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WTOP's Neal Augenstein: One Passover tradition I'd like to end 04/26/2024 09:40am • It happens every year. On the day of a Passover Seder, I go to the grocery store and choose a big, fresh bunch of parsley since it is one of the symbolic foods displayed on the traditional Seder plate. A few sprigs of curly-leaf parsley go onto the plate, symbolizing the initial flourishin Polish and Lithuanian leaders oversee military drills along their shared border 04/26/2024 09:20am • DIRMISKES, Lithuania (AP) ��� Polish President Andrzej Duda said Friday that ���a potential aggressor must see our readiness" as he and his Lithuanian counterpart monitored a joint military drill along their shared border. Duda and Lithuanian President Gitanas Naus��da met on the last day of the we Music Review: Anitta welcomes listeners into her 'Funk Generation' on new album 04/26/2024 09:17am • First, Anitta took over Brazil. Now, the world. The trilingual Brazilian pop star has returned with a new album, the club-to-bedroom ready ���Funk Generation.��� It is an infectious collection of dance songs celebrating a once maligned genre that also manages to experiment beyond its confines. But t Exxon Mobil profit declines in 1st quarter as natural gas prices fall 04/26/2024 08:04am • Exxon Mobil's profit declined in its first quarter as natural gas prices fell and industry refining margins dropped. The energy company earned $8.22 billion, or $2.06 per share, for the three months ended March 31. A year earlier it earned $11.43 billion, or $2.79 per share. The results didn't meet AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New York's special congressional election 04/26/2024 07:21am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Republicans��� majority could tighten by another vote after Tuesday���s special congressional election in Buffalo ��� at least, temporarily. Voters are choosing a replacement for Democrat Brian Higgins, a longtime House member who cited the ���slow and frustrating��� pace o Chelsea and Lyon bring leads into return legs of Women's Champions League semifinals 04/26/2024 06:44am • LONDON (AP) ��� Emma Hayes didn't want anyone to get carried away by Chelsea's surprise 1-0 win over Barcelona last week in the Women's Champions League semifinals. That's because Chelsea needs to finish the job Saturday in the second-leg match in order to reach just its second final ��� in Hayes' f Stage and screen legend Nathan Lane to receive Signature Theatre's Sondheim Award at The Anthem 04/26/2024 04:05am • He made us laugh on stage and screen from "The Lion King" to "The Birdcage" to "The Producers." The prolific Nathan Lane will receive Signature Theatre's Sondheim Award at The Anthem on Monday, April 29. "You start to feel really old, you start to think that this was the kind of thing Corals bred in a zoo have joined Europe's largest reef. This is offering scientists hope 04/26/2024 03:53am • ARNHEM, Netherlands (AP) ��� Just like the animals on Noah���s Ark, the corals arrived in a pair. On Monday, divers with gloved hands gently nestled the self-bred corals from the World Coral Conservatory project among their cousins in Europe���s largest coral reef at the Burgers��� Zoo in the Nethe Muslim groups claim double standards in police handling of two high-profile stabbings in Sydney 04/26/2024 03:03am • NEWCASTLE, Australia (AP) ��� Muslim groups in Australia on Friday criticized the disparity in the police response to two stabbing attacks in Sydney this month, saying it had created a perception of a double standard and further alienated the country's minority Muslim community. The Australian Natio South Africa will mark 30 years of freedom amid inequality, poverty and a tense election ahead 04/26/2024 02:47am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� As 72-year-old Nonki Kunene walks through the corridors of Thabisang Primary School in Soweto, South Africa, she recalls the joy she and many others felt 30 years ago when they voted for the first time. It was at this school on April 27, 1994, that Kunene joined millions of Sou The TikTok law kicks off a new showdown between Beijing and Washington. What's coming next? 04/26/2024 02:43am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� TikTok is gearing up for a legal fight against a U.S. law that would force the social media platform to break ties with its China-based parent company, a move almost certainly backed by Chinese authorities as the bitter U.S.-China rivalry threatens the future of a wildly popular Ukrainian duo heads to the Eurovision Song Contest with a message: We're still here 04/26/2024 12:49am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Even amid war, Ukraine finds time for the glittery, pop-filled Eurovision Song Contest. Perhaps now even more than ever. Ukraine���s entrants in the pan-continental music competition ��� the female duo of rapper alyona alyona and singer Jerry Heil ��� set off from Kyiv for the Journalists critical of their own companies cause headaches for news organizations 04/26/2024 12:47am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� This spring, NBC News, The New York Times and National Public Radio have each dealt with turmoil for essentially the same reason: journalists taking the critical gaze they deploy to cover the world and turning it inward at their own employers. Whistleblowing isn't unique to any Troy Fautanu idolized Troy Polamalu. Now he's following in Polamalu's footsteps in Pittsburgh 04/26/2024 12:31am • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� Troy Fautanu grew up idolizing Troy Polamalu. It wasn't just their shared Polynesian heritage. It was everything. The way the Pittsburgh Steelers Hall of Fame safety carried himself. The way he played football with a relentless passion. The way Polamau's No. 43 seemed to be in th Vikings trade up twice in NFL draft. They take Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy, Alabama edge Dallas Turner 04/26/2024 12:24am • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) ��� The Minnesota Vikings traded up twice in the first round of the NFL draft on Thursday night, jumping one spot to No. 10 for Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy to ensure they didn't miss out on their most dire need and making a six-spot leap to No. 17 for Alabama edge rusher Dal