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Read the transcript of Kate's video announcement about her cancer treatment 09/09/2024 12:46pm • LONDON (AP) — Kate, Princess of Wales, has released a video saying she has completed her chemotherapy treatment for cancer. She announced in March that she had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer that was detected after abdominal surgery earlier in the year and would begin the treatm Cyprus and the US sign a defense deal outlining ways to tackle regional crises 09/09/2024 12:38pm • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus and the United States have signed a defense cooperation framework agreement that outlines ways the two countries can enhance their response to regional humanitarian crises and security concerns, including those arising from climate change. Cyprus Defense Minister Vass SEC settles with 7 companies it says violated whistleblower protection rules 09/09/2024 12:31pm • Seven companies settled with the Securities and Exchange Commission over charges that they violated rules protecting whistleblowers who report potential misconduct. The combined civil penalties for the seven companies totaled more than $3 million, the SEC said Monday. Among other actions, the compan Did Maryland lawmakers overstep their bounds with a law to protect abused children? 09/09/2024 11:19am • A Maryland state law that removed the limits for sexual abuse victims to accuse their abusers is facing legal challenges. That’s the crux of a case that will be in front of the Maryland Supreme Court this week as the justices hear arguments on whether the Maryland Child Victims Act is constitut D.C.-area economic outlook buoyed by record employment, residential growth 09/09/2024 11:02am • Greater Washington’s economy is showing glimmers of improvement across several key data points. Apartments are filling up, visitors are going out and a record number of residents are employed.  Those are the latest findings from CBRE’s REVIVE Regional Vibrancy Index charting the D.C. area's e Vietnam storm deaths rise to 64 as a bridge collapses and flooding sweeps away a bus 09/09/2024 10:58am • HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away by flooding in Vietnam on Monday, raising the death toll in the Southeast Asian country to at least 64 from a typhoon and subsequent heavy rains that also damaged factories in export-focused northern industrial hubs, state media rep Poland thanks military dogs for their service by giving them army ranks 09/09/2024 10:54am • NOWY DWOR MAZOWIECKI, Poland (AP) — The new privates received their ranks amid military pomp in a town near Warsaw where a Napoleonic fortress attests to a long military history. The group was made up of a German shepherd, a Dutch shepherd and two Belgian Malinois. The dogs — Einar, Eliot, Enzo Iowa judge rules against Libertarian candidates, keeping their names off the ballot for Congress 09/09/2024 10:49am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Three Libertarian candidates seeking U.S. House seats in Iowa will not appear on the ballot this November following a judge's ruling Saturday, upholding a state election panel’s decision. The ruling came in an appeal by the candidates after the State Objection Panel, comp Book Review: ‘Category Five’ examines superstorms amid compelling personal memoir 09/09/2024 10:24am • I graduated from Middlebury College with Porter Fox just over 30 years ago. We weren’t friends, but it was a small campus and everyone knew something about everybody else. I knew he sailed and wore L.L. Bean like a native Mainer. I didn’t know that he’d spend a good chunk of his career as a jo LL Flooring reverses course and will keep hundreds of stores under new owner 09/09/2024 10:21am • NEW YORK (AP) — After securing a last-minute buyer, LL Flooring is reversing course on shutting down all of its stores. The hardwood flooring retailer formerly known as Lumber Liquidators signed an agreement with private equity firm F9 Investments for a sale of its business on Friday afternoon. Un Sports on TV for Tuesday, Sept. 10 09/09/2024 10:10am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Tuesday, Sept. 10 COLLEGE GOLF 9:30 a.m. GOLF — The Folds of Honor Collegiate: Second Round, American Dunes Golf Club, Grand Haven, Mich. 4:30 p.m. GOLF — The Folds of Honor Collegiate: Second Round, American Dunes Golf Club, Grand US agency, seeking fewer pedestrian deaths, seeks design changes largely for increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks 09/09/2024 10:06am • DETROIT (AP) — US agency, seeking fewer pedestrian deaths, seeks design changes largely for increasingly massive SUVs and pickup trucks. 7 years after deadly crash, blind intersection on winding Loudoun Co. road will soon be eliminated 09/09/2024 09:48am • Sunday marked seven years since a Loudoun County, Virginia mother was killed when an out-of-control, dilapidated food truck plowed into her station wagon on a dangerous stretch of Evergreen Mills Road outside Leesburg. Now, the county is acquiring nearby land to eliminate the blind intersecti School districts race to invest in cooling solutions as classrooms and playgrounds heat up 09/09/2024 09:28am • Ylenia Aguilar raised her two sons in Arizona — first in Tucson and later Phoenix, so they’re no strangers to scorching heat. Just recently, Phoenix hit its 100th straight day at or above 100 F (37.8 C), shattering the record set in 1993. She remembers scary moments “seeing soccer kids and my LL Flooring founder to rescue company from bankruptcy 09/09/2024 09:21am • Richmond, Virginia-based LL Flooring, the former Lumber Liquidators, which announced plans to liquidate and close all stores last week, has agreed to a last minute deal that will save thousands of jobs and keep hundreds of its stores open. Late Friday, the company said an agreement was reached wi