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Citing heat emergency, DC opens some pools and rec centers on Juneteenth 06/18/2024 10:35pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. D.C.'s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency is the point team that works with the National Weather Service as the city tries to plan ahead and learn what future weather patterns can bring. Early last week, the city age Tour and Saudis agree on some items with work still to go to finalize any deal 06/18/2024 09:45pm • The PGA Tour and the Saudi backers of LIV Golf reached consensus on several items during its meeting its recent meeting in New York. Commissioner Jay Monahan cautioned players Tuesday night ���there is still work to do��� before any agreement. Monahan sent players a memo after the PGA Tour policy bo California man charged with killing gay college student takes the stand 06/18/2024 08:43pm • SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) ��� A California man charged with killing a gay University of Pennsylvania student in an alleged hate crime six years ago testified Tuesday about how the two men connected on social media and went to a park. It was the last time the victim was seen. Samuel Woodward, 26, took t New York's 'equal rights' constitutional amendment restored to ballot by appeals court 06/18/2024 08:16pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) ��� A proposed amendment to New York���s constitution barring discrimination based on ���gender identity��� and ���pregnancy outcomes��� was restored to the November election ballot Tuesday by a state appeals court. The court decision clears the way for a statewide referendum this Boeing CEO defends his safety record, spars with senators and apologizes to crash victims' relatives 06/18/2024 07:28pm • Boeing CEO David Calhoun defended the company���s safety record during a contentious Senate hearing Tuesday, while lawmakers accused him of placing profits over safety, failing to protect whistleblowers, and even getting paid too much. Relatives of people who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max je Record-breaking US heat wave scorches the Midwest and Northeast, bringing safety measures 06/18/2024 07:19pm • TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) ��� Stifling heat blanketed tens of millions across United States on Tuesday, forcing people and even zoo animals to find ways to cool down as summer arrives in what promises to be a sweltering week. Extreme heat alerts stretched from Iowa to Ohio and even into the upper reaches of Religious and cultural mentions removed from names of China's Xinjiang villages, rights groups say 06/18/2024 07:04pm • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) ��� Authorities in China���s western Xinjiang region have been systematically replacing the names of villages inhabited by Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities to reflect the ruling Communist Party���s ideology, as part of an attack on their cultural identity, a report released by Chelsea Gray expected to return to the Aces' lineup against the Storm 06/18/2024 07:04pm • HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) ��� Las Vegas Aces point guard Chelsea Gray, who has not played since injuring her left foot in last season's WNBA Finals, is expected to make her season debut Wednesday night when the Seattle Storm visit. How much Gray would play will be determined during the game, coach Becky Championship golf returns to the Pacific Northwest this week but remains elusive in the big picture 06/18/2024 06:51pm • SAMMAMISH, Wash. (AP) ��� When the U.S. Open came to the Pacific Northwest for the first time nearly a decade ago, golf enthusiasts in the upper left corner of the country hoped it���d be the start of significant events making a regular visit. So far, that has not come to fruition and there���s not For years, crumbs of cannabis impacted a Maryland man's life. Now he sees a clearer future 06/18/2024 06:44pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� For years, a few crumbs of cannabis played an outsized role in shaping Shiloh Jordan���s life. With a stroke of a pen by Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Jordan looks forward to that being in the past for him ��� as well as tens of thousands of other Marylanders who have been pardoned for Biden is offering some migrants a pathway to citizenship. Here's how the plan will work 06/18/2024 06:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A new Biden administration policy announced Tuesday will give roughly half a million immigrants who are married to American citizens but lack legal status in the United States a pathway to citizenship for them and their children. It is one of President Joe Biden's most sweeping i Noam Chomsky's wife says reports of famed linguist's death are false 06/18/2024 05:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Noam Chomsky's wife, Valeria Wasserman Chomsky, says reports Tuesday that the famed linguist and activist had died are untrue. ���No, it is false,��� she wrote Tuesday in response to an emailed query from The Associated Press. Noam Chomsky, 95, had been hospitalized in Brazil whil Congressional Budget Office raises this year���s federal budget deficit projection by $400 billion 06/18/2024 05:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that it projects this year���s federal budget deficit to be $400 billion higher, a 27% increase compared to its original estimate released in February. The major drivers of the change include: higher costs from the supplemental spendin Nvidia, Six Flags rise; Lennar, America's Car-Mart fall, Tuesday, 6/18/2024 06/18/2024 04:58pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: Lennar Corp., down $7.79 to $148.72. The homebuilder's forecast for fiscal third-quarter deliveries mostly fell short of Wall Street expectations. La-Z-Boy Inc., up $6.61 to $40.70. The furniture maker's fisca What's a heat dome? Here's why so much of the US is broiling this week 06/18/2024 04:46pm • FENTON, Mich. (AP) ��� With much of the Midwest and the Northeast broiling ��� or about to broil ��� in extreme summer heat this week, meteorologists are talking about heat waves and heat domes. Both mean it's really hot ��� and people will hear those terms a lot more as the world heats up. What's