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An anchovy feast draws a crush of sea lions to one of San Francisco's piers, the most in 15 years 05/03/2024 02:22pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — They’re lounging, biting each other and generally making a ruckus in numbers not seen in more than a decade. And don't even think about stealing their anchovies. San Francisco’s famed Fisherman’s Wharf district is seeing a surge in sea lions. First appearing at Pier 39 a Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment 05/03/2024 07:04am • The military defector was killed in a hail of gunfire and then run over by a car in Spain. The opposition figure was struck repeatedly with a hammer in Lithuania. The journalist fell ill from a suspected poisoning in Germany. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks a Sanctions and a hobbled economy pull the rug out from under Iran's traditional carpet weavers 05/03/2024 04:52am • KASHAN, Iran (AP) — The historic Kashan bazaar in central Iran once sat on a major caravan route, its silk carpets known the world over. But for the weavers trying to sell their rugs under its ancient arches, their world has only unraveled since the collapse of Iran's nuclear deal with world power A tornado hit an Oklahoma newsroom built in the 1920s. The damage isn't stopping the presses 05/03/2024 12:21am • SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — When Oklahoma and national officials held a press conference Monday to discuss the scale of devastation following tornadoes two days earlier, Kathy John did what she always does: She showed up to report on it for the town’s weekly newspaper, the Sulphur Times-Democrat. But E-waste is overflowing landfills. At one sprawling Vietnam market, workers recycle some of it 05/02/2024 10:09pm • HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam (AP) — Dam Chan Nguyen saves dead and dying computers. When he first started working two decades ago in Nhat Tao market, Ho Chi Minh City’s biggest informal recycling market, he usually salvaged computers with bulky monitors and heavy processors. Now he works mostly wit College Admitted Student Days: What to Know 05/02/2024 08:00pm • Each spring, colleges hold admitted student days exclusively for accepted students. It's a chance for them and their families to ask questions of faculty, meet current students and future classmates, learn about programs and see what life on campus is like. Admitted student days usually are held bef Saul Centers: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/02/2024 05:12pm • BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Saul Centers Inc. (BFS) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The real estate investment trust, based in Bethesda, Maryland, said it had funds from operations of $27.5 million, or 80 cents per share, in the period. Fun Regency Centers: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/02/2024 04:26pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Regency Centers Corp. (REG) on Thursday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The Jacksonville, Florida-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $ Georgia governor signs law adding regulations for production and sale of herbal supplement kratom 05/02/2024 03:26pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's governor on Thursday signed a bill putting new regulations on the production and sale of products containing kratom, a plant-based supplement. The law, which takes effect Jan. 1, prohibits the sale of kratom to anyone under 21 and says it must be kept behind a counter or i Ricky Stenhouse Jr. signs multiyear extension with JTG Daugherty Racing for NASCAR Cup Series 05/02/2024 02:31pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ricky Stenhouse Jr. has signed a multiyear contract extension with JTG Daugherty Racing, which he took to victory lane in the Daytona 500 two years ago, to continue driving the No. 47 car in the NASCAR Cup Series. The team announced the deal on Thursday. No details were pr AI use by businesses is small but growing rapidly, led by IT sector and firms in Colorado and DC 05/02/2024 11:39am • The rate of businesses in the U.S. using AI is still relatively small but growing rapidly, with firms in information technology, and in locations like Colorado and the District of Columbia, leading the way, according to a new paper from U.S. Census Bureau researchers. Overall use of AI tools by firm Things to do in the DC area: AAPI Heritage Month events, Adams Morgan PorchFest … and more! 05/02/2024 07:49am • All throughout May, WTOP is celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with stories about the people and places shaping the D.C. region. You won't want to miss WTOP's guide on the many Asian festivals that are expected over the course of the month of May. From the NVA Thai Stre Pro-Palestinian banners. Blazing Olympic rings. Workers' May Day rallies confront turbulent times 05/02/2024 01:38am • ISTANBUL (AP) — Workers and activists around the world marked May Day with largely peaceful protests Wednesday over rising prices, low wages and calls for greater labor rights. Pro- Palestinian sentiments were also on display. Police in Istanbul used tear gas and fired rubber bullets to disperse t Police killed student outside Wisconsin school after reports of someone with a weapon, official says 05/01/2024 11:16pm • MOUNT HOREB, Wis. (AP) — Police shot and killed a student outside a Wisconsin middle school Wednesday after receiving a report of someone with a weapon, the state's attorney general said in the first law enforcement briefing on gunshots that sent children fleeing and prompted an hourslong lockdown Shops at Crystal City Underground given notice to vacate by end of October 05/01/2024 09:00pm • Mory Zebhideh, owner of the store "Real Jewelers" at the Crystal City Underground shopping mall, has been at that Virginia location since 1990. He'll soon need to leave. Zebhideh was given an official notice Wednesday that he and the other shops located at the Arlington mall are being forced to v