canada, prompting real emergency responses to his fake reports of bombs, shootings or other threats. Ashton Connor Garcia, 20, of Bremerton, us College ends partnership with school over the David issue 03/30/2023 02:26pm • HILLSDALE, Mich. (AP) ��� A Michigan college has ended its partnership with a Florida charter school whose principal was forced to resign after a parent complained sixth graders were exposed to pornography during a lesson on Renaissance art that included Michelangelo���s David sculpture. A Hillsdale Belarus detains Russian dad convicted in antiwar art case 03/30/2023 01:46pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� Authorities in Belarus said Thursday they have detained a fugitive single father who escaped house arrest in neighboring Russia shortly before he was convicted of discrediting the army and sentenced to prison following his daughter's antiwar sketch at school. Alexei Moskaly No sour grapes: Rizzo gifts wine to Yankees teammates 03/30/2023 12:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Anthony Rizzo began the season with no sour grapes: Each of his New York Yankees teammates found a blue box at his locker on Thursday morning before the season opener, most with the player's name embossed in gold. Rizzo purchased 26 boxes, each with two bottles of wine from the Il Lawyer: FTX founder likely challenging new crypto charges 03/30/2023 12:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A lawyer for Sam Bankman-Fried signaled Thursday that the onetime cryptocurrency darling is challenging the validity of new charges added to an indictment after he agreed to be brought to the United States in December from the Bahamas rather than fight extradition. Attorney Mark Co More Americans file for jobless claims; layoffs remain low 03/30/2023 12:06pm • U.S. applications for jobless benefits rose last week but remain at historically low levels despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy and the job market in its fight against inflation. Jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 25 rose by 7,000 to 198,000 from the previous Victims of Nashville school shooting honored in somber vigil 03/30/2023 09:32am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Hundreds gathered Wednesday at a candlelight vigil in Nashville to honor and mourn the three children and three adults who were killed in a shooting at a Christian school this week. The downtown ceremony for the victims of the shooting at The Covenant School was somber and Investigation into Fairfax Co. schools' National Merit delays unveils miscues, lack of standard protocol 03/30/2023 07:51am • Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid on March 29, 2023. (WTOP/Scott Gelman) An investigation into why some Fairfax County, Virginia, high school students didn't learn of their National Merit Scholar recognitions last fall unveiled a series of miscues and lack of a countywid