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Amazon begins offering physical products in games, VR 05/09/2023 01:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Amazon wants you to buy something while you’re having fun. On Tuesday, the company launched a new service, called “Amazon Anywhere,” that will allow customers to purchase physical products from its online store while playing video games or interacting in virtual reality. Wi DC Plant Week nurtures long-term relationship with living beauty 05/09/2023 01:07pm • Instead of buying mom some flowers this year for Mother's Day, help her grow her own. And the timing couldn't be better — this week is DC Plant Week, from May 8 to May 14 — and it gives you a chance to celebrate more than 20 locally-owned plant stores in the week leading up to Mother's Day. Apple App Store - Top Apps 05/09/2023 11:27am • Top Free iPhone Apps (US): 1. Temu: Shop Like a Billionaire, Temu 2. Instagram, Instagram, Inc. 3. TikTok, TikTok Ltd. 4. YouTube: Watch, Listen, Stream, Google LLC 5. CapCut - Video Editor, Bytedance Pte. Ltd 6. Facebook, Meta Platforms, Inc. 7. Gmail - Email by Google, Google LLC 8. Google, Google Column: Lee Westwood chose money and his European tour fate 05/09/2023 11:03am • Lee Westwood has every reason to be sad about the end of his European tour career. Westwood once relished the memory of playing 20 tournaments in a row on the European tour schedule until he finally won his first career title in the Volvo Scandinavian Masters. Was he determined to keep playing until Gift Guide: For cooks with a craving for sustainability 05/09/2023 10:40am • This time of year can be a big gift-giving moment, with Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, graduations, weddings and more. And whatever the occasion, if the recipient enjoys spending time in the kitchen, then food and kitchen-related gifts are a natural place to start. More and more of us are shopping Urban Edge Properties: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/09/2023 07:19am • NEW YORK (AP) — NEW YORK (AP) — Urban Edge Properties (UE) on Tuesday reported a key measure of profitability in its first quarter. The New York-based real estate investment trust said it had funds from operations of $39 million, or 32 cents per share, in the period. Funds from operations is a c As key votes loom, Turkish parties vow to send migrants home 05/09/2023 02:27am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — For Nidal Jumaa, a Syrian from Aleppo, life in Turkey is tough. He works part-time at a furniture workshop and collects plastics and cardboard from trash cans that he sells for recycling, but can hardly afford the rent for his run-down house in a low-income neighborhood of An Stalled gun bill advances in Texas after new mass shootings 05/09/2023 12:48am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Facing new pressure over gun violence in Texas after two more mass shootings, Republicans on Monday unexpectedly allowed a bill that would raise the purchase age for semiautomatic rifles from 18 to 21 to advance out of a House committee — even though the proposal has almost Sudan doctors: At least 100 killed in Darfur clashes 05/08/2023 09:33pm • CAIRO (AP) — Clashes that erupted last month between armed fighters in a city in Sudan’s restive Darfur region killed at least 100 people, according to Sudan’s Doctors Syndicate. Hospitals were still out of service in the Darfur city of Genena and an accurate count of the wounded was still har Posts show mall gunman researched attack, had Nazi tattoos 05/08/2023 09:15pm • DALLAS (AP) — The man accused of killing eight people and wounding several others in a mass shooting at a suburban Dallas shopping mall researched when it was busiest and posted photos on social media in mid-April of a store near where he ultimately started his attack. The posts by Mauricio Garcia Ukraine, Sudan conflicts fuel alarming surge in tuberculosis 05/08/2023 08:39pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Top U.N. officials, health industry leaders and activists demanded Monday that the world invest more to develop new vaccines and tackle a surge in tuberculosis fueled by the impact of COVID-19 and conflicts including Ukraine and Sudan. At a crowded meeting punctuated by activ 14 Easy Ways to Pay Off Debt 05/08/2023 08:00pm • If you're struggling to manage your debt and don't have a plan to pay it off, start here. These easy ways to cut down your debt include financial strategies recommended by experts as well as simple tips to improve your money habits. Before you start repaying you debts, first make a list of each one Ed Sheeran reacts to court victory, new album and Disney+ documentary 'The Sum of It All' 05/08/2023 04:34pm • Ed Sheeran is breathing a sigh of relief after a jury found last week that he did not steal key components of Marvin Gaye’s classic 1973 tune "Let’s Get It On” to create his own Grammy-winning song “Thinking Out Loud" in 2014. Sheeran joined WTOP's sister station, The Mix in Chicago, to Opening statements begin for fatal NY limo crash trial 05/08/2023 03:28pm • SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine company operator on trial for a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York was portrayed by a prosecutor Monday as directly responsible for the deaths, while a defense lawyer argued he was simply in the dark about mechanical problems likely to blame for the Tony winner Laura Benanti hosts 'Broadway in Bethesda' gala at Round House Theatre 05/08/2023 01:17pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” In 2008, she won the Tony Award for the Broadway revival of the musical "Gypsy." This Saturday, Laura Benanti hosts “Broadway in Bethesda” gala at Round House Theatre. "It's basically standup comedy and musi