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Food is too good to waste! 08/14/2024 12:08pm • This content is sponsored by the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection. The Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Recycling and Resource Management Division continues efforts to increase awareness to residents, businesses and organizations about ways to The paint is dry on Banksy's animal-themed street art that appeared across London over 9 days 08/14/2024 11:28am • LONDON (AP) — On the 10th day, after creating the mountain goat, elephants, pelicans, a rhinoceros and a gorilla, among other animals, Banksy rested. The elusive street artist's menagerie that appeared around London over nine consecutive days apparently came to a conclusion after a final mural sur Groceries are expensive, but they don't have to break the bank. Here are some tips to save 08/14/2024 11:07am • NEW YORK (AP) — If you’ve noticed that you’re paying more than before for the same amount of groceries, you’re not the only one. Inflation is easing, but grocery prices are still high — up 21%, on average, since inflation started to surge more than three years ago. Unlike some other items, People with ADHD are turning to AI apps to help with tasks. Experts say try it cautiously 08/14/2024 11:00am • Becky Litvintchouk didn’t think she’d be able to manage the mountain of tasks needed to become an entrepreneur. Every other part of her life has been overwhelming because of ADHD, which can impact her ability to concentrate. So, she turned to AI. The app Claude helps her decide which contracts Seeds are gifts from nature, says a major organic producer. So now it's going to give them away 08/14/2024 10:26am • NAPLES, New York (AP) — A major organic seed company has surprised its supporters by announcing it will end sales and give hundreds of varieties away, declaring “we can no longer commodify our beloved kin, these seeds, or ourselves.” The Cocozelle zucchini, now $14.25 per 100 seeds? No charge. German court suspends the government's ban of a far-right magazine pending an appeal ruling 08/14/2024 10:03am • BERLIN (AP) — A German federal court on Wednesday suspended a ban that the government imposed last month on a far-right magazine, ruling that it can keep publishing while judges mull its appeal in depth. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser banned Compact magazine and the company that publishes it, Comp Using data and technology to make streets safer in Falls Church 08/14/2024 05:55am • A new traffic control box has been installed at a Falls Church intersection, the first step of a yearslong initiative that aims to turn the Northern Virginia jurisdiction into a "smart city." The project, which the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute's Division for Technology Implementation is Whoa! Heaven let your light shine down on Va. as Collective Soul celebrates 30 years at Jiffy Lube Live 08/14/2024 04:50am • Some of the best alternative-rock hits of the '90s are about to echo across Prince William County. This Saturday, Collective Soul rocks Jiffy Lube Live in Bristow, Virginia, on a triple bill that includes fellow '90s sensations Edwin McCain and Hootie & The Blowfish. WTOP caught up wit Japanese executive convicted in Myanmar for selling rice above set prices returns home 08/14/2024 02:00am • TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese business executive has returned home from Myanmar following his release from more than a month of detention after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules, his company said Wednesday. Hiroshi Kasamatsu, a director of the Myanmar supermarket Aeon Orange, was in custod 3 dead in grenade attacks on a store selling national flags ahead of Pakistan's Independence Day 08/13/2024 09:42pm • QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected militants hurled hand grenades at a house and a store selling Pakistani national flags in the restive southwestern Baluchistan province on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding six others ahead of Pakistan’s 77th independence day. The separatist Baluch Libe Tennessee reaches long-term deal with Knoxville-based Pilot to preserve name of Neyland Stadium 08/13/2024 06:31pm • Tennessee announced on Tuesday a long-term deal with travel-center giant Pilot that will preserve the names of Neyland Stadium and Shields-Watkins Field while giving the Knoxville-based company prominent signage throughout the stadium, including on the playing surface. Financial terms of the agreeme Bangladesh's ex-Premier Hasina calls for probe into killings during unrest that led to her ouster 08/13/2024 05:54pm • DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh's former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina called on Tuesday from self-exile in India for an investigation into those responsible for the killings of students and others during weeks of violent protests that prompted her ouster. Hasina, who stepped down and fled Bang DC puts the spotlight on local entrepreneurs for National Black Business Month 08/13/2024 05:00pm • August is National Black Business Month, when Black-owned businesses are celebrated, and leaders in D.C. are marking the occasion by visiting and highlighting entrepreneurs in the area. "We're recognizing Black-owned businesses," said Nina Albert, D.C.'s deputy mayor for planning and economic dev Man charged with attempted murder in stabbing of 11-year-old girl in a London tourism hot spot 08/13/2024 08:33am • LONDON (AP) — A man accused of stabbing an 11-year-old girl in London’s bustling theater district was charged Tuesday with attempted murder. Ioan Pintaru put the girl in a headlock and stabbed her eight times, seriously wounding her, prosecutors said. The girl was hospitalized and required plas In one region of Senegal, girls can become wrestlers — and win. But only until marriage 08/13/2024 01:15am • MLOMP, Senegal (AP) — It’s almost dusk, and the West African heat is finally faltering. In Mlomp, a village in southern Senegal, dozens of teenagers in colorful jerseys are throwing each other to the ground to the rhythm of Afrobeats against a backdrop of palm trees. It's a common sight across S