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Dreary Saturday leads into cooler, cloudier week with increasing chance of thunderstorms 05/04/2024 10:30pm • On-and-off showers soaked the D.C. region Saturday before turning heavy in the evening. The National Weather Service predicted cooler temperatures, rain showers and plenty of clouds across the D.C. area as a frontal boundary remains stalled to the west. Some storms slowed traffic on Route 50 in Heated campaign for Maryland's US Senate seat has some worried about healing party divisions 05/04/2024 10:12pm • A heated Democratic primary contest in Maryland for U.S. Senate is raising concerns about the potential for a fractured party heading into the general elections in November. U.S. Rep. David Trone (D-6th) and Prince George's County Executive Angela Alsobrooks (D) are locked in a pitch battle atop Virginia attorney general joins efforts to fight back against Title IX changes 05/04/2024 09:59pm • Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has joined a multi-state effort to stop new Title IX rules from going into effect. The list of new rules designed to protect victims of campus sexual assaults and the rights of LGBTQ+ students has come under attack by Republican attorneys general in several Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947 05/04/2024 09:39pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The 150th Kentucky Derby produced one of the most dramatic finishes in its storied history — three noses at the wire. Mystik Dan desperately fought to hang on with two challengers coming to him in the closing strides. He did, too, after a delay of several minutes while the Hundreds rescued from flooding in Texas as waters continue rising in Houston 05/04/2024 09:29pm • HOUSTON (AP) — High waters flooded neighborhoods around Houston on Saturday following heavy rains that have already resulted in crews rescuing more than 400 people from homes, rooftops and roads engulfed in murky water. Others prepared to evacuate their property. A wide region was swamped from Hou UCLA men's volleyball beats LBSU 3-1 for 2nd straight and record 21st NCAA title 05/04/2024 09:02pm • LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Ethan Champlin had 15 saves and six blocks, Merrick McHenry added 10 kills on .818 hitting with five blocks and No. 1 seed UCLA beat Long Beach State 25-20, 25-21, 27-29, 25-21 Saturday to win its second consecutive NCAA men's volleyball championship. UCLA (26-5) has won Electric Pittsburgh Pirates rookie Jared Jones is piling up strikeouts and silencing doubters 05/04/2024 08:47pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Jones understands the plan. He totally gets that the Pittsburgh Pirates are doing what they can to protect the future — both his and theirs — by being cautious with the precocious 22-year-old's electric right arm. In time, the kid gloves will come off. They have to. Jon Biden and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on issues in 2024's rare contest between two presidents 05/04/2024 08:02pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden and Donald Trump are two presidents with unfinished business and an itch to get it done. Their track records and plans on abortion, immigration, taxes, wars abroad — you name it — leave no doubt that the man voters choose in November will seek to shape the landscap Jared Jones dazzles, Jack Suwinski provides walk-off single as Pirates edge Rockies 1-0 05/04/2024 07:19pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Jack Suwinski singled home Connor Joe with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Saturday. Joe led off the ninth against Nick Mears (0-3) with a single and eventually moved to third after walks to Ja Warren Buffett's company rejects proposals, but it faces lawsuit over how it handled one last year 05/04/2024 06:35pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Shareholder proposals are usually uneventful at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting. But Warren Buffett and the company are now facing a lawsuit over the way one presenter was treated last year. Peter Flaherty with the National Legal and Policy Center came back with another prop Prince William School Board gives nod of approval to several residential projects 05/04/2024 06:15pm • The Prince William County School Board has approved development impact statements related to rezoning applications for several housing developments across the county. The rezoning applications are for four development projects located across the Brentsville District, Gainesville District and the Po Real Madrid wins its record-extending 36th Spanish league title after Barcelona loses at Girona 05/04/2024 05:59pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Real Madrid put its Spanish rivals out of their misery by clinching the league title on Saturday with four games remaining, just in time to turn its full focus to its Champions League semifinal with Bayern Munich. Madrid did the expected and beat relegation-threatened Cadiz Kentucky Derby fans pack the track for the 150th Run for the Roses 05/04/2024 05:27pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When Lori Hennesy imagined her outfit for the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby, she wanted to create something deserving of that monumental anniversary, a celebration of Kentucky’s greatness and history. So she got a bucket of chicken, red and white striped with Colonel Southern Brazil has been hit by the worst floods in more than 80 years. At least 39 people have died 05/04/2024 04:23pm • SAO PAULO (AP) — Heavy rains in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing, the state civil defense agency said Friday, as record-breaking floods devastated cities and forced thousands to leave their homes. It was the fourth such environmenta Bayern emerges beaten and bruised from last Real Madrid warmup. Dortmund routs Augsburg ahead of PSG 05/04/2024 03:49pm • BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich suffered a 3-1 loss at Stuttgart and an injury to Raphaël Guerreiro on Saturday in its last Bundesliga game before the Champions League semifinal second leg at Real Madrid. Guerreiro went off early with what looked like a muscular injury and is a doubt for Wednesday’