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Book Review: Hiroshima bomb saga revisited with witness accounts 09/09/2024 09:11am • An atomic bombing is so horrific all accounts tend to be quintessential. M.G. Sheftall���s ���Hiroshima: The Last Witnesses,��� a carefully and respectfully researched oral history, is no different. Although the individuals who recount their tales vary, from engineers to schoolgirls, their message i UN rights chief urges voters to beware 'strongman' politicians who 'throw glitter in our eyes' 09/09/2024 08:42am • GENEVA (AP) ��� The U.N. human rights chief on Monday urged voters to be wary of ���strongman��� politicians and personalities "that throw glitter in our eyes��� as more elections loom in a busy electoral calendar this year. Volker T��rk didn't mention leaders or countries by name, but alluded to a Takeaways from AP's report on the dilemmas facing Palestinian Americans ahead of US election 09/09/2024 08:05am • Many Palestinian Americans, in recent months, have been reeling from the double blow of the rising Palestinian death toll and suffering in Gaza and their own government���s support for Israel in the war. Alongside pro-Palestinian allies, they���ve grieved, organized, lobbied and protested as the kil Huge payout expected for a rare coin bought by Ohio farm family and hidden for decades 09/09/2024 08:00am • TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) ��� Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value. But they had no idea just how much until just a few years ago. The extraordinarily rare coin, struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, could bring more t AU Pro Basketball for women will play 2025 season in Nashville after stops in Las Vegas, Dallas 09/09/2024 08:00am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Athletes Unlimited will play its fourth women's basketball season in Nashville starting Feb. 5 through March 2, league officials announced Monday. AU Pro Basketball debuted in Las Vegas in 2022 and played the 2023 and 2024 seasons in Dallas. The 2025 season featuring 24 ga Big Lots files for bankruptcy 09/09/2024 07:16am • New York (CNN) — Big Lots, the beleaguered discount retailer that previously warned it had ���substantial doubt��� about its survival, has filed for bankruptcy.As part of its Chapter 11 filing, the retailer announced that private equity firm Nexus Capital Management is acquiring ���substantial Will Los Angeles 2028 be the moment when the Paralympics conquer America? 09/09/2024 05:47am • Los Angeles, you���re next. Paris raised the game for the Paralympics, with more than 4,000 athletes as well as 2.4 million tickets sold, which was second only to the London Games of 2012. Now the challenge for U.S. organizers is to top it with another breakout moment for para sports. ���We want to 'The needs are really, really enormous': High demand for volunteer tutors for DC-area students 09/09/2024 04:39am • With classes back in session, a major drive is underway to recruit a legion of volunteer tutors needed for students throughout the D.C. area. At the Adams Morgan Day festival on Sunday, the D.C. Tutoring and Mentoring Initiative spread word about the need for 60,000 volunteer tutors and mentors n South Korean truth commission says it found more evidence of forced adoptions in the 1980s 09/09/2024 04:26am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A South Korean commission found evidence that women were pressured into giving away their infants for foreign adoptions after giving birth at government-funded facilities where thousands of people were confined and enslaved from the 1960s to the 1980s. The report by the T Congress returns ��� and so does political drama over avoiding a government shutdown 09/09/2024 04:19am • Visit��WTOP���s Election 2024��page for our comprehensive coverage.��Listen live to 103.5 FM for the latest.��Sign up for WTOP���s��Election Desk newsletter��for headlines and analysis from now until Inauguration Day. Congress comes back on Monday after a six-week summer break that included a tra Lake Street Dive celebrates 20th anniversary with 'Good Together' tour at Merriweather 09/09/2024 04:14am • Lake Street Dive is bringing its 20th anniversary tour to Maryland this weekend. The band rocks Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland, on Friday night. "We've been in the region many times over the years, but this is our first time at this specific venue," Drummer Mike Calabrese This week: Dave & Buster's, Kroger earnings; consumer prices report 09/09/2024 03:10am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week. DAVE & BUSTER'S On Tuesday, Dave & Buster's releases its second-quarter earnings report after the closing bell. Analysts forecast that the arcade and family restaurant chain made 84 cents a share on $561 m Activists criticize high cost of Pope Francis' visit to East Timor, one of the poorest nations 09/09/2024 12:14am • DILI, East Timor (AP) ��� East Timor pulled out all stops for Pope Francis��� historic visit to one of the world���s youngest and poorest countries to the tune of $12 million, drawing rebuke from activists and human rights organizations in a nation where almost half the population lives in poverty. What the Trump-Clinton debates might tell us about Tuesday's match with Harris 09/09/2024 12:04am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� He claimed she would raise taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that would allow an influx of unvetted migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration's failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years of the same Steelers get past Falcons on Boswell���s six field goals 09/08/2024 11:56pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� With Russell Wilson���s Pittsburgh debut put on hold by a calf injury, Justin Fields stepped in to lead the Steelers to a 18-10 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday ��� with a big assist from Chris Boswell���s strong right leg. Boswell booted six field goals, three of them lon