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Activists in Europe mark the anniversary of Mahsa Amini's death in police custody in Iran 09/16/2023 01:59pm • LONDON (AP) — Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to mark the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini, the 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Iran last year, sparking worldwide protests against the country's conservative Islamic theocracy. Chanting “Women Hundreds protest against the Malaysian government after deputy premier's graft charges were dropped 09/16/2023 11:24am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Hundreds of people staged an anti-government rally Saturday in the Malaysian capital, accusing Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim of helping his key ally escape prosecution in exchange for political support. Prosecutors unexpectedly dropped 47 corruption charges against Dep Dozens of Syrians are among the missing in catastrophic floods in Libya, a war monitor says 09/16/2023 11:11am • BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian dentist, a confectioner who made mouthwatering Arabic sweets, a carpenter. Syrians from all walks of life had left their war-torn country for the Libyan city of Derna over the past years, looking for work and better opportunities. Now, dozens of them are missing and feared Former top US diplomat sentenced in Qatar lobbying scheme 09/15/2023 07:30pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top U.S. ambassador was sentenced to three years of probation and ordered to pay a $93,350 fine Friday for improperly helping a wealthy Persian Gulf country influence U.S. policy and for not disclosing gifts he received from a disgraced political fundraiser. Richard G. O California targets smash-and-grabs with $267 million program aimed at 'brazen' store thefts 09/15/2023 06:20pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will spend $267 million to help dozens of local law enforcement agencies increase patrols, buy surveillance equipment and conduct other activities aimed at cracking down on smash-and-grab robberies happening around the state. Officials from the California Highw Sports on TV for September 16 - 17 09/15/2023 04:55pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, September 16 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (MEN’S) 5:15 a.m. FS2 — AFL Playoffs: Greater Western Sydney at Port Adelaide, Semifinal AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL (WOMEN’S) 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Gold Coast at Collingwood A Great Frederick Fair kicks off with Gin Blossoms, Sugar Ray and cornucopia of food, rides 09/15/2023 02:53pm • There are plenty of county fairs in our region, but you can't beat the views in Frederick, Maryland. Nestled beside the beautiful Catoctin Mountains at the end of the Carroll Creek river walk, The Great Frederick Fair returns Friday, Sept. 15 through Saturday, Sept. 23. The annual family New Astro Beer Hall in Shirlington will feature big outdoor patio 09/15/2023 11:01am • D.C.'s Astro Doughnuts & Fried Chicken will open its second Astro Beer Hall on Tuesday in Arlington, Virginia's Shirlington neighborhood. The new location, at 4001 Campbell Avenue, was previously occupied by Capital City Brewing Company, which closed in 2018. The new Astro Beer Hall is a foll Biden's Medicare price negotiation push is broadly popular. But he's not getting much credit 09/15/2023 10:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trumpeting Medicare's new powers to negotiate directly with drugmakers on the cost of prescription medications — but a poll shows that any immediate political boost that Biden gets for enacting the overwhelmingly popular policy may be limited. Three-quar Maryland advocates are pressing for a lower voting age in local elections 09/15/2023 08:52am • Common Cause Maryland is encouraging local officials to allow more young people to vote in local elections. The nonprofit advocacy organization, based in Annapolis, posed a question in a recent mass email: “Do you agree with lowering the voting age to 16 for local elections so young people can A German tailor who specializes in bespoke lederhosen is in high demand ahead of Oktoberfest 09/15/2023 02:04am • BAD HINDELANG, Germany (AP) — As Germany’s city of Munich prepares to tap the kegs for Oktoberfest this weekend, Bavaria state residents and foreign regulars of the world’s most conspicuous beer party are getting ready to drink and celebrate while showing off their traditional lederhosen and d Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream 09/14/2023 11:49pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed to share — everything from your real-time location information to private financial details. Even if you could identify these data brokers, there isn't UAW poised for midnight strike at plants in Wayne, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, and Wentzville, Missouri 09/14/2023 11:46pm • DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three vehicle assembly plants as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers. The factories include a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, After days of heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes in New England, Hurricane Lee up next 09/14/2023 09:28pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes in New England could be a prelude to something more dangerous lurking offshore — Hurricane Lee. As the Category 1 system swirled southwest of Bermuda, Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday d Italy works to transfer thousands of migrants who reached a tiny island in a day 09/14/2023 08:01pm • LAMPEDUSA ISLAND, Italy (AP) — A migrant reception center in Italy’s southernmost island of Lampedusa was overwhelmed Thursday as authorities worked to transfer to the mainland thousands of people who arrived on small, unseaworthy boats in a 24-hour span this week. The Red Cross said there were