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Book Review: George Pelecanos’ 'Owning Up' has elegant prose and well-drawn characters 02/05/2024 11:08am • Although George Pelecanos has devoted much of his energy toward writing for television in recent years ("The Wire," “The Duce,” “We Own This City”), he has continued to produce first-rate crime novels set in his native Washington, D.C. Working in a genre often associated with grisly murders, Car Review: 2024 Subaru Crosstrek gets a makeover with a little more space and improved tech 02/05/2024 04:33am • The 2024 Subaru Crosstrek is a popular small crossover with a big makeover that looks a lot like the old one. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Subaru has been making the small Crosstrek crossover for some time now and it has proven to be a popular ride with rugged styling, flared fenders and better than normal gr Senators release a border and Ukraine deal but the House speaker declares it 'dead on arrival' 02/04/2024 11:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators on Sunday released a highly anticipated $118 billion package that pairs border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies, but it quickly ran into a wall of opposition from top House Republicans, including Speaker Mike Johnson. The p What's in the bipartisan Senate package to aid Ukraine, secure U.S. border 02/04/2024 11:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have come out with a carefully negotiated $118 billion compromise that pairs tens of billions of dollars in wartime aid for Ukraine with new border laws aimed at shrinking the historic number of people who have come to the U.S. border with Mexico to seek asylum. The legi Senators release highly anticipated $118 billion package pairing border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine 02/04/2024 06:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators release highly anticipated $118 billion package pairing border enforcement policy with wartime aid for Ukraine. House Republicans announce bill that provides more military aid to Israel but leaves out Ukraine 02/04/2024 05:45am • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans will move forward with a $17.6 billion package that provides military aid to Israel and replenish U.S. weapons, but leaves out more help for Ukraine, underscoring the challenges facing supporters of a comprehensive national security package that would also inclu Girona stays in 2nd place and has its coach sent off in draw with Sociedad. Barcelona beats Alaves 02/03/2024 06:57pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Girona wasted its chance to retake the lead of the Spanish league after being held 0-0 by Real Sociedad on Saturday, giving Real Madrid a boost at the top ahead of two key matches. Girona coach Míchel Sánchez was sent off with a red card in the 89th for protesting excessi Viktor Orbán's anti-woke resistance has made him the 'splinter under the fingernail' of the EU 02/03/2024 01:30pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary's parliament will convene an emergency session on Monday to do something its western partners have waited for, often impatiently, for more than a year: to hold a vote, finally, on approving Sweden's bid to join the NATO military alliance. But Hungary's governing p The EU is providing Ukraine with $54 billion. How will the money be spent? 02/03/2024 09:37am • EU leaders on Thursday sealed a deal to provide Ukraine with 50 billion euros ($54 million) to shore up its war-ravaged economy after Hungary dropped weeks of threats to veto the measure. The aid package — about two-thirds loans and one-third grants to be paid out over a four-year period — is no Will Congress force Big Tech to do more to protect children online? 02/03/2024 04:13am • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Members of Congress are growing increasingly frustrated with Big Tech and what many lawmakers believe is lip service to concerns about how social media sites are impactin Avast ye, porch pirates: DC police are cracking down 02/02/2024 08:24pm • Porch package thieves beware: D.C. police are using a new method to track stolen packages, with the help of Apple AirTags. Commander Sylvan Altieri, with D.C. police's Fifth District, says the new plan to fight porch package pilfering revolves around strategically planted AirTags that the Metropo Senators reach a deal on border policy bill. Now it faces an uphill fight to passage 02/02/2024 04:04pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate negotiators on Friday reached a deal on a proposal to overhaul the asylum system at the U.S. border with Mexico, clearing the way for Democratic and Republican Senate leaders to begin the difficult task of convincing Congress to pass a national security package that will i Ohio Attorney General given until Monday to explain rejection of voting rights amendment to court 02/02/2024 01:46pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's high court has given Republican Attorney General Dave Yost until Monday to respond to the legal claims of a coalition of civil rights organizations that is challenging his rejection of a package of voter protections they are working to place on November's ballot. The O As Europe’s farmers find common cause in grievances, governments race to offer concessions 02/02/2024 12:17pm • THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece’s annual Agrotica trade fair traditionally gives farmers a chance see the latest equipment and agricultural innovations. This year, the event is a focal point for their long-standing frustrations. Tractors lined up Friday around the conference center hosting t German lawmakers approve contested cuts to farmers' fuel subsidies and a revamped 2024 budget 02/02/2024 08:20am • BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers on Friday approved cuts to fuel subsidies for farmers that prompted angry protests, along with a 2024 budget the government had to revamp after a court ruling blew a hole in its financial plans. Parliament's lower house voted in favor of the overhauled 476.8 billion