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A bill that could ban TikTok advances to the Senate. What���s next? 04/20/2024 03:22pm • The House has approved legislation that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn���t divest from the popular social media platform, escalating the fight over the hot-button issue. The TikTok legislation, which was included in a package of bills that would send aid to Ukraine and Is California is rolling out free preschool. That hasn't solved challenges around child care 04/20/2024 07:45am • CONCORD, Calif. (AP) ��� A year before I-Ting Quinn's son was old enough for kindergarten, she and her husband had the option to enroll him in ���transitional kindergarten,��� a program offered for free by California elementary schools for some 4-year-olds. Instead, they kept their son, Ethan, in a Here���s what marijuana researchers have to say about 420 or ���weed day��� 04/20/2024 05:30am • (CNN) — It���s 420 or ���weed day,��� and people around the world will be paying homage to their favorite guilty pleasure: marijuana.Currently, 24 states, two territories and the District of Columbia in the United States have legalized marijuana for recreational use, making it that much easier Haiti's former capital seeks to revive its hey-day as gang violence consumes Port-au-Prince 04/20/2024 12:20am • CAP-HAITIEN, Haiti (AP) ��� They call it Okap, home to Haiti���s kings, emancipated slaves and revolutionaries. Sitting on the shimmering north coast, the city of Cap-Ha��tien was abandoned as a capital during the waning years of the French colonial era and again when the Kingdom of Haiti fell after School safety comes into focus in Montgomery Co. after arrest of student accused of planning shooting 04/19/2024 11:08pm • The coordination between law enforcement and school officials in Montgomery County ��� along with the initial report from a witness ��� was credited for averting a potential catastrophe after an 18-year-old student was charged with making a threat of mass violence targeting Thomas S. Wootton High Sc Judge tentatively sides with California AG in fight over ballot measure on students' gender ID 04/19/2024 08:27pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� A California judge has tentatively sided with state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a dispute over the title of a proposed ballot measure that would require school staff to notify parents if their child asks to change gender identification at schools. A group backing the me What we know about the shooting of an Uber driver in Ohio and the scam surrounding it 04/19/2024 07:47pm • It was a common scam that ended with an uncommon outcome, tragically in an Ohio driveway. William J. Brock fatally shot an Uber driver because he wrongly assumed she was part of a scheme to extract $12,000 in supposed bond money for a relative, authorities said this week. Lo-Letha Hall was a victim Former resident of New Hampshire youth center describes difficult aftermath of abuse 04/19/2024 06:17pm • BRENTWOOD, N.H. (AP) ��� A man who says he was beaten and raped as a teen at New Hampshire's youth detention center testified Friday that he both tried to take his own life and plotted to kill his abusers years later before speaking up. David Meehan, who spent three years at the Youth Development Ce A convicted rapist is charged with murder in the killing of a Connecticut visiting nurse 04/19/2024 05:04pm • A convicted rapist was charged with murder and attempted sexual assault Friday in the killing of a visiting nurse at a Connecticut halfway house for sex offenders in October ��� a crime that spurred calls for better safety measures for home health care workers. Authorities added the charges against Buffalo Bills owner Terry Pegula explores selling non-controlling, minority stake in franchise 04/19/2024 04:29pm • ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) ��� Buffalo Bills owners Terry and Kim Pegula are exploring the possibility of selling a non-controlling, minority interest in the franchise, the team announced on Friday. A person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press the stake in the team the Pegulas woul Cannabis seizures at checkpoints by US-Mexico border frustrate state-authorized pot industry 04/19/2024 03:33pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� The U.S. Border Patrol is asserting its authority to seize cannabis shipments ��� including commercial, state-authorized supplies ��� as licensed cannabis providers file complaints that more than $300,000 worth of marijuana has been confiscated in recent months at highway che Thai plastics firm will pay $20 million to settle with U.S. over Iran sanctions violations 04/19/2024 02:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A Bangkok -based plastics firm has agreed to pay $20 million to settle with the U.S. over 467 ���egregious��� violations of Iran sanctions, the U.S. Treasury announced on Friday. SCG Plastics Co. used U.S. banks to process $291 million in sales of Iranian high-density polyethyle Not a toddler, not a parent, but still love 'Bluey'? You're not alone 04/19/2024 01:58pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� A small blue dog with an Australian accent has captured the hearts of people across the world. She's the title character of ���Bluey,��� a kids' program consisting of seven-minute episodes that have enraptured children and adults alike. This week's release of its longest episode UConn freshman Stephon Castle declares for NBA draft and becomes school's second one-and-done player 04/19/2024 11:34am • STORRS, Conn. (AP) ��� UConn freshman Stephon Castle has entered his name into the NBA draft, becoming the fifth Husky starter to at least explore moving on after Connecticut's latest NCAA title run. UConn and coach Dan Hurley confirmed the move Friday on social media after it was first reported by Pennsylvania board's cancellation of gay actor's school visit ill-advised, education leaders say 04/19/2024 11:23am • MECHANICSBURG, Pa. (AP) ��� A Pennsylvania school board's cancellation of an upcoming appearance by actor and children���s book author Maulik Pancholy was ill-advised and sends a hurtful message, especially to the LGBTQ+ community, education officials said. A member of Cumberland Valley School Dist