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Ohio Republicans propose nixing home grow, increasing taxes in sweeping changes to legal marijuana 12/06/2023 01:11pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Banning marijuana growing at home, increasing the substance's tax rate and altering how those taxes get distributed are among vast changes Ohio Senate Republicans proposed Monday to a marijuana legalization measure approved by voters last month. The changes emerged suddenly Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson admits to making mistakes but defends COVID record at inquiry 12/06/2023 12:19pm • LONDON (AP) — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson acknowledged Wednesday that his government was too slow to grasp the extent of the COVID-19 crisis, but skirted questions about whether his indecisiveness had cost thousands of lives. Testifying under oath at Britain's COVID-19 public inquiry, WTOP's favorite books to read in 2023 12/06/2023 12:02pm • Searching for a must-read? WTOP staff were asked what books they enjoyed most this year and which books they couldn't stop talking about. This article compiles seven written (and, in one case, illustrated) works, some of which weren't published in 2023, but are still worth being on your radar. F Dengue fever is on the rise in Mali with more than 20 deaths, health director says 12/06/2023 10:56am • BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Authorities say dengue fever is on the rise in Mali, posing a new threat to the West African nation struggling with extremist attacks and political turbulence. The director general of health and public hygiene, Dr. Cheick Amadou Tidiane Traore, told The Associated Press in an i A boulder-strewn village, screeching seabirds and sheep: Taking Portugal’s roads less traveled 12/06/2023 10:19am • As we steered our rented hatchback up the narrow gravel road behind the walled city of Óbidos, we had the sinking feeling that Google Maps’ idea of the best route to the popular tourist destination wasn’t the standard way there, and certainly not the most direct. The dusty, tan path was wending New signs emerge of 'widespread' sexual crimes by Hamas, as Netanyahu alleges global indifference 12/06/2023 09:19am • JERUSALEM (AP) — A man hiding in a pit during the Oct. 7 Hamas assault on an outdoor music festival in Israel said he heard someone nearby screaming she was being raped. Elsewhere in the area, a combat paramedic saw the body of a young woman with her legs open, her pants pulled down, and what look Hanukkah message of light in darkness feels uniquely relevant to US Jews amid war, antisemitism 12/06/2023 08:06am • MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Preparing for Hanukkah — Judaism’s celebration of finding light in the darkness — feels uniquely somber yet defiant this year for the diverse Jewish community in Miami-area towns that many consider a welcoming home for their faith. Even here, daily life for many Jews A court filing gives a rare look inside the FBI seizure of a lawmaker's phone in 2020 election probe 12/06/2023 07:09am • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Just how hard did some Republican members of Congress work to keep President Donald Trump in office after his 2020 election loss? A court case is providing a few tantalizing clues. Snippets and short summaries of texts and emails sent by Rep. Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, a t At least 16 dead and 12 injured as passenger bus falls off ravine in central Philippines 12/06/2023 05:24am • MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A passenger bus lost control while negotiating a downhill curve in a central Philippine mountain village and plunged into a deep ravine, killing at least 16 people and injuring 12 others, officials said Wednesday. Eight of the wounded in the accident, which happened Tues Generation after generation, Israeli prison marks a rite of passage for Palestinian boys 12/06/2023 04:26am • NABI SALEH, West Bank (AP) — For all Palestinian parents, Marwan Tamimi said, there comes a moment they realize they're powerless to protect their children. For the 48-year-old father of three, it came in June, when Israeli forces fired a large rubber bullet that struck the head of his eldest son, At least 85 civilians killed by a Nigerian army drone attack, in the latest such deadly mistake 12/06/2023 12:34am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 85 civilians were killed when an army drone attack erroneously targeted a religious gathering in northwest Nigeria, officials confirmed Tuesday, as the president ordered an investigation into the latest in a series of such deadly mistakes in Nigeria’s conflict zone Israel moves into Gaza's second-largest city and intensifies strikes in bloody new phase of the war 12/06/2023 12:14am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel said Tuesday that its troops had entered Gaza’s second-largest city as intensified bombardment sent streams of ambulances and cars racing to hospitals with wounded and dead Palestinians, including children, in a bloody new phase of the war. The military sa 'We are officially hostages.' How the Israeli kibbutz of Nir Oz embodied Hamas hostage strategy 12/05/2023 11:10pm • NIR OZ, Israel (AP) — The engineer and his family cowered in the safe room, dark except for a red remote-control light because they feared the gunmen outside the door would notice anything brighter. Eyal Barad had just reconfigured the settings on a homemade traffic camera from his cellphone to mo Holidays on Hold: Student Loan Repayment Has Borrowers Trimming Budgets 12/05/2023 07:00pm • Federal student loan payments resumed in October just ahead of the holiday season, so it may not come as a surprise that most Americans with college loan debt plan to spend less money this year on family gatherings, festive trimmings and gift-giving, according to a November survey from U.S News. And What Millionaires Know About Retirement That You Don't 12/05/2023 07:00pm • Millionaires tend to have a different view of wealth and retirement savings than other Americans do. It may seem surprising, but most millionaires don't consider themselves wealthy, according to an Ameriprise Financial survey. In fact, 60% consider themselves upper middle class, and 31% say they are