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Va. bill would close loophole that allowed Fairfax Co. counselor to remain employed despite conviction 12/21/2022 03:11pm • Law enforcement and court officials would be required to notify Virginia school systems any time a school employee gets arrested under a bill introduced ahead of the 2023 General Assembly session. The proposed legislation, Sen. Scott Surovell said in a news release, would also require that the ag New label law has unintended effect: Sesame in more foods 12/21/2022 12:56pm • A new federal law requiring that sesame be listed as an allergen on food labels is having unintended consequences ��� increasing the number of products with the ingredient. Food industry experts said the requirements are so stringent that many manufacturers, especially bakers, find it simpler and le Holidays can bring financial stress, here's how to reduce it 12/21/2022 12:52pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The holidays are supposed to be a joyful time, but they can also be financially stressful. With gifts, social gatherings and plane tickets home, the costs can start piling up. With inflation easing but still high, 57% of Americans say it has been harder to afford the gifts they wa Somali troops returning from once-secret training in Eritrea 12/21/2022 11:12am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Somalia���s government says the first group of 5,000 Somalis who were sent to Eritrea for military training has returned home, to the relief of parents who had alleged their sons had been recruited under false pretenses. Defense Minister Abdulkadir Mohamed Nur on Wednesday co EXPLAINER: Undoing of Roe quickly shifts abortion in states 12/21/2022 10:27am • Anti-abortion groups hoped and strategized for decades for a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that was delivered in June, ending a court-protected right to abortion after nearly 50 years. The fallout was immediate and far-reaching ��� and it's not over yet. The midyear ruling overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wa Families consider class action lawsuit against embattled Md. college savings plan 12/21/2022 09:20am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters��� free email subscription��today. Parents who participate in Maryland���s college savings plan, frustrated by a year-long accounting problem that has left many unable to pa Esports seen as pathway to boost diversity in STEM careers 12/21/2022 09:07am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� As a kid, Kevin Fair would take apart his Nintendo console, troubleshoot issues and put it back together again ��� experiences the Black entrepreneur says represented ���a life trajectory changing moment��� when he realized the entertainment system was more than a toy. ���I think I Long-cut phones ring again in Ethiopia's Tigray, bring grief 12/21/2022 03:39am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� For a year and a half, phone calls to people trying to survive one of the world���s worst wars didn���t go through. Now, as phone lines start to be restored to parts of Ethiopia���s Tigray region after a fragile peace deal, some Tigrayans are relieved while others grieve. ��� The AP Interview: Vermont Sen. Leahy ponders his legacy 12/21/2022 02:59am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Sen. Patrick Leahy lingered on a narrow balcony on the west side of the U.S. Capitol, soaking in a panoramic view of the National Mall, the Washington Monument and, beyond, the Lincoln Memorial. ���Now this I will miss,��� he said. As Leahy closes out a Senate career that has sp How using screen time to calm youngsters may influence child development 12/20/2022 10:58pm • Many parents use electronic devices to keep young children occupied or calm, and a new study suggests it's a bad idea. A Northern Virginia psychiatrist has tips for what to do instead. Findings published in JAMA Pediatrics suggest that using mobile devices for calming children 3 to 5 years old co ��Qu�� es una bomba cicl��nica? 12/20/2022 09:00pm • (CNN) -- Bomba. No es una palabra que puedas decir en un avi��n (��recuerdas a Ben Stiller en Meet the Parents?). Tambi��n debes tener cuidado al usarla para describir un sistema de tormenta.Probablemente escuchas que la frase "bomba cicl��nica" aparece de vez en cuando en las historias del clima. E Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance 12/20/2022 08:28pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem���s Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his phone. ���You have been spotted as having participated in acts of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,��� it read in Arabic. ���We will hold you accountable.��� Ramlawi, then 19, wa Mat Ishbia agrees to buy Suns, Mercury for $4 billion 12/20/2022 08:06pm • Mortgage executive Mat Ishbia has agreed in principle to buy a majority stake of the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury from the embattled owner Robert Sarver for $4 billion, the sides announced Tuesday. The sale is expected to take several weeks to complete. Ishbia ��� who is chairman, president and 8 teen girls charged with murder in Toronto stabbing death 12/20/2022 07:32pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Eight teenage girls who apparently met on social media have been charged with second-degree murder in the stabbing death of a 59-year-old man, Toronto police said Tuesday. Investigators allege that the girls assaulted and stabbed the man in Toronto���s downtown core early Sunday mo Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg takes witness stand in FTC case 12/20/2022 06:23pm • SAN JOSE, California (AP) ��� Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook's parent company Meta, took the witness stand Tuesday in a trial over U.S. antitrust regulators' effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup called Within Unlimited. At issue is whether Meta���s acquisition of