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New Adventist ambulatory surgery center is 'point of pride and elation' in Prince George’s Co. 11/03/2023 01:04pm • This content is sponsored by Adventist HealthCare Fort Washington Medical Center. In a major development related to healthcare access in southern Prince George’s County, Adventist HealthCare recently opened its new state-of-the-art ambulatory surgery center located at National Harbor. "This Va. Sen. Warner breaks down what a pause in the Israel-Hamas war could accomplish 11/03/2023 12:34pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday to urge protections for civilians in the fighting with Hamas, as Israeli troops tightened their encirclement of Gaza City. More than 10 senators have joined President Joe Biden in his call for a Tens of thousands of Las Vegas Strip hotel workers at 18 casinos could go on strike this month 11/03/2023 12:08pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tens of thousands of Las Vegas hotel workers set a deadline Thursday for a sweeping strike, threatening major disruptions to the city's economic backbone that could coincide with the Strip's inaugural Formula 1 races later this month. The Culinary Workers Union said about 35,000 m 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 Trapped in hell: Palestinian civilians try to survive in northern Gaza, focus of Israel's offensive 11/03/2023 10:48am • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — When Israeli warplanes bombed the crowded Jabaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza this week, neonatal nurse Hudaa Ali Eldaor felt the vibration in her ward at the nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital. She heard the thunder and saw the smoke. Then the wounded flooded in. Pat Moroccan archaeologists unearth new ruins at Chellah, a tourism-friendly ancient port near Rabat 11/03/2023 10:28am • RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Archaeologists have unearthed more ancient ruins of what they believe was once a bustling port city near the capital of modern-day Morocco, digging out thermal baths and working class neighborhoods that the country hopes will lure tourists and scholars in the years ahead. On Winds from Storm Ciarán whip up a wildfire in eastern Spain as 850 people are evacuated 11/03/2023 07:37am • MADRID (AP) — A wildfire abetted by storm winds in eastern Spain has burned some 2,000 hectares (4,900 acres) of land and forced the evacuation of 850 people from four towns, officials said Friday. Some 200 firefighters and army emergency unit soldiers were deployed to try to extinguish the day-o Russia steps up its aerial barrage of Ukraine as Kyiv officials brace for attacks on infrastructure 11/03/2023 07:00am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a wave of nighttime drone and missile attacks across 10 of Ukraine’s 24 regions, Ukrainian authorities said Friday as they prepare for another winter of infrastructure bombardment by the Kremlin’s forces. Ukraine’s air force said it intercepted 24 of 38 Wildfire in mountainous Central Oahu moves away from towns as Hawaii firefighters continue battle 11/03/2023 06:48am • HONOLULU (AP) — A wildfire that has burned forestlands in a remote mountainous area of Central Oahu has moved eastward and away from population centers, Hawaii authorities said, as firefighters continued to battle the blaze. The flames haven't threatened homes or property, and no evacuations have Iran puts the death toll from a fire at a drug rehabilitation center at 32 11/03/2023 06:45am • TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A fire at a private drug rehabilitation center in northern Iran killed 32 people on Friday, according to Iranian state media, five more than reported earlier. State TV said 16 other people were injured and taken to hospitals in Langroud, a city about 200 kilometers (125 miles) FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of defrauding cryptocurrency customers 11/03/2023 05:52am • NEW YORK (AP) — FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s spectacular rise and fall in the cryptocurrency industry — a journey that included his testimony before Congress, a Super Bowl advertisement and dreams of a future run for president — hit rock bottom Thursday when a New York jury convicted him Senate confirms three military officers as Sen. Tuberville holds up hundreds more 11/03/2023 05:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed three top military officers on Thursday — including the first female member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff — as bipartisan frustration swirled around Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville for blocking hundreds more nominees. Republican senators plan to hold a Pickett hits Johnson for late touchdown as the Steelers slip past Levis, Titans 20-16 11/03/2023 12:54am • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers know their margin for error is impossibly thin. They know no other way. The tighter the finish, the more the team they believe they can be — a team that rarely, if ever, shows itself for four quarters — emerges. “You can't get nervous,” running bac Actor Robert De Niro's ex-top assistant cites courtroom outburst as an example of his abusive side 11/02/2023 10:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who served as actor Robert De Niro’s chief personal assistant for over a decade began testifying at a trial against him on Thursday, citing his angry outburst at her during his testimony two days earlier as an example of his discriminatory mistreatment of her. Graham C House approves nearly $14.5 billion in military aid for Israel. Biden vows to veto the GOP approach 11/02/2023 10:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The House approved a nearly $14.5 billion military aid package Thursday for Israel, a muscular U.S. response to the war with Hamas but also a partisan approach by new Speaker Mike Johnson that poses a direct challenge to Democrats and President Joe Biden. In a departure from norm