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Asian Americans feel particularly targeted by new laws criminalizing those who assist voters 07/07/2023 01:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — For a century, the League of Women Voters in Florida formed bonds with marginalized residents by helping them register to vote — and, in recent years, those efforts have extended to the growing Asian American and Asian immigrant communities. But a state law signed by Gov. Ron Fendi fuses jewels and couture, as Chloe confirms Gabriela Hearst is leaving 07/06/2023 06:03pm • PARIS (AP) — Fendi put a fitting exclamation point on Paris couture week by drawing an A-list crowd to the opulent Palais Brongniart. Naomi Watts, Zoe Saldana, Cardi B, Lily James and Shakira were among the celebrities seated front row for a show that dazzled with its artful fusion of jewelry-maki Hackers claim responsibility for sending hoax email claiming UConn's president had died 07/06/2023 11:18am • STORRS, Conn. (AP) — A shadowy hacking group has taken responsibility for breaching the University of Connecticut's network and sending an email to the community that claimed the school's president had died. The hoax email, sent early Wednesday morning, went to everyone on the school's undergradua Authorities make arrest in San Marcos apartment complex fire that killed 5 07/06/2023 08:48am • SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — An arrest has been made nearly five years after a fire intentionally set in a housing complex killed five people and displaced 200 more in San Marcos, Texas, the city announced Wednesday. The July 20, 2018, blaze damaged the Iconic Village and Vintage Pads apartments in Sa Can a Debit Card Be Used as a Credit Card? 07/05/2023 08:00pm • When you use your debit card to pay for purchases, you're often given a choice to use your debit card as credit. It might sound like you get to use your debit card as a credit card, but this isn't the case. Choosing between debit and credit at the payment terminal has more to do with how the payment JetBlue is dumping its partnership with American Airlines to salvage its purchase of Spirit 07/05/2023 07:05pm • JetBlue says it will end a partnership with American Airlines in the Northeast after losing a court fight over the deal, and will instead focus on salvaging its proposed purchase of Spirit Airlines. JetBlue Airways said Wednesday that it will not appeal a federal judge's ruling blocking the deal wit Elie Saab captivates Paris couture with a fusion of past and present 07/05/2023 05:54pm • PARIS (AP) — In the stone cloisters of the Musee des Arts Decoratifs adjoining the palatial Louvre, Elie Saab unveiled his latest collection to a rapt audience of VIPs, including Alicia Silverstone, on Wednesday. Amid the historic venue, Saab presented a couture show that astounded attendees with California Gov. Gavin Newsom's climate agenda highlights tensions with environmental groups 07/05/2023 05:14pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — In the rush to cut California's pollution and rid the state of fossil fuels, the most intriguing confrontation hasn't involved business leaders or the oil industry. Instead, it's simmering tensions between the state's robust environmental advocacy wing and California's pr Republicans sue over rejection of party nominee to election board in Georgia's most populous county 07/05/2023 03:50pm • ATLANTA (AP) — The Republican Party in Georgia's most populous county is suing local elected officials over the rejection of one of the party's nominees to serve on the county election board, saying he was being punished for trying to clean up voter rolls. In the lawsuit filed Friday, the Fulton C 'Code Orange' air quality forecast as fireworks smoke lingers in DC region 07/05/2023 09:28am • WASHINGTON, DC — JULY 4: Fireworks erupt over the Washington Monument during the Independence Day fireworks display along the National Mall on July 4, 2023 in Washington, DC. Crowds of people came together to partake in the annual event commemorating the Fourth of July celebration. (Photo by Nath Hazardous air quality across eastern portions of D.C., Maryland after local Fourth of July fireworks 07/04/2023 11:59pm • A dark sky lit up as fireworks brightened skies around the D.C. region making way for hazardous smog across the region. Here's what you need to know about the Fourth of July forecast. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM. Current traffic conditions Weather Revelers across the US brave heat and rain to celebrate Fourth of July 07/04/2023 11:06pm • BOSTON (AP) — Revelers across the U.S. braved heat and heavy rain to take part in Fourth of July activities Tuesday — celebrating the nation's founding with parades, fireworks and hot dog eating contests at a time of lingering political divisions and concerns about the country's future. In Bo DC area welcomes thousands for Fourth of July celebrations 07/04/2023 10:21pm • Despite sweltering heat and the possibility of storms, thousands of people around the D.C. region packed streets for parades and flocked to the National Mall to celebrate the Fourth of July. The National Independence Day Parade kicked things off in the nation's capital on Tuesday morning, tra Chanel couture makes a subdued ode to Parisian elegance in fall-winter collection 07/04/2023 05:48pm • PARIS (AP) — The cobblestoned banks of the Seine River served as the stage for Chanel’s latest haute couture collection. With the Eiffel Tower in the distance, the well-heeled glitterati of the fashion world navigated the uneven terrain for an outdoor collection that celebrated the soul of Paris Highland Park residents walk parade route where 7 were killed in Fourth of July shooting 07/04/2023 05:28pm • HIGHLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — One year after a shooter terrorized July Fourth paradegoers in Highland Park, community members gathered Tuesday to honor the seven people who were killed, commemorate the day and reclaim the space to move forward. The city hosted a series of events aimed at giving peopl