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No food in 9 days for 19 Nevada prisoners on hunger strike 12/10/2022 12:09am • LAS VEGAS (AP) ��� Through stifled sobs, Nina Fernandez described on Friday a vastly different version of events than those shared by Nevada prison officials as to why her son and dozens of others have been on hunger strike at a maximum-security prison for more than a week. The Nevada Department of Frustration of Gen Z in DC: How to get that apartment even with bad credit 12/09/2022 04:50pm • It's not breaking news to tell you about how hard it is to find a good, affordable apartment in the District. It often feels like you're picking between one or the other, but that having both isn't possible. The D.C. area got a reminder of that this week, when incoming Rep.-elect Maxwell Frost, o 3 complaints target 35 books in Frederick Co. school libraries 12/09/2022 04:37pm • A push to remove as many as 35 books from public school libraries in Frederick County, Maryland, has prompted the creation of a committee to examine the issue ��� and nearly 1,000 people have signed up to take on the task. The list of challenged books is posted online. More Education N NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 12/09/2022 04:33pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ All votes counted in Maricopa County, despite online claims CLAI DocuSign, Chewy rise; Lululemon, AmerisourceBergen fall 12/09/2022 04:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Chewy Inc., up $1.68 to $43.65. The online pet store surprised investors by turning a profit in the third quarter. Broadcom Inc., up $13.64 to $544.72. The semiconductor maker reported results that beat analysts Penguin Random House CEO Markus Dohle is stepping down 12/09/2022 03:38pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The CEO of Penguin Random House, the world's largest trade publisher, is stepping down. Markus Dohle's decision, effective at the end of the year, comes just weeks after a federal judge blocked the company's attempt to buy rival Simon & Schuster. ���Following the antitrust dec Santa visit brings joy to a frosty Alaska Inupiat village 12/09/2022 02:43pm • NUIQSUT, Alaska (AP) ��� Though the weather outside was frightful, schoolchildren in the northern Alaska Inupiat community of Nuiqsut were so delighted for a visit by Santa that they braved wind chills of 25 degrees below zero just to see him land on a snow-covered airstrip. Once again, it was time Teen overdoses in Va., Md. tied to counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl 12/09/2022 12:05pm • An alarming new phase of the opioid crisis appears to be escalating, with more overdoses being reported in parts of the D.C. region tied to counterfeit painkillers that are laced with the extremely dangerous drug fentanyl. According to Prince William County police in Virginia, officers respon Smart ways to gift money to children 12/09/2022 10:00am • Amid rising prices and an uncertain economy, more than 60% of Americans are planning on giving money as a gift this holiday season instead of a traditional present, according to a recent survey from MassMutual. Giving small amounts of money in cash or via a gift card is easy enough, but some pare Review: Del Toro takes his 'Pinocchio' to very dark places 12/09/2022 09:37am • Let���s face it, ���Pinocchio��� has always been an odd choice for a children���s morality tale. Of course, lying is wrong. But that���s not the only message the story sends. Even the classic 1940 Disney version ��� lighter and more kid-friendly than the 1883 Collodi tale ��� still sends the message Tennessee suspends ex-senator's law license over guilty plea 12/09/2022 09:24am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� The Tennessee Supreme Court has suspended the law license of a former Tennessee state senator who pleaded guilty last month to violating federal campaign finance laws. The court suspended former Republican Sen. Brian Kelsey's law license Thursday at the request of the Board Loudoun Co. school board appoints Daniel Smith as interim superintendent 12/09/2022 03:10am • The Loudoun County, Virginia, Board of Education appointed its school system���s chief of staff, Daniel Smith, as its interim superintendent Thursday evening, just days after firing Scott Ziegler from the role. At an emergency meeting, six school board members, including Chair Jeff Morse, voted t UK cost-of-living woes stir push for more free school meals 12/09/2022 02:12am • BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) ��� As the school bell rings, dozens of children begin filing into the canteen at Hillstone Primary School. The day's offering, a roast dinner, is a popular one, and many are eager to tuck into their plates of turkey slices, roasted potatoes, broccoli and gravy. For some ch More South Korean adoptees demand probes into their cases 12/09/2022 02:02am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� Nearly 400 South Koreans adopted as children by families in the West have requested South Korea���s Truth and Reconciliation Commission investigate their adoptions through Friday���s application deadline, as Seoul faces growing pressure to reckon with a child export frenz Chronic malnutrition stalks many poor children in Ecuador 12/09/2022 12:06am • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� Sara Milena is barely 20 days old. Her mother, Tania Herrera, lives with her parents, who are the breadwinners of an Ecuadorian household where they earn $5 to $7 a day to feed five adults and support the new arrival. That income is stretched in hopes of feeding the adults tw