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After rainy season that wasn't, parched Mexico City starts restricting water 10/19/2023 12:03am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — On a bank of Villa Victoria reservoir, where in other years boats might have used them to anchor, 10 concrete blocks lie exposed to the sun. They should be under water, but that was before severe drought dropped the reservoir to the lowest level that Gabriel Bejarano has seen si Live updates | Israel OKs limited aid for Gaza as regional tensions rise following hospital blast 10/18/2023 11:38pm • President Joe Biden has visited Israel on an urgent mission to keep the Israel-Hamas war from spiraling into a broader regional conflict. The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that limited humanitarian aid would be allowed into Gaza from Egypt following a request fro Andrew Copp, Alex DeBrincat each score twice, Red Wings beat Penguins 6-3 10/18/2023 11:16pm • DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Copp and Alex DeBrincat each scored twice, Ville Husso made 30 saves and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Wednesday night. “We have a lot of depth here and you can see that every line can score,” said DeBrincat, one of the many players acquired by Down, but not out: Two Argentine political veterans seek to thwart upstart populist 10/18/2023 10:08pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Economy Minister Sergio Massa and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich adapted shrewdly over their combined seven decades in Argentine politics. It remains to be seen whether experience is an asset or a liability in what has already been an atypical presidentia World Food Program appeals for $19 million to provide emergency food in quake-hit Afghanistan 10/18/2023 09:57pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — The United Nations' World Food Program on Wednesday appealed for $19 million to provide emergency assistance to tens of thousands of people affected by a series of devastating earthquakes and aftershocks that has rocked western Afghanistan. Ana Maria Salhuana, deputy country direc RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work 10/18/2023 09:48pm • When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents’ nightmare. Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son was plastered on the co President Biden wraps up his visit to wartime Israel with a warning against being 'consumed' by rage 10/18/2023 09:43pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — President Joe Biden swept into wartime Israel for a 7 1/2-hour visit Wednesday that produced a heaping dose of vocal support, a deal to get limited humanitarian aid into Gaza from Egypt, likely by the end of the week, and a plea for Israelis not to allow rage over the deadl GOP's Jim Jordan fails again on vote for House speaker as frustrated Republicans search for options 10/18/2023 09:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Rep. Jim Jordan failed again Wednesday on a crucial second ballot to become House speaker, but the hard-fighting ally of Donald Trump showed no signs of dropping out despite losing support from even more of his GOP colleagues. Next steps were highly uncertain as angry, Pfizer more than doubles price of lifesaving Covid-19 medication Paxlovid as US transitions out of pandemic phase 10/18/2023 08:07pm • (CNN) — The price of the lifesaving Covid-19 antiviral medication Paxlovid will more than double as the United States transitions out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, drugmaker Pfizer said Wednesday.The list price, before insurance, will be $1,390 for a five-day course, Pfizer said in a Suspect admits he killed Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, pleads guilty to extorting her mother 10/18/2023 08:00pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The chief suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway has admitted he beat the young Alabama woman to death on a beach in Aruba after she refused his advances, then dumped her body into the sea. New details in the killing emerged Wednesday as Joran van der Sloot pleade What Is Ketamine and Is It Effective for Depression? 10/18/2023 08:00pm • Ketamine, initially recognized for its potent anesthetic properties, has emerged as a groundbreaking treatment for depression, which affects more than 21 million American adults. To the everyday person, a depression diagnosis might seem straightforward: symptoms of a persistent sad mood, lack of ene 6 of the Best Fidelity Mutual Funds to Buy and Hold 10/18/2023 08:00pm • Investing pioneer John Bogle, author of "The Clash of the Cultures: Investment vs. Speculation," once wrote: "Investors need to understand not only the magic of compounding long-term returns, but the tyranny of compounding costs; costs that ultimately overwhelm that magic." What Bogle meant by this Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 7 10/18/2023 07:59pm • Welcome to the first big group of bye weeks of the season. A whopping six teams (the Panthers, Bengals, Cowboys, Texans, Jets, and Titans) are off for Week 7, and we’re feeling it in fantasy. Within those six teams, I count at least two quarterbacks, four running backs, and six wide receivers who DC ranks in the top 5 nationwide for 'food forwardness' 10/18/2023 06:18pm • A new report reveals that D.C. has some of the most diverse restaurant menus in America. Datassential, a company that provides data to the food and beverage industry, said the District is ranked No. 4 for what it calls “food forwardness.” "It’s not just about having a lot of trendy resta US vetoes UN resolution condemning all violence against civilians in Israel-Hamas war 10/18/2023 05:12pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.S. vetoed a U.N. resolution Wednesday to condemn all violence against civilians in the Israel-Hamas war and to urge humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, saying it was too early to craft an appropriate Security Council response to the crisis. U.S. Ambassador Linda T