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Leesburg Pet Festival hosts doggy talent show, obstacle course 09/06/2023 04:08am • Do you have a four-legged friend with special talents who just might rock a doggy obstacle course? Grab a leash and head to The Village at Leesburg's Pet Festival on Saturday, Sept. 16, from 12 to 4 p.m. "We're really excited to bring it back this year for the fourth year," The Village at 5 Best Ways to Use a Credit Card 09/05/2023 08:00pm • If you're new to credit or just unsure about how to use a credit card, have a seat and get comfortable. You'll have credit clarity in about four to six minutes, depending on how fast you read this. Credit cards are very useful for building -- or rebuilding -- credit, but there are also situations wh Civil rights lawsuit in North Dakota accuses a white supremacist group of racial intimidation 09/05/2023 06:53pm • Two nonprofits have sued a white nationalist hate group in North Dakota, alleging that it committed racial intimidation by defacing businesses and public property around the city of Fargo with the group's logo and other graffiti. The lawsuit filed against Patriot Front in federal court on Friday all Idalia strengthens over Gulf of Mexico and is now predicted to hit Florida as Category 4 hurricane 09/05/2023 06:34pm • CEDAR KEY, Fla. (AP) — Florida residents living in vulnerable coastal areas were ordered to pack up and leave Tuesday as Hurricane Idalia gained steam in the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico and threatened to unleash life-threatening storm surges and rainfall. Idalia also pummeled Cuba with heavy Israeli military kills 2 Palestinians in West Bank, a militant in an army raid and a teenage gunman 09/05/2023 03:17pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops killed a Palestinian militant during an army raid in the West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, while elsewhere in the occupied territory a teenage Palestinian gunman opened fire at Israeli soldiers, wounding one before being shot and killed. The Apple App Store - Top Apps 09/05/2023 12:02pm • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. Threads, an Instagram app, Instagram, Inc. 3. MONOPOLY GO!, Scopely, Inc. 4. Google, Google LLC 5. Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies, WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 6. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 7. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 8. For juicier Turkish grilled chicken skewers, think strips not chunks 09/05/2023 08:00am • When grilled perfectly, chicken skewers come away from the fire tender and smoky. Except perfection on a grill can be elusive; they just as easily finish tough and overcooked. To ensure juicy, luscious chicken skewers every time, we started by rethinking the cut of meat. Though breast meat is the ty DC record shop embraces old-school sound of vinyl 09/05/2023 05:03am • WTOP is proud to spotlight the many small businesses that make up the D.C. region as part of our Small Business September coverage. The Small Business September series is brought to you by EagleBank. In an era dominated by digital streaming and instant gratification, running a vinyl record sh Local leader sounds off on Giant pulling national brands from Southeast DC supermarket shelves 09/04/2023 08:24pm • Laneice Moore, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner in Ward 8, shops at the Alabama Avenue Giant in Southeast D.C. all the time — and she says shoplifting at that supermarket is nothing new. "They've been doing that for years,” she told WTOP. But she said the decision to take national bra Cholesterol: Best Diet Plan and Foods to Improve Numbers 09/04/2023 08:00pm • Cholesterol is a waxy, fat-like substance found in the body and in many foods. You need some cholesterol for your cells to function normally and for your body to make hormones, vitamin D and even break down food during digestion. But cholesterol can become problematic. Skewed levels of "good" choles 1,200 Calorie Diet: Meal Plan for Losing Weight 09/04/2023 08:00pm • When it comes to losing weight, it can seem like 1,200 is the magic number. Practically every weight loss website out there has at least one (or one dozen) 1,200-calorie-a-day diet option. Even the National Institutes of Health has published a 1,200-calorie-a-day meal plan. What's so special about c Malaysian court dismisses dozens of graft charges against deputy prime minister 09/04/2023 09:41am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Malaysian court on Monday dismissed 47 corruption charges against Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi after prosecutors unexpectedly dropped the charges at an advanced stage of his trial. Zahid said the High Court approved the prosecutors' application for a di Florida fishing village Horseshoe Beach hopes to maintain its charm after being walloped by Idalia 09/03/2023 03:55pm • HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — This remote seaside enclave known as “Florida's Last Frontier” took much of the pounding from Hurricane Idalia when it struck the state's west coast as a Category 3 storm last week. The damage left behind in the fishing village of Horseshoe Beach is exposing a gul Taiwan suspends work, transport and classes as Typhoon Haikui slams into the island 09/03/2023 01:10pm • BEIJING (AP) — Much of southern Taiwan came to a standstill Sunday as Typhoon Haikui churned over towns and farmland. Residents were urged to stay home and flights, rail transport, ferry services, classes and outdoor events were suspended, but there were no reports of injuries or serious damage. Israel's Netanyahu says he wants Eritrean migrants involved in violent clashes to be deported 09/03/2023 01:02pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday he wants Eritrean migrants involved in a violent clash in Tel Aviv to be deported immediately and has ordered a plan to remove all of the country's African migrants. The remarks came a day after bloody protests by rival