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Wave of transgender slayings in Mexico spurs anger and protests by LGBTQ+ community 01/15/2024 09:01pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Authorities in Mexico said at least three transgender people were killed in the first two weeks of 2024, and rights groups were investigating two additional such cases. The slayings marked a violent start to the year in a country where the LGBTQ+ community is often targeted. The Arctic freeze continues to blast huge swaths of the US with sub-zero temperatures 01/15/2024 08:55pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) ��� Brutally cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills stayed put across much of the U.S. Monday, promising the coldest temperatures ever for Iowa���s presidential nominating contest, holding up travelers, and testing the mettle of NFL fans in Buffalo for a playoff game that was Cyclone causes heavy flooding, 1 death in Mauritius after also battering French island of Reunion 01/15/2024 07:59pm • SAINT-PAUL, Reunion (AP) ��� A tropical cyclone caused heavy flooding and at least one death in Mauritius on Monday as cars were washed away by surges of water in the Indian Ocean island's capital city and elsewhere. A motorcyclist died in an accident caused by the flooding, the government said and Winter weather leads to vehicle crashes, messy roads around DC region 01/15/2024 07:17pm • An overturned dump truck temporarily closed a portion of southbound Interstate 295 in D.C. on Monday as snow continues to fall across the region, leading to icy roads and slippery conditions. D.C. Fire and EMS reported the dump truck spilled its load across the road Monday morning. The crash invo How to Transform Your Bonus Room 01/15/2024 07:00pm • Most rooms in your home have a name and a designated function. If you're lucky, your home has extra space, typically called a bonus room, to repurpose and use as you wish. Bonus rooms give homeowners more square footage and flexibility to adapt the space that best suits their needs. If you're thinki UN agency chiefs say Gaza needs more aid to arrive faster, warning of famine and disease 01/15/2024 05:38pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Gaza urgently needs more aid or its desperate population will suffer widespread famine and disease, the heads of three major U.N. agencies warned Monday, as authorities in the enclave reported that the death toll in the Israel-Hamas war had surpassed 24,000. While the U.N. Live updates | Gaza death toll tops 24,000 as UN agencies call urgently for more aid 01/15/2024 03:08pm • Israeli strikes hit Gaza City and soldiers battled militants in southern Gaza on Monday as the heads of three major U.N. agencies said the enclave desperately needs more aid to ward off famine and disease outbreaks. More than 100 days into Israel's war against Hamas, Palestinian authorities said th DP World Tour Schedule 01/15/2024 03:00pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Joaquin Niemann) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Dean Burmester) Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Louis Oosthuizen How Fairfax Co. is using data patterns to help make roads safer 01/15/2024 01:31pm • The number of fatal crashes in Fairfax County, Virginia, increased from 2020 to 2022, according to the county���s new mobility and transportation data dashboard. There were 60 fatal crashes in the county in 2022, the dashboard shows, and crashes of all types increased over that same period of Chinese owner of English soccer club Reading fined and warned to 'fund the club adequately' 01/15/2024 12:50pm • LONDON (AP) ��� The Chinese businessman who owns English soccer team Reading was fined a further 50,000 pounds ($63,650) on Monday for financial mismanagement and told that he needs to ���fund the club adequately��� or make ���immediate arrangements��� to sell up. The sanction came two days after Re German farmers and their tractors throng Berlin in a protest against fuel subsidy cuts 01/15/2024 10:02am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Farmers clogged Berlin streets with their tractors on Monday, honking their horns in protest at a plan to scrap tax breaks on the diesel they use, the climax of a week of protests that has tapped into wider discontent with Germany���s government. Columns of tractors rolled into the c Men who say they were abused by a Japanese boy band producer criticize the company's response 01/15/2024 07:29am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Members of a group of men who say they were sexually abused as boys by a Japanese entertainment mogul are accusing the company behind the scandal, previously known as Johnny's, of not being sincere in dealing with the victims. Shimon Ishimaru, who represents the victims' group, said m Car Review: Dodge unleashes the Hornet in a new world without the V8, but it still manages to have fun 01/15/2024 03:58am • The Dodge Hornet R/T Plus still manages to be fun without a big V8. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The first all-new Dodge in some time is a departure from the usual large cars and three-row SUVS we’re used to seeing from the car maker. The next era for Dodge launches with an old name: the Hornet. This ne Presidential hopeful Baswedan says Indonesia's democracy is declining and pledges change 01/15/2024 02:21am • BANDAR LAMPUNG, Indonesia (AP) ��� A former Jakarta governor seeking Indonesia's presidency said democracy is declining in the country and pledged to make changes to get it back on track. Anies Baswedan said in an interview with The Associated Press on Sunday that concerns about neutrality in the cu White House says 'it's the right time' for Israel to scale back Gaza war as fighting hits 100 days 01/15/2024 12:01am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� The White House said Sunday that ���it���s the right time��� for Israel to scale back its military offensive in the Gaza Strip, as Israeli leaders again vowed to press ahead with their operation against the territory���s ruling Hamas militant group. The comments exposed the growin