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New site seeks to help Marylanders navigate respiratory virus infections 11/13/2022 03:41pm • As the D.C. region continues to deal with a surge in respiratory infections, Maryland officials are hoping to provide some guidance through a new resource. The Maryland Department of Health has launched a new Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) webpage. It also provides guidance for the flu and COV US Rhodes scholars chosen to begin Oxford studies in 2023 11/13/2022 03:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A new group of Rhodes scholars from the U.S. has been chosen for the prestigious academic program in a selection process that was conducted online for the third consecutive year. The class of 32 scholars for 2023 was ���elected entirely virtually, with both candidates and selecto Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 11/13/2022 02:13pm • PERCE, Quebec (AP) ��� On Quebec���s Bonaventure Island, the ghosts of human habitation from years past and the birds that breed there now in extraordinary numbers tell the same story: of lives lived hard in a place of fairy-tale beauty. You see this from the tender ages on the family gravestones of A guide to parental controls on social media 11/13/2022 12:49pm • A little over a year ago, social media companies were put on notice for how they protect, or fail to protect, their youngest users. In a series of congressional hearings, executives from Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram faced tough questions from lawmakers over how their platforms can lea ���Black Panther' sequel scores 2nd biggest debut of 2022 11/13/2022 12:21pm • The box office roared back to life with the long-awaited release of ���Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." The Marvel sequel earned $180 million in ticket sales from more than 4,396 theaters in the U.S. and Canada, according to estimates from The Walt Disney Co. on Sunday, making it the second biggest Should Native Americans get preference over White people in adopting Native children? Supreme Court may decide 11/13/2022 09:40am • Throughout its history, the US has adopted policies that threatened to wipe out Native American tribes and their cultures -- or as one Army officer put it, "kill the Indian in him, and save the man." A lawsuit now before the Supreme Court, tribal nations argue, has the potential to do the same. Seeking heart surgery for their baby, family feels pediatric hospital shortages 11/13/2022 03:07am • Even before their daughter was born in June, Aaron and Helen Chavez knew she would need heart surgery. Doctors expected her to have an operation around 6 months of age. When it became apparent in September that it would have to happen much sooner than expected, the Chavezes said, they endured an Climate reshapes life for tenacious gannets on Quebec isle 11/13/2022 02:29am • PERCE, Quebec (AP) ��� On Quebec���s Bonaventure Island, the ghosts of human habitation from years past and the birds that breed there now in extraordinary numbers tell the same story: of lives lived hard in a place of fairy-tale beauty. You see this from the tender ages on the family gravestones of Faithful mates, hot tempers form primal life for gannets 11/13/2022 02:18am • PERCE, Quebec (AP) ��� Northern gannets share two maxims familiar to humans: ���home sweet home��� and ���don't tread on me.��� They pack together on a Bonaventure Island plateau like New York commuters jamming a subway, only they're louder. They are devoted parents and could teach humans a thing or Prince George's Co. school board proceeds with new district boundaries 11/12/2022 02:59pm • The Board of Education in Prince George's County, Maryland, approved Thursday a final school boundary plan from CEO Dr. Monica Goldson after frustrated parents protested the suggested changes last month. Board members took 42 seconds to approve Goldson's comprehensive school boundary proposal. Twitter drama too much? Mastodon, others emerge as options 11/12/2022 12:40pm • Twitter has been a bit of a mess since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company���s workforce in half, upending the platform���s verification system, sparring with users over jokes and acknowledging that ��� dumb things ��� might happen as he reshapes one of the world���s m Lindsay Lohan's Christmas movie isn't what you hoped it'd be ��� it is so much more 11/12/2022 11:16am • Imagine, for a moment, a lush, snowy mountainscape. As you gaze upon it, dreamy music plays (from who knows where -- but it doesn't matter) and you feel like you're descending into a magical land, one where actress Lindsay Lohan is actively working again just as "The Parent Trap" gods intended, t At hearing, dozens offer their suggestions for tweaking education reform plan 11/12/2022 07:37am • Sen. Mary Beth Corroza testifies during a public hearing Nov. 10 before the Maryland Blueprint for Maryland���s Future Accountability and Implementation Board. Screenshot. This content was republished with permission from WTOP���s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for��Maryland Matters� Canadian sports broadcasters still hampered post-pandemic 11/12/2022 06:10am • TORONTO (AP) ��� Radio broadcast crews around the NHL and NBA are essentially back to normal after a couple years of pandemic-related challenges ��� with exceptions on the travel front and almost all in Canadian markets. Radio broadcast crews for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and Vancouve Why Planet Fitness hasn't raised its $10 monthly gym price in 30 years 11/12/2022 05:01am • A gym membership in the United States typically costs around $50 a month. Boutique gyms and high-intensity classes run double and triple that. Planet Fitness, however, has offered $10 monthly memberships for 30 years. The no-frills gym chain hasn't raised the price, making it one of the few thing