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DC Council member, former Mayor Vincent Gray has dementia, won't vote on legislation for rest of term 10/24/2024 07:33pm • D.C. Council member Vincent Gray announced Thursday he has dementia and will no longer vote on legislation or other matters before the Council. "This is not an easy decision, but it is the right decision,��� Gray said in a statement. Gray, who represents Ward 7, has 68 days remaining on his cu Harris ad shows a Texas woman who lost baby and nearly died from sepsis amid strict abortion ban 10/23/2024 09:55pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A new series of Kamala Harris campaign ads seek to highlight increasingly perilous medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade by telling the story of a Texas woman who got a life-threatening infection when she couldn't get proper treatment after she miscarried and how s Middle East latest: Sirens sound across Tel Aviv as projectiles are intercepted near Blinken's hotel 10/23/2024 07:05pm • Air raid sirens echoed across Tel Aviv on Wednesday as United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken prepared to end a visit. Smoke, apparently from an intercepted projectile, could be seen in the sky above the hotel where Blinken was staying. Blinken urged Israel to use its recent tactical victor Ex-St. Louis prosecutor admits she misused public funds and avoids criminal charges 10/23/2024 05:25pm • A former Democratic prosecutor in St. Louis admitted she shouldn���t have used thousands of dollars in public funds to pay herself back after getting fined for mistakes while prosecuting a Republican governor, federal authorities announced Wednesday. Kim Gardner resigned under fire last year after b U.Md. School of Social Work expands in-state tuition to master's applicants from DC 10/23/2024 09:59am • The University of Maryland School of Social Work is offering in-state tuition to D.C. residents enrolled in its Master of Social Work program, as part of a push to help address a shortage of social workers in the region. The change, effective this fall, offers in-state credit prices to D.C. resid Blinken urges Israel to seek enduring deal, as officials say a limited cease-fire has been discussed 10/23/2024 08:31am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) ��� Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Israel needs to pursue an ���enduring strategic success��� in Gaza after its tactical victories against Hamas, urging it to seek a deal that would end the war and bring back dozens of hostages. He spoke before traveling Middle East latest: Israel says it killed a Hezbollah official expected to be group's next head 10/22/2024 11:51pm • The Israeli military said Tuesday a top Hezbollah official who had been widely expected to be the group���s next leader was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut in early October. Hashem Safieddine, a powerful cleric within the party ranks, was expected to succeed Hassan Nasrallah, who w Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state's abortion ban in a pitch to battleground voters 10/22/2024 09:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Vice President Kamala Harris will head to reliably Republican Texas just 10 days before Election Day in an effort to refocus her campaign against former President Donald Trump on reproductive care, which Democrats see as a make-or-break issue this year. Her campaign says Harris 'Bigger and better than ever': DC gears up for massive crowds during World Pride 2025 10/22/2024 07:59pm • In less than eight months, an estimated 2 to 3 million people from around the world will travel to the nation���s capital for World Pride 2025. The festival takes place on the 50th anniversary of when local bookstore owner Deacon Maccubbin organized D.C.���s inaugural Pride Celebration on 20t Yellen says isolationism 'made America and the world worse off' in speech to global finance leaders 10/22/2024 10:50am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told world financial leaders Tuesday that the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump���s policies two weeks before the U.S. electio New campus protest rules spur an outcry from college faculty 10/22/2024 08:41am • Dissent is thriving this fall at American colleges, and not just among student activists. With student protests limited by new restrictions, faculty have taken up the cause. To faculty, new protest rules threaten freedom of speech ��� and the freedom to think, both central to university life. This s Can't Afford a Lawyer for Estate Planning? Do This Instead 10/21/2024 08:00pm • According to a 2024 survey by Caring.com, only 32% of Americans have a will or estate plan, down 6% from 2023. The survey reveals that 40% of respondents believed they didn't have enough assets to justify having a will. If you count yourself among the many Americans who don't have a will, estate pla In Nevada, immigration is a nuanced issue. But the politics of it is painted in black and white 10/21/2024 07:25pm • BAKER, Nev. (AP) ��� Few things say America like Janille and Tom Baker's ranch, with its grazing cattle, scrub brush-dotted desert and snow-capped mountains. If only they could get American citizens to work on it. The ranch in remote eastern Nevada produces around 10,000 tons of hay annually, and Most voters think the economy is poor, but split on whether Trump or Harris can fix it: AP-NORC poll 10/21/2024 06:51am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class, according to a new poll. A majority of registered Vasso Papandreou, champion of women in Greek politics, dies at 79 10/19/2024 05:55pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Vasso Papandreou, a trailblazing Greek politician who served as a government minister, European commissioner and leading advocate for women���s representation in politics, has died at her home in an Athens suburb. She was 79. No cause of death was given, but she had been in p