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Extremist Israeli group halts fund-raising effort in US 02/02/2023 04:29pm • LAKEWOOD, N.J. (AP) ��� An Israeli group that assists Jewish prisoners convicted in some of the country���s most notorious hate crimes has halted its fund-raising efforts through a U.S.-based Jewish charity following an investigation by The Associated Press and the Israeli nonprofit news organizatio Crowds decry gender-affirming treatment ban in West Virginia 02/02/2023 03:21pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� Crowds at the West Virginia state Capitol pleaded with lawmakers Thursday to show as much compassion for saving the lives of transgender children as they showed for unborn fetuses when they voted to ban abortion just months ago. Over and over, dozens of doctors, parents a Major textile factory in Haiti to close plant, lay off 3,500 02/02/2023 12:47pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� One of Haiti���s biggest textile factories announced Thursday that it is closing an assembly plant and laying off 3,500 workers in yet another blow to the country���s crumbling economy. S&H Global, whose parent company is South Korean garment manufacturer Sae-A Tra US filings for jobless aid lowest since April 02/02/2023 09:42am • U.S. applications for jobless aid fell again last week to their lowest level since April, further evidence that the job market has withstood aggressive rate hikes by the Federal Reserve as it attempts to cool the economy and bring down inflation. Applications for jobless aid in the U.S. for the week Review: '80 for Brady' is a sports film fumble for the ages 02/02/2023 09:19am • Tom Brady has officially ��� and finally, he insists ��� retired from the National Football League. Based on his new movie ���80 For Brady,��� it's also time that he immediately retire from filmmaking. No one emerges with glory from this syrupy, undercooked story of four older friends who are determ Up to 20 hours of footage relating to Tyre Nichols' deadly beating yet to be released, prosecutor says 02/02/2023 08:03am • Additional footage relating to the deadly Memphis police beating of a 29-year-old Black man ��� up to 20 hours of it ��� has yet to be released, a prosecutor said Wednesday as his office contemplates whether to file more charges in the case. The unreleased footage surrounding Tyre Nichols' brutal British Gas sorry its agents broke into customers' homes 02/02/2023 08:00am • LONDON (AP) ��� The U.K. government said Thursday it was responding to ���deeply shocking��� revelations that debt-collectors working for British Gas broke into customers' homes to install prepay gas meters that left vulnerable people at risk of having their heating cut off. British Gas' parent comp 'He took my baby': Karon Blake's mother speaks out, demands justice 02/02/2023 06:01am • Karon Blake's mom spoke publicly for the first time, Wednesday since her 13-year-old son was shot dead last month in Northeast D.C. Jason Lewis, the man charged this week with second-degree murder in the boy's death, had told police that Karon Blake and others were breaking into cars in his Brook Prince William County schools project $1.6 billion budget, 5% employee raises 02/02/2023 04:46am • This article was written by WTOP���s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com���s free email subscription today. Prince William County Schools is proposing a $1.6 billion budget for fiscal 2024 that would grant employees step and cost-of-living-adjus 'It felt incredible': Md. student recognized by governor during State of the State address 02/01/2023 11:00pm • Jefferson Vasquez-Reyes had two thoughts when Maryland Gov. Wes Moore asked him to stand during Moore's State of the State address on Wednesday. First, the 18-year-old Montgomery College student said, "It felt incredible," as members of the General Assembly and invited guests burst into applause Lawsuit can proceed against Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse 02/01/2023 07:19pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� A federal judge in Wisconsin ruled Wednesday that a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the father of a man shot and killed by Kyle Rittenhouse during a protest in 2020 can proceed against Rittenhouse, police officers and others. The father of Anthony Huber, one of two men shot a How to Help Teens Stay Awake at School 02/01/2023 07:00pm • Younger teens need between nine and 11 hours of sleep per night on average, while older teens should get between eight and 10 hours, experts say. But because of increased screen time, academic workload, social pressures and early school start times -- among other factors -- they often sleep much les Meta posts lower Q4 profit, announces huge stock buyback 02/01/2023 06:48pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Facebook parent company Meta posted lower fourth-quarter profit and revenue on Wednesday, hurt by a downturn in the online advertising market and competition from rivals such as TikTok. But the company's stock soared in extended trading, as its revenue beat Wall Street's mute Second instance of 'hateful graffiti' discovered at Montgomery County high school 02/01/2023 06:43pm • Days after reacting to hateful graffiti at his school, the principal of Gaithersburg High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, said a staff member found a racial slur scratched onto a locker in the boys' locker room. In an email to parents, Principal Cary Dimmick said that he is extremely disap Review: 'Knock at the Cabin' twists the home invasion horror 02/01/2023 06:35pm • Knock. Knock. It being mid-winter (typically a doldrums in movie theaters), it's a cozy relief to be able to throw open the door and find M. Night Shyamalan standing there with his near-annual helping of high-concept thriller. His last one, ���Old,��� about vacationers trapped on a private beach wh