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DC region has a wealthier and more educated population — but also more food insecure 09/13/2024 02:55pm • Unemployment is low and other economic indicators all suggest that the state of the economy in the D.C. region is strong. But a new report out hints at growing problems in an increasingly unaffordable region. The 2024 Hunger Report from the Capital Area Food Bank shows that food insecurity increa All welcome: Advocates fight to ensure citizens not fluent in English have equal access to elections 09/13/2024 02:32pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — In the heart of Las Vegas’ Chinatown, on the second floor of a sprawling shopping plaza that serves as a hub for the city’s Asian community, residents gather for a celebration of the annual Dragon Boat Festival. Some stop in to grab shiny, red packages of premade zongzi, a ric Man pleads guilty in Indiana mall shooting that wounded one person last year 09/13/2024 02:26pm • FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — A man charged in a shooting that wounded one person inside a northeastern Indiana shopping mall has pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness in last year's shooting. Quentin A. Lewis, 28, pleaded guilty to the charge Wednesday, one day before he was scheduled to appear for a Biden is taking on cheap products from China. It could mean higher prices 09/13/2024 01:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is cracking down on cheap products sold out of China, expanding a push to reduce U.S. dependence on Beijing and bolster homegrown industry, but that could trigger higher prices for U.S. consumers who flock to popular shopping sites like Temu and Shein. Pr Considering a mortgage refi? Lower rates are just one factor when refinancing a home loan 09/13/2024 12:18pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mortgage rates haven’t been this attractive in more than a year, good news for homeowners eager to refinance. Many homeowners have already jumped at the opportunity to lower their monthly payment, spurring a surge in mortgage refinancing applications. And that was before the Russian central bank hikes rates to fight inflation fuelled by military spending 09/13/2024 12:05pm • MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's central bank hiked interest rates to their highest since the Kremlin sent troops into Ukraine more than 2 1/2 years ago, a step aimed at combatting the inflation fuelled by massive government outlays for the military — and by robust spending from Russian consumers in shops Fast-moving fire roars through Philadelphia warehouse 09/13/2024 11:40am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A fast-moving fire roared through a commercial building in Philadelphia early Friday, sending flames high into the air and spewing thick, black smoke that could be seen for miles. The fire in the city's Frankford neighborhood started around 5:30 a.m. Friday in a four-story ware Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls opens at Gaithersburg's Rio Lakefront 09/13/2024 11:23am • Annapolis, Maryland-based Mason's Famous Lobster Rolls has joined more than two dozen dining spots at Peterson Cos.' Rio Lakefront shopping center in Gaithersburg. It is the ninth D.C.-area location for Mason's, which opened its first restaurant in D.C.'s Dupont Circle in 2020. Mason's, which Sports on TV for Sept. 16 - 22 09/13/2024 10:00am • Adv14 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Sept. 16 BOWLING 7 p.m. FS1 — PBA Playoffs: Semifinal 1, Portland, Maine 9 p.m. FS1 — PBA Playoffs: Semifinal 2, Portland, Maine NFL FOOTBALL 8:15 p.m. ESPN — Atlanta at Philadelphia ESPN2 — Atlanta at Philadelphia 12 Seasonal Jobs for Retirees 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Retirees hoping to earn extra income while staying active may find temporary work an ideal fit. "Seasonal work can be fun, as you know it's just for a specified amount of time," said Dawn-Marie Joseph, founder of Estate Planning & Preservation in Williamston, Michigan, in an email. Seasonal work 19 Top Romantic Getaways in Texas 09/12/2024 08:00pm • Texas offers something for every duo, whether you want to reconnect over dinner in a chic city restaurant or disconnect from the rest of the world in a remote cabin. To help you and your partner choose a romantic getaway in Texas, we've highlighted some of the best big cities, quiet locales and luxu Why join the Pac-12? What schools could be targeted next? What's next for Mountain West? 09/12/2024 07:26pm • Can't say the Pac-12 is making a comeback because it never really went away. The Conference of Champions was certainly in critical condition, but Oregon State and Washington State stood fast after the league collapsed in 2023 and vowed to keep it alive if a power conference invite didn't come. Now, First 'shopping cart killer' trial delayed; judge OKs joint trial in deaths of two Virginia women 09/12/2024 04:42pm • The first trial of Anthony Eugene Robinson, who is charged in the deaths of two women in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and suspected in the deaths of two additional women in Fairfax County and another one in D.C., has been postponed. Robinson was set to begin a five-day trial on Sept. 23, in connection Alberto Fujimori, a former president of Peru who was convicted of human rights abuses, dies at 86 09/12/2024 03:17pm • LIMA, Peru (AP) — Alberto Fujimori, whose decade-long presidency began with triumphs righting Peru’s economy and defeating a brutal insurgency only to end in autocratic excess that later sent him to prison, has died. He was 86. His death Wednesday in the capital, Lima, was announced by his daugh Trader Joe's opens larger Springfield store 09/12/2024 01:16pm • The region’s newest Trader Joe’s has debuted, just down the road from one of its longest-standing Greater Washington stores. The shop at Federal Realty Investment Trust’s Old Keene Mill Center in West Springfield opened Thursday morning, with all the traditional hoopla — music, balloons, sh