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Prince George's Co. school system holds first-ever LGBTQ+ summit this weekend 05/03/2024 12:59pm • When Prince George's County Public Schools superintendent Millard House visited students and schools around the county at the start of the school year, one of the complaints he heard came from students in the LGBTQ+ community, who felt they weren't being heard or that their needs were being met. Thi Lawyers for teen suing NBA star Ja Morant over a fight during a pickup game withdraw from the case 05/03/2024 12:38pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Lawyers for a teenager who is suing two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant over a fight during an offseason pickup game can withdraw from the case after citing irreconcilable conflicts with their client, a Tennessee judge ruled Friday. Rebecca Adelman and Leslie Ballin had filed a m Self-exiled Chinese businessman's chief of staff pleads guilty weeks before trial 05/03/2024 12:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges on Friday, weeks before her boss goes to trial in New York in a $1 billion fraud case. Yvette Wang entered the plea in Manhattan federal court three weeks before she w TDS: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/03/2024 07:41am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� CHICAGO (AP) ��� Telephone & Data Systems Inc. (TDS) on Friday reported first-quarter profit of $29 million. The Chicago-based company said it had net income of 10 cents per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment 05/03/2024 07:04am • The military defector was killed in a hail of gunfire and then run over by a car in Spain. The opposition figure was struck repeatedly with a hammer in Lithuania. The journalist fell ill from a suspected poisoning in Germany. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks a Denmark to liberalize its abortion law to allow the procedure until 18th week of pregnancy 05/03/2024 05:02am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Denmark's government said Friday it is relaxing its restrictions on abortion for the first time in 50 years to make it legal for women to terminate pregnancies up to the 18th week from the previous 12th week. Officials said the law will also be changed to allow girls bet More than 2,100 people have been arrested during pro-Palestinian protests on US college campuses 05/02/2024 11:11pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Police have arrested more than 2,100 people during pro-Palestinian protests at college campuses across the United States in recent weeks, sometimes using riot gear, tactical vehicles and flash-bang devices to clear tent encampments and occupied buildings. One officer accidentall Arizona's Democratic governor signs a bill to repeal 1864 ban on most abortions 05/02/2024 10:46pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a bill Thursday to repeal it. Hobbs says the move is just the beginning of a fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona. The repeal of the 1864 law that the stat Today's campus protests aren't nearly as big or violent as those last century ��� at least, not yet 05/02/2024 10:02pm • In a way, the black-and-white Palestinian scarf draped over Hannah Sattler���s shoulders this week and the tie-dyed T-shirts of 1968 are woven from a common thread. Like so many college students across the country protesting the Israel-Hamas war, Sattler feels the historic weight of the anti-Vietnam Gangs in Haiti launch fresh attacks, days after a new prime minister is announced 05/02/2024 08:37pm • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) ��� Gangs in Haiti laid siege to several neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours as hundreds fled the violence early Thursday in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti���s new prime minister was announced. The attacks beg College Admitted Student Days: What to Know 05/02/2024 08:00pm • Each spring, colleges hold admitted student days exclusively for accepted students. It's a chance for them and their families to ask questions of faculty, meet current students and future classmates, learn about programs and see what life on campus is like. Admitted student days usually are held bef South Carolina Senate approves ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors 05/02/2024 07:57pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� The South Carolina Senate on Thursday approved a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors after supporters defeated efforts to only ban treatments that would be considered irreversible. The 27-8 vote in favor included all Republicans present and one Democrat voting Movie Review: Bold, audacious ���I Saw the TV Glow��� explores fandom, identity and the way we remember 05/02/2024 07:27pm • The school gym. The football field bleachers. The multiplex, the fast food drive-thru, the quiet leaf-covered street where your friend lives. Something about the detail and clarity with which Jane Schoenbrun evokes ���90s suburbia in ���I Saw the TV Glow��� makes you remember growing up there ��� ev Alliant Energy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/02/2024 06:12pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� MADISON, Wis. (AP) ��� Alliant Energy Corp. (LNT) on Thursday reported profit of $158 million in its first quarter. The Madison, Wisconsin-based company said it had net income of 62 cents per share. The electric and gas utility parent company posted revenue of $1.03 billion in Position switch back in high school pays off for Seahawks' first-rounder DT Byron Murphy II 05/02/2024 05:38pm • RENTON, Wash. (AP) ��� When Byron Murphy II was presented with the idea of moving from the higher-profile position of linebacker to playing on the defensive line as a high schooler, he was at first a little reluctant but eventually accepted the move and what it could do for his career. His parents'