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We know late-night screens are bad for sleep. How do you stop doomscrolling in bed? 05/08/2024 09:21am • Like many of us, Jessica Peoples has heard the warnings about excessive screen time at night. Still, she estimates spending 30 to 60 minutes on her phone before going to sleep, mostly scrolling through social media. ���Recently, I���ve been trying to limit the amount,��� says Peoples, a discriminati Mother of Australian surfers killed in Mexico gives moving tribute to sons at a beach in San Diego 05/08/2024 08:21am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� The mother of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico delivered a moving tribute to her sons Tuesday at a beach in San Diego. ���Our hearts are broken and the world has become a darker place for us,��� Debra Robinson said, fighting back tears. ���They were young men enjoying the Trone and Alsobrooks speak to WTOP about issues facing Maryland and the Senate 05/08/2024 08:06am • There's less than a week to go before primary day in Maryland ��� and the top two candidates in a crowded Senate race to succeed retiring Sen. Ben Cardin could be locked in a closer race than many public polls indicate. And while early voting is already underway, both leading candidates ��� Princ Dine Brands: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/08/2024 07:28am • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� PASADENA, Calif. (AP) ��� Dine Brands Global Inc. (DIN) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $17.5 million. On a per-share basis, the Pasadena, California-based company said it had net income of $1.13. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1 Q&A: Maryland Democratic Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks 05/08/2024 04:26am • (Courtesy Angela Alsobrooks for Senate) Angela Alsobrooks is in her second term as Prince George's County executive. She's running for the Democratic nomination for Senate. Read the full story: Trone and Alsobrooks on issues facing Maryland and the Senate�� Listen to the full interview. Th Q&A: Maryland Democratic Senate candidate David Trone 05/08/2024 04:21am • Rep. David Trone is serving his third term in the U.S. House representing the 6th District. He's��running for the Democratic nomination for Senate. Read the full story: Trone and Alsobrooks on issues facing Maryland and the Senate�� Listen to the full interview above. The transcript below Rape, terror and death at sea: How a boat carrying Rohingya children, women and men capsized 05/08/2024 01:43am • MEULABOH, Indonesia (AP) ��� The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear. The captain and crew who she says had tortured her and three other women and girls were not finished. And the punis Civil suit settled in shooting of Native American activist at protest of Spanish conquistador statue 05/08/2024 12:53am • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit seeking damages from three relatives in the shooting of a Native American activist in northern New Mexico amid confrontations about a statue of a Spanish conquistador and aborted plans to reinstall it in public, according to co Too much water, and not enough: Brazil's flooded south struggles to access basic goods 05/08/2024 12:36am • PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) ��� The mayor of a major city in southern Brazil on Tuesday pleaded with residents to comply with his water rationing decree, given that some four-fifths of the population is without running water, a week after major flooding that has left at least 90 people dead and more t Can you afford to take care of your children and parents? Biden revives effort to lower costs 05/08/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� As President Joe Biden runs for reelection, he���s resurrecting proposals to reshape American life from the cradle to the grave by lowering the cost of child care, expanding preschool opportunities and making home aides more available to the elderly. The initiatives were once pa Israel seizes Gaza's vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn't the full invasion many fear 05/07/2024 11:02pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� Israeli troops seized control of Gaza���s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and talks with Hamas over a cease-fire and hostage release remain on a knife���s edge New Md. schools superintendent speaks on performance rankings, pays raises for teachers and more 05/07/2024 10:52pm • Dr. Carey Wright has only been the fulltime State Superintendent of Maryland Schools for two weeks but she's ready to make some changes. Maryland's public schools have often been ranked by various groups as some of the best in the nation. Previous state school leaders have touted the performance Alabama lawmakers approve tax breaks for businesses that help employees afford child care 05/07/2024 08:56pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) ��� Alabama lawmakers on Tuesday gave final approval to legislation to provide state tax breaks to businesses that help their employees afford childcare. The Alabama Senate voted 31-0 for the bill that now goes to Gov. Kay Ivey for her signature. Supporters said that childcare TikTok sues US to block law that could ban the social media platform 05/07/2024 07:29pm • TikTok and its Chinese parent company filed a lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new American law that would ban the popular video-sharing app in the U.S. unless it's sold to an approved buyer, saying it unfairly singles out the platform and is an unprecedented attack on free speech. In its lawsuit, Byt Drake and Kendrick Lamar's feud ��� the biggest beef in recent rap history ��� explained 05/07/2024 05:40pm • In one of the biggest beefs in recent hip-hop history, Drake and Kendrick Lamar are feuding ��� to the point that police were asked about their feud after a security guard was shot outside Drake's Toronto mansion on Tuesday. But it wasn't always this way. Over a decade ago, the pair collaborated on