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House GOP lawmakers try to put brakes on DC speed cameras 06/17/2024 05:25pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill Correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. House Republicans are trying to prevent D.C. from using automated traffic enforcement, including speed cameras, and want to restrict District enforcement to prevent motori Tobacco-like warning label for social media sought by US surgeon general who asks Congress to act 06/17/2024 05:09pm • The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms and their effects on young people's lives, similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in the The New York Times, Dr. Vivek Murthy said that social media is a contribu The Latest | Netanyahu dissolves war Cabinet that directed Gaza conflict, Israeli officials say 06/17/2024 05:07pm • Israeli officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has dissolved the influential war Cabinet that was tasked with steering the war in Gaza. The three-person war Cabinet was dissolved a week after Benny Gantz, a popular opposition lawmaker and former military chief, quit Netanyahu's governing c Oilers fans get a Father's Day weekend gift they won't forget at the Stanley Cup Final 06/17/2024 04:22pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Father���s Day came early for Shawn Mullin and his 9-year-old daughter, Audrey. Despite the Oilers falling behind 3-0 in the Stanley Cup Final against the Florida Panthers, they decided to make the six-plus-hour drive to Edmonton from their home in Swift Current, Saska California firefighters gain ground against big wildfires after hot, windy weekend 06/17/2024 03:50pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Firefighters increased their containment of a large wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles on Monday after a weekend of explosive, wind-driven growth along Interstate 5. The Post Fire was 8% surrounded after scorching more than 24 square miles (61 square kilometers) and forc Heavy rains set off landslides in Ecuador, killing at least 6 and leaving dozens missing 06/17/2024 03:25pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) ��� A landslide surged over a highway in central Ecuador on Sunday, killing at least six people and leaving 30 others missing, authorities said as heavy rains pummeled the country and caused rivers to overflow. The flood of mud and debris plowed down the hillside and hit three c DP World Tour Schedule 06/17/2024 03:00pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Dean Burmester) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Joaquin Niemann) Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Louis Oosthuizen Bryson DeChambeau wins another US Open with a clutch finish to deny Rory McIlroy 06/17/2024 02:51pm • PINEHURST, N.C. (AP) ��� Bryson DeChambeau climbed back into the most famous bunker at Pinehurst No. 2, this time with the U.S. Open trophy instead of his 55-degree sand wedge, filling the silver prize with grains of sand to commemorate the best shot of his life. Rory McIlroy wanted to bury his head The Danish king inaugurates the first element of a road-and-rail tunnel linking Denmark to Germany 06/17/2024 01:07pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Danish King Frederik X inaugurated Monday the first element of a future 18-kilometer (11-mile) rail-and-road tunnel under the Baltic Sea that will link southern Denmark to northern Germany and contribute to the transport sector's green transition. The Fehmarn link, whic The share of 'boring' vehicle colors is rising 06/17/2024 12:30pm • Odds are good that the color of vehicle you���re driving is a safe choice. Grayscale colors ��� black, white, silver or gray ��� are the most popular sellers. And increasingly so. ���We���ve seen grayscale grow from roughly 60% of the market 20 years ago to 80%," said Karl Brauer at iSeeCars.c Heat wave begins Monday, bringing hotter weather and higher temperatures to DC area 06/17/2024 09:36am • After an ideal summer weekend for wandering outdoors, forecasts for the D.C. region this week see temperatures climbing upward, with heat indexes possibly breaking 100 degrees. Stay inside ��� and stay cool. Here's what you need to know. Starting Monday, an extended run of 90-degree days begin At least 9 dead, dozens injured as trains collide in India's Darjeeling district, a tourist hotspot 06/17/2024 08:09am • NEW DELHI (AP) ��� A cargo train rammed into a passenger train in India's eastern state of West Bengal on Monday, killing at least nine people and injuring dozens of others, officials said. Television channels showed video of one train rammed into the end of the other, with one compartment rising ve 'The Outsiders' wins best musical and 'Stereophonic' best play as women make strides at Tony Awards 06/17/2024 07:46am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� ���The Outsiders,��� a gritty adaptation of the classic young adult novel, became the essence of a Broadway insider on Sunday, winning the Tony Award for best new musical on a night when women made strides. The musical based on the beloved S. E. Hinton book is about rival gangs of China keeps lending rate unchanged as data show housing market is still struggling 06/17/2024 06:14am • BANGKOK (AP) ��� China's central bank kept a key lending rate unchanged on Monday, choosing not to loosen credit as data for May showed signs of persisting weakness in the world's No. 2 economy's manufacturing and real estate sectors. The central bank kept its rate for 1-year medium-term lending fa The trial of a US reporter charged with espionage in Russia is to begin June 26 06/17/2024 04:09am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� The espionage trial in Russia of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich will begin on June 26 and will be held behind closed doors, a statement from the court that will hear the case said Monday. Gershkovich, a U.S. citizen, has been behind bars since his March 2023 arrest and