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What’s the No. 1 Easter candy in the DC area?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

toggle audio on and off change volume download audio WTOP's Kyle Cooper reports on the most popular Easter candy in the D.C. area $(function () { $('.wtop-audio-container .fa-play').on('click', function(){ var audio_filename = $('div.wtop-audio-file').data("mp3-url"); ga('send', 'event', 'Audio', 'play', audio_filename); }); }); Easter is this weekend, and our shopping carts are giving up what we love to eat this time of year.A new Insta-Cart shopping app analysis finds that when it comes to residents’ favorite candy for Easter across Maryland, Virginia and D.C., it’s not Starburst Jelly Beans, or even Peeps. Reese’s...

El desempleo baja al 3.5% en EEUU, a pesar del aumento de las tasas de interés

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

 La tasa de desempleo en Estados Unidos bajó una décima en marzo y se situó en el 3.5 %, una de las más bajas en los últimos 50 años, según datos publicados este viernes por la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales (BLS, por sus siglas en inglés).En el tercer mes del año se crearon 236,000 nuevos puestos de trabajo, 75,000 menos que en febrero, de manera que 5.8 millones de estadounidenses se encuentran sin empleo.Con el aumento de las tasas de interés de la Reserva Federal para frenar la inflación, lo que se esperaba era ver un crecimiento laboral sostenido, por lo que el reporte de marzo es alentador para el gobierno de Joe Biden. Incluso, podría indicar que el país se está alejando de una posible recesión.Si se comparan los reportes de los últimos meses, las cifras de marzo podrían decepcionar a algunos sectores, teniendo cuenta que en enero se crearon 472,000 empleos y 326,000 puestos de trabajo en febrero. Esos 236,000 puestos de trabajo en marzo están por debajo de las expectativa...

Full list of concerts at Red Rocks in April

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — The temperatures are warming up outside and one of the most beautiful music venues in the country will be packed this month with live performances.Whether you want to check out Trevor Hall, Wiz Khalifa, or someone else, there will be a wide variety of options in April. See the full list of concerts at Fillmore Auditorium for 2023 April concertsHere is a look at the full list of concerts that will take place at Red Rocks Amphitheatre in April:April 1: Dom DollaApril 2: Dom DollaApril 6: MersivApril 7: TchamiApril 8: Boogie TApril 12: YeatApril 13: SubtronicsApril 14: SubtronicsApril 15: Bob Moses & Ben BohmerApril 16: DaybreakerApril 18: Boris BrejchaApril 19: The Marley BrothersApril 20: The Marley BrothersApril 21: Sofi TukkerApril 22: Wiz Khalifa & Joey Bada$$April 23: Svdden DeathApril 25: Goth BabeApril 26: PeekabooApril 27: Gorgon CityApril 28: Sublime w...

3 new ‘Star Wars’ movies coming, including Rey’s return

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

LONDON (AP) — For “Star Wars” lovers, new entertainment is a little less far, far away — Lucasfilm announced three new live-action films in the franchise Friday.The news, which includes the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey in one of the films, was revealed at Star Wars Celebration Europe 2023 in London by Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy and also on the Star Wars website. Directing the movies will be James Mangold, Dave Filoni and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy. Kennedy brought the directors onstage for the announcement.Mangold’s film will return to the dawn of the Jedi. Filoni’s will be about the New Republic, and “will close out the interconnected stories told in ‘The Mandalorian,’ ‘The Book of Boba Fett,’ ‘Ahsoka,’ and other Disney+ series,” the announcement said. Obaid-Chinoy’s movie will focus on the events after “The Rise of Skywalker,” and feature Ridley back as Rey “as she builds a new Jedi Order.”Mangold directed “Logan” and the upcoming “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny...

Kanye West sued by 2 former Donda Academy teachers

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

VENTURA COUNTY, CA. (WSVN) – Two former teachers of Donda Academy, a private school, owned by Kanye West are suing for $1 million, claiming wrongful termination.“Things were just chaotic, there was no order, they didn’t have sound curriculum. My other serious complaint was that children were being given sushi every day, that was it. From January 17th until March 3rd the kids had sushi for lunch,” said Cecilia Hailey, one of the teachers suing. Hailey and her daughter, Chekarey Byers, claimed they were fired from Donda Academy in March in retaliation for reporting code violations. The suit also stated wages were often incorrect, the school didn’t have a nurse, and medications, sometimes expired, were stored in an unsecured closet.West has not commented on this matter.

Texas homeowner speaks out after glitch in iPhone app sends users to wrong location

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

RICHMOND, Texas (WSVN) — A glitch in the popular “Find My iPhone” app has been sending people to the wrong location in Texas. According to homeowner Scott Schuster, people have been showing up at his door at all hours of the night, convinced that their lost devices are inside his house.“It’s frustrating for everyone involved,” said Schuster. “I have to wake up and go open the door and explain to them that I don’t have their device, and people don’t tend to believe you.”The glitch, which Schuster said has been ongoing despite his attempts to report it to Apple, is causing significant stress for the homeowner and his family. He is worried that one of the people who show up at his door could become violent, putting him and his young children in danger.“I have to worry about irrational people who might be angry or drunk or have had a rough night,” he said. “That’s my biggest concern. Someone coming to th...

Udonis Haslem, Heat reflect on rare 20-year NBA career

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

MIAMI (AP) — This story would never have been told if Udonis Haslem’s mother hadn’t moved from Miami to Jacksonville. Or if his stepbrother hadn’t been so smart about an airball. Or if Atlanta signed him in 2002. Or if San Antonio did in 2003.Any of those things happen differently, it all changes. He probably wouldn’t be with the Miami Heat right now. Maybe never.Haslem, the NBA’s oldest active player at 42 and a three-time champion, is in the final days with his hometown team. He’s the third player to spend a two-decade career with one franchise, joining Dallas’ Dirk Nowitzki and the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant.“All I’ve ever tried to do is take care of my people, take care of my city,” Haslem said. “I think that’s why I can sit down with the mayor and commissioners, or I can sit down with people in the ’hood, and be comfortable either way. It’s because of the sacrifices that I’ve made for this city.”Heat President Pat Riley is more succinct.“Udonis is Miami,” Riley...

Israel launches strikes in Lebanon and Gaza after barrage of rockets fired across border

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

(CNN) — Tensions continued to simmer after Israel struck Palestinian militant targets in southern Lebanon and Gaza on Friday, raising the specter of a wider regional escalation in the wake of police raids on the al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem.The strikes came hours after dozens of rockets were fired from Lebanon into Israeli territory, an attack the Israeli military blamed on Palestinian militants. The barrage from Lebanon was the largest since a 2006 war between the two countries.Violence continued to spiral on Friday afternoon when two Israeli sisters — aged 16 and 20 — were killed and their mother was seriously wounded in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank.The Israeli military says it was on high alert, calling up an unspecified number of reservists amid what it described as “very volatile times.”Lt. Col. Richard Hecht, international spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said that it was dealing with a “convergence of frontier...

94 new affordable housing units open in San Diego

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

SAN DIEGO -- Affordable housing options are expanding in San Diego, according to the County Communications Office.A grand opening event was held Thursday in celebration of a new apartment building on Ulric Street in Linda Vista, officials said. There are now 96 new affordable housing options for families and individuals. How to get on a waitlist for affordable housing in San Diego The apartments, which were developed by local non-profit Community HousingWorks, include studio units, along with one, two and three-bedroom spaces that are large enough for families.There are also 10 units reserved young people who have aged out of the foster care system and 10 apartments for unhoused veterans, the communications office explained."I couldn't get an apartment even though I had the money because I didn't have the right credentials," explained local veteran Mathew Barge, who the county said was living on the streets. "I didn't have credit, you know, those type of things that keep you from ...

Family doctor shortage skyrockets during COVID-19 pandemic

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 15:36:58 GMT

People looking for family doctors have skyrocketed during the pandemic to 415,000 and new data shows those who the lowest income have been especially impacted.The Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP) is calling for real change in the province after a report released by Inspire Primary Health Care showed at least 72,000 people lost their doctor between March 2020 and 2022.In Toronto, a higher proportion of individuals with the lowest income — 120,700 in the west end, north of the city core and in Scarborough — are without a family doctor compared to higher income-earners.Across the province, more than 2.2 million Ontarians are without a family doctor, compared to 1.8 million in 2020.The researchers also believe these numbers are underestimated because they don’t include babies born or people who moved to the city after 2019.Other vulnerable Torontonians impacted include at least 203,000 who live in racialized neighbourhoods, 54,000 who suffer from mental illn...