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Giant bans customers from carrying large bags in DC stores amid mass shoplifting 05/28/2024 01:46am • Giant is now banning customers from bringing large bags into their D.C. stores. The Maryland-based grocer said its new policy is aimed at cutting down mass shoplifting. The policy, which started on May 23, bans bags bigger than 14 inches by 14 inches by 6 inches. Some shoppers WTOP spoke to were Last year's deadly heat wave in metro Phoenix didn't discriminate 05/28/2024 12:05am • PHOENIX (AP) — Priscilla Orr, 75, was living in her old white Kia in a supermarket parking lot last summer after telling her family she lost her money and home to a romance scam. But the car broke down, and the air conditioner stopped working, leaving her vulnerable to the dangerous desert heat. O Ukraine needs more air defense systems after deadly attack on Kharkiv, adviser tells WTOP 05/27/2024 11:08pm • WTOP National Security Correspondent JJ Green speaks with Yuriy Sak on May 27, 2024. As Russia presses forward with its offensive in northeastern Ukraine with an attack that has killed 18 so far, Ukraine's President Zelenskyy has secured from Spain a pledge of additional air defense missiles to Walton helped Pacers coach earn NBA title, win over future wife with concert tickets on first date 05/27/2024 09:21pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Pacers coach Rick Carlisle poured out his heart Monday night when he started reflecting on the impact of Bill Walton. He recalled how Walton's arrival helped turn the 1985-86 Boston Celtics into an NBA title team for the ages. Carlisle explained how playing with Walton How to Decide Where to Live 05/27/2024 08:00pm • Sometimes you're ready for a change to a new city, and sometimes that change is thrust upon you. Whether you're carefully weighing your options to find the city where you want to live for the next 10 years or you're trying to decide if a cross-country job offer is worth uprooting your life, there ar 10 Strategies to Maximize Your 401(k) Balance 05/27/2024 08:00pm • With the traditional defined benefit pension essentially extinct for private-sector workers, 401(k) plans have become even more important for pre-retirees. While stashing away money in a retirement plan like a 401(k) is a great start, there's even more that savers can do to get the most bang for the Major retailers are offering summer deals to entice inflation-weary shoppers 05/27/2024 07:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans who spend Memorial Day scouting sales online and in stores may find more reasons to celebrate the return of warmer weather. Major retailers are stepping up discounts heading into the summer months, hoping to entice inflation-weary shoppers into opening their wallets. Targ 81-year-old arrested after police say he terrorized a California neighborhood with a slingshot 05/27/2024 06:54pm • AZUSA, Calif. (AP) — An 81-year-old man who investigators say terrorized a Southern California neighborhood for years with a slingshot has been arrested, police said. While conducting an investigation, detectives “learned that during the course of 9-10 years, dozens of citizens were being victim Newgarden salvages his season with an Indy 500 win on a last-lap defeat of a heartbroken O'Ward 05/27/2024 04:07pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — As Roger Penske investigated the cheating incident that cost Josef Newgarden his IndyCar season-opening victory, never did Newgarden worry about his job security at Team Penske. He had too much else to worry about, Newgarden insisted, and helping his boss understand how Newgard DP World Tour Schedule 05/27/2024 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 Kyle Larson's bid to run The Double ends in disappointment after bad weather intervenes 05/27/2024 12:18pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Larson spent a year preparing to run the double. Instead, he got to run only a single, leaving the NASCAR star beyond disappointed. Larson’s quest was to complete — if not win — the Indianapolis 500 and Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday, joining Tony Stewart as the only drive Today in Sports - Barry Bonds hit his 715th career HR to pass Babe Ruth for 2nd-place all-time 05/27/2024 10:00am • May 28 1901 — Parader, ridden by Fred Landry, overcomes a bad start to win the Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Sadie S. 1904 — Bryn Mawr, ridden by Eugene Hildebrand, wins the Preakness Stakes by one length over Wotan. 1946 — The Washington Senators beat New York 2-1 in the first night ga A bus crashes into vehicles in southern Turkey, leaving 10 dead and 39 injured 05/27/2024 06:42am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A passenger bus crashed into vehicles on a highway in southern Turkey, killing at least 10 people and leaving 39 others injured, officials said Monday. The accident occurred in the province of Mersin late on Sunday, when the bus veered into the opposite lane in heavy rain and In one North Carolina county, it's 'growth, growth, growth.' But will Biden reap the benefit? 05/27/2024 03:08am • SILER CITY, N.C. (AP) — At the epicenter of President Joe Biden’s promised economic boom, a slow tractor can still halt traffic. Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County, North Carolina. There are 1,076 farms. The old mill now houses a dance studio, a grocer and a steakhouse. For work, ma Rescuers believe no one was hurt when part of a parking garage collapsed at a Dutch hospital 05/27/2024 02:42am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Rescuers who searched deep into the night for casualties after part of a six-story parking garage collapsed at a Dutch hospital said Monday they believe nobody was injured. The regional Utrecht province security service said that a series of ramps used by cars to driv