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Ethics chairman launches a new bid to expel George Santos after a withering report on his conduct 11/17/2023 11:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The chairman of the House Ethics Committee announced Friday he has filed a resolution to force a vote on expelling Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., from Congress, one day after the committee issued a withering report detailing substantial evidence that Santos converted campaign donati Acapulco races to restart its tourism engine after Hurricane Otis devastates its hotels, restaurants 11/17/2023 10:17am • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) ��� The keyboard and drums from a musical show thump just yards from a mountain of storm debris and fractured hotels left by Hurricane Otis three weeks ago. On the northern end of Acapulco Bay, hairdressers and masseuses sweep branches from a beach. Across the Pacific resort of New York judge lifts gag order that barred Donald Trump from maligning court staff in fraud trial 11/16/2023 08:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A gag order that barred Donald Trump from commenting about court personnel after he disparaged a law clerk in his New York civil fraud trial was temporarily lifted Thursday by an appellate judge who raised free speech concerns. Judge David Friedman of the state���s intermediate app How Long Is Law School and What Is it Like? 11/16/2023 07:00pm • Law school is a commitment of several years for students who already completed their undergraduate program, and there's no easing into coursework. In a traditional full-time law school program, students graduate with a juris doctor, or J.D., in three years. In the third year, students often have one Could America's giant panda exodus be reversed? The Chinese president's comments spark optimism 11/16/2023 06:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Panda lovers in America received a much-needed injection of hope when Chinese President Xi Jinping said Wednesday that his government was ���ready to continue��� lending the black and white icons to American zoos. But it wasn't certain when or where the pandas might be coming, a Rep. George Santos won't seek reelection after scathing ethics report cites evidence of lawbreaking 11/16/2023 05:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The House Ethics Committee in a scathing report Thursday said it has amassed ���overwhelming evidence��� of lawbreaking by Republican Rep. George Santos of New York that has been sent to the Justice Department, concluding flatly that he ���cannot be trusted��� after a monthslong Canadian man convicted of murder for killing 4 Muslim family members with his pickup 11/16/2023 04:35pm • WINDSOR, Ontario (AP) ��� A Canadian man was found guilty Thursday of four counts of first-degree murder for deliberately using his pickup to kill four members of a Muslim family two years ago. The jury also convicted Nathaniel Veltman, 22, guilty of one count of attempted murder for injuring a fift Mid Atlantic Daybook 11/16/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Thursday, Nov. 16. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 Virginia Daybook 11/16/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Thursday, Nov. 16. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other St Take heart, it looks like China could send new pandas to the US 11/16/2023 02:00pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Chinese President Xi Jinping signaled that China will send new pandas to the United States, calling them ���envoys of friendship between the Chinese and American peoples.��� ���We are ready to continue our cooperation with the United States on panda conservation, and do our The average long-term US mortgage rate falls to 7.44% in third-straight weekly drop 11/16/2023 12:08pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� The average rate on the benchmark 30-year home loan fell for the third week in a row, welcome news for house hunters facing a market held back by persistently high prices and a near-historic low number of homes for sale. The latest decline brought the average rate on a 30-year Md. education officials discuss how high school students' college readiness should be assessed 11/16/2023 10:17am • At a Wednesday meeting of Maryland Higher Education Commission, officials discussed how the implementation of Blueprint for Maryland���s Future, an education overhaul passed by the 2021 Maryland General Assembly, may drastically change how students are assessed for college and career readiness, amon Cambodia inaugurates new Chinese-funded airport serving popular tourist destination of Angkor Wat 11/16/2023 02:38am • SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) ��� Cambodia on Thursday inaugurated its newest and biggest airport, a Chinese-financed project meant to serve as an upgraded gateway to the country's major tourist attraction, the centuries-old Angkor Wat temple complex in the northwestern province of Siem Reap. The Siem Re Biden, Xi met for hours and agreed to 'pick up the phone' for any urgent concerns: 'That's progress' 11/16/2023 12:55am • WOODSIDE, Calif. (AP) ��� U.S. President Joe Biden and China���s Xi Jinping emerged Wednesday from their first face-to-face meeting in a year vowing to stabilize their fraught relationship and showcasing modest agreements to combat illegal fentanyl and re-establish military communications. But there How to Lend Money to Family and Friends 11/15/2023 07:00pm • It can happen to any of us: One minute we're a friend or family member; the next moment, we are a loan officer at a bank. Or at least, it can feel that way if you're ever in that awkward position of being asked to lend money. There are plenty of reasons you might be asked for money. Maybe inflation,