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A journalist tells Mexico's president his supporters attacked her; he reacts with scorn, disinterest 08/13/2024 05:04pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� A reporter told Mexico���s president Tuesday that his supporters had harassed her when she was trying to cover an event in June, and complained that his polarization of Mexican society has put journalists at risk. When she asked him what he would do about it, President Andr��s M San Francisco prosecutors charge 26 pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked Golden Gate Bridge 08/13/2024 04:48pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� San Francisco prosecutors have charged 26 protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge for hours in April to demand a cease-fire in Gaza. The protest on April 15 was one of many held by pro-Palestinian demonstrators who blocked roadways around the country, causing traffic jam Senegal's media outlets stage a blackout day to bring attention to press freedom concerns 08/13/2024 04:37pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) ��� Media organizations in Senegal staged a blackout day on Tuesday to protest a government crackdown they say targets them directly and is aimed at curtailing press freedoms in the West African country. Television screens went blank on the main TV stations TFM, ITV and 7 TV, an Editorial Roundup: United States 08/13/2024 03:42pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 7 The Washington Post on Biden's team and Guantanamo Bay The United States had an opportunity to close a chapter on a sad, decades-long saga when the government reached a plea deal with three men accused of plotting the Sept. 11, Maryland company to auction off Jeffrey Epstein���s 'black book' 08/13/2024 02:10pm • Elkton, Maryland-based Alexander Historical Auctions, known for auctioning historic letters and documents, will put a personal address and telephone book of the late Jeffrey Epstein up for bids. The auction will be held Friday. Alexander Historical Auctions calls it ���one of the most provocative A conservative gathering provides a safe space for Republicans who aren't on board with Trump 08/13/2024 02:05pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� At the Republican National Convention and multiple rallies since, former President Donald Trump has been greeted as a hero who narrowly escaped assassination and is destined to lead a new American golden age. At a recent conservative conference in Georgia, there was a different vibe Why Trump's and Harris' proposals to end federal taxes on tips would be difficult to enact 08/13/2024 06:52am • Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris agree on one thing, at least: Both say they want to eliminate federal taxes on workers��� tips. But experts say there���s a reason Congress hasn���t made such a change already. It would be complicated, not to mention enormously costly to Indians wanting their money back for undelivered Teslas shows how drastically the EV market changed 08/13/2024 01:06am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) ��� In April 2016, Elon Musk invited Indians to preorder the upcoming Tesla Model 3. Vishal Gondal was one of the first to sign up, paying a $1,000 deposit for a car that never arrived. The founder and CEO of a health-tech startup called GOQii in India���s financial capital Mumb Judge rules against RFK Jr. in fight to be on New York���s ballot, says he is not a state resident 08/12/2024 10:28pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� A judge ruled Monday that independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.���s name should not appear on New York���s ballot, saying that he falsely claimed a New York residence on nominating petitions despite living in California. The scion of the famed Democratic pol North Dakota voters to weigh in again on marijuana legalization 08/12/2024 04:30pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) ��� A ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota has qualified for the November election, the state's top election official said Monday. That sets up another vote on the issue in the conservative state after voters and lawmakers rejected previous efforts Hunter Biden's lawyers say claims about foreign business dealing have no place in upcoming tax trial 08/12/2024 11:12am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Hunter Biden's lawyers say prosecutors are inappropriately trying to insert ���politically-charged��� allegations about his foreign business dealings into the upcoming federal tax trial against the president's son. Special counsel David Weiss' team told the judge last week that How to get relief from unexpectedly high medical bills 08/12/2024 05:18am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Unexpectedly high medical bills are common in the United States, but there are ways to get relief. According to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, one in five Americans are affected by outstanding medical debt, for a total cost of $88 billion. In a 2022 study, the bureau fo 'As a mother of 4 kids, it���s too much': What a Fairfax Co. mom spends on school supplies ��� and how she saves 08/12/2024 04:46am • From vaping, the cost of school supplies to cellphone policies, the WTOP team is studying up on hot-button topics in education across the D.C. region. Follow on air and online in our series�����WTOP Goes Back to School�����this August and September. Crayons, pencils, notebooks ��� even headph Bangladesh protests are not the first time student uprisings have helped bring about radical change 08/12/2024 01:05am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign. The demonstrations began peacefully weeks ago and were primarily led by students frustrated with the system that t Best Morning Sickness Remedies During Pregnancy 08/11/2024 08:00pm • Pregnancy is a beautiful experience, but it can be uncomfortable too. One of the many discomforts of pregnancy is morning sickness, a term that refers to the all-too-common queasiness that can occur in your first trimester of pregnancy. Despite its name, morning sickness can strike at any time of th