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Will early endorsement pay off for Prince George���s Co. as legislative session begins? 01/11/2023 03:33pm • Prince George���s County, Maryland, Executive Angela Alsobrooks arrived in Annapolis Wednesday morning, hours before the legislative session got underway. Though Christmas may have been a few weeks ago, she still brought a wish list of budget priorities she hopes will get filled before lawmakers Speech groups criticize Florida school for scrapping play 01/11/2023 01:31pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Free speech groups have condemned the abrupt cancellation by Florida administrators of a high school student production of Paula Vogel���s play ���Indecent,��� which explores a flashpoint in Jewish and queer theatrical history. The National Coalition Against Censorship, PEN America Greece's former king to be buried as a private citizen 01/11/2023 01:13pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Constantine, the former and last king of Greece, will be buried as a private citizen in Tatoi, the former summer residence of Greece���s royals just outside Athens where his parents and ancestors are buried, the government said Wednesday. A controversial figure in Greek histo School lawsuits over social media harm face tough legal road 01/11/2023 12:09pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media companies are now facing lawsuits brought by public entities that seek to hold them accountable for a huge societal problem ��� in their case, the mental health crisis among youth. But th CES 2023: 10 tech innovations that caught our eye 01/11/2023 11:49am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� From electric cars and boats to wireless TVs to the latest phones and tablets, there was a wide range of innovations on display at the CES tech show in Las Vegas last week. Some of it aimed to solve big real world problems. Some of it aimed to make your life more fun. And some of FTX lawyers say they have recovered $5 billion in assets 01/11/2023 11:42am • FTX officials overseeing its bankruptcy have recovered more than $5 billion in cash and other liquid assets that may be used to help repay creditors, a lawyer for the failed crypto firm said during a bankruptcy court hearing Wednesday.That disclosure significantly raises the estimated amount of fund AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023: Swiatek is No. 1; Gauff seeks 1st Slam 01/11/2023 09:04am • Top women to watch at the Australian Open, which begins at Melbourne Park on Monday morning (Sunday night EST): ___ IGA SWIATEK Ranked: 1 Career-Best Ranking: 1 Country: Poland Age: 21 2022 Record: 67-9 2022 Titles: 8 Career Titles: 11 Grand Slam Titles: 3 ��� French Police: Prince George's Co. middle schoolers receive online threats 01/11/2023 08:35am • Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, say they're investigating threats made over social media extorting middle schoolers who may have been targeted. A Prince George's police spokesperson told WTOP that four students received messages on Instagram and TikTok this week telling them that they Edmunds highlights top car-tech trends from CES 2023 01/11/2023 07:22am • CES (formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show) in Las Vegas tends to showcase vehicles and technology that are further out than one might find at a traditional auto show. Edmunds attended this year and reports on the most notable vehicles and what new technology car shoppers might see in the Montgomery Co. elementary educator receives 'Oscar award' of teaching 01/11/2023 06:13am • At Fairland Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland, a gymnasium full of students erupted in cheers as one of their teachers was named the best of the best in the nation. The students were celebrating third grade teacher Dion Jones being selected as a Milken Educator Award recipient. Illinois bans semiautomatic weapons, critics vow court test 01/10/2023 11:14pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ��� Illinois banned the sale or possession of semiautomatic weapons Tuesday when Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation driven largely by the killing of seven people at a 4th of July parade last year in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. Pritzker acted without hesitation aft South Dakota governor calls for eliminating grocery tax 01/10/2023 07:15pm • Gov. Kristi Noem called Tuesday for using the state���s surplus to eliminate the tax charged on groceries and lower other taxes in a State of the State address that steered clear of the hot-button topic of abortion. The Republican governor, who is seen as a potential contender for the 2024 White Ho The School Board, Explained 01/10/2023 07:00pm • Behind each of the nearly 14,000 public school districts in the United States there's a small group of individuals who play an important, high-level role in deciding in deciding how schools are run: the school board. School boards have been around longer than America itself. According to the Nationa Artificial Intelligence Stocks: The 10 Best AI Companies 01/10/2023 07:00pm • AI stocks may be excellent long-term investments.Virtually every industry is being disrupted by artificial intelligence, automation and robotics. In 2022, the world got a firsthand look at the remarkable advances in AI technology, including the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot and expanded public After years of surpluses, California headed toward a deficit 01/10/2023 06:11pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� From a budget perspective, the first four years of California Gov. Gavin Newsom's time in office has been a fairy tale: A seemingly endless flow of money that paid to enact some of the country's most progressive policies while acting as a bulwark against a tide of conserv