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More applicants dive into the hiring pool for Montgomery Co. lifeguards as 7 pools open 05/20/2024 07:37pm • Pools across the region are getting ready for eager swimmers this Memorial Day weekend, and in Montgomery County, Maryland, seven outdoor pools will open for the season. Monika Hammer, communications and public outreach manager for Montgomery County's Department of Recreation, told WTOP gearing u US pediatricians reverse decades-old advice against HIV-positive mothers breastfeeding 05/20/2024 06:02pm • People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians��� group said Monday in a sharp policy change. The new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics reverses recommendations it had in 70 years ago, school integration was a dream many believed could actually happen. It hasn't 05/20/2024 05:48pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Seventy years ago this week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled separating children in schools by race was unconstitutional. On paper, that decision ��� the fabled Brown v. Board of Education, taught in most every American classroom ��� still stands. But for decades, American schools h Philadelphia requires all full-time city employees to return to the office 05/20/2024 04:32pm • Philadelphia has mandated all city employees to return to their offices if employed full-time, as of July 15. Mayor Cherelle Parker made the announcement Monday, saying she wants to create a more visible and accessible government. The decision ends the city���s virtual work policy that was put in pl Mother who said school officials hid her teen's gender expression appeals judge's dismissal of case 05/20/2024 04:26pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� A Maine woman is appealing the dismissal of her lawsuit that accused school officials of encouraging her teen���s gender expression by providing a chest binder and using a new name and pronouns, without consulting her. Amber Lavigne filed her notice of appeal to the 1st U.S. Movie Review: 'The Garfield Movie' is a bizarre animated tale that's not pur-fect in any way 05/20/2024 01:58pm • If you catch the latest Garfield movie, you might not expect to find the famous orange feline at one point running from bad guys on the top of a speeding train. Lasagna eating? Sure. But any sort of cardio? Then prepare for ���The Garfield Movie,��� a curious new animated attempt to monetize the com Movie Review: The 'Mad Max' saga treads (hard-to-find) water with frustrating 'Furiosa' 05/20/2024 01:22pm • At the beginning of ���Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga,��� we are introduced to a kick-ass woman who rides a horse, then a motorbike, nails a few bad guys with sharpshooting finesse and fights off a mob. But it���s not Furiosa ��� it���s her mom. That's one of the oddities of this latest offering in the Mad Things to know about an AI safety summit in Seoul 05/20/2024 11:36am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korea is set to host a mini-summit this week on risks and regulation of artificial intelligence, following up on an inaugural AI safety meeting in Britain last year that drew a diverse crowd of tech luminaries, researchers and officials. The gathering in Seoul aims Kecia Lewis in Broadway's 'Hell's Kitchen' delivers the soul and earns a Tony Award nomination 05/20/2024 11:03am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� It's fitting that Kecia Lewis has had her most successful theater season while playing a mentor. The Broadway veteran ��� now celebrating 40 years in the business ��� portrays the formidable piano teacher Miss Liza Jane in ���Hell���s Kitchen��� who inspires the show's young heroin Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26-June 1 05/20/2024 10:31am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of May 26-June 1: May 26: Sportscaster Brent Musburger is 85. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is 79. Singer Stevie Nicks is 76. Actor Pam Grier is 75. Actor Philip Michael Thomas (���Miami Vice���) is 75. Country singer Hank Williams Junior is 75. Actor Marga The 20 Most Stressful Jobs 05/19/2024 08:00pm • Stressful jobs can be fulfilling because they make a difference -- in people's health, public safety or a company's bottom line. And high-stress jobs often come with high pay. Find out whether your job is among the most stressful careers, according to experts, and how it compares with other high-str The 10 Best Apps for Finding Your Next Apartment 05/19/2024 08:00pm • When you start looking for a new apartment, chances are you have a finite amount of time before you need to move. It can be challenging to find the right place to call your next home, and securing it before it gets snapped up by another renter makes the search even more pressing. In a competitive ma Kevin Pillar has a poetic moment, gets 1,000th career hit in Angels' win at Texas with parents there 05/19/2024 07:37pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Kevin Pillar tucked a keepsake ball into his bag from his 1,000th career hit that meant even more to him than just putting the Los Angeles Angels ahead to stay in a series-clinching victory over the reigning World Series champions. While Pillar is a California native, his Family coach says changing kids' attitudes around chores is key 05/19/2024 06:23pm • Summer is fast approaching, and kids will be spending a lot more time at home. The end of the school year is a great time to have a conversation with kids about the work that goes into keeping homes flowing, family coach Lori Sugarman-Li told WTOP. "Having them around gives us the opportunity to Ohio voters approved reproductive rights. Will the state's near-ban on abortion stand? 05/19/2024 02:05am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� A county judge could rule as early as Monday on Ohio's law banning virtually all abortions, a decision that will take into consideration the decision by voters to enshrine reproductive rights in the state constitution. The 2019 law under consideration by Hamilton County Comm