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Democratic-led cities pay for migrants' tickets to other places as resources dwindle 11/19/2023 12:01pm • DENVER (AP) — As weary migrants arrive in Denver on buses from the U.S.-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas, officials offer them two options: temporary shelter or a bus ticket out. Nearly half of the 27,000 migrants who arrived in Denver since November 2022 have chosen the bus, plane or train t Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/15/2023 02:46pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 11/13/2023 01:45pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov This year's Biden-Xi summit has better foundation but South China Sea and Taiwan risks won't go away 11/13/2023 10:33am • BEIJING (AP) — The course of events in the year since the last meeting between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping offers cautious hope that they will have better luck this time around. But it also shows how easily any agreement they reach could once again veer off course. The U.S. and Chinese le Virginia singer, who once performed on WTOP with Bach to Rock students, now competes on 'The Voice' 11/13/2023 04:14am • In 2015, Claudia B. visited WTOP to perform in the Glass Enclosed Nerve Center just before competing in Bachapalooza at Jammin' Java in Vienna, Virginia, a battle of the bands hosted by the Bach to Rock after-school music program. On Monday night, the 24-year-old Virginia native makes her hometo WATCH: DC's former residents, giant pandas, safely land in China after 19-hour flight. Here's what happens now 11/09/2023 01:10pm • After a 19-hour journey that included plenty of in-flight bamboo snacks for the trip, D.C.'s erstwhile giant panda trio has safely landed in China. The National Zoo said the special FedEx "Panda Express" flight that took off from Virginia's Dulles International Airport Wednesday morning touch 'Never been a shipment of this magnitude': National Zoo's giant pandas take off for long journey to China 11/08/2023 02:45pm • Just a little before 1 p.m., a 777 FedEx plane designated as the "Panda Express" went wheels up at Dulles International Airport Wednesday. Aboard — the Smithsonian National Zoo's beloved giant pandas heading back to China. It is the day panda-lovers in the D.C. area have been dreading. T PHOTOS: National Zoo's pandas throughout the years 11/08/2023 11:44am • The National Zoo’s three giant pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their cub Xiao Qi Ji — are returning to China on Nov. 8, with no public signs that the 50-year-old exchange agreement struck by President Richard Nixon will continue. The potential end of the National Zoo’s panda era comes amid A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain is an Air Force Reserve officer 11/02/2023 07:15pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A pilot accused of threatening to shoot a commercial airline captain if they diverted their flight to give a passenger medical attention is an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel who was relieved of command for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine. Jonathan J. Dunn's military servi R&B star Kevin Ross of DC's Duke Ellington School, 'super excited' to come home to Bethesda Theater 11/02/2023 04:04am • He's written tunes for Trey Songz, Jamie Foxx, Nicki Minaj and Toni Braxton, not to mention his own R&B hits. This Friday night, Southeast D.C.-native Kevin Ross comes home to Bethesda Theater in Bethesda, Maryland. "I'm super excited about being back home on Friday," Ross told WTOP. "For Deadly explosion off Nigeria points to threat posed by aging oil ships around the world 10/30/2023 09:00am • OKITIPUPA, Nigeria (AP) — It was the dead of night when the ship caught fire, Patrick Aganyebi remembers, but the flames made it seem as bright as day. The explosion that night woke him and knocked him to the floor. He tucked his phone and his ID card in his pockets, strapped on a life jacket and DC-born rapper DJ Kool joins WTOP to celebrate 'Let Me Clear My Throat' finally being certified platinum 10/30/2023 04:17am • In 1996, DJ Kool's live club recording of "Let Me Clear My Throat" became an iconic rap anthem. This month, the D.C. native was notified that his tune was finally certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, an achievement that is long overdue. "Who would have thunk tha The difficult trip home for DC man stranded in Israel amid war with Hamas 10/18/2023 04:10am • The surprise attack on Israel by Hamas militants on Oct. 7, and the war it sparked, resulted in many Americans in Israel encountering difficulties evacuating the region. D.C. playwright and producer Ari Roth was among the thousands of people who would see flight after flight canceled as airlines mad Travel experts call Thanksgiving the 'hidden best week' to travel abroad 10/17/2023 07:20pm • How about tucking into your turkey dinner in Italy this year? Katy Nastro from Going.com, a travel deal website, said Thanksgiving is the "hidden best week to travel internationally," and you can score a round-trip flight from the D.C. area to Milan for $486. Nastro told WTOP that holiday flig Sen. Dianne Feinstein remembered for her courage, integrity at heartfelt San Francisco memorial 10/05/2023 08:44pm • ▶ Watch Video: 'She was a force!' San Francisco bids farewell to Dianne Feinstein SAN FRANCISCO – The late Senator Dianne Feinstein was celebrated in a memorial service Thursday, held on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall where her remarkable politica