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Believers gather at Bavarian pilgrimage town to mourn pope 12/31/2022 02:14pm • ALTOETTING, Germany (AP) ��� Mourners lined up quietly in the gold-adorned Collegiate Church of Altoetting in Pope Benedict XVI���s Bavarian homeland to pay condolences to one of this German region's most famous sons, who died on Saturday. Parents held their children's hands tightly, older couples a Afghan war orphan remains with Marine accused of abduction 12/31/2022 12:17pm • The Afghan woman ran down the street towards her friend���s apartment as soon as she heard the news: the White House had publicly weighed in on her family���s case. Surely her child, who she says was abducted by a U.S. Marine more than a year ago, would now be returned, she thought. She was so excit Barbara Walters, news pioneer and 'The View' creator, dies 12/31/2022 12:12am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who blazed the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a career remarkable for its duration and variety, has died. She was 93. ABC broke into its broadcast to announce Walters' death on air Frida Pediatrician: New Year's resolutions can help kids form new, healthy habits 12/30/2022 09:27pm • A D.C.-area doctor says setting New Year's resolutions with your child could help them start to form new healthy habits. "The start of the New Year is a great time to help kids to make or form good habits, and New Year's resolutions can be a fun way to do this," said Dr. Anisha Abraham, the actin S&P 500 closes out dismal year with worst loss since 2008 12/30/2022 07:25pm • Wall Street capped a quiet day of trading with more losses Friday, as it closed the book on the worst year for the S&P 500 since 2008. The benchmark index finished with a loss of 19.4% for 2022, or 18.1%, including dividends. It's just its third annual decline since the financial crisis 14 year Twins Taylor, Tyler Rogers relish chance pitch in same 'pen 12/30/2022 06:20pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Minutes after Taylor Rogers insisted that he and identical twin Tyler are way past their days of pulling pranks, his brother did just that. ���We���re not tricksters,��� Taylor had declared. Then, just as Taylor began to finish his introductory video call with the Giants, joi Woman sues Steven Tyler, alleging child sex assault in 1970s 12/30/2022 06:16pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� A woman who has previously said Steven Tyler had an illicit sexual relationship with her when she was a teenager is now suing the Aerosmith frontman for sexual assault, sexual battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The lawsuit brought by Julia Misley was filed Enmanuel, college player with 1 arm, becomes an inspiration 12/30/2022 05:34pm • Hansel Enmanuel paused for a moment and then reached for his left leg. ���I���m going to show you something I haven���t shown nobody,��� he said, slowly lifting the leg of his sweatpants until the leg is exposed to the thigh. ���Look.��� He pointed to scar after scar after scar down the length of t Enmanuel, college player with 1 arm, becomes an inspiration 12/30/2022 05:33pm • Hansel Enmanuel paused for a moment and then reached for his left leg. ���I���m going to show you something I haven���t shown nobody,��� he said, slowly lifting the leg of his sweatpants until the leg is exposed to the thigh. ���Look.��� He pointed to scar after scar after scar down the length of t Argentines have tattoo fever following World Cup triumph 12/30/2022 04:42pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) ��� Argentina has tattoo fever. Sometimes it���s to fulfill a promise, other times as a way to say thank you or simply to immortalize on the skin what was by all accounts an unforgettable moment. Argentina���s victory in the soccer World Cup tournament in Qatar has sudd Bucs' Gabbert, brothers rescue people in Tampa chopper crash 12/30/2022 04:20pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ��� Buccaneers backup quarterback Blaine Gabbert became an unexpected hero Thursday when a helicopter crashed into Hillsborough Bay in Tampa. He and his two brothers were cruising nearby on jet skis, checking out from afar some of the sail boats at a yacht club, when they heard a �� COVID testing requirements for students in DC, Montgomery Co., and Fairfax Co 12/30/2022 02:12pm • Winter break won't be over for D.C. public school students until they take a COVID-19 test. Meanwhile, kids in neighboring Montgomery County, Maryland, and Fairfax County, Virginia, are being strongly encouraged to do so. D.C. The test confirming D.C. children aren't sick needs to be taken on Mond Indiana blocks Chinese-owned app TikTok from state devices 12/29/2022 09:10pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Indiana has blocked the Chinese-owned social media app TikTok from state devices, its technology office said Thursday. The Indiana Office of Technology ���blocked TikTok from being used in our state system and on our state devices��� as of Dec. 7, office spokesman Graig Lubsen Life sentence for North Carolina man in boy's shooting death 12/29/2022 07:27pm • WILSON, N.C. (AP) ��� A man charged in the fatal shooting of a 5-year-old boy in 2020 has been sentenced by a North Carolina judge to life in prison without parole as part of a plea agreement. Darius Nathaniel Sessoms, 28, of Wilson, entered an Alford plea to a first-degree murder charge on Thursda Becoming a Native American Studies Major: What to Know 12/29/2022 07:00pm • Majoring in Native American studies gives students a chance to learn or increase their knowledge of the history and current experiences of Indigenous peoples in the U.S. The emergence of this academic discipline began in the late 1960s and early 1970s, stemming from the civil rights movement and stu