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Rhine derby sees Cologne beat Gladbach 3-1 for 1st Bundesliga win this season 10/22/2023 02:28pm • BERLIN (AP) — Florian Kainz scored two penalties as Cologne claimed its first Bundesliga victory of the season with a 3-1 Rhine derby win over 10-man Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday. He needed three attempts, however. Gladbach 'keeper Moritz Nicolas, who conceded the second penalty for punchin Things to do in the DC area: Halloween, fall festivals, pumpkin patches … and more! 10/22/2023 07:21am • This weekend and beyond, the calendar is chock-full of spooky fun, including fall festivals, haunted trails, corn mazes, pumpkin picking and other spooktacular things to do. Every Thursday WTOP brings you a roundup of Things to do in the DC area. This week, we focus on some of the uncanny events Saad scores twice as Blues beat Penguins 4-2 10/21/2023 11:39pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Saad scored twice and Jordan Binnington stopped 31 shots as the St. Louis Blues beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Saturday night. Jake Neighbours and Colton Parayko also scored for the Blues, who were coming off a loss at home to Arizona two nights earlier and won in reg Woman returns from vacation to find Atlanta home demolished 10/21/2023 05:26pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A homeowner is mulling the next step after a company mistakenly demolished a home she owned in southwest Atlanta. Susan Hodgson said in an interview Saturday with The Associated Press that she found a pile of rubble in place of what used to be her longtime family property when she Company bosses and workers grapple with the fallout of speaking up about the Israel-Hamas war 10/21/2023 02:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks accused a union representing thousands of its baristas of damaging the brand and endangering co-workers with a pro-Palestinian tweet. The CEO of a prominent tech conference resigned amid backlash for his public statements suggesting that Israel was committing war crimes. Will Jordan the latest in the line of prolific All Blacks wingers 10/21/2023 09:35am • PARIS (AP) — Will Jordan would be content not scoring a try in the Rugby World Cup final as long as New Zealand wins it. Jordan's hat trick in the 44-6 semifinal win against Argentina on Friday gave him a tournament-leading eight tries, and put him in the company of greatness. Nobody has scored mo Businesses are the biggest targets of financial crimes. Help is being offered in Prince George's Co. 10/21/2023 04:40am • October isn’t even over yet and already fraud and scams have cost Prince George’s County, Maryland, residents and businesses more than $10 million. With the holiday shopping season almost upon us, there’s concern that the number will go up even more. “Because of their large balance she Spirit Airlines cancels dozens of flights to inspect some of its planes. Disruptions will last days 10/20/2023 07:04pm • Spirit Airlines canceled about 100 flights on Friday after pulling some planes out of service for inspections, and the airline expects the disruptions to last several days. Spirit did not describe the nature of the inspections and did not respond when asked for further information, but the Federal A The Orionids are here as is Observe the Moon Night 10/20/2023 04:57pm • Saturday night is the predicted peak for the D.C. region’s view of the Orionid meteor shower. The best time to look for these bits of Comet Halley debris hitting our atmosphere is after midnight, especially in the hours before dawn. "In 2023, the Orionid meteor shower should rain down its great DIARY: Under siege by Hamas militants, a hometown and the lives within it are scarred forever 10/20/2023 02:00pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s a saying among us videojournalists: May the news stay far from your home. But on Saturday, Oct. 7, it came terrifyingly close to my hometown. While I live in Jerusalem, where I work as a cameraman for The Associated Press, I was raised in Ofakim, a city a half-hour drive Wembanyama already setting a tone for his rookie NBA season with the Spurs 10/20/2023 11:17am • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Victor Wembanyama’s first win of his rookie season with the San Antonio Spurs came with no fans present, no referees around and didn’t even require the use of a basketball. It was, of all things, an art contest. The Spurs gave their players a few minutes to sketch The Coyote Central America scrambles as the international community fails to find solution to record migration 10/20/2023 11:16am • PASO CANOAS, Costa Rica (AP) — The fleet of buses roared past the Panama-Costa Rica border. Hundreds of Venezuelan, Haitian and Ecuadorian migrants pressed their faces to the windows as they looked out onto a sign that read “Welcome to Costa Rica.” But few of them will see more of the country NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 10/20/2023 10:27am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Qatar hasn’t threatened to cut off natural gas Britney Spears' book 'The Woman In Me' makes private details public, and public events personal 10/20/2023 09:25am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears' highly anticipated memoir “The Woman in Me” will be released Tuesday, revealing the pop superstar's personal take on events that have played out publicly in her decades as one of the most scrutinized figures in American life, along with private moments that s Have you been contacted about a sweepstakes? Be careful, it could be fake 10/20/2023 06:08am • You may have received a call, email or letter saying you've won a sweepstakes, lottery or even a prize. But if they ask you to pay up, it's probably a scam. "Under the laws of most states and Federal Trade Commission guidelines, you can't be made to pay a price for the chance of winning a prize.