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US service members in Europe warned to beware of terror attacks 07/03/2024 05:50am • Security measures at U.S. military bases across Europe have been put in place because of concerns that terrorists may be planning attacks. WTOP national security correspondent J.J. Green spoke with WTOP anchor Dimitri Sotis about the specifics of the threats and security changes. DC property management company settles lawsuit alleging discrimination against potential tenants 07/03/2024 05:46am • A D.C.-based property management company has settled a lawsuit from the Equal Rights Center (ERC) accusing the company of discriminating against potential residents by denying them housing on illegal grounds. ERC's lawsuit accused AIR Property Management TRS, known as AIR Communities, of discrimi Military family describes 'betrayal' following inaction in Virginia Senate on education benefits 07/03/2024 05:32am • Some military families in Virginia have a feeling of "betrayal" after the state Senate reconvened Monday but left for the day without voting to lift new restrictions on a program that provides educational benefits to families of veterans. The Senate's inaction came after Virginia���s House of Del UK's landmark postwar elections: When Boris Johnson sought and got a mandate to 'Get Brexit Done' 07/03/2024 05:32am • LONDON (AP) ��� Britain���s upcoming general election is widely expected to lead to a change of government for the first time in 14 years. Many analysts believe it will be one of the country���s most consequential elections since the end of World War II. Ahead of the July 4 vote, The Associated Pres Beryl heads toward Jamaica as a major hurricane after ripping through southeast Caribbean 07/03/2024 02:20am • ST. GEORGE'S, Grenada (AP) ��� Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters Tuesday as a powerful Category 4 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier crossing islands in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least six people. A hurricane warning was in effect for Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Little Cayman, Grayson Rodriguez dominant as Orioles shut out Mariners 2-0 07/03/2024 01:45am • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Grayson Rodriguez allowed just two hits over 6 1/3 shutout innings, and Anthony Santander drove in the go-ahead run with a fourth-inning RBI single as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners 2-0 on Tuesday night. Rodriguez (10-3) was dominant against Seattle���s strugglin From red wall to King's Speech, UK elections have a vocabulary all their own. Here's what to know 07/03/2024 01:08am • LONDON (AP) ��� United Kingdom elections have a distinct vocabulary that draws on traditions of parliamentary democracy as well as modern political slogans and spin. As voters go to the polls Thursday to elect a new government, The Associated Press deciphers some key words and phrases: Battle bus Lu Ominous history for Biden: Incumbents trying to win over their parties often struggle to win again 07/03/2024 12:13am • ATLANTA (AP) ��� There's plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump. Previous presidential campaigns offer lessons. None convey reasons for optimism. Going back to Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968, several pre Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his first giant steps in a Chilean zoo in a boost to his species 07/02/2024 11:53pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost endangered species. The arrival of the male calf, named Silverio, two weeks ago marked the third time that a white rhino had ever been born in South America. The Buin Zoo Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise, boosted by Wall Street records as Tesla zooms 07/02/2024 11:45pm • TOKYO (AP) ��� Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday after Tesla shares zoomed up more than 10%, helping to drive U.S. benchmarks to new records. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 0.9% in morning trading to 40,425.27. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 gained nearly 0.3% to 7,740.00. South Korea's Chinese firms eye Morocco as way to cash in on US electric vehicle subsidies 07/02/2024 10:30pm • TANGIERS, Morocco (AP) ��� After the United States passed new subsidies designed to boost domestic electric vehicle production and cut into Beijing���s supply chain dominance, Chinese manufacturers began investing in an unlikely place: Morocco. In the rolling hills near Tangiers and in industrial pa Q&A: Emma Roberts talks 'Space Cadet,' her love of books, 'Tell Me Lies' and Kim Kardashian 07/02/2024 10:05pm • As one of Ryan Murphy's go-to actors for his ���American Horror Story" franchise, Emma Roberts has been sawed in half, played a ruthless witch and a final girl facing off against a serial killer. Most recently she was a pregnant actor targeted by a cult. When the opportunity to play a college dropo Ex-astronaut who died in Washington plane crash was doing a flyby near a friend's home, NTSB says 07/02/2024 09:34pm • The former Apollo 8 astronaut best known for taking the iconic ���Earthrise��� photo, who died last month while piloting a plane over the waters off Washington state, was doing a flyby near a friend's house when the fatal accident occurred, federal authorities said Tuesday. William Anders, whose ��� You can handle one heat wave, but what happens to your body when they keep coming? 07/02/2024 09:30pm • The last heat wave to scorch the D.C. region is barely a memory and already the next one is coming back. And if you're paying attention to what scientists have to say about climate change, then you're bracing for more and more of these withering hot days of heat and humidity. While there's lots o Ringleader of fire that killed 5 in Senegalese family, ripping hole in the community, gets 60 years 07/02/2024 08:47pm • DENVER (AP) ��� A Colorado man was sentenced to 60 years in prison Tuesday for killing five members of an extended Senegalese family in a house fire, a crime which the victims��� friends and relatives say has forever changed their lives and their community, both in the U.S. and in the west African n