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Tennessee would criminalize helping minors get abortions under bill heading to governor 04/24/2024 03:55pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee is poised to become the second state in the nation to make it illegal for adults to help minors get an abortion without parental consent, a proposal that is likely to face immediate legal challenges should Gov. Bill Lee sign it into law. Tennessee's GOP-dominant Will the FAFSA fiasco force current college students to drop out? 04/24/2024 02:56pm • Normally, the Free Application for Federal Student Aid process, commonly known as FAFSA, begins in the fall and high school seniors know how much financial aid they qualify for by the spring ��� as they decide where to go to college. Current college students receiving financial aid also rely on i TikTok may be banned in the US. Here's what happened when India did it 04/24/2024 02:03pm • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature. In India, the app was banned nearly four years ago. Here's what happened: WH Teenage girl arrested after a student and 2 teachers were stabbed at a school in Wales 04/24/2024 01:34pm • LONDON (AP) ��� A teenage girl was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder Wednesday after stabbing a student and two teachers at a secondary school in Wales, police said. The three victims were expected to survive their wounds after being taken to a hospital following the attack at Amman Valley The plate as palette: Set the table and the mood with the latest in creative dishware 04/24/2024 11:43am • The way a dish looks has been important to the dining experience since forever, but perhaps never more than now. Relaxed and homey. Or vibrant and celebratory. And perhaps shareable, too. ���Chefs know that guests spend a lot of time looking at their plates,��� says Chandra Ram, associate editorial Hamas releases video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in proof he survived Oct. 7 injuries 04/24/2024 11:26am • (CNN) — Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage��Hersh Goldberg-Polin��on Wednesday, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7.Goldberg-Polin, then 23, was kidnapped from the Nova��music festival��during Hamas��� attacks on Israel when more National Harbor melee spurs 'targeted curfew' in Prince George's Co.; could pass next week 04/24/2024 11:25am • After last weekend's melee at National Harbor involving dozens of teenagers, the Prince George's County Council is a step closer to passing emergency legislation that could be voted on next week, creating a targeted youth curfew. The bill, which was approved by the Committee of the Whole on Tuesd Volkswagen revamps its approach in China in bid to overtake upstart EV makers 04/24/2024 10:58am • BEIJING (AP) ��� As auto giant Volkswagen AG races to catch up with upstart Chinese competitors, it has drivers like 26-year-old Ren Yiling in mind. She is young and wants to play video games in her car. The digital features of her Zeekr 001, a European-designed electric car from China's Geely Holdi What a TikTok ban in the US could mean for you 04/24/2024 10:51am • No, TikTok will not suddenly disappear from your phone. Nor will you go to jail if you continue using it after it is banned. After years of attempts to ban the Chinese-owned app, including by former President Donald Trump, a measure to outlaw the popular video-sharing app has won congressional ap Carli Lloyd turns diplomat and takes a US message to kids in Greece 04/24/2024 10:41am • One of America's greatest soccer players is spending the week in Greece working with kids and reminding everyone that the most important moments in sports don't always end with a group of Champagne-soaked winners holding up a trophy. Retired Olympian and World Cup star Carli Lloyd is joining onetime USDA updates rules for school meals that limit added sugars for the first time 04/24/2024 08:31am • The nation's school meals will get a makeover under new nutrition standards that limit added sugars for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The final rule also trims sodium in kids' meals, although not by the 30% first proposed in 2023. And it continues to allow CME: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/24/2024 07:14am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� CHICAGO (AP) ��� CME Group Inc. (CME) on Wednesday reported first-quarter net income of $855.2 million. The Chicago-based company said it had profit of $2.35 per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $2.50 per share. The results surpassed Wall Street expect Blinken begins key China visit as tensions rise over new US foreign aid bill 04/24/2024 05:05am • SHANGHAI (AP) ��� U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok���s China Joey McIntyre joins WTOP as New Kids on the Block tickets go on sale for August at Merriweather 04/24/2024 01:24am • New Kids on the Block fans have been "hangin' tough" for decades and now they'll get a "magic summer." Starting Wednesday, the group is offering a special ticket offer for their Magic Summer Tour, which also features Paula Abdul and DJ Jazzy Jeff at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Mar Olympian Kristi Yamaguchi is 'tickled pink' to inspire a Barbie doll 04/24/2024 12:22am • Like many little girls, a young Kristi Yamaguchi loved playing with Barbie. With a schedule packed with ice skating practices, her Barbie dolls became her ���best friends.��� So, it's surreal for the decorated Olympian figure skater to now be a Barbie girl herself. ���It���s a huge, huge honor. I th