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Movie review: A star-making turn for Eve Hewson in the feel-good 'Flora and Son' 09/20/2023 05:15pm • John Carney, the Irish filmmaker of ���Once,��� ���Sing Street��� and ���Begin Again,��� makes the movie version of ���three chords and the truth.��� His films, unabashedly earnest, feel-good movies for cynical times, are lo-fi musicals that tell simple stories, charmingly. There are love interests, Business Highlights: Fed keeps rates unchanged; homeowners face rising insurance rates 09/20/2023 05:01pm • ___ Fed keeps rates unchanged but signals likelihood of another hike this year to fight inflation WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Federal Reserve left its key interest rate unchanged for the second time in its past three meetings, a sign that it���s moderating its fight against inflation as price pressures Iconic Budweiser Clydesdales will no longer have their tails shortened 09/20/2023 03:22pm • The iconic Budweiser Clydesdales will no longer have their tails shortened using a common, yet controversial, procedure that has drawn the ire of animal activists, parent company Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Wednesday. The brewer said in a statement that the change was made earlier this year, str More DC kids will have access to healthy foods as 'food pharmacy' expands 09/20/2023 02:25pm • Many kids in D.C. don���t have access to healthy fruits and vegetables. But a program that���s trying to change that is now expanding. It���s run by the Capital Area Food Bank, and it allows doctors to ���prescribe��� fruits and vegetables to families that are not getting enough healthy foods in th Stanford says it will return all gifts from FTX following suit against Sam Bankman-Fried's parents 09/20/2023 02:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Following a lawsuit against FTX Trading founder Sam Bankman-Fried's parents alleging that Stanford University received millions of dollars in donations from the now-collapsed cryptocurrency exchange, the school says it will return the funds of all gifts collected from FTX and relat Movie Review: An immigrant teen who wants to fit in enters a nightmare in ���It Lives Inside��� 09/20/2023 02:19pm • A beautiful Indian American teen, Samidha (Megan Suri), just wants to fit in with her suburban classmates in the new horror ��� It Lives Inside.��� But there���s a demon at large and it���s not hormones or puberty ��� it���s a literal monster that will maim and kill you and anyone who tries to help State governors from Arizona, New Mexico seek stronger economic ties with Taiwan 09/20/2023 02:16pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) ��� Governors from the Southwestern United States are pursuing stronger business ties with Taiwan in hopes of attracting new foreign investments and jobs to their landlocked states. Trade missions this week have taken New Mexico. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Arizona counterpa Parkland school shooting survivor develops Joy, an app built on AI that helps people heal 09/20/2023 01:32pm • Kai Koerber was a junior at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School when a gunman murdered 14 students and three staff members there on Valentine���s Day in 2018. Seeing his peers ��� and himself ��� struggle with returning to normal, he wanted to do something to help people manage their emotions on th Man who shot Black teen who mistakenly went to his door enters not guilty plea; trial is scheduled 09/20/2023 01:27pm • LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) ��� A white 84-year-old homeowner who is accused of shooting a Black teenager after the high-schooler mistakenly came to his Kansas City home entered a not guilty plea Wednesday, and the judge scheduled his trial for next year. Andrew Lester, a retired aircraft mechanic, is char For many displaced by clashes in Lebanon's largest Palestinian camp, return is not an option 09/20/2023 12:58pm • SEBLINE, Lebanon (AP) ��� Nearly a week after a cease-fire agreement between warring factions in Lebanon���s largest Palestinian refugee camp brought a fragile peace, hundreds of displaced residents see no immediate prospects of return. Some have lost their houses, while others do not trust that the A Batman researcher said 'gay' in a talk to schoolkids. When asked to censor himself, he quit 09/20/2023 10:10am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Marc Tyler Nobleman was supposed to talk to kids about the secret co-creator of Batman, with the aim of inspiring young students in suburban Atlanta's Forsyth County to research and write. Then the school district told him he had to cut a key point from his presentation ��� that the Virginia is the next big battleground for abortion rights and may send a signal for 2024 09/20/2023 09:29am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Democrat Russet Perry has knocked on thousands of doors in a swing district outside the nation's capital as she campaigns for a seat that could decide control of the Virginia state Senate in November. The issue that comes up the most ��� particularly among women and even from UK's new online safety law adds to crackdown on Big Tech companies 09/20/2023 09:29am • LONDON (AP) ��� British lawmakers have approved an ambitious but controversial new internet safety law with wide-ranging powers to crack down on digital and social media companies like TikTok, Google, and Facebook and Instagram parent Meta. The government says the online safety bill passed this w Challenges to library books continue at record pace in 2023, American Library Association reports 09/20/2023 08:24am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Book bans and attempted bans continue to hit record highs, according to the American Library Association. And the efforts now extend as much to public libraries as school-based libraries. Through the first eight months of 2023, the ALA tracked 695 challenges to library materials an Family reunion: Brusdar Graterol's mom sees her son pitch for first time in the majors 09/20/2023 02:57am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Brusdar Graterol never gave up hope that his mother would be able to see him pitch in person in the major leagues. On Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium, it finally happened. Graterol's mother, Ysmalia, was in a suite and saw her son pitch a scoreless eighth inning as Los Angeles r