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Why one survivor of domestic violence wants the Supreme Court to uphold a gun control law 11/06/2023 11:41am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ruth Glenn knows from harrowing personal experience the danger of putting a gun in the hands of a violent spouse or partner, the issue at the heart of a case before the Supreme Court. On a beautiful June evening in 1992, Glenn was shot three times, twice in the head, and left for Lack of affordable housing in Los Angeles' Venice Beach neighborhood inspires activism and art 11/06/2023 07:12am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — As more and more of her friends and neighbors found themselves priced out of rental units in Venice Beach, Judy Branfman began photographing the dozens of houses, bungalows and apartments being sold, renovated and then relisted at double or triple the cost. Branfman started wit Meaning of Disadvantaged Med School Applicant 11/05/2023 07:00pm • There are so many steps in applying to medical school, and the AMCAS application is one of the first and most significant. In addition to a personal statement and extracurricular activities, AMCAS, or the American Medical College Application Service, asks various biographical and demographic questio Director of new Godzilla film pursuing 'Japanese spirituality' of 1954 original 11/03/2023 08:16pm • TOKYO (AP) — Godzilla, the nightmarish radiation spewing monster born out of nuclear weapons, has stomped through many movies, including several Hollywood remakes. Takashi Yamazaki, the director behind the latest Godzilla movie, set for U.S. theatrical release later this year, was determined to br Stock market today: Wall Street closes its best week of the year with even more gains 11/03/2023 05:09pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street steamrolled even higher Friday as it closed out its best week in nearly a year. The S&P 500 climbed 40.56 points, or 0.9%, to 4,358.34 and rose every day of the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 222.24, or 0.7%, to 34,061.32, and the Nasdaq composite ju Biden pledges at Americas summit an alternative to Chinese-led infrastructure and development loans 11/03/2023 12:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Friday welcomed government leaders from countries across the Americas to an economic summit by pledging to increase U.S. investment in the region in part to counter China's influence. The U.S. president did not specifically mention China in his opening rema Facing eviction, some low-income DC tenants will receive free lawyer help 11/03/2023 09:08am • Few things can be more disruptive to a family than being evicted — some lower-income tenants in the District of Columbia will soon get legal help while trying to stay in their homes. Starting this month, a coalition of six nonprofits and 19 private law firms, will relaunch a pre-pandemic projec A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain is an Air Force Reserve officer 11/02/2023 07:15pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain if they diverted their flight to give a passenger medical attention is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel who was relieved of command for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Jonathan J. Dunn's military servi American Ballet Theatre returns to China after a decade as US-China ties show signs of improving 11/02/2023 11:48am • SHANGHAI, China (AP) — American Ballet Theatre returned to China on Thursday for the first time in a decade in the latest sign that strained U.S.-China relations are beginning to improve. The New York-based troupe's 85 dancers prepared for opening night at the Shanghai Grand Theater, where they we Bank of England keeps main UK interest rate at 15-year high of 5.25% and cautions over oil prices 11/02/2023 11:22am • LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate unchanged on Thursday at the 15-year high of 5.25% and indicated that borrowing costs will likely remain at these sort of elevated levels for a while, especially if oil and gas prices increase sharply because of the Israel-Hamas war. In North Korea has likely sent missiles as well as ammunition and shells to Russia, Seoul says 11/02/2023 04:19am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has likely supplied several types of missiles to Russia to support its war in Ukraine, along with its widely reported shipments of ammunition and shells, South Korea’s military said Thursday. In a background briefing for local journalists, South Korea’s mi Japanese automaker Toyota's profits zoom on cheap yen, strong global sales 11/01/2023 02:07am • TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s July-September profit jumped nearly threefold from a year ago as vehicle sales grew around the world and a cheap yen boosted the Japanese automaker’s overseas earnings. Toyota Motor Corp. reported Wednesday 1.28 trillion yen ($8.5 billion) in quarterly profit, up from 434 Cameron tries to energize growing GOP base in challenging Democratic incumbent in Kentucky 10/31/2023 04:56pm • LONDON, Ky. (AP) — Looking to energize his party's growing base, Republican Daniel Cameron picked apart Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear's record Tuesday in Kentucky's hotly contested gubernatorial campaign. Cameron took aim at the incumbent's veto of transgender bills and handling of the pandemic whi Boris Johnson's former top aide is withering about UK government during COVID-19 pandemic inquiry 10/31/2023 03:30pm • LONDON (AP) — The former top aide to ex-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Tuesday painted a picture of widespread chaos and dysfunction in the U.K. government during the coronavirus pandemic. In keenly awaited testimony to the country’s public inquiry into the COVID-19 pandemic, Dominic C Last operating US prison ship, a grim vestige of mass incarceration, set to close in NYC 10/31/2023 09:51am • NEW YORK (AP) — Kenneth Williams spent his whole life in Brooklyn, but it wasn't until a night in 2018 when he crossed a narrow footbridge in shackles, that he learned about New York City’s last floating jail. He remembers the murky East River water below him, the stench of mold, and a sinking f