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How Debby could be a 'drought buster' for the DC region 08/08/2024 08:40pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Tropical Depression Debby has the potential to be a "drought buster" for the D.C. region, but that will depend on the intensity, duration and location of the rainfall expected. That's according to Michael Nardolilli, executive dire 6 Best Green Hydrogen Stocks and ETFs to Buy 08/08/2024 08:00pm • Amid the energy transition, some industries have been found to be easier to decarbonize than others. Technology companies, for instance, can readily buy power from solar and wind farms to run data centers. But other industries, such as steel or cement making, or heavy transportation, are much harder Debby downgraded to tropical depression as DC region sees damaging winds, heavy rain, isolated flooding 08/08/2024 07:44pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Tropical Storm Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression Thursday afternoon and it's expected to continue weakening as it moves north this week ��� but not before it rolls through the D.C. area bringing the risk of flooding and th Farmers��� blockade of Mexico's main east-west highway enters 2nd day, impacting thousands 08/08/2024 07:27pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Business groups in Mexico warned Thursday of economic damage to companies and thousands of regular citizens as a protest blockade of Mexico���s main east-west highway reached its second full day. Farmers blockaded the highway between Mexico City and Puebla Tuesday. By Thursday, Israel-Hamas war latest: The Israeli military orders another mass evacuation in southern Gaza 08/08/2024 06:39pm • The Israeli military has ordered another mass evacuation in large areas around Khan Younis in southern Gaza, saying its forces will soon operate there in response to Palestinian rocket fire. Gaza���s second-largest city, Khan Younis suffered widespread destruction during air and ground operations ea The Latest: Debby moves inland as the tropical depression soaks the Carolinas 08/08/2024 05:19pm • As Tropical Depression Debby drenches the Carolinas, heavy rainfall from the tropical storm is also expected to cause flooding across portions of the mid-Atlantic states and Northeast through Saturday morning. Meanwhile, residents as far away as the Great Lakes and New Jersey have also experienced h Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont, a fugitive since 2017, returns to Spain. But then he vanishes again 08/08/2024 03:32pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) ��� Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for fugitive Carles Puigdemont, a celebrated campaigner for Catalan independence who made a sensational return to Spain and an equally sensational getaway from a speech in the city with the alleged help of local police offi Officer who killed a teen in a traffic stop performed at the Olympics opener. The family is incensed 08/08/2024 01:49pm • PARIS (AP) ��� Issam El Khalfaoui didn���t expect this call during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. It was his sister, telling him that the police officer who killed his son was on TV, showing off his BMX skills for audiences around the world. ���I could tell in her voice that she was wrecked,�� Capitol riot defendant jailed over alleged threats against Supreme Court justice and other officials 08/08/2024 12:29pm • A Nevada man awaiting trial on charges that he stormed the U.S. Capitol has been jailed after he allegedly made threats directed at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett and other public officials. Bradley Scott Nelson's ���escalating rhetoric��� is grounds for keeping him detained until a hearing Cars.com: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/08/2024 07:46am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� CHICAGO (AP) ��� Cars.com Inc. (CARS) on Thursday reported second-quarter profit of $11.4 million. The Chicago-based company said it had net income of 17 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 38 cents per share. The online automotive marketplace p Russia's war threatens Ukraine's Olympic future, not just the present. A young gymnast offers hope 08/08/2024 07:32am • CHORNOMORSK, Ukraine (AP) ��� When Oleksandra Paskal first took to the mat as a 4-year-old, her rhythmic gymnastics coach saw nothing but potential in a sport where the Olympics is the ultimate goal. Then a Russian missile crushed her summer house in the southern Odesa region, burying her beneath th Casting aside concerns about the Seine, Sharon van Rouwendaal wins more Olympic gold in open water 08/08/2024 06:38am • PARIS (AP) ��� As Sharon van Rouwendaal approached the finish of an Olympic open water race like no other, she was hardly concerned about the safety of swimming in the Seine River. Heck, she'd already taken a few gulps of water ��� the same water that drew so much scrutiny at the Paris Games. ���I w Three people arrested in rural Nevada over altercation that Black man says involved a racial slur 08/08/2024 02:04am • RENO, Nevada (AP) ��� Three people were arrested and charged Wednesday in connection with a verbal altercation last week in Virginia City, Nevada, during which a Black man said a racial slur was directed at him by a man who also said ���they have a hanging tree��� for people like him. The incident Residents in Alaska capital clean up swamped homes after an ice dam burst and unleashed a flood 08/07/2024 11:12pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) ��� In her yard under the blazing sun Wednesday, Debbie Penrose Fischer leafed through a water-logged cookbook with sentimental value that she hoped to salvage but doubted she could. Nearby, friends helped carry boxes out of her family's garage, which was inundated this week afte India should soon have its first Olympics sponsor, a sign of the country's growing Games influence 08/07/2024 08:49pm • PARIS (AP) ��� The International Olympic Committee expects to add an Indian sponsor soon in a sign of the country's growing influence over the Olympics during a bid to host the 2036 Summer Games. The IOC currently has 15 top-tier partners, which collectively paid almost $740 million last year in ca