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Authorities in DC investigating possible criminal behavior tied to former deputy mayor 06/26/2024 04:06pm • Some D.C. government agencies may not be in compliance with the city's new sexual harassment policy, which was updated after Mayor Muriel Bowser's former chief of staff faced multiple sexual harassment allegations, Council member Brianne Nadeau said Wednesday. During an hourslong hearing on the s Aer Lingus pilots launch work-to-rule actions, tossing travel plans of passengers into disarray 06/26/2024 03:23pm • LONDON (AP) ��� Aer Lingus pilots said they would resume talks with the Irish airline after they launched an industrial action Wednesday that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and tossed the travel plans of tens of thousands into disarray. The pilots imposed ������work to rule������ act How troops convicted under a gay sex ban can apply for a pardon from Biden. Will benefits follow? 06/26/2024 03:23pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that troops who were convicted under an old military policy criminalizing consensual gay sex would receive full pardons ��� a move that could restore their discharges from military service to an honorable status and pave the way for benefit Former GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorses Biden, whose campaign wants to flip anti-Trump Republicans 06/26/2024 03:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger endorsed President Joe Biden on Wednesday, giving the Democrat a prominent new ally in his high-stakes campaign to win over moderate Republicans and independents this fall. Kinzinger, a military pilot who emerged as a fierce critic of former Pr Smithsonian Folklife Festival returns to DC with lacrosse, skateboarding and dancing 06/26/2024 03:17pm • The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has been an annual tradition in the nation's capital since the late 1960s. This year, it will be held at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian from June 26 to July 1. "The Folklife Festival started in 1967, it was meant to be a two-day eve Seniors get healthy deliveries from DC Central Kitchen, DoorDash 06/26/2024 03:15pm • For the first 33 years it prepared meals for food insecure people in the nation's capital, DC Central Kitchen knew it wasn't providing scratch-cooked meals to everyone who needed them. "We could never quite reach seniors who were homebound, who were isolated, because we delivered meals in big ref Schlossnagle says Texas needs to get ready for 'major leagues' of college baseball in the SEC 06/26/2024 02:54pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ��� New Texas baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle said Wednesday he is ready to lead the Longhorns into the ���major leagues��� of college baseball, the Southeastern Conference, and he acknowledged the raw feelings left behind at Texas A&M following his abrupt departure for an arc Illinois man rejects deal to plead guilty to 7 murder charges in shooting at 2022 July Fourth parade 06/26/2024 02:13pm • WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) ��� The man accused of killing seven people and injuring dozens more at a 2022 Independence Day parade in a Chicago suburb rejected a deal requiring him to plead guilty to seven charges of murder Wednesday in a stunning courtroom scene just days before the second anniversary of t DC Power FC's co-owner explains new rebrand, building roster before inaugural season 06/26/2024 02:10pm • Before D.C.'s second professional women's soccer team hits the pitch on Aug. 17, it already has made massive changes in its identity. DC Power FC, one of eight teams set to play in the inaugural season of the USL Super League, has decided to change its team colors and main crest less than two mon Fed up with the UK Conservatives, some voters turn to the anti-immigration Reform party for answers 06/26/2024 12:53pm • CLACTON-ON-SEA, England (AP) ��� Dorothy Carr is fed up with how things are run in her hometown. It���s impossible to get a doctor's appointment through Britain's state-run health care system. Local buses have been canceled. There isn���t enough public housing. Like many others in Clacton-on-Sea ��� NHL and Fanatics unveil new jerseys for the 2024-25 season 06/26/2024 12:36pm • Fanatics and the NHL on Wednesday unveiled new on-ice player jerseys for the 2024-25 season, which officials say have been tested and refined well before making their debut in games this fall. It is the first time the company has designed and made in-game uniforms with its own branding for a major N From DVF to Star Wars, filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy charts her own path in Hollywood 06/26/2024 12:00pm • Filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy���s oeuvre defies simple categorization. She���s made documentaries about acid attack victims and child refugees. She���s focused her lens on the extraordinary life of designer Diane von Furstenberg. She���s spearheaded animated films for and about Pakistani children. Germany moves to ease the deportation of foreigners who glorify terrorist acts 06/26/2024 11:34am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Germany's government on Wednesday launched new legislation to ease the deportation of foreigners who publicly approve of terrorist acts. Under the law, a single comment on social media could provide grounds for kicking people out. The measure approved by the Cabinet was pledged by Ch Gassy cows and pigs will face a carbon tax in Denmark, a world first 06/26/2024 11:19am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reduce D Man charged in July Fourth parade shooting rejects change to guilty plea for seven murders in stunning courtroom scene 06/26/2024 10:51am • WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) ��� Man charged in July Fourth parade shooting rejects change to guilty plea for seven murders in stunning courtroom scene.