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Ryan Walters resigns as Oklahoma's top public schools official to lead conservative educators' group 09/25/2025 10:22am • OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) ��� Republican Ryan Walters, Oklahoma's top public schools official who lauded President Donald Trump, pledged to put a Turning Point USA chapter in every high school to honor Charlie Kirk and end what he called ���wokeness��� in public schools, is resigning to lead a conservative Prince George's County's school bus problems aren���t fixed yet. But they seem to be getting better 09/25/2025 08:32am • For years, the start of every new school year led to an overwhelming number of complaints about school buses ��� or the lack of buses ��� in Prince George���s County, Maryland. Irate parents would take to social media to complain that buses didn���t show up, and that they were stuck on hold for s Lice concerns rise as children return to school. Here's what parents can do 09/25/2025 07:25am • Children have returned to school and are bringing home stories about the things they learned and the friends they made. But some parents are concerned they could also be bringing home a tiny nuisance ��� lice. Though schools are not the only place transmission occurs, the Centers for Disease Contro Early education gets a $10 million boost in Montgomery County 09/25/2025 05:53am • As their classroom was packed with standing adults, students at the Academy Child Development Center at Stone Mill Elementary School in North Potomac, Maryland, sat quietly at tables barely noticing the press conference that was taking place around them. While parents would have been incredibly h Kimmel is back on ABC to big ratings, but some affiliates still refuse to air his show 09/25/2025 12:06am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jimmy Kimmel is back on his ABC late-night show, but it's still a mystery when ��� or if ��� viewers in cities such as Washington, Seattle and St. Louis will be able to see him again on their televisions. ABC stations owned by the Nexstar and Sinclair corporations took Kimmel off t Emotional Jimmy Kimmel says in late-night return he never intended to make light of Kirk's killing 09/25/2025 12:05am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television Tuesday after a nearly weeklong suspension and, in an emotional monologue where he appeared close to tears, said that he wasn't trying to joke about the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. ���I have no illusions about changi Drone fired by Yemen's Houthis wounds 22 in southern Israel, in a rare breach of missile defenses 09/24/2025 11:53pm • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� A drone launched by Yemen's Houthi rebels wounded 22 people in the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday, according to medics. It was a rare breach of Israel's sophisticated missile defenses, which have greatly limited casualties from such attacks. In the Gaza Strip, at lea Are Private Student Loans Worth It? How to Decide 09/24/2025 08:00pm • Paying for college can seem like an insurmountable feat for students and their families amid the rising cost of a university education -- especially for those who can't afford to pay out-of-pocket after maxing out federal student loans, grants and scholarships. When federal aid comes up short, priva Family of 1 of the 67 Washington plane crash victims sues the FAA, Army and American Airlines 09/24/2025 07:06pm • The family of one of the 67 people killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., sued the government and the airlines involved on Wednesday, saying they didn't recognize the warning signs after more than 30 documented near misses in the area. Other families are e Trump administration to hold back grants from NYC, Chicago, Fairfax schools over bathroom policies 09/24/2025 05:05pm • Three of the nation's largest public school districts stand to lose $24 million after missing a Trump administration deadline to agree to change policies supporting transgender students, officials said Wednesday. The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights had given New York City Scho Lawyers say disability wasn't a factor in man's death after riding a Universal coaster 09/24/2025 04:32pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) ��� Attorneys for the family of a man who died last week after riding a roller coaster at Universal Orlando Resort's newest theme park said Monday that they believe he smacked his head on a restraint during downward thrusts and was unconscious for most of the ride. The attorneys f US Justice Department official ordered to drop inquiry into Sandy Hook lawsuit against Alex Jones 09/24/2025 04:14pm • Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche has ordered a senior U.S. Justice Department official to drop an inquiry into a retired FBI agent's involvement in a defamation lawsuit involving Alex Jones' conspiracy theories about the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, a person familiar with the matter sa D.C. business titan Roger Mody, Monumental Sports partner, dies at 61 09/24/2025 03:19pm • Roger Mody, a longtime Greater Washington businessman and philanthropist who later became a partner at Monumental Sports & Entertainment, has died. He was 61. A cause of death was not immediately available. Ted Leonsis, managing partner at Monumental, announced Mody���s death in social media Jury awards $205M to the parents of a girl who fell to her death at a Colorado amusement park 09/24/2025 02:44pm • DENVER (AP) ��� A jury has awarded $205 million to the parents of a 6-year-old girl who fell to her death at a Colorado amusement park after she wasn't strapped in to a ride. The verdict was reached Friday in Glenwood Springs, where Wongel Estifanos fell about 100 feet (30 meters) to her death on t Trump's touting of an unproven autism drug surprised many, including the doctor who proposed it 09/24/2025 02:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� When President Donald Trump's administration announced it would repurpose an old, generic drug as a new treatment for autism, it came as a surprise to many experts ��� including the physician who suggested the idea to the nation���s top health officials. Dr. Richard Frye told The