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Applications for jobless aid rise last week, but remain low 02/09/2023 09:02am • More Americans filed for jobless benefits last week, but layoffs remain historically low despite attempts by the Federal Reserve to cool the economy, and hiring, to bring down inflation. Applications for jobless aid in the U.S. for the week ending Feb. 4 rose by 13,000 last week to 196,000, from Earthquake stuns Syria's Aleppo even after war's horrors 02/09/2023 06:04am • BEIRUT (AP) ��� For years, the people of Aleppo bore the brunt of bombardment and fighting when their city, once Syria���s largest and most cosmopolitan, was among the civil war���s fiercest battle zones. Even that didn���t prepare them for the new devastation and terror wreaked by this week���s ear U-Haul Holding Company: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 02/09/2023 05:54am • RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� RENO, Nev. (AP) ��� U-Haul Holding Company (UHAL) on Wednesday reported net income of $199.2 million in its fiscal third quarter. The Reno, Nevada-based company said it had profit of 98 cents per share. The parent company of the U-Haul vehicle rental service posted revenue of $1. Driver plows bus into Canadian day care, killing 2 children 02/09/2023 12:33am • Police have charged a bus driver with first-degree murder after he drove his vehicle at a high speed into a day care center north of Montreal, killing two children, injuring six and leaving authorities searching for a motive. Witnesses say that after Wednesday's crash, the 51-year-old driver, identi Arlington schools considering security, communication changes after apparent overdose 02/08/2023 11:02pm • Arlington Public Schools in Virginia is considering additional cameras and making Narcan more widely available in schools, after parents, students and community members urged the school system for greater transparency and action. At a work session about opioids and substances Tuesday night, schoo Alibaba is launching a ChatGPT rival too 02/08/2023 10:53pm • Alibaba says it will launch its own ChatGPT-style tool, becoming the latest tech giant to jump on the chatbot bandwagon.The Chinese behemoth said it was testing an artificial intelligence-powered chatbot internally. It did not share details of when it would launch or what the application would be ca At Super Bowl, Sheryl Lee Ralph seeks to ���Lift Every Voice��� 02/08/2023 09:59pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Sheryl Lee Ralph is living a career dream: The ���Abbott Elementary��� star won her first Emmy last year and will lend her powerful vocals as a Super Bowl pregame performer this weekend. With all her success, the veteran actor-singer only wishes her late parents were living to witne Day care in Canada struck by city bus; 2 children dead 02/08/2023 09:50pm • A city bus crashed into a day care center north of Montreal on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring six, authorities said. The driver was arrested and charged with first degree murder. A neighbor who ran to the center in Laval, Quebec, said she saw children screaming and crying and watched Mental health courses could be required in all Va. public schools 02/08/2023 08:34pm • Republicans and Democrats in the Virginia General Assembly in Richmond have not agreed on many issues during this year's legislative session. But they did come together this week in the Senate to pass legislation calling for tailored mental health courses in all public schools. Under Senate Bill Montana bill would let students misgender classmates 02/08/2023 08:25pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) ��� Montana schools would not be able to punish students who purposely misgender or deadname their transgender peers under a Republican-backed legislative proposal that opponents argue will increase bullying of children who are already struggling for acceptance. The proposal, co-s Hamlin appears during Super Bowl event to receive award 02/08/2023 07:29pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Damar Hamlin made a brief appearance in Phoenix during Super Bowl week to receive the NFLPA's Alan Page Community Award. The Buffalo Bills safety received the award at the Phoenix Convention Center on Wednesday, a little over a month after he went into cardiac arrest and needed to 4 Benefits of Filing Taxes Early 02/08/2023 07:00pm • For millions of Americans, there is no getting around the need to file an annual tax return. And if you need to file a tax return, you might as well get it done early. "The IRS encourages people to file early so you get your refund earlier," says Joanna Powell, a CPA and managing director in the Bos Lawmakers in GOP states target medical care for trans kids 02/08/2023 06:58pm • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Republican attacks on gender affirming medical care for young people continued Wednesday in several conservative states that are among more than two dozen considering similar bans nationwide. Lawmakers in Nebraska, Oklahoma and South Dakota considered bills Wednesday that woul LeBron���s off-court legacy complements his basketball success 02/08/2023 06:36pm • Mya Smiley is a student at the University of Akron thanks to an assist from LeBron James, and she is determined upon graduation to become a social worker that helps foster kids. Her education and career path would not have been possible, the sophomore says, were it not for a scholarship and counseli High school sports group rethinks menstrual cycle questions 02/08/2023 06:00pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Facing blowback, the director of Florida���s high school sports governing body is backing away from using an eligibility form that requires female athletes to disclose their menstrual history in order to compete. Instead, the executive director of the Florida High School Athle