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Historic inauguration: Wes Moore pledges 'bold' steps for Md. as he takes oath of office 01/18/2023 04:05pm • Wes Moore was sworn-in Wednesday, becoming Maryland's first Black governor in a historic inauguration at the state capitol in Annapolis. Moore took the oath of office twice ��� first during a ceremony in the Maryland state Senate chamber and later in a public ceremony outside the state house Author Howard Blum is writing book on Idaho student deaths 01/18/2023 04:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A bestselling author of crime stories and other nonfiction works is working on a book about the stabbing deaths last fall of four students at the University of Idaho. Howard Blum has a deal with HarperCollins Publishers, which has not yet announced a title or release date. His prev Review: Jesse Eisenberg directs a moving mother-son tale 01/18/2023 01:39pm • In Jesse Eisenberg���s smart directorial debut, ��� When You Finish Saving the World,��� Julianne Moore plays a Good Person, at least on paper. Evelyn runs a women���s shelter for the victims of domestic abuse and other kinds of horrors. She drives a small, eco-friendly car. She listens to the class 5Qs with Shulman Rogers��� Kimberly Skiba-Rokosky: How to protect your family���s vulnerable adults 01/18/2023 01:07pm • Even before she started law school, Kimberly Skiba-Rokosky knew that she wanted to work with families and to tangibly make a difference in people���s lives. But the path to the law she practices now at Shulman Rogers ��� a mix of divorces, family law, estate and trust litigation, and conservators Cyprus so far strips 222 people of 'golden passports' 01/18/2023 01:05pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� The government of Cyprus has stripped 222 wealthy investors and their family members of citizenship, an official said Wednesday, part of efforts to mend a reputation sullied by an investment-for-passports program that an inquiry found had unlawfully granted citizenships in h US divided over Roe's repeal as abortion foes gird for march 01/18/2023 12:52pm • Anti-abortion activists will have multiple reasons to celebrate ��� and some reasons for unease ��� when they gather Friday in Washington for the annual March for Life. The march, which includes a rally drawing abortion opponents from across the nation, has been held annually since January 1974 ��� Advisory group: School Resource Officers should remain in Alexandria schools 01/18/2023 12:34pm • The advisory group formed to determine the future of School Resource Officers in Alexandria, Virginia, city schools has concluded SROs should remain in the school system. The School Law Enforcement Partnership, made up of community members, the Alexandria Police Department, city representatives, Mufti's talk of women's duties angers some Turkish Cypriots 01/18/2023 12:01pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) ��� A Muslim religious leader���s instruction to women to dutifully accept a husband's ���invitation to bed��� to procreate has sparked outrage among many Turkish Cypriots, who saw the remarks as an imported encroachment of fundamentalist Islam on their secular community. ���We Ukraine city mourns dead, cares for survivors of airstrike 01/18/2023 10:36am • DNIPRO, Ukraine (AP) ��� Before the Russian missile struck the apartment building next door, Anna Kotova had moved closer to the window to take a congratulatory 19th birthday call from her sister. Kotova's boyfriend staggered into the kitchen after the explosion and found her covered in blood. The Review: Hacking, not shoe-leather, solves thriller 'Missing' 01/18/2023 10:08am • June Allen���s mother has vanished during a romantic vacation with her boyfriend to Colombia when ���Missing��� starts gaining steam. The FBI are supposedly on it, with one special agent telling June: ���The best thing you can do is wait by the phone.��� Wait by the phone? You don���t know June Alle Dozens of Prince William County students weren't notified of merit commendations 01/18/2023 09:07am • 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 officials say an accidental oversight delayed notification of National Merit commendations for 28 high Germany's BASF takes huge writedowns as unit exits Russia 01/18/2023 05:44am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany-based chemicals maker BASF says it is taking some 7.3 billion euros ($7.9 billion) in write-downs related to the exit from Russia of its Wintershall Dea gas and oil subsidiary. Wintershall Dea said late Tuesday that it ���intends to fully exit Russia in an orderly manner comp Prince George's Co. board of education selects new chair, vice chair 01/18/2023 05:38am • Amid ongoing allegations of strife among members of the Prince George's County Board of Education, new leaders are gearing up to steer the Maryland school system. Judy Mickens-Murray has been chosen to serve as chair of the board, while Lolita E. Walker was selected to be vice chair. ���I wish Teachers would need to call parents of transgender students under Va. bill 01/18/2023 01:40am • Under a controversial bill making its way through Virginia's General Assembly, teachers in public schools across the state who suspect that one of their students might be transgender would be required to contact that student's parents. The Republican-backed legislation calls on teachers to contac Pegula, whose family owns Bills, honors Hamlin in Australia 01/18/2023 01:24am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Pro tennis player Jessica Pegula has Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin on her mind ��� and his No. 3 jersey number on her outfit ��� at the Australian Open. Pegula, whose parents own the NFL���s Bills and the NHL���s Buffalo Sabres, is wearing a white screen-printed pat