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Code Orange: Smoke leads to another air quality alert in DC region 07/17/2023 05:43pm • Bad news: The D.C. region is in for another round of smoke from Canadian wildfires early this week. Air quality levels reached Code Orange throughout the WTOP listening area on Monday afternoon due to smoke originating from Canada. A sensor at Northwest D.C.'s McMillan Reservoir noted an air qual

Book Review: Colson Whitehead pens entertaining, uneven sequel to 2021 bestseller 'Harlem Shuffle' 07/17/2023 05:26pm • ��Crook Manifesto�� by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) In his bestselling 2021 crime novel ��Harlem Shuffle,�� Colson Whitehead introduced the complicated character of Ray Carney, a Black furniture store owner and small-time fence clawing his way into the middle class while resisting the urge to fo

Carlee Russell returns home after search, but no word from Alabama police on where she'd been 07/17/2023 03:04pm • HOOVER, Ala. (AP) �� A 25-year-old woman who vanished from the side of an Alabama interstate after calling 911 to report seeing a toddler there is now home safe, but police have not released details about what happened to her or where she was during their two-day search. Here��s what we know abou

How to Invest Money to Make Money 07/16/2023 08:00pm • Several behavioral patterns emerge among investors again and again, in my experience as an advisor. One happens with people who understand the need to diversify to reduce risk and, over time, increase the chances of a better return. However, despite that "head knowledge," plenty of those investors s

Sun comes out, but severe storms still possible in DC region through Sunday evening 07/16/2023 02:00pm • Another day of wet weather, heat and humidity brought flood and thunderstorm warnings to portions of the D.C. region. Here's what you need to know. In anticipation of a large storm system, the National Weather Service had originally issued a flood watch for the area until 8 p.m. Sunday, but that

With dreams, and caffeine, former Afghan pilot strives to bring family to US 07/15/2023 09:10am • ROANOKE, Va. (AP) �� Gripping a wrench and pulling back with all his might, Tashmorad Qara loosened the heavy cap on a fire hydrant. When the water spouted, he took a sample, closed the hydrant at a Roanoke apartment complex, then he and his partner headed off for the next one. Qara likes his job a

Movies and TV shows affected by Hollywood actors and screenwriters' strikes 07/14/2023 04:08pm • Hollywood productions and promotional tours around the world have been put on indefinite hold as actors join writers on the picket lines as they seek new contracts with studios and streaming services. Late-night talk shows and many television productions were put on long-term hiatus due to the write

Hollywood's actors are joining screenwriters on strike. Here's why and what happens next 07/14/2023 12:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) �� Hollywood actors are joining screenwriters in the first dual strike from the two unions in more than six decades, with huge consequences for the film and television industry. Here is a look at how it has played out, why it's happening, and what could come next. WHAT LED TO THE

Second season of Apple TV+'s 'Foundation' digs 'even deeper' into a galaxy-striding series 07/13/2023 11:57am • NEW YORK (AP) �� A sprawling, mighty galaxy was created in season one of ��Foundation." Now it's time to rip it up. Season two of the ambitious Apple TV+ sci-fi series flashes forward some 140 years and it's quickly clear that the clones who form the authoritarian order in the galaxy are losing th

��Succession�� tops Emmy nominations with 27 as ��Last of Us�� and ��White Lotus�� give HBO top 3 spots 07/12/2023 06:29pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) �� HBO dominated Wednesday morning��s Emmy nominations, with the elite trio of �� Succession,�� The White Lotus�� and ��The Last of Us�� combining for a whopping 74, but the dominant theme darkening the scene is the ongoing writers strike and the looming possibility that a

List of top Emmy nominations 07/12/2023 12:36pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) �� Partial list of top nominees for the annual prime-time Emmy Awards, announced Wednesday by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. For the complete list, visit Emmys.com. The nominees for best drama series are: ��Succession��; ��The White Lotus��; ��The Last of Us��

Vandals in Naples destroy seminal artwork by 90-year-old Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoletto 07/12/2023 09:21am • MILAN (AP) �� Vandals set fire and destroyed a seminal artwork by one of Italy��s most famous living artists early Wednesday outside Naples�� City Hall. By the time flames were doused, all that was left of the installation by Michelangelo Pistoletto was a charred frame. Pistoletto's artwork, titl

Chip maker Foxconn exits a semiconductor joint venture with Indian mining company Vedanta 07/12/2023 07:22am • NEW DELHI (AP) �� Electronics giant Foxconn backed out of a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Indian mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd. due to ��external issues unrelated to the project,�� it says, in a potential setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitions to build a chipmakin

Review: Idris Elba is riveting in Apple thriller 'Hijack' 07/12/2023 03:54am • Since launching in 2019, Apple TV+ has become a source of comedy with "Ted Lasso," "Trying," "Shrinking" and "Platonic." However, the streamer has recently brought its "A" game into more dramatic territory, from sci-fi series like "Severance" and "Silo," to the riveting new airline thriller m

27 Top Places to See Fall Foliage in 2023 07/11/2023 08:00pm • There's no other time of year quite like fall. Brisk, cool mornings give way to sun-warmed afternoons, and the dropping temperatures create a kaleidoscope of colors as the leaves change before winter sets in. The displays of color are different across the U.S., but they're all brilliant when leaf-pe