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Abortion rights supporters far outraise opponents and rake in out-of-state money in Ohio election 10/26/2023 07:53pm • Supporters of a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion rights in the Ohio Constitution far outraised their anti-abortion opponents in the months leading up to the November election, bringing in nearly $29 million from donors since Sept. 8, the campaign's latest filings show. The effort against FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried testifies outside jury's presence as judge decides what he can say 10/26/2023 06:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sam Bankman-Fried got a test run taking the stand at his New York criminal trial Thursday after a judge sent jurors home but let him demonstrate portions of his testimony before deciding which parts of it he'll allow. Bankman-Fried, 31, is expected to face the jury Friday when he t Virginia Daybook 10/26/2023 04:32pm • Associated Press Virginia Daybook for Thursday, Oct. 26. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. To see your Daybooks and events for Virginia and other St Maz Jobrani hopes to 'bring people together' with 'Mr. International Comedy Tour' at Kennedy Center 10/26/2023 03:29pm • He filmed his very first Netflix standup special at the Kennedy Center in the nation's capital back in 2017. Next week, Maz Jobrani returns to the venue for his "Mr. International Comedy Tour" for two nights on Nov. 3 and Nov. 4. "It's 'Mr. International' because I wanted 'Mr. Worldwide,' but A century after her birth, opera great Maria Callas is honored with a new museum in Greece 10/26/2023 11:40am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� Finishing her class at The Juilliard School of the arts in New York, Greek opera great Maria Callas gave her students a final word of advice. ���Keep on going the proper way: Not with fireworks, not with easy applause, but with the expression of the words, the diction, and to Movie Review: Video game-to-horror flick 'Five Nights at Freddy���s' misfires badly 10/26/2023 10:05am • Just in time for Halloween comes ���Five Nights at Freddy���s,��� a video game adaptation with the potential treat of demented Chuck E. Cheese-like animatronic creatures running amok. But the trick turns out to be on us. The movie ��� built from developer Scott Cawthon's video game about anthropomor Presto's Picks: Terps and Hokies are back from byes, plus the scariest sight in the sport 10/26/2023 09:35am • Halloween might technically fall next Tuesday, but this is the weekend many take advantage of dressing up. From the traditional (ghosts and skeletons) to the trendy (Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce), it's nice to find a costume to disguise one's true self. Just like Maryland football was attempting DC police increase patrol in Bloomingdale neighborhood after attack on teachers 10/26/2023 04:08am • D.C. police have increased their presence in the Bloomingdale neighborhood and escorted kids at the Petit Scholars day care on walks this week, after officials said a homeless man attacked two teachers walking with young kids on Monday. During a Ward 5 safety call Wednesday afternoon, Council mem Stock market today: Asian shares slide after Wall St rout driven by high yields, mixed earnings 10/26/2023 12:47am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� Shares skidded Thursday in Asia after Wall Street tumbled as bond yields tightened their chokehold. U.S. futures slipped and oil prices also fell after some of the most influential U.S. companies turned in mixed profit reports. Tokyo���s Nikkei 225 sank 2.1% to 30,628.04 and the K Democrats' divisions on Israel-Hamas war boil over in Michigan as Detroit-area Muslims feel betrayed 10/26/2023 12:11am • DEARBORN, Michigan (AP) ��� Many of Michigan's top Democrats, including Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, took part in a huge pro-Israel rally at a suburban Detroit synagogue days after Hamas' deadly attack on the country earlier this month, with some of them dancing and joining in chants of ���Am Yisrael Chai Hurricane Otis unleashes massive flooding in Acapulco, triggers landslides before dissipating 10/25/2023 11:31pm • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) ��� Hurricane Otis tore across Mexico���s southern Pacific coast as a powerful and dangerous Category 5 hurricane Wednesday, unleashing massive flooding in the resort city of Acapulco and setting off looting as desperate relatives tired of waiting for help to arrive. While litt Live updates | Israeli strikes leave neighborhoods in shambles; journalist's family among the dead 10/25/2023 11:26pm • Israeli airstrikes are devastating parts of the Gaza Strip, leaving neighborhoods in shambles. A strike in the Nuseirat refugee camp on Wednesday killed several family members of one of Al Jazeera TV���s journalists, Wael Dahdouh. Strikes elsewhere destroyed homes and businesses and left many diggin Capitals score three in third to rally for 6-4 win over Devils 10/25/2023 11:20pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) ��� Connor McMichael scored the tiebreaking goal early in the third period and Hunter Shepard made 18 saves in his NHL debut as the Washington Capitals rallied for a 6-4 win over the New Jersey Devils on Wednesday night. McMichael scored his second goal of the season at 2:09 of the Jamaica World Cup players boycott tournament over disagreements with their federation 10/25/2023 09:01pm • Players for the Jamaican women���s national team say they are boycotting a pair of tournament matches because of ���constant mistreatment��� by their soccer federation. Khadija ���Bunny��� Shaw was among those who posted a statement to Instagram this past weekend that said players from the country' Facebook parent Meta posts sharply higher profit in 3Q thanks to increase in ad revenue 10/25/2023 06:21pm • Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday posted sharply higher earnings for the third quarter, boosted by an increase in advertising revenue and lower expenses after it laid off thousands of workers. The stronger-thank-expected results followed Google parent Alphabet's report Tuesday showing a rebound in e