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Riots erupt in drought-stricken central Algeria over months of water shortages 06/11/2024 12:06pm • TIARET, Algeria (AP) — Violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households. In Tiaret — a central Algerian city of less than 200,000 located 155 mile Justice Alito questions possibility of political compromise in secret recording 06/11/2024 10:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is heard questioning whether compromise between the left and right is possible in a conversation posted on social media. The conservative justice is also heard agreeing with a woman who says the United States should return "to a place of godline World Bank boosts forecast: Strength of US economy will support global growth of 2.6% this year 06/11/2024 09:33am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank upgraded its outlook for the global economy Tuesday, estimating that it will expand 2.6% this year on the strength of sustained growth in the United States. The bank's latest outlook marks an increase from the 2.4% growth for 2024 it had predicted in January. And i Local chefs shine at 2024 James Beard Awards 06/11/2024 08:47am • Three local chefs from the D.C. area and Maryland were honored Monday night at the James Beard Foundation Restaurant and Chef Awards, held at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The prestigious awards recognize culinary excellence across the U.S. Michael Rafidi, chef and owner of Albi in Navy Yard, was n Community health centers' new crisis: The need for backup power 06/11/2024 08:11am • HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — The 2017 Tubbs Fire, which killed 22 people and destroyed 5,600 buildings, was already a stressful time at Alliance Medical Center’s clinic here, as workers who picked grapes in the nearby vineyards streamed into the nonprofit community health center with burns, symptom Bizarre psychological warfare using K-pop and trash balloons raises tensions between the 2 Koreas 06/11/2024 06:23am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Mammoth South Korean loudspeakers blaring BTS music. Large North Korean balloons carrying manure, cigarette butts and waste batteries. Small South Korean civilian leaflets slamming North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Day after day, the Cold War-style yet bizarre campaigns co Snubbed by their first choice, the Los Angeles Lakers must resume their head coaching search 06/11/2024 05:59am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Lakers must continue their latest coaching search with the basketball world already knowing their first choice turned them down. The Lakers have endured their share of embarrassments in recent years, but a snub by a college coach — even the best in the game — These candidates who won seats in the European Parliament this week aren't who you might expect 06/11/2024 02:40am • LONDON (AP) — He has no political experience. No high-profile endorsements. No party affiliation. What Fidias Panayiotou does have are 2.6 million followers on YouTube and more on TikTok. And now he has won a seat in the European Parliament representing Cyprus, one of several unusual candidates w New Zealand renews search for father who vanished into forest with children 2 years ago 06/11/2024 02:04am • WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand authorities offered a reward and immunity from prosecution Tuesday to anyone who can help their search for three children who have been missing since their father vanished with them from a remote rural community more than two years ago. The December 2021 Apple leaps into AI with an array of upcoming iPhone features and a ChatGPT deal to smarten up 06/10/2024 10:01pm • CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple has jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, spotlighting a slew of features Monday designed to soup up the iPhone, iPad and Mac. And in a move befitting a company known for its marketing prowess, the AI technology coming as par What does Israel's rescue of 4 captives, and the killing of 274 Palestinians, mean for truce talks? 06/10/2024 08:05pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel's dramatic weekend rescue of four hostages from the Gaza Strip, in an operation that local health officials say killed 274 Palestinians, came at a sensitive time in the 8-month-old war, as Israel and Hamas weigh a U.S. proposal for a cease-fire and the release of the Bitcoin vs. Ethereum: Which Is the Better Buy? 06/10/2024 08:00pm • Despite growing competition from hundreds of popular altcoins, Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) remain the clear crypto market leaders in 2024. Together, the market caps of Bitcoin and Ethereum make up about 70% of the entire global cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin's $1.3 trillion market cap dwarfs Et Here's how you can improve your health by stopping negativity and embracing optimism 06/10/2024 06:53pm • Prince Bhojwani never thought of himself as a negative person, until three trips to the hospital in one month forced him to reconsider. Before May 2018, he was a healthy but chronically worried start-up founder who regularly did 20-mile (32-kilometer) bike rides. When he suddenly became barely able They launched a club to help Afghan refugees. 2 Fairfax Co. students saw it grow to welcome many others 06/10/2024 06:30pm • In 2021, as thousands of Afghan refugees arrived in the U.S., Annandale High School's Multilingual Education Department Chair, Meredith Hedrick, reached out to students Sosan Barakzai and Husna Basiri. Hendrick asked whether the pair, who are both Afghan immigrants, would be interested in helping Wyoming pass landslide brings mountain-sized headache to commuting tourist town workers 06/10/2024 06:13pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A landslide that wiped out a vital two-lane road in western Wyoming is causing a mountain of headaches for thousands of commuting tourist town workers at the outset of the Yellowstone region's busy summer season. After the slide sent both lanes crashing into a ravine near Tet