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Garth Brooks accused of rape in lawsuit from hair-and-makeup artist 10/04/2024 02:26pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman who says she worked as a hair-and-makeup stylist for Garth Brooks alleged in a lawsuit filed Thursday that he raped her in a Los Angeles hotel in 2019. The woman does not use her name and goes by Jane Roe in the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Brooks forcefu Former Army service member pleads guilty in 1994 cold-case killing of Fairfax Co. mother 10/04/2024 01:50pm • Almost 30 years since a mother was killed inside her Fairfax County, Virginia, home while her toddler was in the next room, a former Army service member pleaded guilty Friday in her stabbing death. Robin Lawrence's body was discovered inside her home on the leafy cul-de-sac of Reseca Lane in the Helene’s powerful storm surge killed 12 near Tampa. They didn't have to die 10/04/2024 12:39pm • INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Aiden Bowles was stubborn, so even as Florida officials told residents of the barrier island north of St. Petersburg that Hurricane Helene's storm surge could be deadly, the retired restaurant owner stayed put. Caregiver Amanda Normand begged the 71-year-old widower Data Doctors: Going green with your gadgets 10/04/2024 09:43am • Q: What can I do to be more eco-friendly with my tech gadgets? A: Our insatiable appetite for new gadgets has many hidden environmental costs such as energy consumption and e-waste that we all need to think about. The energy required to manufacture the average desktop computer could run a refr Mail-in ballot know-how: What if you are sent more than one ballot? 10/04/2024 04:10am • Your vote counts, but you only get just one. So a Maryland voter who got two mail-in ballots for the same person contacted WTOP and wanted to know: What should they do? Gilberto Zelaya, the community engagement public relations officer for the Montgomery County Board of Elections, said in a ca For migrant women who land in Colorado looking for jobs, a common answer emerges: No 10/04/2024 12:09am • AURORA, Colo. (AP) — East Colfax Avenue was the best place to find a job. That's what everyone told Sofia Roca. Never mind the open drug use, the sex workers or the groups of other migrant women marching the sidewalks soliciting work at the very same Mexican restaurants and bakeries. On East Colf This school teacher who connected literacy and laundry is DC's Teacher of the Year 10/03/2024 08:20pm • Jazzmyne Townsend, a K-5 English language arts (ELA) instructional coach at Stanton Elementary School in Southeast D.C., showed up to an assembly to help celebrate National Book Month with her students. Little did she know, a massive surprise was in store for her. While the month of reading w Having a Service Animal on Campus: What to Know 10/03/2024 08:00pm • For students with mental or physical disabilities, having a service animal on campus can help limit risks and ease the challenges that come with earning a college degree. "It allows them to experience things that otherwise they might not be able to do," such as accessing the dining hall or other fac 5 Best Short-Term Investments for Generating Income 10/03/2024 08:00pm • Certainly, keeping cash in a checking account is both liquid and safe. There's the added benefit of federal deposit insurance, and it allows easy access to your money whenever you need it with the assurance it's protected. However, the downside is that it's not earning any interest. Given a long-ter How Special Interest Rate CDs Work 10/03/2024 08:00pm • Financial institutions offer a variety of certificates of deposit with different interest rates. Some banks and credit unions even let you take advantage of promotional CDs, which provide higher interest rates for accounts with unconventional terms, higher minimum deposits or both. What Are Promotio The search for the missing hits snags at every corner as Helene's death toll tops 200 10/03/2024 06:46pm • PENSACOLA, N.C. (AP) — Rescue crews and volunteers facing obstacles at every turn in North Carolina’s remote mountains paddled canoes across swollen rivers and steered horses past mudslides in the rush to reach those stranded or missing by Hurricane Helene’s rampage that killed more than 200 t Sam Darnold is thriving with the undefeated Vikings. His original team, the Jets, is next 10/03/2024 06:23pm • As the Minnesota Vikings were preparing for the draft earlier this year with a keen eye on the prospects for their next franchise player, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and coach Kevin O'Connell spoke often of the importance of immersing a young quarterback in an environment conducive to success Stock market today: Oil prices jump again on worries about the Middle East as Wall Street fades 10/03/2024 04:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Crude prices jumped Thursday on worries that worsening tensions in the Middle East could disrupt the global flow of oil, while U.S. stocks pulled back further from their records. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% amid a shaky week that’s knocked the index off its all-time high set on Mon Boston College seeks to win its opening two conference games for the first time since 2007 10/03/2024 02:54pm • Boston College (4-1, 1-0 ACC) at Virginia (3-1, 1-0), Saturday, 12 p.m. (ACC Network) BetMGM College Football Odds: Virginia by 2 1/2. Series record: Boston College leads 7-1. WHAT’S AT STAKE? The Cavaliers and Eagles have been two of the most pleasant early-season surprises in the ACC. Their stro The Devils meet the Sabres in the Czech capital to open the NHL regular season 10/03/2024 01:48pm • PRAGUE (AP) — Ondrej Palat has won the Stanley Cup twice. He's won a gold medal with the Czech Republic at the world championships. This week, the forward will check another item on his bucket list when his New Jersey Devils and the Buffalo Sabres open the NHL regular season with two games in Prag