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Russia votes in parliament election without main opposition 09/16/2021 04:26pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� After a few weeks of desultory campaigning but months of relentless official moves to shut down significant opposition, Russia began three days of voting early Friday in a parliamentary election that is unlikely to change the country���s political complexion. There���s no expectation Fed reviews ethics policies after prolific trading uncovered 09/16/2021 03:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve is reviewing the ethics policies that govern the financial holdings and activities of its senior officials in the wake of recent disclosures that two regional Fed presidents engaged in extensive trading last year. Robert Kaplan, president of the Dallas Federa Historic Dupont Circle hotel will become luxury senior living 09/16/2021 09:59am • The Fairfax Embassy Row Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, near Dupont Circle, has been acquired by Omega Healthcare Investors and Maplewood Senior Living, and will be converted into an ultra-high end senior living apartment community. The hotel���s previous owner, Westbrook Partners, had f Court rejects lawsuit against NSA on 'state secrets' grounds 09/15/2021 07:49pm • FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) ��� A divided federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an ACLU lawsuit challenging a portion of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance of Americans' international email and phone communications. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday Landover man charged with murder, attempted murder in District Heights shooting 09/15/2021 01:18pm • A Maryland man has been charged with the murder of another Prince George's County man, according to police. De Lonta Terrence White, 32, of Landover, is charged with first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder and other related charges following the shooting death of Shakir Taylor, 28, of 7 Best Large-Cap Internet Tech Stocks to Buy 09/15/2021 12:00am • Goldman Sachs is selectively bullish on internet tech stocks.Large-cap tech stocks have been on an incredible run since the 2008 financial crisis, but analysts from Goldman Sachs have reassured tech stock investors that there is still plenty of room for additional upside. A Goldman analyst team led Apple's next iPhone mirrors last year's, adds more storage 09/14/2021 05:04pm • SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) ��� Apple unveiled its next iPhone line-up, including a model that offers twice the storage available in earlier versions and other modest upgrades to last year���s editions that proved to be a big hit among consumers devouring the latest technology during the pandemic. The pr Judge declares mistrial at trial of Backpage.com founders 09/14/2021 04:04pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday at the trial of the founders of the lucrative classified site Backpage.com on charges of facilitating prostitution and laundering money after deciding prosecutors had too many references to child sex trafficking in a case where no one faced such a The top iPhone and iPad apps on App Store 09/14/2021 12:32pm • Top Paid iPhone Apps: 1. Minecraft, Mojang 2. Bloons TD 6, Ninja Kiwi 3. True Skate, True Axis 4. HotSchedules, HotSchedules 5. Heads Up!, Warner Bros. 6. Geometry Dash, RobTop Games AB 7. Procreate Pocket, Savage Interactive Pty Ltd 8. Plague Inc., Ndemic Creations 9. Monopoly, Marmalade Game St Maryland baseball group threatens satire website 09/14/2021 12:31pm • The Olney Community Baseball Team hopes to start a team in the local Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League next year. A search on Google doesn't even turn up a website for the team yet, but that didn't stop a local website specializing in satire from using the name of the organization as part of a j SKorea to fine Google $177M for forcing software on devices 09/14/2021 04:34am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� South Korea���s competition watchdog plans to fine Google at least 207.4 billion won ($177 million) for allegedly blocking smartphone makers like Samsung from using other operating systems, in what would be one of the country's biggest antitrust penalties ever. Google sa EXPLAINER: How Navalny election tool challenges the Kremlin 09/14/2021 02:42am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and his embattled allies are not running in the Sept. 19 parliamentary election, but they still hope to challenge the ruling United Russia party with their strategy known as Smart Voting. Hardly any Kremlin critics are allowed to ru Man killed in Prince George���s Co. shooting identified 09/13/2021 01:38pm • Authorities have identified the man killed in a Prince George's County, Maryland, shooting over the weekend. Police said Shakir Taylor, 28, of District Heights, was found with a gunshot wound in an SUV in the 2000 block of Addison Road South around 8:30 p.m. on Sunday. He��was pronounced dead at Russia complains of 'election interference' to US ambassador 09/10/2021 06:38pm • MOSCOW (AP) ��� The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday summoned U.S. Ambassador John Sullivan, to complain about alleged interference by American ���digital giants��� in Russia���s upcoming parliamentary election. A ministry statement said Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov claimed Russia "posse Vaccine mandate spawns new fear: finding and keeping workers 09/10/2021 05:33pm • The new federal vaccine requirement announced by President Joe Biden has created another worry for large businesses: With help wanted signs up almost everywhere, some could lose valuable employees or won't be able to find new ones. Biden announced sweeping new orders Thursday that will require emplo