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NATO ministers meet in Prague as allies ease restrictions on Ukraine's use of their weapons 05/31/2024 12:28pm • PRAGUE (AP) — NATO foreign ministers were meeting in the Czech capital Friday to prepare for this summer’s leaders’ summit as the alliance boosts support for Ukraine and countries one-by-one remove restrictions on how Kyiv can use western-supplied weaponry to combat Russia’s invasion. A day Makhachev doesn't want to retire Poirier at UFC 302, just beat him in the lightweight title clash 05/31/2024 12:17pm • JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — Islam Makhachev understood the reasons why Dustin Poirier would consider retirement after their lightweight title clash in the main event of UFC 302. The 35-year-old Poirier has cited family, blossoming business interests, and just a general weariness of the grind that it Editorial Roundup: United States 05/31/2024 12:11pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: May 29 The Washington Post on America’s economic mood remains glum. This is despite great news: Growth is strong; the stock market just hit record levels; unemployment is low; and inflation has significantly cooled in the past year. US plans to impose new visa restrictions on Chinese and Hong Kong officials after security verdicts 05/31/2024 11:34am • HONG KONG (AP) — The United States on Friday expressed its deep concerns about the convictions of 14 pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong under a Beijing-imposed national security law, saying it's taking steps to impose new visa restrictions on mainland Chinese and Hong Kong officials responsible AP analysis finds 2023 set record for US heat deaths, killing in areas that used to handle the heat 05/31/2024 11:33am • David Hom suffered from diabetes and felt nauseated before he went out to hang his laundry in 108-degree weather, another day in Arizona's record-smashing, unrelenting July heat wave. His family found the 73-year-old lying on the ground, his lower body burned. Hom died at the hospital, his core bod 'World famous' Northern Virginia trail celebrates 50th anniversary 05/31/2024 11:23am • Saturday is National Trails Day, and one of the most popular trails in our area is celebrating a big anniversary. The Washington and Old Dominion Trail, runs 45 miles from Purcellville in Loudoun County to Arlington County and turns 50 in September. "No other feature more defines Northern Virg 'I have no idea what I'll do': Montgomery Co. schools plans to shut down virtual learning program 05/31/2024 11:12am • Montgomery County Public Schools announced Thursday that it would be doing away with its virtual learning program, citing "budget constraints" ahead of a June 11 school board meeting. In a letter sent out to Montgomery Virtual Academy (MVA) parents, the director of the program, David Chia, said t A scorching heat wave kills 14 in India ahead of a final round of election voting on Saturday 05/31/2024 10:50am • PATNA, India (AP) — A blistering heat wave has killed at least 14 people, including 10 election officials, in eastern India with temperatures soaring up to 49.9 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of the country this week, officials said Friday. The weeklong heat wave has forced scho An inflation gauge closely tracked by Federal Reserve rises at slowest pace this year 05/31/2024 10:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A price gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve cooled slightly last month, a sign that inflation may be easing after running high in the first three months of this year. Friday’s report from the Commerce Department showed that an index that excludes volatile food and ener Nicole Brown Simpson's sisters want you to remember how she lived, not how she died 05/31/2024 10:31am • In the familiar images that circulated after her June 1994 death, Nicole Brown Simpson appears frozen in place. She's a statuesque blonde with a tense smile, silently escorting famous husband O.J. Simpson. She’s the breezy California beauty behind the wheel of her white Ferrari. And she’s the so Former Iranian parliament speaker Ali Larijani registers as a possible presidential candidate 05/31/2024 10:28am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A former speaker of Iran's parliament registered Friday as a possible candidate in the Islamic Republic's June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed in a helicopter crash earlier this month with seven others. Ali Larijani is t South Africa heads for 'coalition country' as partial election results put ruling ANC well below 50% 05/31/2024 10:16am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa was heading closer to the reality of a national coalition government for the first time and a series of complex negotiations to achieve that, as partial election results Friday put the ruling African National Congress well short of a majority. With more than 65% of Frederick Co. ends large portion of remote learning program due to budget cuts 05/31/2024 10:15am • Remote learning will be a thing of the past for a number of Frederick County, Maryland, students after this summer. The Remote Virtual Program for 3rd through 8th graders was cut for next year to balance the Frederick County Board of Education’s budget. In the audience at Thursday's boar Berlin lets Ukraine use German weapons against targets in Russia after the US also eases its stance 05/31/2024 10:02am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Germany joined the United States on Friday in authorizing Ukraine to hit some targets on Russian soil with the long-range weapons they are supplying — a significant policy change that comes as depleted Ukrainian troops are losing ground in the war. Ukrainian officials have e Maryland's gas tax to decrease slightly in July 05/31/2024 10:02am • Maryland motorists will see a small break in the state’s gas tax starting July 1, when the tax at the pump will drop by nine-tenths of a penny to 46.10 cents per gallon. It’s the third decrease in the gas tax since since the General Assembly passed a law in 2013 linking the rate to annual inf