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Former Montgomery Co. school bus driver faces up to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing students 02/10/2023 01:00pm • A former Montgomery County, Maryland, school bus driver is facing up to 40 years in prison for sexually abusing four special needs students, according to the county state's attorney's office. A jury found 67-year-old Etienne Kabongo criminally responsible Thursday for the abuse. He argued he shou 'Breaking Bad' star praises streaming ahead of Super Bowl ad 02/10/2023 12:43pm • GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) ��� It���s been nearly a decade since ���Breaking Bad��� was on the air. But according to Aaron Paul, the iconic series is still ���one of those gifts that just keeps on keeps on giving,��� thanks to steaming services that allow it to continue to find new fans. ���A lot of thes Hallan a menor desaparecida por un a��o embarazada y en el armario de una casa 02/10/2023 11:49am • PORT HURON, Michigan ��� Una adolescente de 14 a��os que fue reportada como desaparecida hace m��s de un a��o por su familia adoptiva fue encontrada escondida en el armario de una casa de Michigan, dijeron las autoridades. Un equipo de fugitivos de los U.S. Marshals encontr�� a la menor el martes NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 02/10/2023 11:02am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ 2014 photo of US rescue dog misrepresented after Remember slot cars? 1960s craze zooming back in 2023 02/10/2023 10:21am • Long before the popularity of car racing video games, the slot car craze in the 1960s and '70s had young people and their parents obsessed with racing scale models. Now, a new generation of slot cars is zooming around the track. "A slot car is an electrically powered miniature vehicle, runnin WTOP Player of the Week Sweepstakes Rules 02/10/2023 09:51am • WTOP ��� PLAYER OF THE WEEK SWEEPSTAKES OFFICIAL RULES NO PURCHASE NECESSARY �� BY SUBMITTING A PHOTO IN THIS SWEEPSTAKES, ENTRANT HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT SPONSOR MAY USE THE PHOTO ON SPONSOR���S WEBSITES, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS, AND IN ANY OTHER MARKETING OR ADVERTISING M Passport rush blamed on US policy stalls adoptions in Haiti 02/10/2023 08:39am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Dozens of children are stuck in orphanages across Haiti, unable to leave the increasingly volatile country and start new lives with adoptive parents because a U.S. policy change has unleashed a rush for passports at Haiti���s main immigration office. U.S. President Joe China calls US House resolution 'political manipulation' 02/10/2023 07:26am • BEIJING (AP) ��� China on Friday dismissed a U.S. House of Representatives resolution condemning Beijing over a suspected Chinese spy balloon shot down above U.S. waters as ���purely political manipulation and hyping up." ���China is strongly dissatisfied with this and firmly opposes it," Foreign Fairfax Co. begins hiring for next school year, with focus on STEM, Title I schools 02/10/2023 04:42am • Welcome to the School Zone, WTOP���s weekly feature about the latest topics and trends in education across the D.C. region. DC-area school systems begin hiring for next school year�� What it is: Though it's only a month into the second half of the current school year, school systems across the D.C Asia shares mostly fall, eyeing inflation, earnings, growth 02/09/2023 11:11pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares were mostly lower on Friday after Wall Street retreated for a second day as market watchers considered earnings reports and various indicators about whether inflation is waning in the U.S. and elsewhere. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.3% to 27,650.80. Australia's S& Live Updates I Aid, rescues in quake-hit Turkey, Syria 02/09/2023 10:55pm • Rescuers pulled more survivors from beneath collapsed buildings Thursday, but hopes were fading of finding many more people alive after the catastrophic earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria. More than 20,700 deaths have been recorded so far in the world's deadliest earthquake since 2010. The Latest The pandemic missing: The kids who didn���t go back to school 02/09/2023 09:10pm • She���d be a senior right now, preparing for graduation in a few months, probably leading her school���s modern dance troupe and taking art classes. Instead, Kailani Taylor-Cribb hasn���t taken a single class in what used to be her high school since the height of the coronavirus pandemic. She vanis Wary residents return home after toxic train derailment 02/09/2023 08:48pm • EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) ��� Hours after being told she could go home for the first time since a train hauling chemicals derailed and later sent up a toxic plume near the Pennsylvania state line, Melissa Henry nervously walked inside her house. First, she washed her sheets and pillow cases. Then sh Kim Jong Un shows off daughter, missiles at N. Korean parade 02/09/2023 08:47pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter took center stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she is being primed as a future leader of the isolated country as her father showed off his latest, largest nuclear missiles. Wednesday night's par Review: Reese Witherspoon, Ashton Kutcher shine in a rom-com 02/09/2023 07:12pm • If you decide to settle in and watch ���Your Place or Mine��� to see the sparks fly between Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher, you'll be initially disappointed. They're not in the same room until the last 12 minutes. The premise of this particular Netflix rom-com is two old friends switching home