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Legislative leaders working on bill to move Maryland 529 to Treasurer, wind down pre-paid tuition program 02/25/2023 02:59pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Legislative leaders are planning to introduce a bill next week that would shift oversight of Maryland���s beleaguered college savings plan Justice Thomas wrote of 'crushing weight' of student loans 02/25/2023 12:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Supreme Court won't have far to look if it wants a personal take on the ���crushing weight��� of student debt that underlies the Biden administration���s college loan forgiveness plan. Justice Clarence Thomas was in his mid-40s and in his third year on the nation's highest co Devante Smith-Pelly reunites with Capitals teammates, reflects on DC tenure 02/25/2023 09:24am • Smith-Pelly reunites with Caps teammates, reflects on DC tenure originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington   ARLINGTON, Va. ��� Eight-year NHL veteran and 2018 Stanley Cup champion Devante Smith-Pelly visited the Capitals��� practice facility Friday, reuniting with some of his forme Maryland church celebrates heritage on ���Caribbean Sabbath' 02/25/2023 09:14am • HYATTSVILLE, Md. (RNS) ��� As worshippers entered the sanctuary of Metropolitan Seventh-day Adventist Church, doorman Percy Joseph greeted them with ���Happy Sabbath,��� his bright red Trinidad and Tobago T-shirt showing beneath his long black coat. Inside, guest steel drum players began to play Thai rookie Vongtaveelap goes four shots clear on LPGA debut 02/25/2023 05:56am • PATTAYA, Thailand (AP) ��� Thai rookie Natthakritta Vongtaveelap shot a bogey-free 64 to grab a four-stroke lead over fellow countrywoman Atthaya Thitikul after round three of the US$1.7 million LPGA Thailand on Saturday. The 20-year-old Vongtaveelap began with an eagle and went on to notch six bird The AP Interview: Biden ready to run, US first lady says 02/24/2023 07:31pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� U.S. first lady Jill Biden gave one of the clearest indications yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Friday that there's ���pretty much��� nothing left to do but figure out the time and place for th James Abourezk, 1st Arab American US senator, dies at 92 02/24/2023 07:10pm • SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) ��� James Abourezk, a South Dakota Democrat who grew up on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, became the first Arab American U.S. senator and was known for his quick wit as he advocated for populist causes, died Friday. He was 92. Abourezk died at his home in Sioux Falls on his b Illinois governor plan targets kids' mental health crisis 02/24/2023 06:19pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� A mental health crisis among children in Illinois will be fought by streamlining and easing access to necessary treatment and coordination between six separate state agencies, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Friday. In the works for nearly a year, the study examined the capac What could be behind the rise in youth overdoses across DC region? 02/24/2023 05:13pm • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP���s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. What may be driving a rise in youth overdoses? What it is: Several weeks ago, dozens of community members in Arlington, Virginia, rallied outside Wakefield High School, after Jill Biden voices kinship with Africans' fight for democracy 02/24/2023 04:13pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� U.S. first lady Jill Biden said Friday that she feels a kinship with Africans during her sixth visit to the continent, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview that she wants to support nations fighting for democracy ��� ���just like I feel we're doing in the Un As Ukraine marks year of war, leader vows to secure victory 02/24/2023 04:05pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine���s leader pledged Friday to push for victory in 2023 as he and other Ukrainians marked the somber anniversary of the Russian invasion that upended their lives and Europe's security. It was Ukraine's "longest day," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, but the country's British Airways, Iberia parent swings to full-year profit 02/24/2023 03:53pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The parent of British Airways reported its first full-year profit since the start of the pandemic as COVID-19 travel restrictions were eased and said it continues to see strong bookings for leisure travel. International Consolidated Airlines Group, which also owns Spain���s Iberia a FDA's tobacco unit pledges reset after criticism 02/24/2023 03:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Food and Drug Administration officials on Friday pledged a reset in the agency���s tobacco program, responding to criticisms that a lack of direction has hampered efforts to regulate cigarettes, vaping devices and related products. The head of the agency���s tobacco center promis Live updates | Russia Ukraine War Anniversary 02/24/2023 02:56pm • MOSCOW -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has spoken with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on the phone, the Kremlin reported. A terse readout published Friday on the Kremlin���s website said the two discussed ���the situation around Ukraine,��� including a deal mediated by Turkey an ACLU, Missouri library groups sue over new school book law 02/24/2023 02:50pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri and two state library associations are suing over a new state law that bans sexually explicit material from schools, saying it violates the rights of librarians and students. The lawsuit filed Thursday contends that the Republ