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DC offers opportunity for eating acorns in Foggy Bottom 12/02/2023 08:25am • Turns out those pesky nuts falling from the sky onto you and your car, and littering the D.C. area ground in late fall, are more important to the planet than you might think. A new exhibit at the Smith Hall of Art on the campus of George Washington University celebrates the most unlikely of foods In Mexico, a Japanese traditional dancer shows how body movement speaks beyond culture and religion 12/02/2023 08:17am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� When music requires her to cry, Japanese traditional dancer Naoko Kihara barely alters her expression. It���s her arms and torso that move like a slow-motion wave. ���Expression is minimal because we cry with our body,��� said Kihara, wrapped in her white and navy kimono, on a r Russia brings new charges against jailed Kremlin foe Navalny 12/02/2023 06:18am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been handed new charges by Russian prosecutors. The 47-year-old is already serving more than 30 years in prison after being found guilty of crimes including extremism ��� charges that his supporters characterize as politically motivated Retired Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93 12/01/2023 08:57pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O���Connor, an unwavering voice of moderate conservatism and the first woman to serve on the nation���s highest court, died Friday. She was 93. O���Connor died in Phoenix, of complications related to advanced dementia and a respiratory ill Online shopping scams to avoid this holiday season 12/01/2023 06:56pm • Nearly 85% of consumers are worried about running into artificial intelligence-based fraud this holiday shopping season, according to the Prove Identity 2023 Online Shopping & AI-Based Fraud Report. And that's with good reason. AI-technology means the days of phishing emails filled with broke Sexual harassment allegations against former Montgomery Co. principal substantiated by inspector general 12/01/2023 06:27pm • Allegations that Joel Beidleman engaged in sexual harassment while serving as the principal of Farquhar Middle School in Olney, Maryland, have been substantiated by the Montgomery County Office of the Inspector General. An investigation supported allegations that "Beidleman made repeated comments Analysis: Aaron Rodgers' recovery sets new standard for players who tear Achilles tendon 12/01/2023 04:06pm • On Football analyzes the biggest topics in the NFL from week to week. For more On Football analysis, head here. ___ Aaron Rodgers defied conventional medicine by returning to practice just 77 days after surgery for a torn Achilles tendon. How he did it should be the No. 1 question instead of questio Data Doctors: Why Apple's NameDrop is safe to use 12/01/2023 12:45pm • Q: Is Apple���s NameDrop option a security risk? A: NameDrop is a new AirDrop feature that is part of the latest update from Apple in iOS 17, which was made available in mid-September. It���s a convenient feature for those who want to accurately share either their phone number or their email a New York Times report says Israel knew about Hamas attack over a year in advance 12/01/2023 09:18am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel's military was aware of Hamas ' plan to launch an attack on Israeli soil over a year before the devastating Oct. 7 operation that killed hundreds of people, The New York Times reported Friday. It was the latest in a series of signs that top Israeli commanders either ignored AP PHOTOS: Rosalynn Carter's farewell tracing her 96 years from Plains to the world and back 12/01/2023 09:01am • PLAINS, Ga. (AP) ��� Former U.S. first lady Rosalynn Carter was memorialized this week with three days of public ceremonies and tributes that spanned the breadth of her long life, from her roots in Plains, Georgia, to the White House and across the world through four decades of work as a global huma For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing 12/01/2023 08:37am • When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It took eight years and the burgeoning #MeToo movement to spur them to go public and make a police report, and an additional five years for their attackers to plead guilty. Now, as much as Schultz hopes there���s a reckoning For a male sexual assault survivor, justice won in court does not equal healing 12/01/2023 08:30am • When Sam Schultz was sexually assaulted, it felt like a part of them died. It took eight years and the burgeoning #MeToo movement to spur them to go public and make a police report, and an additional five years for their attackers to plead guilty. Now, as much as Schultz hopes there���s a reckoning Cities must replace harmful lead pipes within 10 years under new Biden administration plan 11/30/2023 04:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Most U.S. cities would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under strict new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public health crises like the ones in Flint, Michigan and Senate Democrats authorize subpoenas in the Supreme Court ethics probe. GOP won't back enforcement 11/30/2023 03:51pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to authorize subpoenas for two prominent conservatives who arranged luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices, but Republicans challenged the legitimacy of the move and pledged to withhold support for en Russia���s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling 11/30/2023 12:06pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� Russia���s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country. Ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry, the court label