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Pair of giant pandas set to travel from China to San Diego Zoo under conservation partnership 04/29/2024 05:51am • SAN DIEGO (AP) ��� A pair of giant pandas will soon make the journey from China to the U.S., where they will be cared for at the San Diego Zoo as part of an ongoing conservation partnership between the two nations, officials said Monday. The San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance said its caretakers rec Teens plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people after Sydney bishop was stabbed, police allege 04/29/2024 02:54am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Four teenagers plotted to buy guns and attack Jewish people days after a bishop was stabbed i n a Sydney church, according to police documents cited in news reports on Monday. Five teens, aged 14 to 17, were charged in a Sydney court on Thursday last week with a range o World Maternal Mental Health Day: Nonprofit shares how day aims to help new moms struggling with mental health 04/29/2024 12:54am • A day of worldwide support aims to help new moms struggling with mental health conditions. Jennifer Davis with her two children, Jordyn, 11, and AJ, 4. (Courtesy Jennifer Davis) Maryland-based Jennifer Davis remembers the mood swings, loneliness and sadness shortly after leaving the hospital Millions of Afghans made Pakistan home to escape war. Now many are hiding to escape deportation 04/29/2024 12:07am • KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) ��� Born and raised in Pakistan to parents who fled neighboring Afghanistan half a century ago, an 18-year-old found himself at the mercy of police in Karachi who took his cash, phone and motorbike, and sent him to a deportation center. Scared and bewildered, he spent three da How to Get a Home Loan When You're a Single Parent 04/28/2024 08:00pm • Single parents face unique financial challenges that many two-parent households do not. The emotional and financial toll of being the sole provider and dealing with the high costs of childcare can make homeownership feel out of reach. Fortunately, there are programs available to make it easier for s Osteoarthritis, Osteoporosis and Osteopenia: What's the Difference? 04/28/2024 08:00pm • What's in a name? Well, if it's osteoporosis, osteopenia and osteoarthritis, for starters, a shared prefix. "Osteo" means bone, and that matching descriptor also spells confusion for many seniors, who are disproportionately affected by each of the conditions. Besides sounding similar, a major shared 5 Areas Where Inflation Is Highest 04/28/2024 08:00pm • For more than three years, readings from the U.S. consumer price index, or CPI, have been well above the Federal Reserve's long-term inflation target of 2%. Americans have likely noticed prices surging for goods and services ranging from groceries to insurance to housing to transportation. Unfortuna 'Fix the problems in the communities': National Harbor businesses, visitors react to emergency youth curfew 04/28/2024 06:25pm • The waterfront and Ferris wheel at National Harbor, Md. (WTOP/Shayna Estulin) There was mixed reaction to a curfew at National Harbor for children 16 and younger that went into effect on Friday at the popular waterfront boardwalk in Prince George's County, Maryland. Delores, general manager a WTOP Book Report: Reporter-turned-author Christina Estes unveils debut mystery novel 'Off the Air��� 04/28/2024 05:36am • This story was written as part of the WTOP Book Report series written by Terik King.��Read more of that coverage. Award-winning journalist Christina Estes steps into the realm of fiction with her debut mystery novel, "Off the Air��� (Minotaur Books), introducing readers to the tenacious Phoen 3 children in minivan hurt when it rolled down hill, into baseball dugout wall in Illinois 04/27/2024 03:35pm • WOODSTOCK, Ill. (AP) ��� Three children were hurt when the minivan they were in rolled down a hill Saturday morning into a concrete baseball dugout in northern Illinois' Woodstock. The children, ages 12 and 13, were hospitalized with mild to moderate injuries. They were among four children in the pa 'Bitter end': Georgetown Foxtrot manager describes shock of store's abrupt closure 04/27/2024 10:44am • After delighting Washingtonians with its eclectic catalog of snacks for the past three years, Foxtrot Market, an upscale take on the everyday corner store, has closed its doors. Amid D.C.'s evolving culinary landscape, Foxtrot's departure leaves behind a legacy of community-oriented spaces, i As Charles announces a return to public-facing duties, a look at recent events involving the royals 04/27/2024 09:42am • LONDON (AP) ��� King Charles III is on the comeback trail. The 75-year-old British monarch will slowly ease back into public life after a three-month break to focus on his treatment and recuperation after he was diagnosed with an undisclosed type of cancer. In a nod to the help he���s received recen Migration roils US elections. Mexico sees mass migration too, but its politicians rarely mention it 04/27/2024 09:03am • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) ��� Republican activists gathered in a school lunchroom last month to hear political pitches from candidates and agreed on the top issue in the Denver suburbs these days: immigration. The area has been disrupted by the arrival of largely Venezuelan migrants coming north through Tennessee governor signs bills to allow armed teachers nearly a year after deadly Nashville shooting 04/26/2024 10:26pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) ��� Tennessee teachers and staff will be allowed to carry concealed handguns on public school grounds under legislation signed into law by Gov. Bill Lee on Friday. Lee, a Republican, had announced his support for the proposal just the day before while flanked by top Republican Trump's lawyers try to discredit testimony of prosecution's first witness in hush money trial 04/26/2024 09:44pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Donald Trump's defense team attacked the credibility of prosecutors' first witness in his hush money case on Friday, seeking to discredit testimony detailing a scheme to bury negative stories to protect the Republican's 2016 presidential campaign. On the witness stand for a fourth