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Europe's economy shrank. For households that are hurting, it's just numbers 06/08/2023 11:03am • LONDON (AP) — The European economy contracted slightly at the end of last year and beginning of 2023, revised figures showed Thursday, underlining the impact of the loss of Russian natural gas and high inflation on consumer spending. Economic output in the 20 countries that use the euro currency d In 'The Blue Caftan,' Moroccan film director tackles LGBTQ+ love and celebrates embroidery craft 06/07/2023 11:03pm • As Mina gets increasingly sick, her body withering away, her husband dotes on her: He washes her hair, helps her change, brings the sweetness of a fruit to her lips. But underneath the genuinely tender moments shared by this on-screen Moroccan couple simmers a longing — of a forbidden kind. In her Medicare Allowance Explained: What You Need to Know 06/07/2023 08:00pm • Medicare is a federal health insurance program, but many people are unaware that by taking the time to explore your options, you could get some extras from your plan. Some programs even provide food, fitness and other perks to eligible members. You probably have seen television commercials featuring What Is Bright Line Eating? 06/07/2023 08:00pm • Some people looking to lose weight initially have success on a diet but eventually drift off the plan, and the weight piles back on. This yo-yo effect is common and is the reason why many dietitians say that diets don't work. One person, however, claims to have the solution to this ongoing problem, In Jerusalem's contested Old City, shrinking Armenian community fears displacement after land deal 06/07/2023 03:54am • JERUSALEM (AP) — A real estate deal in Jerusalem's Old City, at the epicenter of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, has sent the historic Armenian community there into a panic as residents search for answers about the feared loss of their homes to a mysterious investor. The 99-year lease of some 2 House conservatives block GOP bills, voice frustration in response to last week's debt ceiling vote 06/06/2023 08:22pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House conservatives staged a mini-revolt Tuesday in retaliation for Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s leadership on last week’s vote to raise the debt ceiling, the right wing banding together to block progress on a mixture of bills and vent their frustration. Led by outspoken members 'Shopping cart killer' suspect's first trial delayed, awaiting sanity evaluation 06/06/2023 08:14pm • The first trial for "shopping cart killer" suspect Anthony Eugene Robinson, which was scheduled to begin this August in Harrisonburg, Virginia, will be delayed, as his attorney has yet to receive a mental health evaluation to determine whether Robinson was insane when he allegedly killed two women  How Alexandria police plan to keep kids safe as school year ends 06/06/2023 05:34pm • The Alexandria Police Department in Virginia is launching an end-of-the-school-year safety strategy following the fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old student last year. Chief Don Hayes said the plan will be deployed in the entire city, but focuses around the Bradlee Shopping Center, where the stabbi New recognition for Maryland’s oldest-settled region 06/06/2023 05:21pm • It was founded more than a century before the United States was formed, and it was one of the first places you could practice your religion freely, whatever it was. Now, Southern Maryland is celebrating its designation as a National Heritage Area. “This is a national story, and that’s why it� A boat carrying 180 Rohingya refugees vanished. A frantic phone call helped untangle the mystery. 06/06/2023 01:14pm • TEKNAF, Bangladesh (AP) — The wind had whipped the waves to nearly three times the woman's height when her panicked voice crackled over the phone. “Our boat has sunk!” Setera Begum shouted, as a storm threatened to spill her and around 180 others into the inky black sea south of Bangladesh. � Apple App Store - Top Apps 06/06/2023 11:46am • App Store Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Max: Stream HBO, TV, & Movies,WarnerMedia Global Digital Services, LLC 2. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 3. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 4. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 5. YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Google LLC 6. CapCut - Vid Police in South Florida arrest 3 suspects in Memorial Day beach shooting 06/06/2023 07:53am • HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Police in South Florida arrested two suspects over the weekend and a third on Monday following a Memorial Day shooting along a busy beachside promenade that injured nine people. Detectives from the Hollywood Police Department took Ariel Cardahn Paul, 16, into custody on Sund 'Cheers' bar sells for $675,000 at Dallas auction of items from classic TV shows 06/05/2023 04:30pm • DALLAS (AP) — The bar from the television series “Cheers” sold for $675,000 at auction over the weekend, garnering the highest bid among the nearly 1,000 props, costumes and sets from classic TV shows offered up from a collection amassed by one man over more than three decades. Heritage Auctio GM to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, plants 06/05/2023 03:07pm • FLINT, Michigan (AP) — General Motors plans to invest more than $1 billion in two Flint, Michigan, manufacturing plants for the production of the next-generation internal combustion engine heavy-duty trucks. Gerald Johnson, executive vice president, Global Manufacturing and Sustainability, said M Local high school theater honored at Brandon Victor Dixon Awards 06/05/2023 12:38pm • It may be Tonys week on Broadway in New York City, but here in the nation's capital local high school theater got the spotlight at the Brandon Victor Dixon Awards, held Saturday night at National Theatre in D.C. The ceremony honored local musical theater productions at public, private and cha