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Jezebel, an incisive feminist voice since the height of the blogosphere era, is shutting down 11/10/2023 11:18am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Jezebel, the sharp-edged feminist website that found an impassioned and devoted following at the height of the blogosphere era but ended up struggling with its business model, is shutting down after 16 years, its parent company announced Thursday. It is the latest gender-focused me China denies accusations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom in Tibet 11/10/2023 08:10am • BEIJING (AP) ��� A government official from China's Tibetan region on Friday rejected allegations of forced assimilation and curbs on religious freedom, while stressing that Tibetan Buddhism should adapt to the Chinese context. Xu Zhitao, vice chairman of the Tibet region government, defended a boar Why are dozens of principals leaving Fairfax Co. schools? 11/10/2023 05:55am • Dozens of Fairfax County Public School principals have left the district in the last few years, according to data obtained by WTOP. Since the 2020-21 school year, 53 principals have retired or resigned from Virginia's largest school system, according to data obtained by WTOP through a Freedom of What's a pupusa? Here's why it's being celebrated this weekend in DC 11/10/2023 05:54am • An El Salvadoran staple is being celebrated this Sunday on National Pupusa Day ��� and a D.C. restaurant owner who's planning to serve up thousands of pupusas in the coming days hopes customers can dig into the culture too. For starters, what is a pupusa? "It's almost like a corn tortilla How to talk to older people in your life about scams 11/10/2023 05:12am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� This summer, Daniel Goldstein���s 86-year-old mom got an email that looked like it was from her bank. She was alarmed because she hadn���t spent the money it mentioned, so she called a help number on the email. The person on the other end of the line asked for her bank account info Player of the Week: Dominion's Keira Van Voorhis 11/10/2023 04:49am • Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on air and online as our Player of the Week. This week's WTOP Player of the Week is Keira Van Voorhis of Dominion High School in Sterling, Virginia. Currently a sophomore at Dominion, Van Voorhis picked up three varsity letters during Craig Ferguson reflects on 'Late Late Show' en route to Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races 11/10/2023 04:41am • It's been nearly a decade since he signed off from CBS' "The Late Late Show" in 2014, but Craig Ferguson still loves making us laugh. The former late-night comedian brings his "Fancy Rascal" standup comedy tour to the Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races in West Virginia this Saturday night. Jewish refugees from Israel find comfort and companionship in a countryside camp in Hungary 11/10/2023 04:35am • BALATONOSZOD, Hungary (AP) ��� Zusha Pletnyov left his home in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk in 2014, when Russian-backed rebels seized large swaths of eastern Ukraine. After living some years in the capital, Kyiv, he fled again to Israel when Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in Febru Federal judge puts Idaho's 'abortion trafficking' law on hold during lawsuit 11/09/2023 09:20pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) ��� A federal judge has temporarily blocked Idaho's ���abortion trafficking��� law from being enforced while a lawsuit challenging its constitutionality is underway. ���This lawsuit is not about the right to an abortion. It is about much more,��� U.S. District Magistrate Debora K. Naomi Osaka set to make her tennis return at the Brisbane International 11/09/2023 09:01pm • BRISBANE, Australia (AP) ��� Four-time Grand Slam singles champion Naomi Osaka will make her comeback to tennis at the Brisbane International warm-up tournament ahead of the Australian Open. Tournament officials on Friday confirmed Osaka will contest the Dec. 31-Jan. 7 event to start her 2024 seaso Father of Liverpool striker Luis D��az released after his kidnapping in Colombia by ELN guerrillas 11/09/2023 06:55pm • BARRANCAS, Colombia (AP) ��� The father of Liverpool striker Luis D��az was released Thursday by members of a guerrilla group who kidnapped him in northern Colombia, the government announced, ending a 12-day ordeal for the family. Luis Manuel D��az���s kidnapping on Oct. 28 from his hometown of Bar US childhood vaccination exemptions reach their highest level ever 11/09/2023 05:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The proportion of U.S. kindergartners exempted from school vaccination requirements has hit its highest level ever, 3%, U.S. health officials said Thursday. More parents are questioning routine childhood vaccinations that they used to automatically accept, an effect of the politica HEI: Q3 Earnings Snapshot 11/09/2023 04:05pm • HONOLULU (AP) ��� HONOLULU (AP) ��� Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. (HE) on Thursday reported profit of $41.6 million in its third quarter. The Honolulu-based company said it had profit of 37 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 56 cents per share. The the parent of Ha NY is developing education program on harms of medically unnecessary surgery on intersex children 11/09/2023 02:59pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� New York is requiring state health officials to develop an outreach program to educate parents and doctors about the harmful impacts of medically unnecessary treatments performed on young children born intersex. The measure, which was signed into law on Wednesday by Governor Ka Kraken's Jordan Eberle out vs. Avalanche after suffering cut on leg from skate blade 11/09/2023 02:37pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Seattle Kraken forward Jordan Eberle will miss the game at Colorado on Thursday night after suffering a cut to his leg from a skate blade during practice. Kraken coach Dave Hakstol said after the morning skate Thursday at Ball Arena that Eberle was ���day-to-day right now as we go fo