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If it seems like there are a lot of acorns this fall, you might be seeing a `mast' year 10/31/2023 08:42am • Has your car been getting pelted with acorns? Have you found yourself running through a hailstorm of walnuts with your hands protecting your head? Chances are the trees in your region are experiencing a mast year. Nut-bearing trees, like black walnuts, beeches and those acorn-producing oaks, have †Battle for control of Virginia Legislature may hinge on a state senate race with independent streak 10/31/2023 08:25am • FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A race that could determine control of Virginia’s Legislature will not be a standard battle between a Democrat and a Republican, but also features a wild-card independent candidate with a history of electoral success who happens to be a former stripper. Oh, and then Veterans are more likely than most to kill themselves with guns. Families want to keep them safe. 10/31/2023 08:02am • FLINT, Texas (AP) — She leaned out of the tent at a small-town summer festival, hoping someone would stop to ask about her tattoos, her T-shirt, the framed pictures of her son on a table in the back of the booth. Barbie Rohde has made herself a walking billboard for this cause. She feels called to For parents who’ve been through shootings, raising kids requires grappling with fears 10/31/2023 08:01am • LOUISVILLE, Kentucky (AP) — By the time Hollan Holm pulls the family minivan into Chickasaw Park, the buzz rising from a crowd clustered around a large picnic shelter makes clear this afternoon’s story-sharing is already underway. In the thick heat just outside the pavilion, a youth football coa Millennial Money: Black Friday shopping could look different this year, experts say 10/31/2023 07:00am • Retailers thrive on tantalizing shoppers ahead of the post-Thanksgiving event, keeping them guessing about how exactly the experience will unfold. But economic conditions, past sales and other factors can provide clues about what’s to come. Here’s what marketing, retail and supply chain experts How a found dog after fatal Md. crash is helping one family heal 10/31/2023 04:46am • A family tragedy over the weekend after a fatal crash on the Beltway ended with a glimmer of hope involving the family dog. Dannel Schwartz, 77, was killed Sunday when a speeding Ford Mustang slammed into the back of his Kia minivan near Landover Road in Maryland. His wife, Suzi, and 97-year-old Elite Kenyan police unit goes on trial in the killing of a prominent Pakistani journalist last year 10/31/2023 02:55am • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — An elite Kenyan police unit went on trial Tuesday on charges of wrongful death in the killing of an outspoken Pakistani journalist in Nairobi a year ago. The case was jointly filed by the journalist's widow and two Kenyan journalists' unions. Arshad Sharif was killed Oct. 23, Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive; Netanyahu rejects calls for cease-fire 10/31/2023 12:37am • KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire as airstrikes lande Two hours of terror and now years of devastation for Acapulco's poor in Hurricane Otis aftermath 10/31/2023 12:11am • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Estela Sandoval Díaz was huddled in her tiny concrete bathroom, sure these were the final moments of her life, when Hurricane Otis ripped off her tin roof. With it went clothing, savings, furniture, photos and 33 years of the life Sandoval built piece-by-piece on the forgo Police: Man arrested after throwing pipe bombs at San Francisco police car during pursuit 10/30/2023 09:27pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A man has been arrested for allegedly knocking a parishioner unconscious inside a San Francisco Catholic church and throwing pipe bombs at a patrol car during a car chase, authorities said Monday. The 42-year-old Concord man was arrested Sunday by California Highway Patrol off As economy falters, more Chinese migrants take a perilous journey to the US border to seek asylum 10/30/2023 09:20pm • SAN DIEGO (AP) — The young Chinese man looked lost and exhausted when Border Patrol agents left him at a transit station. Deng Guangsen, 28, had spent the last two months traveling to San Diego from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, through seven countries on plane, bus and foot, includi 'Recipe for tragedy': DC mayor responds to killing of teen during attempted carjacking 10/30/2023 08:41pm • Police in D.C. are looking for another person tied to the carjacking that resulted in the shooting death of a 13-year-old in Penn Quarter on Saturday night. "Guns, carjackings, 13-year-olds: recipe for tragedy, and that's what we have," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a news conference Monda Can You Buy a Car With a Personal Loan? 10/30/2023 08:00pm • Buying a car can be great fun, but you'll likely face at least some financial limitations. If you aren't planning to pay cash for your car, you'll need a plan for how to finance it. An auto loan is the natural choice, but one other option you might consider is a personal loan. Auto loans and persona UAW reaches deal with General Motors that ends strikes against Detroit automakers pending votes 10/30/2023 07:43pm • DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union's six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file. The Drivers in Argentina wait in long lines to fill up the tanks as presidential election looms 10/30/2023 07:07pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Long lines formed at gas stations throughout Argentina on Monday as surging demand outstripped supply, becoming a campaign issue just weeks ahead of the second round of the country’s presidential race. Economy Minister Sergio Massa, one of the two remaining preside