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US economic growth accelerated to strong 4.9% rate last quarter as consumers shrugged off Fed hikes 10/26/2023 02:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) 鈥� The nation鈥檚 economy expanded at a robust 4.9% annual rate from July through September as Americans defied higher prices, rising interest rates and widespread forecasts of a recession to spend at a brisk pace. The Commerce Department said the economy expanded last quarter at th Former coal-fired power plant razed to make way for offshore wind electricity connection 10/26/2023 01:47pm • UPPER TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) 鈥� For decades, tourists heading to the New Jersey beach resorts of Ocean City and Cape May saw the towering smokestack of the B.L. England Generating Station as they zipped past it on the Garden State Parkway. The 463-foot-tall (141.1-meter) stack was a local landmark and Potential industry slowdown in toy sales weighs on shares of Hasbro and Mattel 10/26/2023 12:41pm • Hasbro's third-quarter revenue performance missed Wall Street's expectations and the company cut its full-year revenue outlook again as signs of a possible industry slowdown in toy sales heading into the holiday season weighs on jittery investors. Holiday shopping is traditionally a critical selling Pakistan sets up deportation centers to hold migrants who are in the country illegally 10/26/2023 12:40pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) 鈥� Pakistan is setting up deportation centers for migrants in the country illegally, including an estimated 1.7 million Afghans, officials said Thursday. Anyone found staying in the country without authorization from next Wednesday will be arrested and sent to one of the centers. Th Entrepreneurs with disabilities activate allies, rewrite the narrative 10/26/2023 11:24am • Inna and Vladimir Giterman tinkered with several business ideas before finding their niche 鈥� and their version of the American dream 鈥� with crepes. Both immigrants, and both deaf, the Gitermans started Crepe Crazy in 2007. What began as a mom-and-pop shop at festivals has grown into a full-blown Movie Review: Video game-to-horror flick 'Five Nights at Freddy鈥檚' misfires badly 10/26/2023 10:05am • Just in time for Halloween comes 鈥淔ive Nights at Freddy鈥檚,鈥� a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronic creatures running amok. But the trick turns out to be on us. The movie 鈥� built from developer Scott Cawthon's video game about anthropomor Greek army destroys World War II bomb found during excavation for luxury development near Athens 10/26/2023 09:20am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) 鈥� Greek army specialists Thursday destroyed an unexploded World War II bomb discovered during work on a massive urban development project at a coastal area south of Athens. Authorities said the 500-pound bomb was destroyed without a detonation after traffic in the area was halt Things to do in the DC area: Space talk, Shrek Ball, spooky disco 鈥� and more! 10/26/2023 04:27am • There's so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Looking for Halloween events? Check out WTOP's guide to all things spooky. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of聽Things to do in the D.C. area. Business owners in a Ukrainian front-line city adapt even as 'a missile can come at any moment' 10/26/2023 12:09am • KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) 鈥� In a city where damaged buildings are everywhere, a destroyed pizzeria stands out as a painful reminder of lives and livelihoods dashed in an instant. A Russian ballistic missile struck the popular eatery in eastern Ukraine in June, killing 13 people including an award-w Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating 10/25/2023 11:31pm • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) 鈥� Hurricane Otis tore across Mexico鈥檚 southern Pacific coast as a powerful and dangerous Category 5 hurricane Wednesday, unleashing massive flooding in the resort city of Acapulco and setting off looting as desperate relatives tired of waiting for help to arrive. While litt 7 Best Cheap Stocks to Buy Under $20 10/25/2023 08:00pm • Earlier in 2023, it seemed like Wall Street would overcome the recent pressures of inflation and rising rates. But with the S&P 500 down about 9% in the past 90 days and uncertainty on the rise, it's starting to look like the year may end on a sour note after all. The good news for bargain-consc 1st major storm of the season drops up to a foot of snow in Montana 10/25/2023 05:18pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) 鈥� The first major snowstorm of the season dropped up to a foot (30 centimeters) of snow in the Helena, Montana, area by Wednesday, sending an army of snowplows and sand trucks out onto the roads. Residents woke up to swirling snow and the sound of shovels on sidewalks just days Honolulu tells story of healers with dual male and female spirit through new plaque in Waikiki 10/25/2023 04:33pm • HONOLULU (AP) 鈥� Honolulu officials on Tuesday introduced a new interpretive plaque for four large boulders in the center of Waikiki that honor Tahitian healers of dual male and female spirit who visited Oahu some 500 years ago. The centuries-old boulders 鈥� one for each of the four visiting heal Hundreds of miners leave South Africa gold mine after being underground for 3 days in union dispute 10/25/2023 04:16pm • SPRINGS, South Africa (AP) 鈥� Hundreds of miners who spent three days underground because of a union dispute left a gold mine in South Africa on Wednesday, mine officials and the union at the center of the standoff said. More than 100 miners who police and mine officials said were held against thei Hyundai is rapidly building its first US electric vehicle plant, with production on track for 2025 10/25/2023 02:34pm • ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) 鈥� The steel skeletons of buildings where Hyundai will stamp, weld, paint and assemble electric vehicles in Georgia span more than a half mile on a sprawling site dotted with so many cranes, bulldozers and construction workers that it almost looks like they're building a small ci