The folks behind the new animated The Cat in the Hat are pretty confident they’ve got the cat in the bag. It hasn’t even opened yet and there are onscreen references to possible movie spinoffs for the jet-powered magical couch and The Things. As the credits roll, the titular feline even gets into the act:...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Federal authorities have charged an Oklahoma man with sending hundreds of letters containing nonhazardous white powder to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be yeast or flour, though not all letters have been fully tested, the FBI said in a court filing made...

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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) Kenya on Tuesday released five Ebola patients after they tested negative for the virus and showed no symptoms, leaving only two patients undergoing supportive care. Health officials expressed optimism over the countrys progress in containing the outbreak, with no new infections reported. The Ministry of Health said the five patients ...

After making history as Howard Countys first Black county executive, Calvin Ball announced Monday he will step down this month to become interim president at Baltimore City Community College.

LONDON (AP) An unidentified celebrity lost a bid Tuesday for a U.K. court injunction to block two news organizations from publishing allegations against him. Lawyers for Independent Television News and the Guardian newspaper’s publisher told the High Court last month that the allegations they wanted to publish were about the man’s abuse of power...

Top Paid Books (US Bestseller List) 1. A Court of Splintered Harmony by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury Publishing) 2. The Hollow by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company) 3. Chain Reaction by Andrew Child & Lee Child (Random House Publishing Group) 4. The Girl in the Lake by Brian Sitts & James Patterson (Little, Brown...

Top Movie Purchases and Rentals (US) 1. Verity 2. Spider-Man: Brand New Day 3. Practical Magic 2 4. The End of Oak Street 5. The Dog Stars 6. Obsession (2026) 7. Coyote vs. Acme 8. Halloween 9. Insidious: Out of the Further 10. By Any Means

Top New Shows (US) 1. METRO with Sarah Koenig, Serial 2. Deceived: The Daybell Story, KSL Podcasts 3. The Builders, iHeartPodcasts 4. Midnight Radio, iHeartPodcasts 5. The Better Question with Kaitlyn Schiess, Holy Post Media 6. The Gilded Rage, AYR Media 7. So Anyway starring Briley King, Briley King 8. Life Hax, The Washington Post...

ST. JOHNS, Antigua (AP) King Charles III called the transatlantic slave trade a shameful chapter of history during a speech Tuesday at the official opening of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Antigua. Charles spoke just days after British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he is open to making a formal apology and...

The Wild Fish Conservancy has sent notice to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and NOAA Fisheries it intends to sue over management of sport and commercial salmon fisheries in Kodiak, Chignik and Alaska Peninsula waters, alleging violations of the Endangered Species Act. Nearly nine out of ten Chinook salmon caught in commercial fisheries...

Taco Bell sales in the U.S. are climbing again after a cyclospora outbreak over the summer slowed business. Taco Bells same-store sales, or sales at locations open at least a year, have been outperforming the U.S. fast-food industry since the end of September, according to Yum Brands, which owns Taco Bell. We are really pleased...

LONDON (AP) Jurors have begun considering their verdicts in the trial of Russell Brand on charges of rape and sexual assault. After three weeks of argument and evidence, Judge Joel Bennathan told the jury at Londons Southwark Crown Court that they must reach a unanimous decision. I can only accept a verdict that is...

WASHINGTON (AP) US job postings jumped sharply in September, a sign that hiring could pick up.

NEW YORK (AP) The New York Liberty have fired coach Chris DeMarco after only one season, the franchise announced Tuesday. DeMarco came to New York in December after serving for more than a decade as an assistant with the Golden State Warriors. He had no prior WNBA experience before guiding the Liberty to the...

BERLIN (AP) Several flights across Europe received alleged bomb threats Tuesday that ultimately turned out to be hoaxes but prompted searches, diversions and, in one case, an escort by the Italian Air Force until landing, officials said. The impacted airlines included Polish airline LOT, Scandinavian Airlines and Ryanair. No one was injured and none...

WASHINGTON (AP) The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday in a case brought by Catholic preschools that say its unconstitutional to exclude them from a state-funded program over their admissions policy for LGBTQ+ families, the latest religious-rights case before the conservative-majority court. Colorado says their refusal to admit kids from those ...

My friend Josie gets more lemons than she knows what to do with from the tree growing in her California backyard, and she doesnt have to give it much thought over the winter. But here in New York, my trees grow in pots that have to move in and out of the house with the...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) The chief of a top trans-Atlantic security grouping visited Belarus on Tuesday for the first time in seven years as the countrys authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has sought to normalize ties with the West. Feridun Sinirlioglu, the secretary-general of the Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, ...

A woman was killed and a teenage girl was critically injured in an early morning shooting in Langley Park, Prince George's County police said.

Sweetie is ready to find a family who will cherish her and allow her to blossom into the amazing companion she is meant to be. Is that you?

ASUNCIN, Paraguay (AP) Paraguays central bank seized a major digital lender with close ties to President Santiago Pea early Tuesday, throwing the savings of millions of customers and hundreds of millions of dollars in public funds into limbo. The Central Bank of Paraguay said that its board voted unanimously Monday to put Ueno Bank...

Miss Bea is a true beauty, and at 70 pounds, she is as sweet and gentle as they come, and all she hopes for is a soft couch to spend her senior years on.

WTOP morning anchors John Aaron and Kristin Diaz and take you through the latest local news from the D.C., Maryland and Northern Virginia region.

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) Expeditors International of Washington Inc. (EXPD) on Tuesday reported third-quarter profit of $344.5 million. The Bellevue, Washington-based company said it had net income of $2.65 per share. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was ...