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Column: The games will go on after Hamlin -- they always do 01/04/2023 06:54pm • It was a horrific scene, no doubt. A young athlete just getting started on a promising NFL career, seemingly the personification of fitness and health, popping up from a rather innocuous-looking tackle — and then slumping back to the turf. Just like that, fighting for his life. Naturally, when a t Family of 4 still hospitalized after father drove off cliff 01/04/2023 05:31pm • MONTARA, Calif. (AP) — The driver of a car that plunged off a treacherous cliff in Northern California, injuring his two young children and his wife after the 250-foot drop, remained hospitalized with serious injuries Wednesday, according to the California Highway Patrol. Dharmesh A. Patel of Pasa Virginia attorney general investigating elite high school 01/04/2023 04:29pm • ANNANDALE, Va. (AP) — Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares is launching an investigation into one of the state's most prestigious high schools, acting on complaints that students there weren't properly recognized for their achievements on a standardized test. Miyares said at a news conference W Convictions, prison time: A look at college admissions scam 01/04/2023 04:01pm • BOSTON (AP) — More than 50 people were convicted in the sprawling college admissions bribery scheme that embroiled elite universities across the country and landed a slew of prominent parents and athletic coaches behind bars. The case dubbed Operation Varsity Blues by authorities revealed a schem Rick Singer, ringleader of college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared rich parents, gets 3.5 years in prison 01/04/2023 03:09pm • BOSTON (AP) — Rick Singer, ringleader of college admissions bribery scheme that ensnared rich parents, gets 3.5 years in prison. British novelist, screenwriter Fay Weldon dies at 91 01/04/2023 02:44pm • LONDON (AP) — British author Fay Weldon, known for her sharp wit and acerbic observations about women’s experiences and sexual politics in novels including “The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil," has died, her family said Wednesday. She was 91. Weldon was a playwright, screenwriter and a prolifi Attorney general announces Thomas Jefferson high school investigations 01/04/2023 02:38pm • 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. Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares announced two investigations into Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Wednesd State and company suing over BWI concessions contract jointly ask court for a delay in the procurement process 01/04/2023 02:24pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. It appears as if it will be months before the state picks a new vendor to operate the highly lucrative concessions operations at BWI Thurgoo Meta fined 390M euros in latest European privacy crackdown 01/04/2023 11:46am • LONDON (AP) — European Union regulators on Wednesday hit Facebook parent Meta with hundreds of millions in fines for privacy violations and banned the company from forcing users in the 27-nation bloc to agree to personalized ads based on their online activity. Ireland's Data Protection Commission Mireku-North nominated to replace Luedtke in Md. House of Delegates 01/04/2023 08:58am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. The Montgomery County Democratic Central Committee voted Tuesday evening to send a new delegate to Annapolis for the General Assembly sess Idaho slayings suspect agrees to extradition to face charges 01/04/2023 08:16am • STROUDSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A criminology graduate student accused of the November slayings of four University of Idaho students agreed Tuesday to be extradited from Pennsylvania, where he was arrested last week, to face charges in Idaho. Bryan Kohberger, a 28-year-old doctoral student at Washington S Youngkin calls for investigation into Fairfax Co. school accused of delay in informing students of national recognition 01/04/2023 05:44am • Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is urging Attorney General Jason Miyares to investigate a Fairfax County school some parents say delayed notifying students of a national recognition. In a letter Tuesday, Youngkin said he is "stunned" by the possibility that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science a Jury finds daughter of former Cabinet official guilty in fatal stabbing of Maryland man 01/04/2023 04:29am • A Maryland jury found the daughter of a former director of national intelligence guilty in the fatal stabbing of a Montgomery County man. Sophia Negroponte, 29, of D.C., was found guilty of second-degree murder nearly two years after the death of 24-year-old Yousuf Rasmussen, of Bethesda. Negropo Japan's PM Kishida vows deeper alliance with US on defense 01/04/2023 04:28am • TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Wednesday pledged to deepen his country's alliance with the United States under Japan's new defense policy that breaks from its exclusively self-defense-only stance in the face of growing regional tensions. Kishida, speaking in a news conferenc Transgender Missouri inmate executed for fatal stabbing 01/04/2023 01:45am • BONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri inmate was put to death Tuesday for a 2003 killing, in what is believed to be the first execution of a transgender woman in the U.S. Amber McLaughlin, 49, was convicted of stalking and killing a former girlfriend, then dumping the body near the Mississippi River