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Immigration crackdown inspires uniquely Chicago pushback that's now a model for other cities 11/16/2025 11:14am • CHICAGO (AP) — Baltazar Enriquez starts most mornings with street patrols, leaving his home in Chicago’s Little Village on foot or by car to find immigration agents that have repeatedly targeted his largely Mexican neighborhood. Wearing an orange whistle around his neck, the activist broadcasts Evans' last-second penalty against Japan ends Wales' 10-match home losing streak 11/15/2025 06:01pm • CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — Jarrod Evans' last-second penalty lifted Wales past Japan 24-23 and to its first home victory in more than two years on Saturday. Japan was set to defeat Wales in Cardiff for the first time but ill discipline gifted Wales a last shot after the fulltime hooter that replacement The DC area's best Thanksgiving takeout feasts and holiday packages 11/14/2025 08:22am • This year, keep Thanksgiving preparations stress-free. Instead of working several days ahead to prepare a feast, consider allowing a local restaurant or two to lend a helping hand. There are so many options (and price points) to consider this year, with the option to go traditional with the typic DC parents get hands-on look at how kids learn math, as city receives multimillion-dollar donation 11/14/2025 05:19am • Even before the formal presentation started at D.C.'s Noyes Elementary on Thursday night, students were eager to show off. They bounced from one table to another, rolling dice, flipping coins and adding up the numbers on playing cards. Their parents watched over their shoulders. During D.C. Pu 9 pitch-perfect holiday gifts for the music lovers in your life 11/12/2025 04:46pm • Shopping for a music fan is no easy task. It seems like it should be: Know their favorite artists? Simply buy them an album on the physical medium of their choice. But how can you be certain they don't already own it? (Because let's be honest — if they're an obsessive, they probably own multiple p This gift guide for movie lovers ranges from candles and pj's to books for babies and adults 11/12/2025 03:27pm • If you think gifts for movie lovers begin and end with Blu-Rays and cineplex gift cards, think again. There’s lots of ways to get creative (and impress) the film fan in your life. You could always splurge on a Sundance Film Festival pass (starting at $350 for the online edition, $4,275 for an in- Everyday volunteers are providing stopgap services during the shutdown in a show of community power 11/11/2025 12:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — It started with a late October meeting between a lifestyle entrepreneur, a marketing professional, a restaurant owner and a social worker at a brewery in the Florida panhandle. Within hours, Pensacola Grocery Buddies was born. The four women wanted to pair people facing uncertainty Warren Buffett warns 'Father Time' is catching up but he trusts Berkshire Hathaway successor 11/10/2025 04:18pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett warned shareholders Monday that many companies will fare better than his Berkshire Hathaway in the decades ahead because of its massive size though others might say the company's prospects will dim because “Father Time” is catching up with the 95-y Fairfax Co. police launch holiday drive to bring hope to child victims 11/10/2025 09:36am • Fairfax County police's Victim Services Division is kicking off its 12th annual holiday gift card drive — a quiet but powerful tradition that brings comfort to some of the Virginia county’s most vulnerable children. The effort supports young victims and witnesses of domestic and sexual violen Paris Saint-Germain scores another last-gasp winner to beat Lyon and stay top 11/09/2025 05:56pm • PARIS (AP) — Injury-hit Paris Saint-Germain scored the winner deep into stoppage time for the second straight game, beating Lyon 3-2 on Sunday to stay two points clear at the top of Ligue 1. Lyon's defenders failed to track João Neves on a corner from the left and the midfielder headed in from cl College students, stressed about federal food aid uncertainty, look to campuses for support 11/09/2025 12:00am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Acorn squash, Spam and baby food lined the shelves on a recent day at a college food pantry in California's capital city, a resource that students receiving federal aid to purchase groceries may have to increasingly rely on because that assistance has been in limbo during Families on SNAP worry about not just feeding themselves but also their pets 11/08/2025 04:14pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Sarah Lungwitz has fretted over feeding not just her two teenage daughters with SNAP payments disrupted, but her family's cat and two dogs. Help has arrived for now, she says, after an Illinois nonprofit arranged for volunteers to give her a grocery gift card last week to buy fo France seeks payback against Springboks and All Blacks face Lions-packed Scotland 11/07/2025 02:00pm • Two years has not been long enough for France's scars to heal from losing in the 2023 Rugby World Cup quarterfinals. A titanic tussle with South Africa became an instant classic in a heaving Stade de France. The Springboks edged it 29-28 and went on to win the trophy that the French thought was fina Survey: 79% Concerned About Having Enough Money for Gifts 11/04/2025 07:00pm • A late October survey from U.S. News & World Report finds that the majority of Americans (79%) are concerned about having enough money for holiday gifts this year, an 11-percentage-point increase from last year. About 41% are "very" concerned, while 39% are "slightly" concerned. This may come as 'Making sure that nobody falls through the cracks': Montgomery County mom helps people buy groceries 11/04/2025 12:36pm • It’s the 35th day of the government shutdown and with the future of SNAP benefits up in the air, a Montgomery County, Maryland, mom leapt into action by joining a grassroots effort that she saw online. A week ago, Kristin Schmidt, senior minister of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Silver S