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WTOP Book Report: Inside the White House and outside party lines with Karine Jean-Pierre 11/02/2025 01:02pm • Karine Jean-Pierre made history as the first Black and openly gay White House press secretary — one of the most visible and scrutinized positions in American politics. Now, after stepping away from both the Biden administration and the Democratic Party, she’s speaking for herself in a new me Kenny Clark quietly steadies Cowboys as the player that came in the Micah Parsons trade 11/02/2025 12:53pm • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Kenny Clark focused on his new teammates after the stocky defensive tackle was traded to the Dallas Cowboys in the blockbuster deal that sent Micah Parsons to the Green Bay Packers a week before the season. That's all Clark could do in the whirlwind of the moment as the only t Fears grow for thousands trapped in Sudan's el-Fasher as few reach safety 11/02/2025 12:19pm • CAIRO (AP) — Only a few thousand Sudanese have reached the nearest camp for displaced people in the days since Sudan’s paramilitary forces seized el-Fasher city, raising fears over tens of thousands who might still be trapped as survivors described killings and other atrocities, an aid group sai Billionaire Sylvan Adams donates $100M to rebuild Israeli hospital struck by Iranian missile 11/02/2025 11:17am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Canadian-Israeli billionaire Sylvan Adams on Sunday said he is donating $100 million to rebuild an Israeli hospital that suffered heavy damage from an Iranian missile in June. Adams announced the gift to the Soroka University Medical Center during a meeting of the Israeli Cabinet. East Wing ballroom donations by corporate owners create awkward moments for news outlets 11/02/2025 10:55am • President Donald Trump's razing of the White House's East Wing to build a ballroom has put some news organizations following the story in an awkward position, with corporate owners among the contributors to the project — and their reporters covering it vigorously. Comcast, which owns NBC News and Police: 19-year-old dead after Prince William Co. motorcycle crash 11/02/2025 10:52am • A motorcyclist has died after crashing into a sedan in Bristow, Virginia, on Saturday night, according to Prince William County police. Prince William County police officers arrived on scene in the area of Linton Hall and Nokesville roads shortly before 8 p.m., according to a news release from th No. 12 Notre Dame escapes Boston College with 25-10 victory 11/02/2025 09:11am • BOSTON (AP) — Jeremiyah Love broke free through the middle, and finally No. 12 Notre Dame could see some daylight. Love's 94-yard touchdown run on the first play after an interception squelched a potential game-tying drive helped the Fighting Irish win 25-10 on Saturday against a surprisingly sto DC Mayor Bowser imposes youth curfew in response to Navy Yard melee Halloween night 11/02/2025 08:35am • D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced a limited juvenile curfew Saturday in response to a teen melee that took place Friday night in the Navy Yard neighborhood. "I find it necessary to ensure that the police can disperse large groups of teens," Bowser told WTOP in an exclusive interview after her an AI song generator Udio offers brief window for downloads after Universal settlement upsets users 11/02/2025 08:26am • Artificial intelligence song generation platform Udio said it would give its frustrated users 48 hours starting Monday to download their songs before the company shifts to a new business model to comply with a legal settlement. The short reprieve comes after Udio on Wednesday said it had settled cop Who is Zico Kolter? A professor leads OpenAI safety panel with power to halt unsafe AI releases 11/02/2025 08:21am • If you believe artificial intelligence poses grave risks to humanity, then a professor at Carnegie Mellon University has one of the most important roles in the tech industry right now. Zico Kolter leads a 4-person panel at OpenAI that has the authority to halt the ChatGPT maker's release of new AI s Venice revives a quarter-mile floating bridge to island cemetery for All Souls' Day mourners 11/02/2025 08:09am • VENICE, Italy (AP) — Venice’s San Michele island is the final resting place of American poet Ezra Pound, Russian composer Igor Stravinsky and many Venetians known only to their loved ones. The city of Venice this year revived a long-dormant tradition of constructing a temporary bridge to allow V Iraq's foreign minister calls for disarmament of 'PKK elements' in the north 11/02/2025 07:47am • BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein on Sunday called on Kurdish separatist fighters who have withdrawn to the country's north after waging a decades-long insurgency in Turkey to disarm. Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, began laying down its arms in July in a symbolic ceremony i What to know about the British king's remote private estate that will be Andrew's new home 11/02/2025 07:19am • LONDON (AP) — A remote and private estate of King Charles III will soon become the new home of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, the British monarch's younger brother disgraced over his friendship with the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The move to Sandringham in the east of England will keep A ‘King of K-pop’ Lee Soo Man on his career, a global industry and what’s next 11/02/2025 06:39am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Soo Man resisted the title at first. “King of K-pop” sounded too brash, too nightclub-esque — like something you’d see on a neon sign in Itaewon, a nightlife neighborhood in the South Korean capital Seoul once popular with U.S. soldiers and foreign visitors. � Shohei Ohtani chased in third inning of World Series Game 7 after Bo Bichette's 3-run HR 11/02/2025 02:03am • TORONTO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani was pulled off the mound in Game 7 of the World Series after allowing Bo Bichette's three-run homer in the third inning Saturday night. It wasn't what the two-way star hoped for in his final appearance of the season, but a 5-4 win in 11 innings made him a World Series