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First 4 miles of I-66 'parallel trail' now open to cyclists, pedestrians 05/18/2023 07:42am • The first section of the 66 Parallel Trail is available for people to enjoy. Once complete, the new shared-use path will span 11 miles in Fairfax County, Virginia. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Vienna-Fairfax/GMU Metrorail Station on Wednesday, next to the new 18-mile trail which is p India’s top court allows bull-taming sport to continue despite criticism from animal rights groups 05/18/2023 05:23am • NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Thursday ruled to allow the continuation of the bull-taming sport of jallikattu, which is celebrated as cultural heritage in the southern state of Tamil Nadu but criticized by animals rights groups. Five justices held that the state government was taking suf Nick Kyrgios out of French Open due to foot injury 05/18/2023 04:52am • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Nick Kyrgios has withdrawn from the French Open due to a foot he injured at his Canberra home after a man allegedly threatened his mother with a gun and stole his car, according to Australian media. The Canberra Times said on Thursday that in the aftermath Kyrgios realiz Lit ready to rock Let's Go Music Festival in Annapolis 05/18/2023 04:40am • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” The Let's Go Music Festival returns to Annapolis, Maryland on June 2 trough June 4 with Live and Collective Soul. WTOP caught up with Jeremy Popoff, guitarist of the band Lit, which rocks day two with 311 and Col 10-year-old shot on Mother's Day in Northeast DC dies in hospital 05/18/2023 04:39am • D.C. police said 10-year-old girl Arianna Davis was shot while in the back seat of a car in Northeast. (Courtesy D.C. police) Arianna Davis, the 10-year-old girl who was shot while riding home in the back seat of a car, died at a hospital on Wednesday, according to D.C. police. At around 9:14 Dancers at Los Angeles bar to become only unionized strippers in US after 15-month battle 05/18/2023 04:07am • NEW YORK (AP) — Dancers at a Los Angeles bar could soon become the only unionized group of strippers in the U.S. The Actors’ Equity Association labor union says owners of the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood have withdrawn their opposition and agreed to recognize the strippers' Prince Harry and Meghan made getaway in NYC taxi after being trailed by paparazzi 05/17/2023 08:51pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, were trailed in their car by photographers as they left a New York City charity event Tuesday night, briefly taking refuge at a police station before being whisked away in a yellow taxicab. The pursuit and media frenzy evoked memories of the 19 Breaking ice jams, rapid snowmelt flood homes, businesses and roads across Alaska 05/17/2023 08:08pm • Flooding across Alaska has inundated scores of homes, with several of them knocked from their foundations by large ice chunks, and shut one of the state's few east-west highways down to one lane. Ice jams on the Yukon and Kuskokwim rivers caused most of the damage through a large swath of Alaska, wh No-Credit-Check Loan Options 05/17/2023 08:00pm • When you're strapped for cash and short on time, it can be tempting to seek out the quickest and easiest route to funding. No-credit-check loans fit this requirement as they provide a lump sum with no need to pull your credit report. But these loans are also costly, with interest rates up to 400%, m How to Start Investing 05/17/2023 08:00pm • No matter your age, it is never too late to start investing. While time is your most valuable ally in investing, the steps involved in learning how to invest can serve you throughout your life to manage your finances and economic well-being, irrespective of age. However, if you do have the opportuni Court record: Wife says California doctor purposely drove family off cliff 05/17/2023 07:27pm • REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (AP) — The wife of a California radiologist accused of trying to kill his family when he drove his Tesla off a cliff along the Northern California coast told rescuers her husband was depressed and needed a psychological evaluation, according to a newly unsealed search warrant Sato, Dixon put Ganassi team atop speed chart in 1st Indianapolis 500 practice 05/17/2023 07:19pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Takuma Sato and Scott Dixon gave Chip Ganassi Racing a big boost in the first Indianapolis 500 practice. Nobody else could catch the two Indianapolis 500 winners Wednesday. Dixon, the 2008 champ, needed less than 10 minutes to produce a fast lap of 229.174 mph, which stayed ato Connecticut lawmakers, shaken by death of a collegaue, pass bill to deter wrong-way drivers 05/17/2023 07:16pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut lawmakers, shaken by the death of a colleague killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this year, unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that attempts to curtail the growing problem of wrong-way drivers. The legislation calls for the installation of detection and notif Ex-NFL player Damon Arnette indicted in Nevada in Vegas Strip hotel valet gun case 05/17/2023 07:15pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former NFL cornerback Damon Arnette has been indicted in Nevada on felony charges alleging that he brandished a handgun during an argument with Las Vegas Strip casino valets in January 2022. The former first-round draft pick of the Las Vegas Raiders is due for arraignment May 24 i Death toll from blinding May 1 dust storm crashes in Illinois rises to 8 05/17/2023 07:13pm • SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The death toll from numerous crashes on Interstate 55 that occurred amid a blinding May 1 dust storm has risen to eight, a coroner said Wednesday. Ruth Rau, 81, of Sorento, who was a passenger in a car that crashed in the dust storm, died of blunt force injuries Tuesday ni