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Hot days ahead for DC area: Heat emergency plan in effect this week 06/16/2024 05:52pm • D.C., Maryland and Virginia are starting a streak of 90-degree days this week as Juneteenth and the Summer Equinox ��� the longest day of the year and the beginning of astrological summer ��� creep ever closer. Here's what you need to know. After a calm, breezy and fairly sunny Father's Day weeke Police identify Michigan splash pad shooter but there's still no word on a motive 06/16/2024 03:40pm • ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) ��� Authorities on Sunday identified the man who opened fire at a splash pad in suburban Detroit before taking his own life, but his motives remained unknown as investigators worked to determine if he left behind any hint of his plans. Oakland County Sheriff���s spokesper Missouri man drives stolen truck onto a runway behind plane that had just landed in St. Louis 06/16/2024 02:11pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� A Missouri man has been charged with driving a stolen truck onto a runway behind a plane that had just landed at St. Louis' airport while fleeing police before eventually crashing into an officer's car. The Thursday morning incident was detailed in court documents that were filed Shooting in Detroit suburb injures 9, leaving an 8-year-old in critical condition 06/16/2024 10:32am • ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. (AP) ��� Nine people were injured, including two young children and their mother, after a shooter opened fire at a splash pad in a Detroit suburb where families gathered to escape the summer heat Saturday. Police tracked the shooter to a home, where the man apparently shot him Man suspected of attempted armed robbery struck dead by car in Prince George's Co. 06/16/2024 09:58am • A man who police said was a suspect in an attempted armed robbery was struck by a car and killed outside a home in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, early Friday morning. Prince George's County police said officers went to a gas station in the 9200 block of Crain Highway around 12:50 a.m. to speak with a An AP photographer was looking for a cricket match but instead found a most surprising kids game 06/16/2024 09:52am • PARIKA, Guyana (AP) ��� Award-winning photographer Ramon Espinosa has been with The Associated Press since 2000. He has been covering everyday life in Cuba since 2010. Currently, he is traveling the Caribbean for the T20 Cricket World Cup. Looking for cricket played by locals, not professionals, he 4 Florida officers indicted for 2019 shootout with robbers that killed a UPS driver and passerby 06/16/2024 08:57am • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Four Florida police officers have been indicted for manslaughter in connection with a 2019 shootout on a busy rush-hour street that left a hijacked UPS driver and a passerby in a nearby car dead. A grand jury indicted Miami-Dade County officer Rodolfo Mirabal, 39, wit Noted Japanese author Haruki Murakami is happy with first animated adaptation of his short stories 06/16/2024 06:35am • TOKYO (AP) ��� Renowned Japanese author Haruki Murakami expressed joy with how several of his short stories were adapted in American director Pierre F��ldes' animated film ���Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman", adding he wanted to see future interpretations of his work with filmmakers��� own spin. The Ja Don't take all your cash with you to the beach and other tips to avoid theft during a Hawaii holiday 06/16/2024 01:42am • HONOLULU (AP) ��� Honolulu police recently received some attention on social media for recommending beachgoers not leave their valuables unattended and instead take those items with them into the ocean in a waterproof bag. But the police and the Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii, a nonprofit organizat Mayer takes overtime win in Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway 06/15/2024 07:24pm • NEWTON, Iowa (AP) ��� Sam Mayer knew winning the overtime restart of Saturday's NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Iowa Speedway was all about choosing the right line. And Mayer knew the top line was best on a track where everyone has been getting a weekend education on where to run. Mayer took the lead NASCAR's Cup Series comes to Iowa, but it's not the same track the drivers remember 06/15/2024 04:00pm • NEWTON, Iowa (AP) ��� Christopher Bell likes that the NASCAR Cup Series will be at Iowa Speedway for the first time. Heading into Sunday's race, the .875-mile track isn���t quite the one he remembers. Bell has seven top-five finishes in nine starts at the track in NASCAR���s other series, including UK government demands an explanation after police ram a runaway cow with a squad car 06/15/2024 12:44pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s interior minister on Saturday demanded an ���urgent explanation��� after police officers were filmed ramming a runaway cow with their car. The Surrey Police force said it had referred itself to the police ethics watchdog over the incident. The force said officers responde Martin Truex Jr. announces his retirement from full-time racing in NASCAR's Cup Series 06/15/2024 12:36pm • NEWTON, Iowa (AP) ��� Martin Truex Jr. announced Friday he will retire from full-time racing at the end of the season, saying it was time to live by his own schedule after 19 years in NASCAR's Cup Series. ���I mean, it���s as simple as just not having a crazy schedule where, you know, you���re 40 we 4-year-old boy found dead inside SUV in Northeast DC 06/15/2024 11:02am • A 4-year-old boy was found dead inside a vehicle in Northeast on Friday evening, according to D.C. police. Police told WTOP officers were called to Galloway Street and South Dakota Avenue NE in the Fort Totten neighborhood shortly after 5 p.m., for the report of an unconscious child in a car. Hush your ride: Noise abatement cameras could come to Montgomery Co. to crack down on excessive car noise 06/15/2024 05:25am • Montgomery County has speed cameras and red-light cameras. Soon, noise-detecting cameras could be joining the traffic enforcement tools used across the Maryland county. Montgomery County Council Vice President Kate Stewart and District 6 Council member Natali Fani-Gonzalez are working on legislat