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Eintracht Frankfurt routs Bayern Munich 5-1 for defending champ's first Bundesliga defeat 12/09/2023 03:08pm • BERLIN (AP) — Eintracht Frankfurt routed Bayern Munich 5-1 to deal the 11-time defending champion its first Bundesliga defeat of the season on Saturday. Omar Marmoush starred for the home team to end its run of four straight defeats across all competitions, and Bayern star Harry Kane failed to sco 5 novels by DC-area authors in 2023 to put on your holiday reading list 12/09/2023 02:34pm • Are you in a hurry to meet your annual reading goal, but not sure which story to fall into next? WTOP has you covered with this list of five new fiction works by local authors. The titles range in subgenre, length and subject matter, but they have two things in common: They were all written by D. Michigan teen gets life in prison for Oxford High School attack 12/09/2023 10:40am • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — A judge sentenced a Michigan teenager to life in prison Friday for killing four students and terrorizing others at Oxford High School, after listening to hours of gripping anguish from parents and wounded survivors. Judge Kwame Rowe rejected pleas from defense lawyers for a s Biden launches a Hollywood fundraising blitz to tap into star power with strikes over 12/08/2023 11:31pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Here's a Hollywood ending that President Joe Biden wants to bring to life: An incumbent facing tough polling numbers and questions about his advanced age overcomes a brash opponent to win a second term at the White House. With strikes by writers and actors now over, Biden is beg UN takes no immediate action at emergency meeting on Guyana-Venezuela dispute over oil-rich region 12/08/2023 10:41pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations Security Council took no immediate action at a closed emergency meeting late Friday requested by Guyana after Venezuela’s referendum claiming the vast oil- and mineral-rich Essequibo region that makes up a large part of its neighbor. But diplomats said th Empower is less expensive than Uber or Lyft. Here's why DC says it's violating city law 12/08/2023 08:40pm • D.C.-area residents have another alternative to Uber or Lyft called Empower — but, according to D.C.'s Department of For-Hire Vehicles, Empower has refused to register with the department to operate in the District. DFHV issued a cease-and-desist letter in November 2020, which Empower appealed, Judge voids result of Louisiana sheriff's election decided by a single vote and orders a new runoff 12/08/2023 06:50pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A judge has voided the result of a Louisiana sheriff's election that was decided by a single vote and ordered a new runoff be held, saying there is evidence a handful of ballots were cast illegally. Ruling this week, specially appointed Judge E. Joseph Bleich ordered a new Finau and Korda open with a 56 in scramble format. They lead mixed-team Grant Thornton Invitational 12/08/2023 06:46pm • NAPLES, Fla. (AP) — Tony Finau and Nelly Korda surged into the lead with an eagle-birdie finish Friday to post a 16-under 56 in the scramble format and take a one-shot lead in the Grant Thornton Invitational. The first mixed-team event with the PGA Tour and LPGA was a day filled with plenty of lau Maine man dies while checking thickness of lake ice, wardens say 12/08/2023 06:23pm • A man who was checking the thickness of ice on a lake in the Maine wilderness crashed into the icy water and drowned on Friday, game wardens said. Walter Demmons, 62 of Milford, was drilling holes with a friend to check the ice thickness while preparing to fish in Quakish Lake when they heard the ic Boy shot inside Georgia Ave-Petworth Metro, photos of suspect released 12/08/2023 05:47pm • A boy was shot inside the Georgia Avenue-Petworth Metro station on Friday afternoon, according to Metro officials. In an email to WTOP, Metro said the juvenile boy was shot in the "unpaid mezzanine area" of the station. Medics arrived and transported him to a hospital with non-life-threatening McCarthy back with Cowboys after appendectomy, set to call plays against Eagles 12/08/2023 03:34pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy is back with the team after undergoing an emergency appendectomy just four days before planning to be the sideline for an NFC East showdown with Philadelphia. The 60-year-old knew he would be a big part of the story despite the division lead Ho, ho, ho! Gift ideas for stargazers in 2023 12/08/2023 03:30pm • OK, so you have someone on your holiday gift list that loves the stars. What to do, what to do… Don’t despair, here’s my annual WTOP "Gift Ideas For Stargazers." Internet shopping and quick shipping can get that star-minded someone their gift fairly quickly with very little hassle -- even i Fox snatcher: Footage shows furry intruder swiped cameras from Arizona backyard 12/08/2023 02:47pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — An Arizona woman got a huge shock when surveillance footage showed the thief who stole her backyard cameras was four-legged and fluffy-tailed. Esmeralda Egurrola, of Tucson, noticed on Monday that her three motion-activated cameras appeared off-line. So, she checked the most Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson returns to full training after hamstring injury 12/08/2023 11:09am • LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker has returned to full training ahead of Saturday's game at Crystal Palace. The Brazil international has missed the past three matches since injuring his hamstring at the end of Liverpool's 1-1 draw with Manchester City two weeks ago. “ Menu signed by Mao Zedong brings a quarter million dollars at auction 12/08/2023 10:36am • BOSTON (AP) — An official menu for a state banquet that bears the signature of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong has been auctioned for $275,000. Boston-based RR Auction said the menu auctioned Wednesday was for a banquet held in Beijing on October 19, 1956, and commemorated the first state visit