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FACT FOCUS: A look at false claims around Kamala Harris and her campaign for the White House 07/22/2024 04:25pm • The announcement that Vice President Kamala Harris will seek the Democratic nomination for president is inspiring a wave of false claims about her eligibility and her background. Some first emerged years ago, while others only surfaced after President Joe Biden's decision to end his bid for a second Grammy-nominated metalcore band As I Lay Dying ready to shred The Fillmore in Silver Spring 07/22/2024 03:18pm • What's heavier than heavy metal? Check out the screaming and growling of "metalcore!" Arguably the genre's biggest act,��As I Lay Dying, joined WTOP as it prepares to rock The Fillmore in Silver Spring, Maryland, this Friday night. "We've done some incredible shows in the D.C. area," front What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act and its chances of passing 07/22/2024 02:11pm • The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 ��� before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today's oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms appears to have en Harris could become the first female president after years of breaking racial and gender barriers 07/22/2024 12:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� She's already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her. Biden announced Sunday that he was stepping aside after a disastrous debate performance catalyzed fears that the 81-year-o AI industry is influencing the world. Mozilla adviser Abeba Birhane is challenging its core values 07/22/2024 11:50am • ���Scaling up" is a catchphrase in the artificial intelligence industry as tech companies rush to improve their AI systems with ever-bigger sets of internet data. It's also a red flag for Mozilla's Abeba Birhane, an AI expert who for years has challenged the values and practices of her field and the Sierra Bancorp: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/22/2024 08:07am • PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� PORTERVILLE, Calif. (AP) ��� Sierra Bancorp (BSRR) on Monday reported second-quarter net income of $10.3 million. The bank, based in Porterville, California, said it had earnings of 71 cents per share. The results topped Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of Biden's decision to drop out leaves Democrats across the country relieved and looking toward future 07/22/2024 07:53am • HARPER WOODS, Mich. (AP) ��� After weeks of uncertainty about who would be at the top of the Democratic Party���s ticket in November, many voters expressed relief over the news that President Joe Biden would drop his reelection bid and began to think about who might replace him in a dramatically alt Competing and parenting: Some athletes are doing double duty at the Olympics 07/22/2024 07:37am • From training and competing to preparing bottles for feedings and changing diapers, some of the Olympians at the Paris Games will be balancing their roles of athletes and parents. There is the British rower who raised more than $4,000 through GoFundMe to go to Paris ���as a full-time mom.��� The Ame How to protect children from Lyme disease during peak tick season 07/22/2024 05:57am • Pediatricians are issuing a word of warning to parents as deer tick season heightens. A bite from the tiny parasites could lead to Lyme disease in adults and children, setting off symptoms of fever, headaches and a target-like rash. Cases spike in the summer months when deer ticks are most act Hello, McFly? 'Back to the Future: The Musical' brings 1.21 gigawatts of entertainment to Kennedy Center 07/22/2024 04:19am • The 1985 blockbuster movie remains one of the most beloved sci-fi family comedies of all time. Now, the Tony Award-nominated Broadway musical version arrives in D.C. as "Back to the Future: The Musical" hits the Kennedy Center from July 23 to Aug. 11. "I love it and I think everybody loves Vice President Kamala Harris leads list of contenders for spots on the Democratic ticket 07/22/2024 01:15am • President Joe Biden's decision to step down as the Democratic Party's nominee for president opens the door for other contenders to become the Democratic nominee in November. The president has thrown his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, and other prominent Democrats moved quickly to rally 2024-2029 Housing Market Predictions 07/21/2024 08:00pm • Over the next five years, as some trends accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic begin to wane, other factors including changing demographics, the rising costs of climate change, an increasingly unstable world and the expansion of AI into the greater economy will also gain importance. If the housing ma 10 Best Growth Stocks to Buy for 2024 07/21/2024 08:00pm • Economists around the world are expecting muted U.S. economic growth in coming quarters, and some are still calling for a mild U.S. recession. It may become difficult for investors to find reliable growth stocks to buy if interest rates remain at 23-year highs for much longer. Nevertheless, growth s As a scholar, he's charted the decline in religion. Now the church he pastors has closed its doors 07/21/2024 04:23pm • They gathered one last time on Sunday ��� the handful of mostly elderly members of First Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. The members, joined by well-wishers, said the Lord's Prayer, recited the Apostle's Creed and heard a biblical passage typically used at funerals, ���To everything there is Some of the world's cleanest pigs, raised to grow kidneys and hearts for humans, are in Va. 07/21/2024 09:07am • BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) ��� Wide-eyed piglets rushing to check out the visitors to their unusual barn just might represent the future of organ transplantation ��� and there���s no rolling around in the mud here. The first gene-edited pig organs ever transplanted into people came from animals born on