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Vietnam bans 'Barbie' movie due to an illustration showing China's territorial claim 07/04/2023 02:59pm • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) �� Vietnam's state media have reported that the government banned distribution of the popular ��Barbie�� movie because it includes a view of a map showing disputed Chinese territorial claims in the South China Sea. The newspaper Vietnam Express and other media said posters ad

The American flag wasn't always revered as it is today. At the beginning, it was an afterthought 07/04/2023 12:42am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) �� In the bedroom of the Betsy Ross House, a reconstruction of where the upholsterer worked on her most famous commission, a long flag with a circle of 13 stars hangs over a Chippendale side chair and extends across the floor. Over the weeks in 1776 needed to complete the project,

Deep sea mining permits may be coming soon. What are they and what might happen? 07/03/2023 09:43pm • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) �� The International Seabed Authority �� the United Nations body that regulates the world's ocean floor �� is preparing to resume negotiations that could open the international seabed for mining, including for materials critical for the green energy transition. Years long

High winds, heavy downpours as scattered storms descend on DC area 07/03/2023 03:56pm • Strong July sunshine is helping to destabilize the hot and humid air mass across the D.C. area, bringing severe weather with it. Here's what you need to know. "Showers and storms will end well after midnight after a cold front comes through," WTOP meteorologist Mike Stinneford said, adding that t

North American trade pact on 3rd anniversary: Optimism is rising for US and Mexican workers 07/03/2023 03:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) �� To President Donald Trump, America��s trade relationship with Mexico was intolerable. He seethed over the U.S. trade deficit and the shuttered factories in America's heartland. ��No longer,�� he vowed six years ago, ��are we going to allow other countries to break the rule

What's 'Bidenomics'? The president hopes a dubious nation embraces his ideas condensed into the term 07/03/2023 11:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) �� President Joe Biden has long struggled to neatly summarize his sprawling economic vision. It��s been hard for voters to digest the mix of roads-and-bridges spending, tax hikes on big companies, tax credits for parents, tax breaks for renewable energy, grants to build computer c

Insider Q&A: Ford product chief looking to turn car sensors into features customers will buy 07/03/2023 09:38am • DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) �� Across the room from Ford Advanced Product Development chief Doug Field was a pile of two-dozen auto parts, each with its own small computer, and software written by the parts manufacturer. Field, who was hired away from running Apple's secret auto project two years ago, and

In 370 days, Supreme Court conservatives dash decades of abortion and affirmative action precedents 07/03/2023 07:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) �� Overturning Roe v. Wade and eliminating affirmative action in higher education had been leading goals of the conservative legal movement for decades. In a span of 370 days, a Supreme Court reshaped by three justices nominated by President Donald Trump made both a reality. Last Ju

Space Disco Cowboy? Couples ditch traditional wedding dress codes in favor of out-there themes 07/02/2023 08:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) �� Space Disco Cowboy.�� Yacht Shabbat.�� Burning Man Formal��? More couples are tossing tradition when it comes to what wedding guests should wear, to some befuddlement among invitees. Maggie Long, 34, recently attended the nuptials of a close friend in a low-key Denver l

What Do Real Estate Agents Do? 07/02/2023 08:00pm • If you've got a house to sell or you're thinking about buying one, you're probably also thinking about real estate agents, the people who are attached to almost every available living space out there. But what do real estate agents actually do? What Is a Real Estate Agent?At the very base level, a r

'This is my stop': MetroHero hands conductor's hat to new WMATA commuters, watchdogs 07/02/2023 09:17am • MetroHero �� a D.C. transit project launched in 2015 with the goal of keeping track of Metro's trains, issues and commute changes in real time �� has reached its final stop. A number of new trackers have already stepped up to take its place. Friday, Metro said the MetroMeter tool will step in t

Are you confronting a big medical bill? Attack it with a plan �� and these tips 07/02/2023 09:14am • An enormous medical bill can trigger a wave of panic, but try to resist. That startling invoice that arrived in the mail may not be what you wind up paying. Errors or slow insurance payments may have inflated the total. Even if it��s accurate, financial aid or other assistance might help pare it. S

$600K worth of illegal fireworks seized by Stafford Co. Fire Marshal 07/02/2023 07:42am • The multitude of fireworks seized by the Stafford County Fire Marshal's Office on Thursday (Courtesy Stafford County Fire and Rescue) The largest seizure of illegal fireworks in the history of Stafford County's Fire Marshal's Office in Virginia was made on Thursday, according to a news release.�

Feds call off pesticide spraying near New Mexico��s Rio Chama to kill invasive grasshoppers 07/01/2023 02:52pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) �� Federal land managers have called off plans to spray pesticides near the Rio Chama in northern New Mexico as part of an effort to eradicate invasive grasshoppers. The decision announced Thursday by the Bureau of Land Management followed an outcry by environmentalists and oth

Bosnia's top international official to annul Bosnian Serb law that blocked court rulings 07/01/2023 12:20pm • SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) �� The top international official in Bosnia said Saturday that he was revoking a Bosnian Serb law that suspended any decisions by the country's top court, saying it violates the 1995 peace agreement that ended a devastating 1992-95 war in the Balkan nation. As the