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Christmas Day 2023: What's open, what's closed in the DC area? 12/20/2023 06:53am • The last thing anyone wants to realize on Christmas Day is that they forgot to buy a certain gift for a loved one, or they're missing that special ingredient for their holiday meal. If you find yourself in that spot, it's not completely hopeless. While many businesses shut down for the holiday, t Doctors in England begin a 3-day strike over pay at busy time of the year in National Health Service 12/20/2023 04:41am • LONDON (AP) — Doctors in the early stages of their careers in England started a 72-hour strike Wednesday in their long-running dispute with the British government over pay levels. Patients in Britain's state-owned National Health Service have been warned that there will be “significant disruptio What to know about abortion policy across the US heading into 2024 12/20/2023 01:43am • Abortion is going to remain a major issue in politics, policy and the courts in the U.S. in 2024, even though most of the states that were expected to impose restrictions have already done so. The abortion landscape has been in flux since the June 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that overturned Ro Thailand’s LGBTQ+ community hopeful as marriage equality bill is set to be discussed in Parliament 12/19/2023 11:42pm • BANGKOK (AP) — Naphat Krutthai and Rasithaya Jindasri have been in a committed relationship for eight years, but only now can they consider getting married. In a clothing shop in Siam Square, a commercial hub in Thailand's capital, the happy couple excitedly eyed multi-colored garments as they dis Migrant families rally for end to New York’s new 60-day limits on shelter stays 12/19/2023 10:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Migrant families and their advocates marched outside New York City Hall on Tuesday to demand Mayor Eric Adams end his plan to limit the number of days newly arrived immigrants can remain in city-run shelters. The late afternoon demonstration of students and parents at City Hall Pa North Korea and Russia clash with US, South Korea and allies over Pyongyang's latest missile launch 12/19/2023 09:20pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — North Korea and Russia clashed with the United States, South Korea and their allies at an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday on Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile launch, which it called “a warning counter-measure” to threats from the U.S Judge orders release of over 150 names of people mentioned in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit documents 12/19/2023 08:42pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has ordered the public disclosure of the identities of more than 150 people mentioned in a mountain of court documents related to the late-financier Jeffrey Epstein, saying that most of the names were already public and that many had not objected to the release. The An earthquake in northwestern China kills at least 131 people and is the deadliest in 9 years 12/19/2023 08:09pm • BEIJING (AP) — A strong overnight earthquake rattled a mountainous region of northwestern China, authorities said Tuesday, reducing homes to rubble, leaving residents outside in a below-freezing winter night and killing 131 people in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years. The magnitude 6.2 Northeastern US mops up ahead of holidays after deadly storm slams the region, killing at least 5 12/19/2023 07:56pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Just days before the Christmas holiday, people across the northeastern U.S. were mopping up Tuesday after a major storm dumped torrential rains and brought damaging winds from Pennsylvania to Maine, as some rivers in the region rose even higher. At least five people were kil 5 Best-Performing Assets of 2023 12/19/2023 07:00pm • The past year has been an eventful one in the global economy. In 2023, the Russia-Ukraine war accelerated the cost-of-living crisis that has plagued many nations across the world. It was also a year of banking failures, as otherwise strong banks in the U.S. and Switzerland collapsed. The cryptocurre Guide to Boosting Your Metabolism 12/19/2023 07:00pm • What does it take to keep the lights on in the human body? How does the body power actions from blinking and cell repair to washing dishes and running a marathon? In the simplest terms, all of these activities are powered by calories, which come from the food you eat. Generating that energy from cal Plane breaks through thin ice on Minnesota ice fishing lake, 2 days after 35 anglers were rescued 12/19/2023 06:43pm • WASHKISH, Minn. (AP) — A light plane carrying ice anglers broke through thin ice as it tried to land on a large lake in northwestern Minnesota on Tuesday, the same lake where authorities had to rescue dozens of anglers who became trapped on an ice floe two days earlier. Upper Red Lake is considere Migrant child's death and other hospitalizations spark concern over shelter conditions 12/19/2023 06:14pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The death of a 5-year-old migrant boy and reported illnesses in other children living at a warehouse retrofitted as a shelter has raised fresh concerns about the living conditions and medical care provided for asylum-seekers arriving in Chicago. Medical professionals have worried f Mason Rudolph's story of perseverance takes a turn as the Steelers put their season in his hands 12/19/2023 06:01pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — For a guy who's played in all of 18 games across six seasons, Mason Rudolph has been through a lot. Like, a lot a lot. A franchise quarterback who didn't exactly welcome him to the Pittsburgh Steelers with open arms after the club selected Rudolph in the third round of the 2018 d They qualified for free medical care, but were billed anyway. How is Maryland working to provide refunds? 12/19/2023 06:00pm • For years, Maryland hospitals billed patients who qualified for free medical care. Now, the hospitals, state agencies and the Health Services Cost Review Commission are working on plans to provide refunds to those patients. According to a report in the Baltimore Banner, the refunds will be issue