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After the sun, comes the rain: DC area sees heavy storms and hail as humidity brings temps up 08/29/2024 07:30pm • After a hot and humid day dried the ground, a wave of thunderstorms with heavy winds descended on the D.C. area, prompting flash flood warnings across the region. Here's what you need to know. Between 1.5 to 3 inches of rain are expected, adding onto the already 2-4 inches of rain that have f 2 men plead not guilty to killing former 'General Hospital' actor Johnny Wactor 08/29/2024 06:52pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Two men charged with murder in the killing of former ���General Hospital��� actor Johnny Wactor pleaded not guilty Thursday in a Los Angeles court. Robert Barceleau and Sergio Estrada, both 18, entered the pleas through attorneys to charges of murder, grand theft and attempted Investigators say dispatching errors led to Union Pacific train crash that killed 2 workers 08/29/2024 06:19pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) ��� Dispatching errors combined with the failure of two backup systems allowed a Union Pacific train to slam into 75 railcars that had been parked on a side track for nine months in Southern California two years ago, killing an engineer and a conductor, according to a report issued Woman found dead before police kill husband on I-95 bridge and discover boy's body in vehicle 08/29/2024 06:11pm • KITTERY, Maine (AP) ��� A man being pursued in the killing of his wife in New Hampshire was shot by police and tumbled from the Interstate 95 bridge that connects the state to Maine, officials said Thursday. Their 8-year-old boy was found dead in the back seat of the father's vehicle afterward. The High winds, possibly from a tornado, derail 43 train cars in North Dakota 08/29/2024 05:47pm • STEELE, N.D. (AP) ��� Tornadic winds knocked nearly four dozen train cars off a track in North Dakota, part of a storm system that spurred reports of five tornadoes across the Dakotas. BNSF Railway spokesperson Kendall Sloan said a train was stopped due to a tornado warning Wednesday night near the Edmunds: The four biggest mistakes people make when buying a new car 08/29/2024 01:00pm • Car buyers have more tools than ever to get the right vehicle at the right price. Still, mistakes can happen quite easily. Often, car buyers get blinded by emotion or rushed timing. Edmunds��� experts reveal the four biggest mistakes car shoppers often make and offer tips to avoid them. Trading in a Normally nervous Norris not feeling extra pressure heading into Italian GP amid F1 title chase 08/29/2024 12:56pm • MONZA, Italy (AP) ��� Lando Norris claimed he���s not feeling the pressure ��� no more than normal at least. Norris secured a dominant victory at the Dutch Grand Prix last time out to continue to chip away at Max Verstappen���s lead at the top of the Formula One standings. The McLaren driver moved t Turkish drone shot down by Iraqi air defenses over northern city of Kirkuk 08/29/2024 12:41pm • IRBIL, Iraq (AP) ��� Iraqi air defenses shot down a Turkish drone Thursday morning over the northern city of Kirkuk, Iraqi military officials said. The incident came as the two countries have been attempting to develop closer economic and security ties, raising concerns amid the already volatile sec Floods in Yemen kill at least 33 people, damage more than 200 homes 08/29/2024 12:10pm • CAIRO (AP) ��� Floods that swept through a district in northern Yemen this week have killed at least 33 people and damaged more than 200 houses, a local official said. Heavy rains that began Tuesday as part of Yemen���s monsoon season have caused major flooding and unleashed rockslides in the Melhan Darlington honors the late Cale Yarborough at his hometown track where he won five Southern 500s 08/29/2024 12:05pm • DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) ��� Cale Yarborough used to sneak under the fence as a child at Darlington Raceway, planning for the day when he would dominate at the hometown track known as ���Too Tough To Tame.��� Yarborough, the Hall of Fame driver who died at age 84 this past New Year's Eve, soon enough l Children's book to blame for fire inside car, North Carolina officials say 08/29/2024 10:58am • BURKE COUNTY, N.C. (AP) ��� North Carolina officials determined the cause of a fire inside a car in Burke County was a children's book. A child's car seat was set ablaze when a ���button battery��� in a children's book caught fire after being left in the vehicle on Sunday, according to the George Hi Rookie F1 driver Colapinto laughs off Messi comparisons as excitement rises in Argentina 08/29/2024 10:50am • MONZA, Italy (AP) ��� Rookie driver Franco Colapinto laughed off comparisons to Lionel Messi as he prepares to become the first Argentine to race in Formula One for 23 years. Colapinto has been drafted by Williams to replace the axed Logan Sargeant for the rest of the season, starting this week at t Tropical storm Shanshan lashes Japan with torrential rains and strong winds on its crawl northeast 08/29/2024 08:40am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A strong storm lashed southern Japan with torrential rain and strong winds Thursday, causing at least three deaths as it started a crawl up the length of the archipelago and raised concerns of flooding, landslides and extensive damage. Tropical storm Shanshan made landfall Thursday mo Lawyer blames psychiatric disorder shared by 3 Australian Christian extremists for fatal siege 08/29/2024 05:37am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� Three Christian extremists would probably not have fatally shot two police officers and a bystander in an ambush on a rural Australian property and wounded a third officer two years ago if they had not shared the same psychiatric disorder, a coroner was told on Thursday Ohtani and his dog share first-pitch duties before Dodgers superstar blasts leadoff homer 08/29/2024 01:47am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Shohei Ohtani homered leading off the game on his second bobblehead night at Dodger Stadium shortly after the Japanese superstar and his dog, Decoy, handled ceremonial first pitch duties. Ohtani sent a 1-2 pitch from Baltimore's Corbin Burnes into right-center for his 42nd homer