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Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hours after release from prison 04/18/2024 08:45pm • BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority was detained by the authorities just hours after he was released from prison under an amnesty by the military government, a relative, a colleague and local media said Thursday. The 'Why is nothing being done?': Concerns grow about drug use, fighting in Montgomery Co. school bathrooms 04/18/2024 08:25pm • For many students in Montgomery County public schools, the bathrooms remain a no-go zone due to drug use and fighting. That's according to testimony at the most recent Board of Education meeting on April 11. During the public comment segment of the meeting, David Gebler, an English teacher at Should You Take a Homebuyer Education Class? 04/18/2024 08:00pm • If you're shopping for your first home, you're probably adding a lot of new tasks to your to-do list -- like getting preapproved for a mortgage and making an offer on a property. Here's another step you'll want to take: heading back to the classroom for homebuyer education. Homebuyer education class 7 Best Dividend ETFs to Buy Now 04/18/2024 08:00pm • The U.S. Federal Reserve increased its key interest rate a total of 11 times between March 2022 and July 2023. And while the central bank hasn't made additional increases lately -- and some think it may even move toward cuts soon -- the bottom line is that the current rate environment makes fixed-in Maryland dispensaries brace for a 'very busy' 4/20 04/18/2024 03:55pm • Saturday is April 20, which is something of a holiday for marijuana enthusiasts — and it marks the first 4/20 in Maryland since the state launched its recreational marijuana market last July. Stores that are licensed to sell recreational pot are bracing for heavy foot traffic. "I think they' Jets might have a tough call to make between a playmaker or protection at No. 10 in the NFL draft 04/18/2024 01:47pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The NFL draft board is wide open for Joe Douglas and the New York Jets. And they might end up facing quite the dilemma. With the 10th overall pick, Douglas could go with another playmaker to help Aaron Rodgers get the Jets into the end zone consistently. Or, the general After 40 nights of U2 at the Sphere, Phish's Trey Anastasio talks about taking over 04/18/2024 01:45pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Phish has been performing for decades, but never has the band played the same show twice. Over the 40 years since the band was formed at a Vermont college, Phish has amassed a reputation for its dedicated legion of fans and the dazzling light shows that accompany the improvisation Taqueria Xochi brings its street tacos to The Yards 04/18/2024 01:30pm • D.C. restaurant Taqueria Xochi has signed a lease to open its third location at The Yards in Capitol Riverfront. The street taco restaurant will occupy 2,500 square feet on Tingey Street in Southeast, as part of Brookfield Properties' The Boilermaker Shops. It joins other restaurants, includi DC police seek suspects in 'disturbing' Navy Yard retail theft, assault 04/18/2024 11:01am • Police in D.C. are looking for several young people they say were involved in a Tuesday night theft and assault at a CVS location in the Navy Yard neighborhood in Southeast. At about 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday, the large group entered the store and took items without paying, police said. When confr A Georgia beach aims to disrupt Black students' spring bash after big crowds brought chaos in 2023 04/18/2024 10:00am • TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blockin Hoaxer who waged 6-week terror campaign in Britain in 2013 faces near 10-year prison term 04/18/2024 09:41am • LONDON (AP) — A British man who targeted schools and businesses with threatening letters in a six-week terror campaign in 2013 was sentenced Thursday to more than four years in prison and an additional five years over a sexual assault in 1988. Woolwich Crown Court in east London heard that Gary Pr Sydney teen accused of stabbing 2 clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says 04/18/2024 07:12am • SYDNEY (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service might have “anger management and behavioral issues” and a “short fuse” but had shown no signs of being radicalized, a community leader said Thursday, after authorities declared the stab French hero gains Australian residency for confronting killer in deadly Sydney shopping mall attack 04/18/2024 06:48am • SYDNEY (AP) — French construction worker Damien Guerot was made an Australian permanent resident on Thursday as a reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded. Guerot was nicknamed “Bollard Man” on social media after secu South Carolina making progress to get more women in General Assembly and leadership roles 04/18/2024 12:21am • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — At first glance, the all-male South Carolina Senate subcommittee deciding whether to approve a proposal to remove the sales tax from feminine hygiene products was a reminder that as recently as 2012 the state had no women in its Senate. But progress is being made. The electio Md. lawmakers pass bill to address deceptive concert, sports ticket prices — here's how it will help 04/17/2024 07:50pm • If you've bought a ticket to a concert or a sporting event lately, you know how much the prices have spiked in the last few years. Costs can be in the thousands for big-name performers or hugely popular teams. Now, there's been a move in Maryland to try to make that process of buying tickets more