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Stocks tumble as Wall Street wonders what will break next 03/10/2023 04:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Fear rattled Wall Street, and stocks tumbled Friday on worries about what���s next to break under the weight of rising interest rates following the biggest U.S. bank failure in nearly 15 years. The S&P 500 dropped 1.4% to cap its worst week since September. That���s despite a h Millions who rely on Medicaid may be booted from program 03/10/2023 03:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Roughly 84 million people are covered by the government-sponsored program, which has grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic Arizona schools chief sets up critical race theory hotline 03/10/2023 03:17pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� The Arizona Department of Education launched a hotline this week for people to report classroom lessons that use critical race theory or emotional support curriculum, concepts that have been the target of conservative outrage in recent years. The Arizona Republic reports that the �� Belgium bans TikTok from government phones after US, EU 03/10/2023 03:12pm • BRUSSELS (AP) ��� Belgium is banning TikTok from government phones over worries about cybersecurity, privacy and misinformation, the country's prime minister said Friday, mirroring recent action by other authorities in Europe and the U.S. The Chinese-owned video sharing app will be temporarily prohi Michigan man faces gun charge after FBI says he made threats 03/10/2023 02:56pm • SEBEWAING, Mich. (AP) ��� A mentally ill Michigan man accused of making death threats on social media against Democratic politicians and those in the LGBTQ community was charged with illegally possessing guns. Randall Berka II, 30, is accused of posting various written threats on a YouTube channel, 9th grader sues over Pledge of Allegiance confrontation 03/10/2023 02:33pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The parents of a ninth grade South Carolina student who said she was accosted by a teacher for walking to class instead of stopping and reciting the Pledge of Allegiance are suing the teacher, principal, school district and state education officials. Marissa Barnwell said she Judge allows Google antitrust case to move ahead in Virginia 03/10/2023 02:19pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) ��� A judge has rejected a request from Google to transfer a federal antitrust lawsuit against it from Virginia to New York. The ruling Friday from U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, is a victory for the Justice Department and several states, includin Juul to pay Chicago $23.8M for underage vaping settlement 03/10/2023 02:09pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Vaping company Juul Labs will pay Chicago $23.8 million to settle a lawsuit alleging the company marketed products to underage users, the city announced Friday. The Chicago Department of Public Health will use the money for youth prevention and reduction programs, education and outr When Hollywood needs a movie villain, the tech bro answers 03/10/2023 01:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���A toast to the disruptors,��� Edward Norton���s tech billionaire says in Rian Johnson���s Oscar-nominated ���Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.��� And why not a toast? Sunday���s Academy Awards won���t give a prize for best villain, but if they did, Miles Bron would win it in a Robert Blake, actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89 03/10/2023 11:46am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife, died Thursday at age 89. A statement released on behalf of his niece, Noreen Austin, said Blake died from heart disease, s Flyers fire embattled GM Fletcher, give Briere interim job 03/10/2023 11:13am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) ��� With the Philadelphia Flyers in need of a complete franchise overhaul, Chuck Fletcher called the shots at the NHL trade deadline and came up empty. A day later, the Flyers sent Fletcher to represent the team at a town hall meeting for season-ticket holders, where he was about b Fairfax Co. school board passes collective bargaining resolution for teachers, other staff 03/10/2023 07:45am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP���s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. Fairfax County school board passes collective bargaining measure�� What it is: The Fairfax County, Virginia, school board on Thursday night unanimously passed a measure that Many kids need tutoring help. Only a small fraction get it 03/10/2023 07:28am • David Daniel knows his son needs help. The 8-year-old spent first grade in remote learning and several weeks of second grade in quarantine. The best way to catch him up, research suggests, is to tutor him several times a week during school. But his Indianapolis school offers Saturday or after-school Maryland DOE releases annual statewide report card, more than half of schools retain gold stars 03/10/2023 03:53am • For the first time since the pandemic, Maryland���s State Department of Education has issued its annual report card, complete with star ratings for each school. The report card system includes student achievement growth on state tests in English language, arts, math, postsecondary readiness, prof French church abuse victims get reparations, and recognition 03/10/2023 03:35am • PARIS (AP) ��� "I came back to life.��� Like other victims of child abuse by priests, 52-year-old St��phane said getting an official recognition from France���s Catholic Church of what happened is helping him get better, at last. St��phane is among 201 victims granted financial or other reparations