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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 Bayern Munich's game with Union Berlin called off due to snow chaos in southern Germany 12/02/2023 07:56am • MUNICH (AP) — Bayern Munich’s home game against Union Berlin was called off Saturday because of heavy snowfall. Cold weather, snowfall and ice have caused transport chaos in Munich and southern Germany. “It was decided not to play the game because of the security risks for all involved,” Uni Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients 12/01/2023 11:36pm • KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the hard-to-reach Hawaiian peninsula, trapped by its deep-green, sheer sea cliffs and rugged, black rock shores that glisten under the Pacific’s pristine waters. As a daily Mass-going Catholic devote Pilgrims yearn to visit isolated peninsula where Catholic saints cared for Hawaii's leprosy patients 12/01/2023 11:31pm • KALAUPAPA, Hawaii (AP) — Kalaupapa beckoned to Kyong Son Toyofuku. She had long prayed to visit the hard-to-reach Hawaiian peninsula, trapped by its deep-green, sheer sea cliffs and rugged, black rock shores that glisten under the Pacific’s pristine waters. As a daily Mass-going Catholic devote Ronaldo walks off to chants of 'Messi! Messi!' as his team loses 3-0 in Riyadh derby 12/01/2023 11:29pm • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo walked off the field with the gleeful chants of “Messi! Messi!” ringing in his ears from delighted Al-Hilal fans who had just watched their Saudi Pro League team beat the Portugal superstar's Al-Nassr 3-0 in the Riyadh Derby on Friday. The five-ti Klete Keller, Olympic gold medalist swimmer, gets 6 months in home detention for Jan. 6 Capitol riot 12/01/2023 05:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Olympic gold medalist swimmer Klete Keller, who threw his USA team jacket in a trash can after he stormed the U.S. Capitol, was sentenced on Friday to six months of home detention for joining the mob's Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the seat of American democracy. At 6-foot-6, Keller to Rams look to continue unexpected playoff push, hosting injury-depleted Browns 12/01/2023 05:23pm • CLEVELAND (7-4) at LOS ANGELES RAMS (5-6) Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EST, FOX BETTING LINE: Rams by 3 1/2 according to FanDuel Sportsbook. AGAINST THE SPREAD: Browns 6-4-1; Rams 5-4-2. SERIES RECORD: Rams lead 13-11. LAST MEETING: Rams beat Browns 20-13 on Sept. 22, 2019, in Cleveland. LAST WEEK: Browns lo Top world leaders talk of climate crisis at UN summit. They say they must act on fossil fuels, war 12/01/2023 05:14pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dozens of world leaders said they know the planet's dangerously overheating and they are trying to keep it from getting worse. The next step is to turn their soaring rhetoric voiced at the beginning of the United Nations climate conference into action. In the fir Business Highlights: Fed's Powell notes easing inflation; Walmart ditches Musk's X 12/01/2023 04:50pm • ___ Fed’s Powell notes inflation is easing but downplays discussion of interest rate cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is slowing steadily, but it’s too early to declare victory or to discuss when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said. Powell noted that consumer Fairfax Co. to expand license plate reader program 12/01/2023 04:25pm • More automatic license plate readers are coming to Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of a program expansion that police said has helped them close hundreds of cases. The county's Board of Supervisors recently approved a Department of Justice grant worth over $136,000 to fund some of the additiona 17-year-old shot in targeted attack near DC school, police say 12/01/2023 03:36pm • A 17-year-old was hospitalized after a shooting Friday morning near KIPP DC College Preparatory School in Northeast, according to police. D.C. police said a car pulled up at around 10:28 a.m. on Brentwood Parkway near the school and opened fire, hitting the teenage boy and leaving him with injuri Blue over 'G0BLUE': University of Michigan grad sues after losing license plate 12/01/2023 02:36pm • BEVERLY HILLS, Mich. (AP) — A passionate University of Michigan graduate is booing the state — and suing — over the loss of his revered “G0BLUE” car license plate. Joseph Hardig III said the plate has been on family vehicles for years. But he was told it was assigned to another car owner w New US rules, aimed at curbing China, could make it harder for EV buyers to claim a full tax credit 12/01/2023 01:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans could have a harder time finding electric vehicles that qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit under new rules proposed Friday that are likely to hinder President Joe Biden’s goal that half of new passenger vehicles sold in the U.S. run on electricity by 2030. P Fed's Powell notes inflation is easing but downplays discussion of interest rate cuts 12/01/2023 01:12pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is slowing steadily, but it’s too early to declare victory or to discuss when the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates, Chair Jerome Powell said Friday. Speaking at Spelman College in Atlanta, Powell noted that consumer prices, excluding volatile food and energy After chance to be a Tokyo Olympian was lost, Katie Lou Samuelson returns to chase Paris 2024 12/01/2023 12:07pm • MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (AP) — Katie Lou Samuelson and Devin Cannady took their marriage vows in April. They made another vow to each other long before that. An Olympic vow. It was July 2021 during the Tokyo Olympics, when Samuelson’s team won a gold medal — without her. Samuelson tested positive fo