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About 30 children were taken hostage by Hamas militants. Their families wait in agony 10/27/2023 08:32am • LONDON (AP) ��� Abigail Edan is just 3 years old, yet when Hamas militants stormed her kibbutz, Kfar Azza, on Oct. 7 and killed her parents, she knew enough to run to a neighbor's for shelter. The Brodutch family ��� mother Hagar and her three children ��� took Abigail in as the rampage raged. Then Activists slam Malaysia's solidarity program for Palestinians after children seen toting toy guns 10/27/2023 07:02am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) ��� Malaysian activists on Friday slammed the government's plan for a weeklong program in schools nationwide to support the Palestinian cause after pictures of teachers and students toting toy guns went viral on social media. The Education Ministry has said the Palestine 5 expert tips to keep kids safe this Halloween 10/27/2023 06:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Experts share trick-or-treat safety tips for parents this Halloween What's scarier than ghosts and ghouls on Halloween? Getting hurt while trying to enjoy the holiday.As families prepare for kids to head out trick-or-treating, we gathered some ex Palestinians plead 'stop the bombs' at UN meeting but Israel insists Hamas must be 'obliterated' 10/27/2023 05:36am • UNITED NATIONS (AP) ��� ���Stop the bombs and save lives!��� the Palestinian ambassador pleaded at an emotional U.N. meeting Thursday on the war in Gaza. But Israel���s envoy was adamant, declaring again, ���We will not rest until Hamas is obliterated.��� The war sparked by Gaza���s Hamas rulers��� WTOP Top Kid: Reston teen helps remove performing arts barriers for kids 10/27/2023 04:41am • WTOP's TOP Kids program is sponsored by Northwest Federal Credit Union. In addition to being featured on-air and online, winning kids also get a chance at $500. August Gabriel Rivers' love of theater started at an early age. The 17-year-old from Reston, Virginia, was able to hone his craft throug Player of the Week: Elizabeth Seton's Morissa Hall 10/27/2023 04:20am • 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 Morissa Hall of Elizabeth Seton High School in Bladensburg, Maryland. Hall is a senior at Elizabeth Seton. She competes with the Maryland High School R Review: Bill Burr directs himself in Netflix comedy 'Old Dads,' a defiant Gen X middle finger to Gen Z 10/27/2023 04:08am • Comedian Bill Burr has carved an unflinching "get off my lawn" place in the standup business with Rolling Stone ranking him No. 17 on its list of the "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time." Now, he makes his directorial debut in the R-rated comedy "Old Dads," a title that's a bit misleading consid Live Updates | Lewiston schools to close as police search for mass shooting suspect 10/27/2023 01:43am • At least 18 people were killed in shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for the suspect. Late Thursday, heavily armed law enforcement backed by a police helicopter had surrounded a home and told anyone who might be inside to s Stock market today: Asian shares rebound following latest tumble on Wall Street. Oil prices gain $1 10/27/2023 01:15am • HONG KONG (AP) ��� Asian shares advanced Friday after the latest tumble on Wall Street, where the S&P 500 fell to its lowest level in five months. U.S. futures gained and oil prices were $1 higher as the Israeli military said its troops and tanks had briefly entered northern Gaza. Japan's Nikk From Stalin to Putin, abortion has had a complicated history in Russia 10/27/2023 12:58am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� They were banned under Soviet dictator Josef Stalin but commonplace under later Kremlin leaders. Now, after less than a century, official attitudes about abortion in Russia are changing once again. Although abortion is still legal and widely available, new restrictions are Fearful Maine residents stay home amid massive search for suspect in killing of 18 people 10/26/2023 11:56pm • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) ��� Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night Thursday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the worst mass China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that's part of a system some see as forced assimilation 10/26/2023 09:15pm • SHANGRI-LA TOWN, China (AP) ��� First-grade students, hands folded on their desks, watch a teacher write a brush-like stroke on a blackboard in their Tibetan alphabet. Outside, craggy mountains climb toward the brightest of blue skies. The air is clean and crisp at 2,800 meters (9,100 feet), if a bi 2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show 10/26/2023 08:41pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert called the rates ���abysmal.��� The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Documents to Prepare Now for Your Heirs 10/26/2023 08:00pm • No one likes to think about death and end-of-life arrangements. However, being prepared for the inevitable is not only a smart thing to do, it's also a kind thing to do for loved ones. Failing to put your paperwork in order means family or friends will have to rely on the probate court to determine How Transferring Colleges Can Affect Financial Aid 10/26/2023 08:00pm • Whether it's to find a better fit for a major or to attend college closer to home, many students transfer from one university to another. In addition to considering the academic and social factors of moving schools, students should also be aware that transferring schools can affect student loans and