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Reporter wins support after Nebraska governor dismissed story because the journalist is Chinese 10/19/2023 06:23pm • Advocates and Nebraska lawmakers are defending a reporter after Gov. Jim Pillen said her story about environmental concerns at his farms wasn't worth discussing because the reporter was from ���communist China.��� The Asian American Journalists Association, the chair of the Congressional Asian Pacif Morikawa leads the PGA Tour's Zozo Championship by 1 stroke after the 1st round in Japan 10/19/2023 03:57pm • INZAI CITY, Japan (AP) ��� Collin Morikawa's last PGA Tour victory was the British Open in 2021, but his 6-under 64 on Thursday to lead the Zozo Championship after the first round suggests the end of the American's mini slump might be in sight. Japanese player Mikumu Horikawa and Americans Robby She Official Rules ��� WTOP TOP Trivia Tuesday Giveaway 10/19/2023 03:34pm • NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING �� When to Enter: You may enter the WTOP ���TOP Trivia Tuesday��� Giveaway (���Sweepstakes���) on the first and third Tuesday in the months of November and December between 8 AM ET and 5 PM ET, beginning at 8:00 AM Eastern T Will Smith joins Jada Pinkett Smith at book talk, calls their relationship brutal and beautiful 10/19/2023 02:16pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Will Smith joined Jada Pinkett Smith on stage as she promoted her new memoir in her Baltimore hometown Wednesday night, pledging lifelong support for her just a week after she revealed that the couple had been separated since 2016. ���Jada is the best friend I have ever had on thi Teen reaches $1.9 million settlement after officer shot him in gun battle with bank robbery suspect 10/19/2023 12:59pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A teenager who was shot and wounded during a 2019 shootout between suburban Chicago police and a bank robbery suspect inside a music school has reached a $1.9 million settlement with the city of Des Plaines. Rylan Wilder signed off this week on the settlement, nearly four years afte In high-stakes election for control of Virginia general assembly, what role will Northern Virginia play? 10/19/2023 11:29am • Follow WTOP's coverage of the Virginia Election 2023. With just a few weeks to go, the high-stakes election that will decide whether Democrats or Republicans control the Virginia general assembly, remains basically a dead heat. Heading into Election Day on Nov. 7, Republicans hold a narrow maj Students and parents rally to demand return of Prince George's Co. high school principal 10/19/2023 09:22am • Students are planning to rally at Charles Herbert Flowers High School in Prince George's County, Maryland, on Thursday morning in response to the removal of the school's principal, Gorman Brown. The new superintendent of Prince George's County Public Schools had scheduled a town hall at Charles H 'Don't think about what you didn't do yesterday': DC's first Working Mom Conference is coming up 10/19/2023 05:40am • This is part of WTOP���s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant.��Read more of that coverage. Three years after the start of the pandemic, women with children are working more than ever. According to a report by the Hamilton Projec Things to do in the DC area: Literary festival, dance parties, workshops ��� and more! 10/19/2023 04:45am • 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. If you're searching for events perfect for the season, be sure to head to last week's Halloween-focused event guide or WTOP's fall festival guide for mo Yesterday Once More: Young TikTok talent re-imagines Carpenters 1970s Top 40 classics 10/19/2023 04:19am • If you click on a Tori Holub video on social media and close your eyes, music fans will be transported back to the 1970s, when songs by Karen and Richard Carpenter topped Top 40 charts, setting a new standard for melodic pop. Tori Holub wasn't born until 2003 ��� 22 years after the Carpenters Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in 'Rocky' films, dies at 83 10/18/2023 11:56pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the ���Rocky��� franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter, Anne Morea Steingieser, told Takeaways from AP's reporting on who gets hurt by RFK Jr.'s anti-vaccine work 10/18/2023 09:48pm • Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has spent years using his famous name to disseminate false information about vaccines and other topics in a time when spreading conspiracy theories has become a powerful way to grow a constituency. An Associated Press examination of his work a RFK Jr. spent years stoking fear and mistrust of vaccines. These people were hurt by his work 10/18/2023 09:48pm • When 12-year-old Braden Fahey collapsed during football practice and died, it was just the beginning of his parents��� nightmare. Deep in their grief a few months later, Gina and Padrig Fahey received news that shocked them to their core: A favorite photo of their beloved son was plastered on the co American hostage's family urges leaders to 'do everything' to bring them back 10/18/2023 08:02pm • ▶ Watch Video: Family holds out hope for son taken hostage in Israel Omer Neutra loves the Knicks. Growing up on Long Island, he was the captain of his high school basketball team, his volleyball team, "and when the soccer team needed a captain, he was captain Suspect admits he killed Natalee Holloway in Aruba in 2005, pleads guilty to extorting her mother 10/18/2023 08:00pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) ��� The chief suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway has admitted he beat the young Alabama woman to death on a beach in Aruba after she refused his advances, then dumped her body into the sea. New details in the killing emerged Wednesday as Joran van der Sloot pleade