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Sour Patch Kids Oreos? Peeps Pepsi? What's behind the weird flavors popping up on store shelves 05/20/2024 02:48pm • Van Leeuwen Ice Cream usually draws customers with gourmet takes on classics like vanilla and pistachio. But occasionally, the artisanal ice cream maker headquartered in New York slips in what it calls a ���shock flavor,��� like Hidden Valley Ranch or pizza. Surprising flavor combinations ��� think Nikki Haley faces a murky path forward and a key decision on whether or not to endorse Trump 05/20/2024 02:45pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) ��� Nikki Haley is perhaps the highest-profile Republican in the nation who has refused to fall in line and endorse Donald Trump���s presidential bid. It���s unclear how long that might last. Some allies believe she may be forced to endorse him before the November election to av California congressman urges closer consultation with tribes on offshore wind 05/20/2024 02:31pm • A congressman who represents California���s north coast has sent a letter to federal regulators asking that they ���urgently place��� a senior official in the state to respond to tribal needs as wind power is developed offshore. U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman sent the letter as the U.S. offshore wind indus David Ortiz is humbled by being honored in New York again; this time for post-baseball work 05/20/2024 02:29pm • NEWTON, Mass. (AP) ��� Hall of Famer David Ortiz is committed to his post-career work like he was swinging a bat during his playing days. He was honored in front of New York���s state Senate last week with the team he helps run: The David Ortiz Children���s Fund. The former Red Sox star, a three-tim Lobbying is the lifeblood of DC���s anemic office market 05/20/2024 01:18pm • The D.C. office market is struggling with record vacancy rates, but there is one tenant D.C. can always count on: Government affairs. And demand for office space from those tenants is growing. ���We just looked at the big three ��� that���s the lobbyists for hire, the corporate government affa 'A glimmer of hope' from CDC data on overdose deaths 05/20/2024 11:45am • The latest data from the CDC includes estimates that show a 3% drop in overdose deaths in the U.S. While the data is incomplete, and the CDC states it is subject to change, it represents a "glimmer of hope," said Monica Ruiz, assistant professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Healt Fairfax Co. program offering $50 SmarTrip cards helps Inova focus on 'sustainability' 05/20/2024 11:35am • This content is sponsored by��The Fairfax County Department of Transportation Commuter Services Program. The SmartBenefits Plu$50 program in Fairfax County, Va. presents an opportunity for local employers such as businesses, nonprofit organizations and associations, to enhance employee benefi Target to lower prices on thousands of basic items as inflation sends customers scrounging for deals 05/20/2024 10:56am • Target plans to cut prices on thousands of consumer basics this summer, from diapers to milk, as inflation cuts into household budgets and more Americans pay closer attention to their spending. The price cuts, already applied to 1,500 items, will eventually include 5,000 food, drink and essential ho Taiwan's new President Lai in his inauguration speech urges China to stop its military intimidation 05/20/2024 10:47am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Taiwan���s new president, Lai Ching-te, said in his inauguration speech Monday that he wants peace with China and urged it to stop its military threats and intimidation of the self-governed island that Beijing claims as its own territory. ���I hope that China will face the re Maryland unemployment rate keeps rising 05/20/2024 08:10am • Maryland, which held the lowest state unemployment rate for several months in 2023, has seen its unemployment rate rise this spring, while Virginia���s unemployment rate edged lower last month. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Maryland���s unemployment rate in April was 2.6%, up from 2.5% Generational diagnoses drove DC-area family to participate in largest cancer study of Black women 05/20/2024 07:25am • Cancer researchers are looking for thousands of Black women to lend their voices and experiences to a 30-year study. The American Cancer Society (ACS) launched its ���VOICES of Black Women��� research that will study 100,000 women over 30 years. It is the largest and longest cancer study of Bl In Saudi Arabia, an all-women psychedelic rock band jams out as its conservative society loosens up 05/20/2024 06:50am • RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) ��� Leaning into the microphone in Saudi Arabia's capital, Nora let loose a primal scream. Guitars wailed and drums throbbed behind her as part of a set with her bandmates during a recent show. The performance by Seera, an all-women psychedelic rock band that blends tradit Pacers are back in the Eastern Conference finals, and don't tell them they can't win playing fast 05/20/2024 06:00am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The Indiana Pacers are headed back to the Eastern Conference finals and don't plan to slow down when they get there. Not when they are so good at playing fast. Indiana put up some of the best offensive numbers in NBA history during the regular season by pushing the tempo. The pace Candidates begin registering in complicated process to select Thailand's new Senate 05/20/2024 05:24am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Thailand on Monday officially began the selection of new senators, a process that has become part of an ongoing war between progressive forces hoping for democratic political reforms and conservatives seeking to keep the status quo. Hopeful candidates headed to district offices acro Mexico presidential candidates offer little detail to address country's violence in final debate 05/20/2024 04:28am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Less than two weeks from national elections, opposition presidential candidate X��chitl G��lvez hit away on security, one of Mexico's most stubborn challenges, in her final debate Sunday night with governing party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum. Sheinbaum, the frontrunner in the ra