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Key GOP lawmaker calls for renewal of surveillance tool as he proposes changes to protect privacy 11/16/2023 01:10pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee called Thursday for the renewal of a key U.S. government surveillance tool as he proposed a series of changes aimed at safeguarding privacy. The proposals by Rep. Mike Turner are part of a late scramble inside Congress a Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it 11/16/2023 11:33am • THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media about what to him was just another menu item. “There was F1 roars into Las Vegas with parties, concerts, celebrities and, eventually, an actual race 11/16/2023 11:03am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Racing in Texas and then Mexico City and then Brazil, followed by a quick trip back to the United Kingdom before finally arriving in Las Vegas, Formula One driver Alex Albon could not stop thinking about his golf game. He felt up to speed on the Las Vegas street circuit after turn Plant-based meat is a simple solution to climate woes - if more people would eat it 11/16/2023 09:43am • THORNTON, Colo. (AP) — Lars Obendorfer says he was “badly insulted” after he first began offering vegan sausage at his 25 German stands, dubbed “Best Worscht in Town.” He even found himself mediating between customers arguing on social media. “There was downright hostility between the me Congress approves temporary funding and pushes the fight over the federal budget into the new year 11/16/2023 08:48am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ending the threat of a government shutdown until after the holidays, Congress gave final approval to a temporary government funding package that pushes a confrontation over the federal budget into the new year. The Senate met into Wednesday night to pass the bill with an 87-11 Berry Global: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot 11/16/2023 07:19am • EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — EVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Berry Global Group Inc. (BERY) on Thursday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $186 million. The Evansville, Indiana-based company said it had profit of $1.55 per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were $2.28 per share. The res Things to do in the DC area: Thanksgiving takeout, art fairs … and more! 11/16/2023 06:10am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. Fogo de Chão's Thanksgiving To-Go Package. (Konnect Agency/Manny Rodrigu Americans are about to spend billions shopping online. Are those packages protected? 11/15/2023 10:11pm • Between now and Christmas, Americans will spend billions of dollars on online shopping. Last year just on Black Friday, more than $9 billion was spent online. In all, CNET says about $74 billion worth of packages are going to end up on doorsteps the rest of this year. It's enough to keep porch pi Sweden opens state-of-the-art plant for sorting plastics for recycling 11/15/2023 08:07pm • MOTALA, Sweden (AP) — A new plastics sorting facility inaugurated in Sweden on Wednesday is being billed as the largest of its kind, and one designed to double the amount of plastic packaging materials being recycled in the Nordic country. Thanks to cutting-edge technology, the Site Zero plant in New York sues PepsiCo in effort to hold it responsible for litter that winds up in rivers 11/15/2023 06:13pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state sued PepsiCo on Wednesday in an effort to hold the soda-and-snack food giant partly responsible for litter that winds up in bodies of water supplying the city of Buffalo with drinking water. The lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court by Attorney General Letitia Ja Business Highlights: GM workers vote on contract; retail sales slip in October 11/15/2023 05:04pm • ___ Vote on tentative contract with General Motors too close to call as more tallies are reported DETROIT (AP) — Voting on the tentative contract agreement between General Motors and the United Auto Workers union appears to be too close to call as tallies at more factories were announced. The unio Bears say QB Justin Fields healthy enough to start against Lions 11/15/2023 04:52pm • LAKE FOREST, Ill. (AP) — The Chicago Bears will have Justin Fields back at quarterback Sunday against the Detroit Lions for a stretch of games that could be critical to his future with the team. Coach Matt Eberflus announced the move following four missed starts by Fields because of a right disloc Big buyouts for college coaches are the norm. If athletes start getting revenue, that could change 11/15/2023 04:48pm • The business of college athletics is run by stakeholders rather than stockholders and the bottom line is measured by victories rather than profits. That, sports economist Andrew Zimbalist says, is why Texas A&M is paying Jimbo Fischer more than $75 million to not coach its football team and c FCC adopts rules to eliminate 'digital discrimination' for communities with poor internet access 11/15/2023 04:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Communications Commission has enacted new rules intended to eliminate discrimination in access to internet services, a move which regulators are calling the first major U.S. digital civil rights policy. The rules package, which the commission ratified on Wednesday, Business lobby attacks as New York nears a noncompete ban, rare in the US 11/15/2023 03:55pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — When people think of noncompete agreements, they usually think of corporate executives with knowledge of prized trade secrets, whose lavish pay packages often come with a condition that if they quit or get fired, they can't go work for an industry rival. More and more, though,