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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 Oscar Pistorius eligible for parole, could be free this week 03/30/2023 05:09am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Former Olympic runner Oscar Pistorius has applied for parole and is expected to attend a hearing on Friday that will decide if he can be released from prison 10 years after killing girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp by shooting her multiple times through a toilet door in his Ukraine by rail: Inside Zelenskyy's efforts to buoy a nation 03/30/2023 04:34am • ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The caravan of unmarked vehicles tears across the muddy grass next to the playground. On the merry-go-round, the children stop swinging and spinning. The curious — parents and other residents of this southeastern town — gather around. Car doors swing open, and heav A college in upheaval: War on 'woke' sparks fear in Florida 03/30/2023 01:03am • SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — Professors at the New College of Florida are using personal email because they’re afraid of being subpoenaed. Students are concerned, too. Some fear for their physical safety. Many worry their teachers will be fired en masse and their courses and books will be policed. It†Across Latin America, migrant blaze families left reeling 03/30/2023 12:43am • SAN MARTIN JILOTEPEQUE, Guatemala (AP) — The last Ana Marina López heard of her husband, the 51-year-old Guatemalan migrant told his family that he was being detained by Mexican immigration agents at the U.S.-Mexico border. That was two days before a fire in an immigration detention center in Ciu West Virginia governor signs ban on gender-affirming care 03/29/2023 09:16pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, joining at least 10 other states that have enacted laws restricting or outlawing medically supported treatments for transgender youth. The bill outlaws those unde Maryland lawmaker proposes teaching swim lessons in public schools 03/29/2023 09:12pm • A Maryland delegate never learned to swim, but she wants future generations to have the chance to learn the skill in school. Del. Karen Toles represents Prince George's County, and is one of the sponsors of a bill that would require the state's Department of Education to develop a curriculum that Top Venezuela oil official pleads guilty to taking bribes 03/29/2023 08:55pm • MIAMI (AP) — The former general counsel for Venezuela’s state-owned oil company pleaded guilty in Miami federal court on money laundering charges Wednesday in connection to a conspiracy to siphon at least $550 million from state coffers through corrupt currency deals. As part of his plea agreem GOP lawmakers override veto of transgender bill in Kentucky 03/29/2023 08:54pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Kentucky on Wednesday swept aside the Democratic governor’s veto of a bill regulating some of the most personal aspects of life for transgender young people — from banning access to gender-affirming health care to restricting the bathrooms they can Guide to Custodial Brokerage Accounts 03/29/2023 08:00pm • There's an old proverb that says if you give a man a fish, you can feed him for a day. But if you teach him to catch his own fish, you can feed him for life. The same can be said for teaching your child to invest. You can save for your child's future and help her through college and possibly beyond, TikTok ban pushed by Missouri's Hawley blocked in Senate 03/29/2023 07:40pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley tried to force a Senate vote Wednesday on legislation that would ban TikTok from operating in the United States, but he was blocked by a fellow Republican as lawmakers in both chambers are still trying to figure out what action, if any, is appropriate ag Social issues dominate in Women's Hall of Fame's new class 03/29/2023 07:39pm • SENECA FALLS, N.Y. (AP) — A new group of National Women's Hall of Fame inductees includes social justice pioneers, groundbreaking physicians and women who have championed Jewish feminist theology and the financial well-being of Native Americans, the institute announced Wednesday. “When I was a y Children lost in shooting were 'feisty,' a 'shining light' 03/29/2023 06:09pm • NASHVILLE (AP) — Details from the rich, full lives of the three adults killed Monday at a Nashville elementary school have emerged quickly in the aftermath, but information on the three 9-year-old children — whose lives ended tragically young — has been slower to publicly surface from a commun West Virginia bans marriage for children age 15 or younger 03/29/2023 06:06pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia will no longer allow children under 16 to marry, after the governor signed a compromise bill Wednesday. The law signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice continues allowing children ages 16 and 17 to get married with restrictions. Under the new law, those minors Starbucks leader grilled by Senate over anti-union actions 03/29/2023 05:27pm • Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz insisted the coffee chain hasn't broken labor laws and is willing to bargain with unionized workers during an often testy, two-hour appearance before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. But he also was firm in his stance that the Seattle