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Nighttime Israeli arrests haunt Palestinian kids, families 01/13/2023 11:27am • BALATA REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) — Yousef Mesheh was sleeping in his bunk bed when Israeli forces stormed into his home at 3 a.m. Within moments, the 15-year-old Palestinian said he was lying on the floor as troops punched him, shouting insults. A soldier struck his mother’s chest with his Montgomery Co. school board OKs plan for virtual learning during snow days 01/13/2023 11:25am • The board of education in Montgomery County, Maryland, approved a resolution on Thursday that gives its superintendent the option to switch to virtual learning on snow days. "This would just give us another option to maintain instruction if we had a multi-day event," said Brian Hull, chief operat Gerrie Coetzee, former WBA heavyweight champ, dies at 67 01/13/2023 05:41am • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Gerrie Coetzee, a former South African boxer and WBA heavyweight champion who defied some of his country's racist laws during the height of apartheid in the 1970s and 1980s and won popularity with Nelson Mandela and both Black and white fans, has died. He was 67. Coe Lisa Marie Presley, singer and daughter of Elvis, dies at 54 01/13/2023 12:38am • Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father’s legacy, died Thursday after being hospitalized for a medical emergency. She was 54. Her death in a Los Angeles hospital was confirmed by her mother, Priscilla, a few hours after her daughter was r McDermott hailed for leading Bills through emotional week 01/13/2023 12:04am • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Jimmye Laycock’s first thought during those initial chilling moments went to Damar Hamlin, the Buffalo Bills safety who collapsed on the field in Cincinnati last week. The former William & Mary coach’s second thought, upon seeing teary-eyed players’ reactions, t Storms, tornadoes slam US South, killing at least 7 people 01/12/2023 11:19pm • SELMA, Ala. (AP) — A giant, swirling storm system billowing across the South on Thursday killed at least six people in central Alabama, where a tornado ripped roofs off homes and uprooted trees in historic Selma, while another person was killed in Georgia, where severe winds knocked out power to t Starbucks tells corporate employees to return to office 3 days a week 01/12/2023 10:30pm • Corporate workers at Starbucks must return to the office at least three days a week by the end of January, interim CEO Howard Schultz announced in a Wednesday memo, as another corporate giant clamps down on remote work.Employees within commuting distance of the company's Seattle headquarters will be 11 Steps to Writing a Will 01/12/2023 07:00pm • Most people should have a will, but it's not always the most significant estate planning document. You can transfer many typical household assets like retirement accounts simply by naming beneficiaries -- and documents such as financial and medical powers of attorney can be more powerful in determin DC region schools ban AI tool ChatGPT 01/12/2023 06:45pm • During a recent theology class at DeMatha Catholic High School in Prince George's County, Maryland, a student used his phone to access the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT. The site is blocked on school-issued Chromebooks, so the student placed his phone on the chair next to him and typed the Shooting fallout: Metal detectors in elementary schools? 01/12/2023 05:52pm • NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (AP) — The shooting of a first-grade teacher by a 6-year-old boy has plunged the nation into uncharted waters of school violence, with many in the Virginia shipbuilding city where it happened demanding metal detectors in every school. On Thursday, the Newport News School Board a Idaho stabbing suspect to face preliminary hearing in June 01/12/2023 02:31pm • The man charged in the stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students will have a preliminary hearing in late June, when prosecutors will try to show a judge that they have enough evidence to justify the felony charges. Bryan Kohberger waived his right to a speedy preliminary hearing during a CNN leaving CNN Center building in downtown Atlanta 01/12/2023 02:29pm • ATLANTA (AP) — CNN is moving out of the CNN Center, its longtime downtown Atlanta home by the end of this year. The cable channel's weekday anchors are all already in New York or Washington, but CNN still has digital and CNN International operations in Atlanta. Spokesperson Bridget Leininger confi US kindergarten vaccination rate dropped again, data shows 01/12/2023 02:05pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Vaccination rates for U.S. kindergarteners dropped again last year, and federal officials are starting a new campaign to try to bring them up. Usually, 94% to 95% of kindergarteners are vaccinated against measles, tetanus and certain other diseases. The vaccination rates dropped be Bears hire Big Ten Commissioner Warren as team president 01/12/2023 12:41pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears hired Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren as their president and CEO on Thursday, bringing him back to the NFL to help lead a founding franchise after three years running one of college athletics' marquee conferences. Warren, who replaces the retiring Ted Phillips, b New, taller Barbie doll is aimed at kids as young as 3 01/12/2023 09:32am • NEW YORK (AP) — Love her or loathe her, Barbie has been transformed again, this time into a version for children as young as 3. Gone is the contentious hourglass figure for My First Barbie, which launched Thursday ahead of July's live-action film about the icon starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosl