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Trend of scattered showers, risk of flooding in DC area continues this weekend 07/07/2023 06:53pm • Friday started off hot and muggy with temperatures in the mid 90s before heavy rain caused some area roadways to flood. Scattered storms will continue this weekend, with Friday night having offered a brief reprieve from the storms. Here's what you need to know. The D.C. area remained under a floo NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 07/07/2023 06:52pm • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Video of a post office on fire in the Philippines Sports on TV for July 8 - 9 07/07/2023 06:10pm • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Saturday, July 8 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL 5 a.m. FS2 — AFL: Melbourne at St. Kilda 1 a.m. (Sunday) FS2 — AFL: Adelaide at Essendon AUTO RACING 6:25 a.m. ESPNU — Formula 1: Practice, Silverstone Circuit, Towcester, United Kingdom 'Clone' or competitor? Users and lawyers compare Twitter and Threads 07/07/2023 05:57pm • Just how similar is Instagram's chatty new app, Threads, to Twitter? In a cease-and-desist letter earlier this week, Twitter threatened legal action against Instagram parent company Meta over the new text-based app Threads, which it called a “copycat.” Threads has drawn tens of millions of user Crack in North Carolina roller coaster may have formed 6-10 days before closure, commissioner says 07/07/2023 05:21pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — An ongoing investigation by North Carolina's Department of Labor found that a large crack in the support column of a towering roller coaster had been visible for at least a week before the amusement park shut it down for repairs. “It looks like maybe six to 10 days prior, so Fire that killed 2 aboard a cargo ship in New Jersey is expected to burn for days 07/07/2023 05:21pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A cargo ship docked at the East Coast's biggest port smoldered for a third day and will likely burn for several more after the fire claimed the lives of two New Jersey firefighters, officials said Friday, acknowledging that they'll be discussing how first responders are trained F1 welcomes Brad Pitt but is wary of protesters at British Grand Prix 07/07/2023 04:41pm • SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Brad Pitt is joining the Formula One paddock for his new movie. He might stand as much chance as anyone else of beating Max Verstappen. Verstappen will be aiming for his eighth win in 10 races this year on Sunday as he surges toward winning the title for a third straigh Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/07/2023 02:09pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov What’s happening locally with car sales? You might be surprised 07/07/2023 01:41pm • As summer comes to a peak, car dealership supply shortages and related price premiums have largely eased in the Washington, D.C., area. WTOP talked with three dealers who shared that they again have enough cars for customers to be able to visit their dealerships and test-drive vehicles in per Man arrested for string of Northern Virginia sexual assaults described as a 'true predator' 07/07/2023 12:25pm • A man the Fairfax County police chief called "public enemy No. 1" and a "true predator" is behind bars after being arrested for a string of sex assaults in Northern Virginia. Twenty-year-old Hien The Dinh, of Stafford County, has been charged with one count of sexual battery and one count of abdu France's small towns are reeling from the spread of rioting. 'Now it's affecting the countryside' 07/07/2023 12:24pm • PARIS (AP) — After a pleasant evening of wine-tasting — joyfully billed “Grapes and Friends!” — with a hundred or so people and oysters, charcuteries and cheeses, the mayor of the picturesque French town of Quissac was on his way home. Then his phone rang: Urban unrest that was engulfing F 8-year-old girl in 'life-threatening condition' after deadly school car crash in Wimbledon 07/07/2023 12:05pm • LONDON (AP) — An 8-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition in a hospital following a car crash at an elementary school in Wimbledon that claimed the life of another girl of the same age, London police said Friday. The Metropolitan Police also said a woman in her 40s is in critical conditi DC Council introduces bills that would get dangerous drivers off road sooner, impound cars 07/07/2023 09:50am • "Innocent unless proven guilty" is the presumption of innocence in courtrooms across the U.S., but members of the D.C. Council are looking for ways to keep dangerous drivers off the road in the meantime. At-large Councilmember Christina Henderson presented legislation that would suspend the licen Germany, Austria issue warning to elderly and infirm as heatwave rolls in 07/07/2023 09:29am • BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Friday warned the elderly, people with health conditions, pregnant women and parents with young children to seek out cool places amid forecasts for a sharp rise in temperatures over the weekend. The country's weather agency, DWD, predicted the mercury could r Cameras catch thousands of speeders near Fairfax Co. school zones 07/07/2023 05:29am • Thousands of drivers have been caught speeding in the months since speed cameras were placed in school zones near eight Fairfax County, Virginia, schools, according to police data obtained by WTOP. In total, 23,431 cars were caught going 10 or more miles per hour above the speed limit in April, M