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Spain to help working parents with more leave time for kids 12/13/2022 10:10am • MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government wants to help working parents juggle the responsibility of raising children with their jobs by giving them more time off when kids get sick or during those long summer holidays. Ione Belarra, Spain’s minister of social rights, presented the initial draft of a n Jin, of K-Pop supergroup BTS, enlists for mandatory military service 12/13/2022 09:16am • Jin, of K-Pop band BTS, shows off his freshly shaved head on the K-Pop social media platform Weverse, Dec. 11, 2022, ahead of his upcoming military conscription. Weverse via AP Seoul — Jin, a member of South Korea's K-Pop superstar band B Motherly love boosts Morocco's team spirit at World Cup 12/13/2022 09:13am • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Morocco's players are sharing the World Cup spotlight with some of their most ardent fans: their mothers. Many of the players have brought their mothers and other family members to Qatar and celebrated with them in the stadiums after the team's impressive string of victories. Mi Sears Hometown files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 12/13/2022 08:27am • The "other Sears" is in financial turmoil, just like its more famous parent company.Sears Hometown Stores Inc., a franchise-owned unit of Sears, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.Sears spun off Sears Hometown in 2012 to give the parent company a much-needed infusion of cash. Transformco Students turn to TikTok to fill gaps in school lessons 12/13/2022 07:46am • PHOENIX (AP) — Mecca Patterson-Guridy wants to learn, but for some subjects, she isn’t always comfortable asking her teachers. So she has been turning to TikTok. Online, the 17-year-old high school junior in Philadelphia has found videos on social media platforms about protests over police shoo A decade after Sandy Hook, grief remains but hope grows 12/13/2022 06:32am • NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — They would have been 16 or 17 this year. High school juniors. The children killed at the Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012 should have spent this year thinking about college, taking their SATs and getting their driver’s licenses. Maybe attending their first prom Nancy Pelosi's career chronicled in new film by her daughter 12/13/2022 12:26am • NEW YORK (AP) — For Alexandra Pelosi, the brutal attack on her father earlier this year was a culmination of vitriol that had been building for decades. Her family’s name, she says, has been weaponized for years, turned into a curse word for Republicans. Then, in October, a man broke into the Students with disabilities win dispute over masks in Va. public schools 12/12/2022 10:29pm • Parents of students with disabilities in Virginia public schools have won a major legal dispute, winning the right to require mask-wearing by teachers and students to help protect their children against COVID-19. One of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin's first acts was to stop mandatory mask wear The 11 Best All-Inclusive Mexico Resorts for Families 12/12/2022 07:00pm • If you're looking for family-friendly, all-inclusive resorts with year-round warm temperatures, beautiful beaches, top-notch cuisine, picturesque sunsets and a plethora of water sports, Mexico is a hard destination to beat. Its family resorts boast everything from water parks and high-tech teen club USA Today suspends book bestseller list; Bookforum shutters 12/12/2022 05:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — USA Today's weekly chart of top-selling books is on indefinite hiatus after the newspaper's parent company, Gannett, laid off the editor in charge of compiling the list that's closely followed in the publishing industry. "USA Today's Books list will be on hiatus for the remainder o Horizon Therapeutics, Microsoft rise; Rivian falls 12/12/2022 04:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Horizon Therapeutics, up $15.07 to $112.36. The drugmaker agreed to be acquired by Amgen for more than $26 billion. Weber Inc., up $1.51 to $8.01. The grill maker agreed to be taken private by BDT Capital Partn Bidens spread holiday cheer at Toys for Tots event 12/12/2022 01:27pm • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden helped pack presents for children and encouraged holiday cheer as the White House marked the 75th anniversary of Toys for Tots at an event hosted by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. The event at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in After 75 years, Toys for Tots reaches more kids around Christmas than ever 12/12/2022 11:55am • For 75 years, Toys for Tots has been nearly synonymous with Christmas, making sure kids have some presents under the tree every year. WTOP spoke with the top Marine in charge of the campaign about the program's long history and just how large its mission has become. For nearly all of those 75 yea Morocco's World Cup streak brings a joyful Arab embrace 12/12/2022 10:57am • DOHA, Qatar (AP) — It’s a rare moment in the Middle East when the public’s voice roars louder than those of the governments. But Morocco’s surprise string of wins at the World Cup in Qatar have stirred a joy and pride among Arab fans that have, at least for a moment, eclipsed the region's ma Kimberly Palmer: Sharing a roof, and money, with adult kids 12/12/2022 07:00am • When Amanda Claypool was 28, she left a government contracting job in Washington, D.C., and moved back to her parents’ house in upstate New York while she figured out her next step. Then the pandemic struck, and her temporary return lasted longer than she’d planned. Living with her parents for s