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Freed after 20 years, Hawaii man reflects on case, future 01/25/2023 10:48pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� On Ian Schweitzer's first morning of freedom Wednesday, he woke up in a hotel room, looked over the balcony at the ocean and took in the beauty of the island he had been away from for over 20 years while imprisoned for a 1991 killing and rape he has always maintained he didn't comm Lawyer: Warnings boy had gun ignored before he shot teacher 01/25/2023 08:11pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) ��� Concerned staff warned administrators at a Virginia elementary school three times that a 6-year-old boy had a gun and was threatening other students in the hours before he shot and wounded a teacher, but the administration ���was paralyzed by apathy��� and didn't call poli Asia travel hotspots quiet as Chinese tourists stay away 01/25/2023 07:45pm • CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) ��� Just a handful of Chinese visitors were posing for photos and basking in the sun this week in the market and plazas near Chiang Mai���s ancient Tha Phae Gate, one of many tourist hotspots still waiting for millions of Chinese travelers to return. The beaches and temple How to Find a Welcoming Gym Environment 01/25/2023 07:00pm • At the start of a new year, gyms and other fitness facilities typically see an influx of new and returning exercisers. If you count yourself among those who are excited about their New Year's resolutions and are eager to get started or re-started, you may be weighing your options for joining a gym. 11 Top Sector ETFs to Buy 01/25/2023 07:00pm • Look beyond broad market funds with sector ETFs.According to the commonly accepted Global Industry Classification Standard, every stock can be sorted into one of 11 different high-level groupings. These sectors are communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, 'Keep shedding people': Does Fairfax Co. pay enough to attract, retain teachers? 01/25/2023 05:37pm • Virginia's largest school system has started hiring teachers for the 2023-24 school year, with a focus on filling vacancies at schools with large shares of students from low-income families. During a school board work session this week, Chief Operating Officer Marty Smith said Fairfax County Publ Facebook parent Meta reinstates former President Donald Trump after two-year suspension following Jan. 6 insurrection 01/25/2023 05:21pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Facebook parent Meta reinstates former President Donald Trump after two-year suspension following Jan. 6 insurrection. Head of main Florida power company retiring amid controversy 01/25/2023 04:06pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� The leader of Florida���s primary electric company, which has been embroiled in controversy over allegations that it backed sham election candidates and spied on a journalist, will be stepping down next month, it was announced Wednesday. Florida Power & Light's pa Member of Congress reads AI-generated speech on House floor 01/25/2023 03:46pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� When U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss decided to deliver a speech on a bill that would create a U.S.-Israel artificial intelligence center, he opted to let the AI do the talking. The brief two-paragragh speech read by the Massachusetts Democrat on the floor of the U.S. House on Wednesda New Zealander killed in Ukraine helped hundreds, parents say 01/25/2023 03:44pm • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) ��� The parents of a New Zealand scientist who was killed in Ukraine said Wednesday he helped save hundreds of people while volunteering in the dangerous Donbas region. Andrew Bagshaw, 47, a dual New Zealand and British citizen, was killed along with British colleague C Lloyd Morrisett, who helped launch 'Sesame Street,' dies 01/25/2023 03:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Lloyd Morrisett, the co-creator of the beloved children's education TV series ���Sesame Street,��� which uses empathy and fuzzy monsters like Abby Cadabby, Elmo and Cookie Monster to charm and teach generations around the world, has died. He was 93. Morrisett���s death was announc 'Happening way too often': Report delves into mass attacks 01/25/2023 02:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As the nation reels from a week of high-profile shootings, a new report on mass attacks calls for communities to intervene early when they see warning signs of violence, encourages businesses to consider workplace violence prevention plans and highlights the connection between do Scandal hits another Olympic sport in France -- handball 01/25/2023 01:05pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The head of France's professional handball league resigned Wednesday after pleading guilty to child corruption and child pornography charges ��� the country's latest sports scandal before it hosts next year's Paris Olympics. In a plea deal reached with prosecutors and signed off by a Pope warns German church reform process elitist, ideological 01/25/2023 10:20am • VATICAN CITY (AP) ��� Pope Francis has warned there���s a risk that a reform process in the German Catholic Church over calls for married priests and other possible liberalizing reforms might become harmfully ���ideological.��� In an interview with The Associated Press at the Vatican on Tuesday, Fra Virginia schools superintendent denies effort to 'withhold recognition' amid National Merit Scholarship investigation 01/25/2023 10:18am • The Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent denied any "division-wide effort to withhold recognition," as multiple schools in her district in Virginia are under investigation for allegedly failing to give students their National Merit Scholarship recognition in a timely manner, before many stud