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Trump absent as Iowa 2024 GOP caucus train begins to roll 02/20/2023 09:23pm • URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) ��� Nikki Haley is swinging through Iowa this week fresh off announcing her presidential campaign. Her fellow South Carolinian Republican, Sen. Tim Scott, will also be here as he decides his political future. And former Vice President Mike Pence was just in the state courting in 8 Stocks Affected by the Russia-Ukraine War 02/20/2023 07:00pm • For the past year, the Ukraine conflict has disrupted financial markets around the world. The U.S. is only one of several countries that have imposed economic sanctions on Russia in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine. Russia's economy is feeling the pain. The International Monetary Fund estimat Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination 02/20/2023 06:24pm • Among Kshama Sawant���s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather ��� a man she ���otherwise loved very much��� ��� utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India, was 6 when she questi Seattle considers historic law barring caste discrimination 02/20/2023 06:21pm • One of Kshama Sawant���s earliest memories of the caste system was hearing her grandfather ��� a man she ���otherwise loved very much��� ��� utter a slur to summon their lower-caste maid. The Seattle City Council member, raised in an upper-caste Hindu Brahmin household in India, was 6 when she asked 5-year firearms enhancement dropped in Baldwin shooting case 02/20/2023 03:21pm • The prosecution in the case of a fatal New Mexico film-set shooting made a stark turnaround Monday, dropping the possibility of a mandatory five-year sentence against Alec Baldwin, new court filings show. The actor-producer's attorneys had earlier objected to the enhancement, saying it was unconsti Newborn saved from earthquake in Syria adopted by her aunt 02/20/2023 02:46pm • JINDERIS, Syria (AP) ��� A baby girl who was born under the rubble of her family���s earthquake-shattered home has left the hospital and gone to her new home, where she was with her paternal aunt���s family Monday. The girl had been at the hospital since hours after the Feb. 6 earthquake. She was di What is India's caste system? Is it contentious in U.S.? 02/20/2023 09:06am • Caste is an ancient system of social hierarchy based on one���s birth that is tied to concepts of purity and social status. Its history, evolution and current state are complicated. A move to outlaw caste-based discrimination in Seattle has thrust this complex ��� and often misunderstood ��� system Journalist April Ryan opens up on being a long-serving White House correspondent 02/20/2023 05:10am • 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. When she was born, the idea of having a Black president was far beyond most people's dreams. Now, 55 years later, April Ryan is the lo 1 in 3 parents give fever-reducing medicine when it may not be needed, new poll says 02/20/2023 12:19am • Many parents turn quickly to fever-reducing medication when their children begin to show signs of a fever, but pediatricians are warning that may not be needed.According to a new C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll, 1 in 3 parents would give their children medicine for a low-grade fever, def Mexican musician finds refuge in saxophone after acid attack 02/19/2023 09:00pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Mar��a Elena R��os has conflicting feelings about her saxophone: She once blamed the instrument for bringing her to the brink of death ��� but it also has been her salvation. R��os, 29, thought her career as a musician and her devotion to her saxophone were what led her former b 'All Quiet' wins 7 BAFTAs, including best film, at UK awards 02/19/2023 06:00pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Antiwar German movie ���All Quiet on the Western Front��� won seven prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, building the somber drama���s momentum as awards season rolls toward its climax at next month���s Oscars. Irish tragicomedy ���The Bans Michigan State set to resume classes after fatal shootings 02/19/2023 04:53pm • EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) ��� Michigan State University professor Marco D��az-Mu��oz is still haunted by what he witnessed last Monday night, when a gunman entered his classroom in Berkey Hall, killing two of his students in what he describes as ���12 minutes of terror.��� ���Those images haunt me. T Japanese bid farewell to beloved panda returning to China 02/19/2023 10:16am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Thousands of Japanese fans, some wiping away tears, bid farewell to a beloved Japanese-born giant panda that made her final public appearance Sunday before flying to her home country, China. The panda fans gathered at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo for one last look at Xiang Xiang, the park's idol Illinois poised to mandate paid leave for nearly all workers 02/19/2023 09:52am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� When Joan Van is sick, she doesn't get paid. The East St. Louis-area restaurant server and single mother of three said she works doubles to make up the money when she or one of her children gets sick. ���You can't let your kids see you break down because you're tired and exhau DC schools requires COVID test to return from February break 02/19/2023 08:34am • Weeks after President Joe Biden announced plans to end coronavirus pandemic emergencies on May 11, students and staff across D.C. Public Schools will be taking a COVID-19 test to return from their extended break. COVID-19 rapid tests were distributed to students just before Presidents Day weekend