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Want to show teachers appreciation? This top school gives them more freedom 05/06/2024 12:07am • BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) ��� When teachers at A.D. Henderson School, one of the top-performing schools in Florida, are asked how they succeed, one answer is universal: They have autonomy. Nationally, most teachers report feeling stressed and overwhelmed at work, according to a Pew Research Center surv Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief 05/05/2024 11:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Kim Godwin is out after three tumultuous years as ABC News president, a move presaged earlier this year when network parent Walt Disney Co. installed one of its executives, Debra O'Connell, to oversee the news division. Godwin, the first Black woman to lead a network news division, A Holocaust survivor will mark that history differently after the horrors of Oct. 7 05/05/2024 08:27pm • KIBBUTZ MEFALSIM, Israel (AP) ��� When Hamas fighters invaded southern Israel on Oct. 7, the militant group that rules the Gaza Strip perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews since the Holocaust. So this year���s Holocaust Remembrance Day, which begins on Sunday evening in Israel, carries a heavier Senior Living Experiences: 2024 Survey Report 05/05/2024 08:00pm • Senior living communities can take a range of forms, from independent living to assisted living and memory care, all of which are designed to meet the changing needs of older adults. In the U.S., the baby boomer population -- those born between 1946 and 1964 -- is approaching a life stage that may d Lawsuit against Meta asks if Facebook users have right to control their feeds using external tools 05/05/2024 04:03pm • Do social media users have the right to control what they see ��� or don't see ��� on their feeds? A lawsuit filed against Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. is arguing that a federal law often used to shield internet companies from liability also allows people to use external tools to take contro Biden has rebuilt the refugee system after Trump-era cuts. What comes next in an election year? 05/05/2024 09:30am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� A church volunteer stood at an apartment door, beckoning inside a Congolese family for their first look at where they would live in America. ���Your new house!��� volunteer Dan Davidson exclaimed as the couple and the woman's brother stepped into the two-bedroom apartment in DC ranks among best places for working mothers 05/05/2024 08:27am • If you're a working mom looking for a good place to land a job, look no further than the District of Columbia. A new study conducted by Wallet Hub, found that D.C. was the third-best place for working mothers in the nation, only falling behind Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The District ranked t Hush money, catch and kill and more: A guide to unique terms used at Trump���s New York criminal trial 05/05/2024 08:13am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump���s New York criminal trial is full of terms you don���t typically hear in a courtroom. Centering on allegations Trump falsified his company���s records to conceal the nature of hush money reimbursements, it's the first ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president a German teen turns himself in over attack on European election candidate 05/05/2024 08:04am • BERLIN (AP) ��� A teenager surrendered to police on Sunday over an attack on a candidate from the party of Chancellor Olaf Scholz that fueled concern about intimidation and violence in the run-up to next month���s election for the European Parliament. The 17-year-old, accompanied by a parent, turned How the Ethiopian community is celebrating Orthodox Easter in the DC area 05/05/2024 07:21am • This weekend, Orthodox Christians, including many from the Ethiopian community in the D.C. area, are celebrating Fasika, or Easter, marking the end of the 55-day fast called Abiy Tsome, or the Great Lent. Ethiopians, along with Eritrean, Greek, Russian and Serbian cultures celebrate the holiday i Brent Rooker homers twice in 3rd inning, Athletics roll Marlins 20-4 05/04/2024 11:41pm • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ��� Brent Rooker became the first Oakland player in nearly 30 years to homer twice in an inning, accomplishing the feat in the third inning to help the Athletics pound the Miami Marlins 20-4 on Saturday for their sixth consecutive victory. The Athletics only All-Star a year ago, Rays beat Mets 3-1 to spoil strong MLB debut by New York's Scott; Cash picks up 755th victory 05/04/2024 11:03pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) ��� Pinch hitter Austin Shenton's bases-loaded walk scored a tiebreaking run in the eighth inning and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Mets 3-1 on Saturday night. Adam Ottavino (1-1) was on the verge of getting out of a bases-loaded jam with one out in the eighth after Virginia attorney general joins efforts to fight back against Title IX changes 05/04/2024 09:59pm • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a multi-state effort to stop new Title IX rules from going into effect. The list of new rules designed to protect victims of campus sexual assaults and the rights of LGBTQ+ students has come under attack by Republican attorneys general in several Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 05/04/2024 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad ��� you name it ��� leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap May is National Water Safety Month ��� the ideal time to learn the ABCs of water safety before summer 05/04/2024 05:12pm • August is the month most D.C.-area children start school. But May is the ideal time to teach water safety to young swimmers, according to a coalition that includes the American Red Cross. The lessons can save countless lives during the peak summer months, when many families plan vacations near po