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A Dutch museum has sent Crimean treasures to Kyiv after a legal tug-of-war between Russia, Ukraine 11/27/2023 10:51am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Historical treasures that were stored for years at an Amsterdam museum during an ownership dispute sparked by Russia's annexation of Crimea have been safely transported to Ukraine, the museum announced Monday. Their transport ends a nearly decade-long legal tug-of-war Congress must act on chemical security before terrorists do 11/27/2023 10:23am • This content is provided by the American Chemistry Council. America’s national security is being challenged. The National Terrorism Advisory System warns the United States remains in a heightened threat environment. Those threats are real and show no signs of diminishing. This is not the tim Environmental protesters board deep-sea mining ship between Hawaii and Mexico 11/27/2023 09:50am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Greenpeace activists have boarded a deep-sea mining ship in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and Mexico and said Sunday they'll stay to protest exploration the ship is conducting to support activity that would destroy marine life. Canada-based The Metals Company, whose subsidiar Car Review: The VW Golf GTI is a polished hot hatch that's still fun and practical 11/27/2023 05:49am • The VW Golf GTI Autobahn is a grown-up hot hatch with more power and still available manual transmission for now. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The hot hatch was born 40 years ago when Volkswagen gave its sensible five-door hatch more power, improved suspension and some styling tweaks. The GTI has been a stapl New documentary details the over 30-year legal battle DC's family services faced 11/27/2023 05:25am • A D.C. agency shares how it turned trouble into triumph in a new documentary film called "Resilience: DC Child and Family Services Agency's 32 Years of Reform." The documentary is based on the 1989 class action lawsuit LaShawn v. Bowser after a four-year-old in the agency was placed in emergency Beijing court begins hearings for Chinese relatives of people on Malaysia Airlines plane 11/27/2023 03:57am • BEIJING (AP) — A Beijing court began compensation hearings Monday morning for Chinese relatives of people who died on a Malaysia Airlines plane that disappeared in 2014 on a flight to Beijing, a case that remains shrouded in mystery after almost a decade. Security was tight around the Chinese cap Australia commits another $168 million to monitoring migrants freed from indefinite detention 11/27/2023 12:17am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Monday committed an additional 255 million Australian dollars ($168 million) in funding for police and other law enforcement officials to monitor 141 migrants freed when a court ruled their indefinite detention was unconstitutional. The new f ‘Get Ready With Me’: Video genre that focuses on everyday life is everywhere — and not slowing down 11/27/2023 12:02am • NEW YORK (AP) — “Get Ready with Me” — to go on a date, go to work or ... get fired? “Get Ready with Me” videos are everywhere these days, and they're as straightforward as the name suggests. Social media users, often influencers, invite viewers to watch them get ready to do something or China calls for a cease-fire in Myanmar fighting but will continue its own border drills 11/26/2023 11:54pm • BEIJING (AP) — Beijing called for a cease-fire in Myanmar after a coalition of ethnic fighters seized several crossings along Myanmar’s border with China in the past month. However, China will continue live-firing drills on its side of the frontier aimed at “testing the mobility, border contro Broncos' surging defense gets three more takeaways in 29-12 win over Browns 11/26/2023 09:28pm • DENVER (AP) — No, Sean Payton said, he had no idea what a “Scorigami” was. It's a final score that's never been seen before in NFL history, and that's just what the Denver Broncos had Sunday in their resounding 29-12 win over the Cleveland Browns that stretched their winning streak to five. Th Heavy snowfall in Romania, Bulgaria and Moldova leaves 1 person dead and many without electricity 11/26/2023 08:39pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Heavy snowfall and strong blizzards in Romania and Moldova on Sunday left one person dead and hundreds of localities without electricity, as well as forcing the closure of some national roads, authorities said. A 40-year-old man in Moldova died on Sunday after the vehicle Irregular meals, benches as beds. As freed hostages return to Israel, details of captivity emerge 11/26/2023 08:21pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Plastic chairs as beds. Meals of bread and rice. Hours spent waiting for the bathroom. As former hostages return to Israel after seven weeks of Hamas captivity, information about the conditions of their confinement has emerged. The 58 hostages freed under a cease-fire deal over th 7 Best ESG Funds to Buy Now 11/26/2023 07:00pm • During the first half of this year, sustainable funds outperformed traditional funds and saw their assets under management hit record highs. Sustainable fund assets now make up roughly 8% of total global assets under management, and these funds returned a median 6.9% compared with 3.8% for tradition 7 Best Vanguard Funds for Beginner Investors 11/26/2023 07:00pm • For beginner investors embarking on their journey to build a solid investment portfolio, the array of options available can be quite daunting. The investment landscape is filled with a plethora of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, all featuring a wide array of exotic and alternative s Republicans want to pair border security with aid for Ukraine. Here's why that makes a deal so tough 11/26/2023 05:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress returns to session this week, lawmakers will be trying to forge an agreement on sending a new round of wartime assistance to Ukraine. But to succeed, they will have to find agreement on an issue that has confounded them for decades. Republicans in both chambers of Con