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Washington star Michael Penix Jr. takes pounding, disappointing loss in college finale 01/09/2024 12:44am • HOUSTON (AP) — Michael Penix Jr. couldn’t complete the final chapter in his storybook season Monday night. The quarterback with two surgically repaired knees threw for 255 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions, taking a pounding as No. 2 Washington fell to top-ranked Michigan 34-13 in the Alaska Airlines' decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs comes under scrutiny 01/08/2024 09:54pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to warnings from a cabin-pressurization system — yet keep flying it over land — is raising questions about whether the jet should have been in the air at all. The nation� Students rally at the Iowa Capitol days after Perry school shooting 01/08/2024 09:46pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — This year's Iowa legislative session kicked off Monday with student protestors filling the Capitol rotunda to call for stricter gun laws just days after a school shooting in Perry, Iowa, that left one 11-year-old boy dead and seven other people wounded. High school and col 'King of the NRA': Civil trial scrutinizes lavish spending by gun rights group’s longtime leader 01/08/2024 07:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime head of National Rifle Association operated as the “King of the NRA,” spending lavishly on himself, punishing dissent and showering allies with country club memberships and no-show contracts, a lawyer for the New York attorney general’s office told jurors Monday. A look at recent crashes and safety problems involving Boeing planes 01/08/2024 07:47pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The blowout of part of the fuselage on a Boeing 737 Max flying over Oregon is the latest in a string of safety problems — including two devastating crashes — for the aerospace giant. The most serious issues have involved the 737 Max, the latest version of its venerable 737, a wo When Saving Money Can Cost You Money 01/08/2024 07:00pm • Reducing financial waste is a top goal for many people, especially as the cost of living escalates. According to a PwC report, consumers drastically adjusted their spending behaviors in 2023, with 53% saying they were holding back on nonessential spending and 15% indicating that they stopped nonesse What to know about the Alaska Airlines 737 Max 9 jet that suffered a blowout 01/08/2024 03:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An emergency landing by an Alaska Airlines jetliner has prompted U.S. federal authorities to ground some Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, adding another episode to the troubled history of Boeing's Max lineup of jets. Here is what to know about the Max 9 plane involved, and what comes ne Lawsuit limits and antisemitism are among topics Georgia lawmakers plan to take on in 2024 01/08/2024 03:12pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia's General Assembly began its 2024 regular session Monday and the top intrigue is whether Republicans, after longtime opposition, may agree to a further expansion of health care for poor adults under the state's Medicaid program. Republican House Speaker Jon Burns of Newingt Falls Church is an underrated culinary hot spot: Here's a chance to try it 01/08/2024 11:54am • There are several great restaurant weeks around the D.C. metro area every year, including the City of Falls Church, which is holding its first-ever restaurant week this month. And if you're a foodie and you've never been to the Virginia city, you are missing out. There are more than 160 restauran Insider Q&A: How wedding planners are adjusting for Gen Z nuptials 01/08/2024 10:27am • Tim Chi, the CEO of The Knot Worldwide, attended eight weddings in the year leading up to his own 2005 nuptials. After seeing all that stress and emotion firsthand, he started thinking about ways to make wedding planning easier. “I felt very strongly that the wedding industry needed something user Liz Weston: 3 time-sensitive money tasks for new widows and widowers 01/08/2024 09:32am • Widows and widowers are often told not to make any major decisions for a year or more after a spouse’s death. Grief can cause you to make choices you later regret. Some financial tasks, though, shouldn’t be postponed. Revising your budget, meeting with a tax pro and securing access to credit can Some 350,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2023, up 51% in a year 01/08/2024 09:10am • BERLIN (AP) — The number of people applying for asylum in Germany last year rose to 351,915, an increase of 51.1% compared with the year before. The largest number of asylum-seekers came from Syria, with 104,561 applications, followed by Turkish citizens with 62,624 asylum pleas and 53,582 Afghans Werner, Toney, Henderson ... Mbappé? The key players set for possible Premier League transfers 01/08/2024 08:00am • It has been a slow start to the January transfer window in the Premier League. Expect that to change pretty quickly. Deals are being mooted, speculation is starting to fly, sought-after stars — like Kylian Mbappé and Ivan Toney — have chosen to talk about their future to the media. Here's a loo COVID-19 cases are rising. What do you need to know now? 01/08/2024 05:00am • ▶ Watch Video: ER visits for respiratory viruses skyrocketing, CDC says It's winter, that cozy season that brings crackling fireplaces, indoor gatherings — and a wave of respiratory illness. Nearly four years since the pandemic emerged, people are growing This Week in Business: Consumer prices, wholesale prices, big bank earnings 01/08/2024 03:10am • Eye on prices The Labor Department on Thursday issues its December report on prices at the consumer level. Economists expect that inflation edged up to 3.2% as measured by the consumer price index. Overall, inflation has been steadily cooling since the Federal Reserve started raising its benchmark i