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City of Frederick to ban businesses from giving out plastic bags 12/24/2023 08:02pm • The city of Frederick, Maryland, is banning businesses from giving out plastic bags starting in the new year. Customers will have to bring their own bags to stores to shop for items like food, clothes and hardware starting Jan. 1, 2024. Businesses can offer paper bags as an alternative. The ci In a troubled world, Christians strive to put aside earthly worries on Christmas Eve 12/24/2023 06:51pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Christians around the world were striving on Christmas Eve to put aside the worries and fears of an unsettled, war-torn world as they prepared to celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Before leading Sunday Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, Cardina On Christmas Eve, Bethlehem resembles a ghost town. Celebrations are halted due to Israel-Hamas war. 12/24/2023 01:16pm • BETHLEHEM, West Bank (AP) — The typically bustling biblical birthplace of Jesus resembled a ghost town Sunday after Christmas Eve celebrations in Bethlehem were called off due to the Israel-Hamas war. The festive lights and Christmas tree that normally decorate Manger Square were missing, as were A man is killed and a woman injured in a 'targeted' afternoon shooting at a Florida shopping mall 12/24/2023 11:58am • OCALA, Fla. (AP) — A man died in a shooting at a shopping mall in central Florida two days before Christmas in which the victim was “targeted” for the attack, police said. Ocala Police Chief Mike Balken told reporters Saturday evening that the man was killed after he was shot multiple times As starter in the Cotton Bowl, QB Devin Brown gets a chance to show he can be No. 1 for Ohio State 12/24/2023 10:10am • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Devin Brown can thank the transfer portal for his first career start at quarterback for Ohio State, coming up against Missouri in the Cotton Bowl. Brown, the backup this season, was named the starter more or less by attrition when Kyle McCord decided to transfer. Now Brown ha 11th-hour holiday shoppers brave the mall on 'Super Saturday' to secure last-minute gifts 12/23/2023 05:53pm • The last Saturday before Christmas — also known as Super Saturday — was expected to be busy, according to research firm Sensormatic Solutions. Such was the case at Westfield Montgomery Mall in Bethesda, Maryland, where there was no shortage of last-minute shoppers seeking gifts for friends and f A rebel attack on Burundi from neighboring Congo has left at least 20 dead, the government says 12/23/2023 01:34pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — At least 20 people have been killed in Burundi following an attack by a rebel group based in the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, a Burundian government spokesman said Saturday. Among those killed were 12 children and three women, two of whom were pregnant, spokesman 'Thrifting' is growing in popularity this holiday season 12/23/2023 10:48am • Thrifting, or shopping for secondhand items, appears to be having a moment. One store owner said that's why the term 'Thriftmas' is gaining some traction this holiday season. "I've seen an increase in secondhand gift-giving," Carmen Lopez, CEO and founder of consignment retailer Current Boutique, Key takeaways from AP’s look at the emerging wave of sports construction in the US 12/23/2023 01:08am • A new round of stadium construction is underway for professional sports teams across the U.S., and taxpayers will be helping to pay the multi-billion-dollar tab. The wave of construction has seen teams chasing both repairs and luxurious additions. Some teams have sought new public funding for the Plans abounding for new sports stadiums across the US, carrying hefty public costs 12/23/2023 01:05am • Standing on a portable stage erected at home plate of the Milwaukee Brewers ballpark, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers recently praised the professional baseball team as an “essential part” of the state's “culture and identity” and “economic success.” With fanfare, Evers then signed off on $500 Shop Black, small and locally in DC this holiday season 12/22/2023 06:43pm • On Friday, many people were ditching the big box stores and instead supporting Sycamore & Oak's Southside Holiday Market in Southeast D.C. The retail space located on the former's St. Elizabeth campus features 13 local, Black-owned businesses such as The Museum DC. Co-owner Le'Greg Harrison a Pacific storm that unleashed coastal flooding pushes across Southern California into Arizona 12/22/2023 02:49pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lightning crackled offshore as a blustery Pacific storm crossed the San Diego coast and pushed eastward through desert areas into Arizona early Friday after flooding communities northwest of Los Angeles. As millions scrambled to finish holiday shopping or headed out onto highway Federal Reserve's favored inflation gauge tumbles in November as prices continue to ease 12/22/2023 11:19am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve’s preferred measure of prices fell last month, another sign that inflation is easing and that Americans should benefit from reduced interest rates and get relief from painful price shocks in 2024. Friday's report from the Commerce Department showed that U.S. Still haven't bought holiday gifts? Retailers have a sale for you 12/22/2023 10:59am • NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers are stepping up sales and other enticements in the final days before Christmas to lure shoppers who've been waiting for the best deals, or who didn’t have the time or the urge to wrap up gift-buying early. Incentives to spend last minute are an extension of ongoing effo What stores are open and closed on Christmas Eve? See hours for Walmart, CVS, Costco and more 12/22/2023 09:46am • NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas Eve is almost here. But before running out the door for some last-minute gifts or final tree trimmings ahead of Santa's visit, you might want to double-check the hours of the stores you're headed to. Business closings on Christmas Eve are less common than those on Christm