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Latinos who don���t speak Spanish are getting shamed for it 09/25/2023 09:37am • (CNN) ��� What do Sen. Ted Cruz, Oscar-winning actor Ariana DeBose and a puzzled kid stumbling to answer questions on live TV have in common? They���re all Latinos who���ve been shamed for the way they speak Spanish. The issue regularly emerges in debates online ��� and even on stage during pr RYDER CUP '23: A look inside the walls of the 11th-century Marco Simone castle 09/25/2023 08:00am • GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) ��� First came the castle. Then the golf course. The nearly 300,000 fans descending on the Marco Simone club for the Ryder Cup this week will be able to see the 11th-century castle with the same name from various points of the course ��� it���s wedged between the sixt Death toll in Taiwan factory fire lowered to nine, with one missing. Four victims were firefighters 09/25/2023 12:21am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Authorities said late Sunday that one person remained missing following a fire at a golf ball factory in Taiwan, after forensic analysis revealed that some bones found earlier in the day were not human. The blaze Friday night killed nine other people, including four firefight 10 Best Growth Stocks for the Next 10 Years 09/24/2023 08:00pm • Ten years is an eternity on Wall Street. Consider that the S&P 500 was about 1,800 back in 2013, right after a little company named Facebook held a high-priced IPO to achieve a $100 billion valuation. Right now, the S&P 500 is about 140% higher, at roughly 4,300, and Facebook parent Meta Pla Kidnapped teen rescued from Southern California motel room after 4 days of being held hostage 09/24/2023 07:34pm • SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) ��� Authorities rescued a 17-year-old boy in Southern California after he was kidnapped and held hostage for four days by captors who threatened to harm him if his family did not pay a $500,000 ransom. The teen was rescued Friday after law enforcement tracked him and his thr California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs bills to enhance the state's protections for LGBTQ+ people 09/24/2023 03:52pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several bills Saturday aimed at bolstering the state's protections for LGBTQ+ people, a day after issuing a controversial veto that was criticized by advocates. The new laws include legislation that focuses on support for LGBTQ+ youth. Hazing lawsuit filed against University of Alabama fraternity 09/24/2023 12:33pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) ��� A student and his parents have filed a lawsuit against a University of Alabama fraternity, saying he suffered a traumatic brain injury while being hazed as a fraternity pledge earlier this year. The lawsuit filed last week accuses Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and others This CFO wants more Black women on corporate boards ��� and she's taking action through film 09/24/2023 11:01am • A new movie, co-produced by a film maker with ties to the D.C. area, explores the importance of having African American women on corporate boards and how overall board diversity influences the C-suites of major companies. OnBoard the Film is currently making rounds on the festival circuit and gener WTOP Book Report: Memoir recounts mother's journey raising transgender daughter, twin brother 09/24/2023 05:15am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series authored by Terik King.��Read more of that coverage.�� Imagine you're in your early 40s, and after struggling through two years and seven rounds of fertility treatments, you become the mother of twin sons. But one of your children A Ukrainian train is a lifeline connecting the nation's capital with the front line 09/24/2023 12:14am • KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) ��� Among the hundreds of trains criss-crossing Ukraine���s elaborate railway network every day, the Kyiv-Kramatorsk train stands apart, shrouded in solemn silence as passengers anticipate their destination. Every day, around seven in the morning, passengers of this route le California bill to have human drivers ride in autonomous trucks is vetoed by governor 09/23/2023 10:00pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill to require human drivers on board self-driving trucks, a measure that union leaders and truck drivers said would save hundreds of thousands of jobs in the state. The legislation vetoed Friday night would have banned self-driv Marlins stay in wild-card hunt, prevent Brewers from clinching NL Central with 5-4 win 09/23/2023 08:25pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Jake Burger hit a three-run homer, the Marlins scored the tie-breaking run in the eighth inning and Miami beat Milwaukee 5-4 on Saturday to stay within a game of the Cubs for the third NL wild card and prevent the Brewers from clinching the NL Central. Pinch runner Garrett Hampson sco WGA strike: Hollywood studios send writers ���best and final��� offer as deal nears on strike 09/23/2023 06:08pm • (CNN) — The major film and television studios on Saturday evening delivered their ���best and final��� offer to the striking writers, a person close to the situation told CNN, adding to significant hope that the negotiations to end the months-long strike will conclude with an agreement this we California governor vetoes bill requiring custody courts to weigh affirmation of gender identity 09/23/2023 05:53pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) ��� California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have required judges to consider whether a parent affirms their child���s gender identity when making custody and visitation decisions. In announcing his veto Friday night, Newsom released a statement saying he has Meet Lachlan Murdoch, soon to be the new power behind Fox News and the Murdoch empire 09/23/2023 12:44pm • For Lachlan Murdoch, this moment has been a long time coming. Assuming, of course, that his moment has actually arrived. On Thursday, his father Rupert Murdoch announced that in November he'll step down as the head of his two media companies: News Corp. and Fox Corp. Lachlan will become the chair of