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South Asia is expected to grow by nearly 6% this year, making it the world's fastest-growing region 10/03/2023 06:30am • NEW DELHI (AP) — South Asia is expected to grow by 5.8% this year, making it the fastest-growing region in the world even as the pace remains below pre-pandemic levels, the World Bank said on Tuesday. The latest South Asia Development Update from the World Bank projected growth in the region to sl What it means for patients as 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers go on strike 10/03/2023 06:14am • (CNN) — As a strike gets underway, Kaiser Permanente, one of the United States’ largest not-for-profit medical systems, says it has contingency plans in place so it can continue to provide safe, high-quality care for its 12.7 million members and patients.The strike is the largest health care American Black Film Festival founder launches new comedy festival at The Wharf 10/03/2023 06:00am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” You'll laugh so hard this weekend at The Wharf that you might fall into the Potomac's Washington Channel. The Because They're Funny Comedy Festival launches in Southwest D.C. this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Jeff Fr Jazz facing steep climb for a Western Conference playoff spot, even after offseason moves 10/03/2023 05:59am • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New building blocks emerged for the Utah Jazz last season and that paved the way for offseason moves to accelerate a rebuilding process that began last summer. The Jazz traded for John Collins, signed Jordan Clarkson to a three-year, $55 million contract extension, and fully More than 100 dolphins found dead in Brazilian Amazon as water temperatures soar 10/03/2023 12:10am • SAO PAULO (AP) — More than 100 dolphins have died in the Brazilian Amazon rainforest in the past week as the region grapples with a severe drought, and many more could die soon if water temperatures remain high, experts say. The Mamiraua Institute, a research group of Brazil’s Ministry of Scienc Gaetz launches effort to bring down McCarthy, but removing the House speaker is no easy task 10/02/2023 07:38pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — “How would you be different as speaker, compared to Mr. Boehner?” a reporter asked then-House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in September 2015 as the California Republican pursued, and eventually gave up, his first attempt at the speakership. McCarthy laughed while standing Iowa promises services to kids with severe mental and behavioral needs after lawsuit cites failures 10/02/2023 07:12pm • Iowa’s health agency will take steps to develop home and community-based services for children with severe mental and behavioral needs as part of an initial agreement with civil rights groups that filed a class action lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed in January on behalf of three children. It allege Jonathan Taylor's looming return provides plenty for Colts to ponder 10/02/2023 06:59pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — All-Pro running back Jonathan Taylor is expected to return to the Indianapolis Colts practice field Wednesday. How soon he'll start suiting up on Sundays — and how motivated he'll be — remains unclear. Less than 24 hours after losing to the Rams in overtime, coach Shane Ste Man shot in downtown DC park, just 2 blocks from White House 10/02/2023 06:45pm • A man was found shot to death Sunday on a park bench in McPherson Square, just two blocks from the grounds of the White House, according to D.C. police. Officers responded around 9:30 p.m. to a report of the sound of gunshots, police said, and found the victim at 15th and I Streets NW. A p Judge plans May trial for US Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case 10/02/2023 05:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A judge is planning a spring trial for U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife, who are accused of accepting bribes of cash, gold bars and a luxury car from three New Jersey businessmen who sought the senator's help and influence over foreign affairs. The tentative trial date of May 6 Bear attacks, injures woman in Montana west of Glacier park near Canadian border 10/02/2023 05:23pm • KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) — A 73-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was attacked by a bear west of Glacier National Park and just south of the U.S. Canadian border over the weekend, Montana wildlife officials said Monday. The woman, her husband and a dog were in the Flathead National Forest Sun Luke Donald urged to stay as European captain for Ryder Cup defense as new generation emerges 10/02/2023 05:21pm • GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — European captain Luke Donald was delivering his Ryder Cup victory speech in front of a giddy crowd at Marco Simone when his celebrating players standing beside him started a chant that quickly swept through the grandstands. “Two more years” was the cry — see Kentucky AG announces latest round of funding to groups battling the state's drug abuse problems 10/02/2023 04:28pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A state commission has awarded nearly $14 million in the latest round of funding to groups serving “in the trenches” to combat Kentucky's drug abuse problems, Attorney General Daniel Cameron said Monday. A few dozen groups will receive portions of the $13.9 million, which Review: Coldplay brings empathy — and Selena Gomez — to the band's 2023 North American tour finale 10/02/2023 03:50pm • PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — In 2023, a Coldplay concert opens like a triumphant finale — LED wristbands flashing, confetti canons on overdrive, a singalong of 68,000 voices repeating “You've got a higher power,” to match frontman Chris Martin's energy. Flags representing attendees from Argentin Patrick Stewart, a Shakespearean actor who soars in sci-fi, looks back on his life in memoir 10/02/2023 03:10pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Patrick Stewart, who famously played a “Star Trek” captain, has boldly gone where no one has gone before — into his past. The actor spent much of the pandemic at his computer writing his memoir, and the result is out this fall, “Making It So,” borrowing his catchphrase fr