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Labour Party members deal a blow to Starmer a day after his appeal for unity 09/25/2024 10:13pm • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) ��� Members of Britain���s governing Labour Party dealt Prime Minister Keir Starmer a blow on Wednesday, rejecting his decision to cut payments that offset winter heating costs for millions of retirees. The vote on the final day of Labour���s annual conference is not binding, How to Choose the Right Senior Living Facility: A Checklist 09/25/2024 08:00pm • Moving aging parents or other loved ones into a senior living facility is a major event in anyone's life. Emotions are often high, discussions among children and loved ones may be tense, and the decisions that need to be made can feel overwhelming. Finding the Best Senior Care Facility for You Takes A Black student punished for his hairstyle wants to return to the Texas school he left 09/25/2024 07:19pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� A Black high school student in Texas who was punished for nearly all of his junior year over his hairstyle has left his school district rather than spend another year of in-school suspension, according to his attorney. But Darryl George, 18, would like to return to his Houston-area Harris is making a 'capitalist' pitch to boost the economy as Trump pushes deeper into populism 09/25/2024 06:37pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday pledged to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushed back against Republican nominee Donald Trump ���s claims that she���s advancing ���communist��� ideas. The Democratic nominee said in remarks a Balmain's whimsical show meets Courr��ges' minimalism in Paris 09/25/2024 06:32pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Olivier Rousteing opened Balmain���s Wednesday show at Paris Fashion Week with an audacious angular micro-gown ��� a glittering number featuring peaked shoulders, humped hips and a massive clasping hand motif. It was clear from the start: this season���s Balmain was not going to be a Movie Review: Visually stunning, emotionally powerful, 'The Wild Robot' is everything 09/25/2024 11:59am • In the opening scenes of ���The Wild Robot,��� a chirpy metal android with a state-of-the-art processing unit wanders around a forest asking confused animals if it can help them, offering discount codes and stickers for future customers. ���Did anyone order me?��� it asks. We did, it turned out. Thi About 60 Lazio fans detained with weapons ahead of Europa League game in Hamburg 09/25/2024 09:43am • HAMBURG, Germany (AP) ��� A group of about 60 Lazio fans were stopped by German authorities after attempting to avoid a police escort ahead of a Europa League game against Dynamo Kyiv and were found to be carrying knives, clubs and other weapons, police said Wednesday. Fans were checked late Tuesday Is that really a census taker knocking on your door? 09/25/2024 04:08am • It is 8 p.m. and you get a knock at the door. It���s someone claiming to be a U.S. Census worker, looking to gather personal information about you. Is it safe to open the door? That was the question WTOP's Anne Kramer had when she received a similar visit to her home. ���I thought to myself, ' Thailand legalizes same-sex marriage, allows couples to wed starting in January 09/24/2024 10:52pm • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand���s landmark marriage equality bill was officially written into law Tuesday, allowing same-sex couples to legally wed. The law was published in the Royal Gazette after endorsement by King Maha Vajiralongkorn, and will come into effect in 120 days. This means LGBTQ+ couples UK leader Starmer aims to shed gloomy image by saying things will get better ��� eventually 09/24/2024 08:44pm • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) ��� British Prime Minister Keir Starmer tried to shake off his image as a gloom-monger on Tuesday, telling voters exhausted by years of political and economic turmoil that better times are on the way ��� if they swallow his recipe of short-term pain for long-term gain. Starme Can You Get a Loan for a Mobile Home? 09/24/2024 08:00pm • Dreaming of homeownership but without the high costs involved with purchasing and maintaining a traditional, "stick-built" residence? Consider a manufactured home or a mobile home, which can cost less and promise easier upkeep. Be aware, however, that manufactured home financing can be a bit more co WTOP App Madness Cash & Cheer Rules 2024 09/24/2024 03:43pm • WTOP ���s Cash and Cheer Giveaway Official Rules �� NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY. A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE YOUR CHANCES OF WINNING. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED BY LAW. �� BY ENTERING THE SWEEPSTAKES, EACH ENTRANT AGREES TO THESE OFFICIAL RULES. �� Eligibility: The WTOP���s Cash and Chee Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin 09/24/2024 03:24pm • In Georgia, election workers will have to hand count the number of ballots cast after voting is completed. In North Carolina, some students and university staff can use their digital IDs to vote. In Wisconsin, ballot drop boxes are newly legal again, although not every voting jurisdiction will use t Severe obesity is on the rise in the US 09/24/2024 05:57am • Obesity is high and holding steady in the U.S., but the proportion of those with severe obesity ��� especially women ��� has climbed since a decade ago, according to new government research. The U.S. obesity rate is about 40%, according to a 2021-2023 survey of about 6,000 people. Nearly 1 in 10 of Oregon removes over 1,200 voters from rolls for failing to provide proof of citizenship 09/24/2024 01:48am • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Oregon elections officials said Monday they had struck over 1,200 people from the state's voter rolls after determining they did not provide proof of U.S. citizenship when they were registered to vote. Of those found to be possibly ineligible, only nine people voted in elect