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Are you bored at work? You aren't alone 02/05/2024 10:32am • Solitaire Bliss said more than four million people daily play Solitaire on its site, and it set out to see if some of that might have to do with people being bored at work. And its survey of more than 1,000 Americans found out that a lot of people are bored at their jobs. "Survey respondents s The owners of Russia's tech pioneer Yandex are selling — at a big, Kremlin-required discount 02/05/2024 09:37am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Dutch parent of pioneering Russian tech company Yandex is selling its operations in the country at a steeply discounted price of just over $5 billion to its Russia-based managers and oil company Lukoil, one of the biggest deals for Western-held companies to exit Russi South Block will take its smoothies and açai bowls beyond the DC region 02/05/2024 09:33am • Arlington, Virginia's South Block has set its sights on expanding beyond the D.C. region, and now has the financial backing to do it. South Block's first smoothie, pressed juice and açai bowl shop opened in Arlington's Clarendon neighborhood in 2011, and the chain has already grown to 15 locati Judge rejects a claim that New York's marijuana licensing cheats out-of-state applicants 02/04/2024 08:57pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a challenge to New York state’s licensing program for selling legal marijuana, a system two California applicants say unconstitutionally discriminates against out-of-state residents. The ruling Friday by Albany Judge Anne M. Nardacci may spur New Assisted Living Communities: Types of Rooms 02/04/2024 07:00pm • Independent but supported livingFor most people, it's inevitable: As you age and your health concerns increase, you'll probably need some help with previously easy tasks, such as shopping or housekeeping. Many families turn to assisted living facilities to support older relatives.These communities p Independent Living for Seniors 02/04/2024 07:00pm • For older adults, living independently for as long as possible is typically the goal. They want to remain in their own homes and take care of themselves. However, for many seniors, there comes a time when they would like to shed some daily responsibilities or would prefer to have more company. That' Shrinking international aid and enduring conflict compound earthquake misery for Syrians one year on 02/04/2024 05:06am • JINDERIS, Syria (AP) — A year ago, Sido Naji woke to his house shaking in northwest Syria. He was used to the sounds of shelling and airstrikes after more than a decade of war, but this time the assailant was a force of nature: a massive earthquake. The 16-year-old and his father managed to flee b Lunar New Year preparations in full swing at Falls Church's Eden Center 02/03/2024 11:55pm • With Lunar New Year a week away, a bustling Vietnam-centric shopping center in Northern Virginia is even busier, as families prepare for days of celebration. The Eden Center on Wilson Boulevard in Falls Church boasts that it's the heart and soul of the Vietnamese community on the east coast. O Avalanche forecasters try to curb deaths as skiers and snowmobilers flock to backcountry areas 02/03/2024 04:19pm • COOKE CITY, Mont. (AP) — As Wesley Mlaskoch motored his snowmobile across a mountain in the Montana backcountry, the slope above him collapsed into a thick slab and began rushing down the hillside. He had triggered an avalanche. Within seconds, the fury of accelerating snow flipped the snowmobile Israel issues its most detailed warning yet to Hezbollah, while the war in Gaza marks 4 months 02/03/2024 04:00pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel’s military on Saturday issued its most detailed warning yet to Hezbollah in neighboring Lebanon that it would be “ready to attack immediately” if provoked, as it recounted its actions along the northern border during four months of war in Gaza and made a rare Where the jobs are: Strong hiring in most industries has far outpaced high-profile layoffs 02/03/2024 01:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Blockbuster job growth in the past several months has coincided with high-profile layoff announcements by a number of large companies. So, how are both occurring at the same time? It's not as contradictory as it might seem. Recent job cuts have been concentrated mainly in just a Fairfax Co. police seek suspects in string of shopping center burglaries 02/02/2024 10:33pm • Fairfax County, Virginia, police are searching for suspects in connection with a series of burglaries at two shopping centers. Since Dec. 30, police said there have been five burglaries and an attempted burglary reported at the Woodlawn and Sacramento Shopping Centers. On Tuesday, police said DC launches interactive map featuring 300 historical sites in Black history 02/02/2024 05:09pm • Throughout February, WTOP is celebrating Black History Month. Join us on air and online as we bring you the stories, people and places that make up our diverse community. The nation's capital is home to key moments in Civil Rights history, and a new interactive map highlights the cultural, polit A fire set off by a gas explosion in Kenya kills at least 3 people and injures 280 others 02/02/2024 01:47pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Liquid petroleum gas cylinders exploded in an illegal depot in a residential area of the Kenyan capital, officials said Friday, setting off a late-night inferno that killed at least three people and injured 280 others. The death toll was expected to rise. The depot in Nairobi Exxon overcomes hefty charge and falling crude prices in fourth quarter to top profit expectations 02/02/2024 07:52am • Exxon Mobil's fourth-quarter revenue and profits declined along with the price of oil, and the energy giant was weighed down by a hefty impairment charge tied to regulatory issues in California. Still, it posted a healthy adjusted profit and the company raised its quarterly dividend. Shares rose 2%