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Danica Roem breaks through in Virginia Senate by focusing on road rage and not only anti-trans hate 11/11/2023 11:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lonely, poor and quite lost, Danica Roem thought she had nothing going for her back in 2016 except toned calves from toting kabobs up the stairs of apartments in Arlington, Virginia, in her dead-end food delivery job. “Picture it," Roem, now a groundbreaking politician who also Live updates | Fighting near hospitals in north Gaza, as Palestinians flee to overcrowded shelters 11/10/2023 08:56pm • Thousands of Palestinians are fleeing northern Gaza as Israel's military pushed deeper into dense urban neighborhoods in its battle with Hamas militants. Officials in the besieged enclave said the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 11,000 people. The search for safety in Gaza is growing more despe A longtime community staple, this Montgomery County McDonald's will close in December 11/10/2023 08:40pm • A McDonald’s restaurant that some customers described as the cornerstone of a Potomac, Maryland, community is expected to close its doors at the end of next month.  An online petition to keep the restaurant open said that Edens, which owns the shopping center, is refusing to renew the McDonald Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past. 11/10/2023 02:58pm • JEROME, Idaho (AP) — Behind the barbed wire, the little boy pressed his ink-covered index finger onto the mint-green exit card. And a photograph was snapped of his frightened face. Paul Tomita was four. It was July 4, 1943. Independence Day at Minidoka, a camp in the vast Idaho desert, where over Acapulco recovery moves ahead in fits and starts after Hurricane Otis devastation 11/10/2023 02:51pm • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — The 58-year-old woman, a cook by profession, toiled on a recent afternoon inside a luxury apartment with expansive views of the Pacific, putting Gucci and Dior shoes into a bag to take to her employer. Around her only the apartment’s skeleton and piles of debris, walls an DC's historic Eastern Market celebrates 150 years this weekend 11/10/2023 01:44pm • Eastern Market, which opened on Capitol Hill on Nov. 12, 1873, is preparing to celebrate 150 years. The District's oldest continually operating public market is marking the milestone anniversary with a weekend of live music, games and kid-friendly activities, including a scavenger hunt. Visito San Francisco bidding to reverse image of a city in decline as host of APEC trade summit 11/10/2023 12:09am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — World leaders, CEOs, protesters and thousands of others will soon descend on San Francisco for a global trade summit that could give the battered city a chance to reverse its image of an economic powerhouse now in decline. The annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leadersâ Two days after an indictment, North Carolina's state auditor says she'll resign 11/09/2023 07:22pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina State Auditor Beth Wood announced on Thursday that she will resign from her elected post next month, a decision coming two days after she was indicted on charges that she misused her state-owned vehicle for personal activities. Wood, a Democrat who was first el How to Get Free Money as a Student 11/09/2023 07:00pm • The average cost of college is $36,436 per student per year in 2023, according to the Education Data Initiative. But you may not have to pay for the full cost of your attendance. Before turning to student loans or dipping into your savings, consider the following free ways to get money for college. Why 'buy now, pay later' plans have become 'big debt traps' for shoppers 11/09/2023 04:31pm • Are you gearing up for the holiday shopping season? Retailers sure are, and they're offering consumers all kinds of options of pay, besides credit cards. One of those payment options is buy now, pay later. "They've been around a long time. They started out as a way that retailers could make ex Walt Disney, Twilio rise; Topgolf Callaway, Krispy Kreme fall, Thursday, 11/9/2023 11/09/2023 04:16pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Thursday: Walt Disney Co., up $5.84 to $90.34. The entertainment and theme park company beat Wall Street's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings forecasts. Twilio Inc., up 19 cents to $56. The communications software company g From Hollywood to auto work, organized labor is flexing its muscles. Where do unions stand today? 11/09/2023 03:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Once again, U.S. labor unions are flexing their muscles in the national spotlight. In Hollywood, the actors union reached a tentative deal with major studios late Wednesday to end a months-long strike. Las Vegas hotel workers also scored breakthough agreements with Caesars Entertai Avoid these 3 business mistakes during the holiday season 11/09/2023 12:07pm • A broken website. Sold-out items. Shipping delays. These conditions can be detrimental to small businesses during the holiday season, arguably the busiest time of year for retail sales. “We see some of our clients in one weekend — like over Black Friday, Cyber Monday — make more money that wee Veterans Day 2023 restaurant giveaways, specials and other deals 11/09/2023 11:33am • While Veterans Day is on Saturday, Nov. 11, some businesses will be celebrating the holiday throughout the weekend or earlier on Friday with discounts, specials and other freebies. To find out which ones may be worth visiting, here is a list of a few local and national deals to consider. Note tha Novavax sales tumble 75%, will cut another $300M in expenses 11/09/2023 11:02am • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based COVID-19 vaccine maker Novavax, which announced a restructuring this summer that included cutting its workforce by 25%, saw its third quarter revenue tumble and it plans to further reduce expenses by millions of dollars. Novavax is also making progress on its combinat