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Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school Gunmen abduct more than 200 schoolchildren and 12 teachers in attack on Nigerian Catholic school 11/21/2025 06:18pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) â Gunmen attacked a Catholic boarding school in a western region of Nigeria and abducted more than 200 schoolchildren Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria said, in the latest in a spate of abductions in Africaâs most populous country. The attack and abductions took pl WHO declares end of Indonesia's polio outbreak following yearslong vaccination campaign WHO declares end of Indonesia's polio outbreak following yearslong vaccination campaign 11/21/2025 04:51pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) â The World Health Organization has declared Indonesiaâs polio outbreak officially over, following nearly three years of intensive response efforts, officials said Friday. Indonesia has remained largely polio-free as the highly contagious disease was declared eliminated i For getting kids excited about sustainability, Fairfax Co. teacher is up for national award For getting kids excited about sustainability, Fairfax Co. teacher is up for national award 11/21/2025 04:35pm • Laure Grove was eager to teach at Terra Centre Elementary in Burke, because the school was initially built to be environmentally efficient. In an attempt to conserve energy, the school was constructed underground. When she arrived in 2018, there were a few garden beds outside, but Grove notic RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC's new guidance on vaccines and autism RFK Jr. says he personally directed CDC's new guidance on vaccines and autism 11/21/2025 03:49pm • NEW YORK (AP) â Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. personally directed the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website to contradict its longtime guidance that vaccines don't cause autism, he told The New York Times in an interview published Friday. His comments provi Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign Fugees rapper Pras Michel sentenced to 14 years in prison over illegal donations to Obama campaign 11/21/2025 03:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â Grammy-winning rapper Prakazrel âœPrasâ Michel of the Fugees was sentenced on Thursday to 14 years in prison for a case in which he was convicted of illegally funneling millions of dollars in foreign contributions to former President Barack Obamaâs 2012 reelection campaign. Trump administration sues California over giving in-state tuition to immigrants in US illegally Trump administration sues California over giving in-state tuition to immigrants in US illegally 11/21/2025 03:08pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) â The Trump administration has sued California for providing in-state college tuition, scholarships, and state-funded financial aid to students who aren't legally in the United States. The lawsuit, filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California, all What to know about expanded work requirements about to kick in for SNAP 11/21/2025 01:46pm • After a disruptive U.S. government shutdown, federal SNAP food assistance is again flowing to low-income households. But in the months ahead, many participants will have to abide by new work requirements. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program provides monthly benefits â averaging around $ Movie Review: Brendan Fraser is a middling actor with a winning heart in sweet drama â˜Rental Familyâ 11/21/2025 01:12pm • It sounds rather like a mixed compliment to say of an actor that heâs persuasive at playing, well, a mediocre actor. But then, this is Brendan Fraser weâre talking about. The man seems to become more emphatically human with each role, each passing year, each new wrinkle. And whatâs more human, Lawsuit claims Tennessee's new school voucher program violates the state constitution 11/21/2025 12:32pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) â A group of public school students' parents and taxpayers has filed a lawsuit challenging Tennessee's new statewide school voucher program, saying that allocating nearly $150 million in state funding to help parents send their kids to private schools is unconstitutional. In Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts Supreme Court meets to weigh Trump's birthright citizenship restrictions, blocked by lower courts 11/21/2025 12:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court is meeting in private Friday with a key issue on its agenda â President Donald Trump âs birthright citizenship order declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens. The justices could s Maryland pediatrician offers tips to help newborns sleep safely as online misinformation spikes Maryland pediatrician offers tips to help newborns sleep safely as online misinformation spikes 11/21/2025 12:13pm • At one time or another, most new parents seek information about how to help their newborn sleep through the night. "Many of the questions are, 'How do I get my baby to sleep,'" said Dr. Christina Brown, a pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente based in White Marsh, Maryland. "It's a vulnerable time, Man who threatened to kill family on a Metrobus sentenced to 5 years in prison Man who threatened to kill family on a Metrobus sentenced to 5 years in prison 11/21/2025 06:19am • A man who threatened to kill a family of four on a crowded Metrobus in March has been sentenced to five years in prison, the U.S. Attorney's Office for D.C. announced Wednesday. In March of this year, Ricardo Rush, 29, pulled out an "Uzi-style semi-automatic pistol" on a bus in Southeast D.C. and A Chicago street vendor couple has a defiant response to immigration arrests: Stick to the routine A Chicago street vendor couple has a defiant response to immigration arrests: Stick to the routine 11/21/2025 06:07am • CHICAGO (AP) â The massive Border Patrol presence on a recent Saturday morning in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood didn't faze Ofelia Herrera even though she and her husband are in the United States illegally. She waited for agents to move a few blocks away, then opened their stand serving Me Grizzly attacks schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in Canada, injuring 11 11/21/2025 03:06am • A grizzly bear attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on a walking trail in British Columbia, Canada, injuring 11 people, two of them critically. The attack happened Thursday afternoon in Bella Coola, 700 kilometers (435 miles) northwest of Vancouver. The Nuxalk Nation said the âœaggressiv Google and US government battle over the future of internet advertising 11/21/2025 01:00am • Google will confront the U.S. government's latest attempt to topple its internet empire in federal court on Friday as a judge considers how to prevent the abusive tactics that culminated in parts of its digital ad network being branded as an illegal monopoly. The courtroom showdown in Alexandria, Vi
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