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Baking Connections: How DC is fueling the craze for pastries with an Asian twist 11/30/2023 07:28am • This is part one of ���Baking Connections,��� a series on three local bakers and the popular baked goods with Asian flavors they are bringing to the D.C. region. D.C.-area bakers are expanding the palates of pastry lovers by introducing them to baked goods infused with Asian flavors ��� from pand What concerns teachers highlighted while visiting Prince William Co.'s ombudsman's office 11/30/2023 05:02am • Almost 300 people visited the Prince William County Public Schools ombudsman's office during the last school year, a 54% increase in cases from the year before, the Virginia school system said. Ombudsman Monique Bookstein gave her annual report to the school board earlier this month and said that Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting 11/30/2023 12:07am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai. They fell in Seoul and Bangkok. U.S. futures rose while oil prices slipped. Later Thursday, the U.S. g Henry Kissinger was a trusted confidant to President Nixon until the bitter, bizarre end 11/30/2023 12:04am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� All these years later, the scene still is almost too bizarre to imagine: a tearful president and his perplexed aide, neither very religious, kneeling in prayer on the floor of a White House bedroom in the waning hours of a shattered presidency. Until the embittered end, Henry Kis Live updates | Hamas and Israel free more hostages and prisoners as deadline to extend truce nears 11/29/2023 11:30pm • Ten Israeli women and children and four Thai nationals held captive in Gaza were freed by Hamas, and Israel followed with the release of a group of Palestinian prisoners Thursday. It was the latest exchange of hostages for prisoners under a temporary cease-fire in the Gaza war. Two Russian-Israeli w Colombian judge orders prison for 2 suspects in the kidnapping of parents of Liverpool soccer player 11/29/2023 09:57pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) ��� Two suspects in the kidnapping of the parents of Liverpool soccer player Luis D��az were ordered sent to prison by a judge, Colombia���s Prosecutor���s Office said Wednesday, accusing one of the men of being the link to a person close to the family who provided information 7 Insurance Stocks to Buy for Income 11/29/2023 07:00pm • Generally, rising interest rates are a burden for consumers and businesses. They raise borrowing costs, making big-ticket purchases more expensive and therefore less attractive. But one interesting characteristic of higher interest rates is that companies with large corporate treasuries can generate Indiana judge dismisses state's lawsuit against TikTok that alleged child safety, privacy concerns 11/29/2023 06:55pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� An Indiana county judge on Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the level of inappropriate content for children on its platform and the security of its consumers' personal information. A pair of lawsuits filed in December Feminist website Jezebel will be relaunched by Paste Magazine less than a month after shutting down 11/29/2023 06:20pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The irreverent feminist website Jezebel is making a comeback less than a month after it was shut down. Paste Magazine, a digital pop culture publication based in Atlanta, announced Wednesday that it was buying Jezebel.com from G/O Media, which closed it and laid off its staff earli Business Highlights: US growth rate upgraded; GM says it can handle rising labor costs 11/29/2023 06:07pm • ___ US economic growth for last quarter is revised up to a 5.2% annual rate WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Shrugging off higher interest rates, America���s consumers spent enough to help drive the economy to a brisk 5.2% annual pace from July through September, the government said in an upgrade from its previo Families of American hostages in Gaza describe their anguish and call on US government for help 11/29/2023 06:00pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The last Omer Neutra's parents heard from him, he told them reassuringly that he anticipated a quiet weekend. But they checked the news anyway before getting ready for bed in New York, their nightly routine as parents of a soldier in the Israeli military tasked with protecting s Sweden halts adoptions from South Korea after claims of falsified papers on origins of children 11/29/2023 05:47pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Sweden���s main adoption agency said Wednesday it was halting adoptions from South Korea, following claims of falsified papers on the origins of children adopted from the Asian country. Swedes have been adopting children from South Korea since the 1950s. On Wednesday, th Georgia Republicans move to cut losses as they propose majority-Black districts in special session 11/29/2023 05:06pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia lawmakers opened a special session Wednesday as majority Republicans moved to minimize their losses while also trying to increase the number of Black-majority districts to comply with a federal court order. It���s one in a series of redistricting sessions across the South af How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 11/29/2023 11/29/2023 04:22pm • Stocks drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street as drops in several Big Tech companies offset gains in other parts of the market. The S&P 500 gave up an early gain and closed down 0.1% Wednesday. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.2% and the Dow eked out a gain of 13 points. Facebook parent company Met Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law 11/29/2023 03:05pm • TORONTO (AP) ��� Canada's government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country's news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. The agreement removes