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5 notable books by author Sophie Kinsella, who died at age 55 12/10/2025 11:31am • Sophie Kinsella, who has died at age 55, had a special talent for characters who persevered through the most embarrassing mishaps ��� often of their own making. Here are five novels that helped keep readers laughing, and relating, over the past 30 years. ���The Tennis Party��� (1995) Fellow writers From cybersecurity to AI: Fairfax Co. schools unveils plan for new courses 12/10/2025 03:46am • Fairfax County students will get the opportunity to take classes on artificial intelligence, personal finance and cybersecurity in the 2026-27 school year. The Fairfax County School Board unanimously approved the middle and high school course offering changes during a meeting Thursday. The divisi Georgia Democrat Eric Gisler claims upset state House win in historically Republican district 12/10/2025 12:36am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Democrat Eric Gisler claimed an upset victory Tuesday in a special election in a historically Republican Georgia state House district. Gisler said he was the winner of the contest, in which he was leading Republican Mack ���Dutch��� Guest by about 200 votes out of more than 11,000 i The Latest: Trump speaks on Americans��� economic worries and blames Democrats at Pennsylvania rally 12/09/2025 09:21pm • President Donald Trump road-tested his claims that he���s tackling Americans��� affordability woes at a Tuesday rally in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania ��� a trip that came as polling consistently shows that public trust in Trump���s economic leadership has faltered. Following dismal results for Republi Senate heads toward dueling partisan votes on health care, with each likely to fail 12/09/2025 09:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Senate is heading toward dueling partisan votes on health care this week after Republicans said Tuesday that they had united around a plan, for now, that would allow COVID-era health care subsidies to expire. Both the Republican plan, which would replace the subsidies with n Luigi Mangione���s notes to self: 'Pluck eyebrows,' 'Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight' 12/09/2025 08:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Pluck eyebrows. Buy less conspicuous shoes. Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Move around late at night. Stay away from surveillance cameras. A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione���s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new l Liverpool fans make their stance clear in Salah vs. Slot saga 12/09/2025 07:15pm • MILAN (AP) ��� Liverpool fans showed which side they are on in the dispute between club great Mohamed Salah and Arne Slot. The traveling group of around 5,000 supporters loudly chanted Slot���s name before and after Tuesday���s 1-0 win at Inter Milan in the Champions League, in an unequivocal show o U.S. News Money Surveys 2025: 6 Responses That Caught Our Eye 12/09/2025 07:00pm • Each year, the U.S. News money team conducts regular surveys focusing on a range of financial topics. These surveys help inform our reporting and gauge the financial health, habits and attitudes of Americans from year to year. We ask savers to reveal their emergency fund balance. We ask homebuyers w Why the Fed Rate Cut Won't Move Mortgage Interest Rates 12/09/2025 07:00pm • The Federal Open Market Committee, the rate-setting body of the Federal Reserve, voted to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in its December meeting. But those who are waiting for mortgage rates to fall shouldn't expect a quarter-point drop anytime soon. That's because Fed policymakers set the fe What the Fed Rate Cut Means for Credit Cards 12/09/2025 07:00pm • The Federal Reserve has cut rates for the third and final time this year. At its Dec. 10 meeting, the Fed reduced rates by 0.25 of a percentage point, making the new federal funds rate 3.5% to 3.75%. This move doesn't come as a surprise to a lot of economists, with many predicting the Fed was going 7 Best Safe Stocks to Buy Now 12/09/2025 07:00pm • While investors have seen plenty of gloomy headlines, the S&P 500 is up about 16% year to date as of Dec. 9 as it races toward the close of the year. That's tangible proof that day trading based on short-term predictions could be dangerous, particularly given the negativity in 2025 around rising Zelenskyy reaffirms his refusal to cede land to Russia as he rallies European support 12/09/2025 05:08pm • ROME (AP) ��� Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has reaffirmed his strong refusal to cede any territory, resisting U.S. pressure for painful concessions to Russia as he moved ahead Tuesday to rally more European support for his country. ���Undoubtedly, Russia insists for us to give up territor Iain Douglas-Hamilton, British zoologist and Save the Elephants founder, dies at 83 12/09/2025 04:41pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Iain Douglas-Hamilton, a British-born zoologist and conservationist who dedicated much of his life to protecting elephants, has died, his Save the Elephants group said Tuesday. He was 83. Douglas-Hamilton was known for decades of conservation work, which included pioneering t theScore Bet Promo Code WTOP: Get $100 Bonus For NBA Cup Quarterfinals, CBB Games 12/09/2025 03:57pm • This article contains references to products from our advertisers and/or partners, and we may receive compensation when you click on links to products and services With the NBA Cup bracket set and quarterfinal games set to take place tonight, theScore Bet promo code WTOP provides a perfect welcome Walk-on to Heisman finalist: Diego Pavia's journey fuels Vanderbilt's rise from SEC cellar 12/09/2025 03:13pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Clark Lea can tick off all the statistics Diego Pavia piled up leading the Vanderbilt Commodores to their best season ever as the quarterback put himself all over the program's record books. Defining what Pavia means to the Commodores is much simpler. ���This guy deserves