Washington Wizards News
Machado's daughter accepts Nobel Peace Prize in Venezuelan opposition leader's absence
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's daughter accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on her mother's behalf Wednesday, hours after officials said Machado would miss the ceremony.
Source: Washington Times
Sound baths find new home in churches, temples and synagogues
With eyes closed and a small mallet in hand, the Rev. Kyohei Mikawa gently struck the bronze Himalayan singing bowl resting in his palm and bathed the Buddhist sanctuary in a resonant hum.
Source: Washington Times
New York parents sue AG James over crackdown on anti-trans speech at school board meetings
Some parents and students are worried about a biological boy using the girls' locker room in Massapequa, New York, but if Kerry Wachter lets them air their views during school board meetings, she…
Source: Washington Times
South Korea to require advertisers to label AI-generated ads
South Korea will require advertisers to label their ads made with artificial intelligence technologies from next year as it seeks to curb a surge of deceptive promotions featuring fabricated experts…
Source: Washington Times
Paramount says China's Tencent withdrew from its Warner Bros bid to avert national security issues
Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review.
Source: Washington Times
Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families are taking back power from tech giants but warned…
Source: Washington Times
Rod Paige, first Black man to serve as U.S. secretary of education, dies at 92
Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation's landmark "No Child Left Behind" policy as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday.
Source: Washington Times
Rod Paige, first Black to serve as U.S. secretary of education, dies at 92
Rod Paige, an educator, coach and administrator who rolled out the nation's landmark "No Child Left Behind" policy as the first African American to serve as U.S. education secretary, died Tuesday.
Source: Washington Times
Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost…
Source: Washington Times
Trump says National Guard member who survived shooting 'got up from bed'
President Trump said Tuesday that Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, the National Guard member who survived last month's ambush attack in the District of Columbia, got up from bed.
Source: Washington Times
Trump stumps for his economic success story to counter Democrats' 'affordability' narrative
President Trump returned to campaign mode to sell his economic agenda as the cure for Americans' frustration at the high cost of food and household goods, telling a Pennsylvania crowd that their…
Source: Washington Times
NASCAR chairman refuses to budge on team charters in testimony during Jordan's lawsuit
NASCAR Chairman Jim France testified Tuesday in Michael Jordan's federal antitrust lawsuit against his family that he still has not changed his mind on granting teams permanent charters, and evidence…
Source: Washington Times
Cam Whitmore's start with the Wizards is vindicating the Rockets decision to move on
Cam Whitmore's start to his Wizards tenure is making the Rockets decision to move on look justified.
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West Africa is in a state of emergency after several coups, bloc leader says
Coups and attempted coups in West Africa, along with escalating security challenges, have left the region in a state of emergency, a leader of the regional bloc said Tuesday.
Source: Washington Times
Federal judge orders release of sealed Jeffrey Epstein files under new transparency law
A federal judge has approved the Justice Department's request to release sealed files from Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking case, including materials from the prosecution of his accomplice Ghislaine…
Source: Washington Times
Democrat wins Miami mayor's race for the first time in nearly 30 years
Democrat Eileen Higgins won the Miami mayor's race on Tuesday, defeating a Republican endorsed by President Donald Trump to end her party's nearly three-decade losing streak and give Democrats a boost…
Source: Washington Times
Cam Whitmore Is showing Washington the same warning signs the Rockets saw
Cam Whitmore's issues from Houston seem to have followed him to the DMV.
Source: Wiz of Awes
Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown
Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump…
Source: Washington Times
Appeals court rules in favor of Pentagon's limits on transgender troops
A federal appeals court gave a boost Tuesday to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's limits on transgender troops, saying that a lower court that tried to block him didn't show enough deference to his…
Source: Washington Times
U.S. military flies 2 fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela as scrutiny of pressure campaign grows
The U.S. military flew a pair of fighter jets over the Gulf of Venezuela on Tuesday in what appears to be the closest American warplanes have come to the South American country's airspace since the…
Source: Washington Times
