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How droughts and extreme heat affect colorful fall foliage in DC area 09/04/2024 06:00am • If you're expecting a colorful leaf-peeping experience this fall in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley, you may need to lower your expectations. The high temperatures the D.C. area saw this summer could lead to an earlier and less colorful fall foliage season in Virginia, with some trees quickly turnin Shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie renews attention on crime in city as mayor seeks reelection 09/04/2024 05:43am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� The daylight shooting of San Francisco 49ers rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall in an upscale shopping district has once again put the city's safety in the national spotlight weeks before voters choose a new mayor. Mayor London Breed, who is running for reelection, has taken a mor Another blown save for Holmes drops Yankees out of AL East lead and raises questions about closer 09/04/2024 01:48am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Clay Holmes lost the feel for his sinker, his control and perhaps his job as the New York Yankees closer. The two-time All-Star allowed a single and two walks before Texas rookie Wyatt Langford hit a game-ending grand slam in a 7-4 loss Tuesday night that dropped the Yankee Iraqi women fear rise in child marriages as lawmakers consider giving conservative clerics more say 09/04/2024 01:16am • IRBIL, Iraq (AP) ��� Shaimaa Saadoun is haunted by her memory of being forced into an abusive marriage to a 39-year-old man just after she turned 13. Her impoverished family near the southern Iraqi city of Basra hoped that the dowry of gold and money would help improve their circumstances. Her husba Wyatt Langford becomes first Rangers rookie with walk-off slam in a 7-4 win over Yankees and Holmes 09/04/2024 01:02am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Wyatt Langford hit a game-ending grand slam off All-Star closer Clay Holmes to give the Texas Rangers a 7-4 win over the Yankees on Tuesday night and drop New York out of the AL East lead. Langford hit the first walk-off slam by a Rangers rookie, sending Holmes (2-5) to his Raise taxes on the rich or cut them? Harris, Trump differ on how to boost the US economy 09/04/2024 12:01am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Donald Trump is betting that Americans crave trillions of dollars in tax cuts ��� and that growth will be so fantastic that it's not worth worrying about budget deficits. In short, he's hoping that most economic analyses of his ideas are dead wrong. Vice President Kamala Harris Federal judge rejects Donald Trump's request to intervene in wake of hush money conviction 09/03/2024 11:55pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A federal judge on Tuesday swiftly rejected Donald Trump���s request to intervene in his New York hush money criminal case, spurning the former president���s attempt at an end-run around the state court where he was convicted and is set to be sentenced in two weeks. U.S. District J Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig present ���Queer��� to Venice Film Festival 09/03/2024 11:48pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) ��� Venice Film Festival regular Luca Guadagnino was back on the Lido to debut his new Daniel Craig film ���Queer��� on Tuesday night. A festival favorite, Guadagnino had to forgo a splashy red carpet premiere for the sexy tennis drama ���Challengers��� last year, when the studio As Mexican protesters block Congress over judicial overhaul, lawmakers head to vote in nearby gym 09/03/2024 11:44pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� After protesters blocked the entrance to Mexico���s Congress on Tuesday in an attempt to stop a controversial judicial overhaul, lawmakers took the first steps to jam through the proposal at a nearby gymnasium. The plan would make judges stand for election, something critics say Orioles drub the White Sox again 9-0, sending Chicago to its 12th consecutive defeat, 109th loss 09/03/2024 11:20pm • BALTIMORE (AP) ��� Cade Povich struck out 10 while pitching into the eighth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles took a big early lead on their way to a 9-0 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday night, sending Chicago to its 12th consecutive loss. The White Sox dropped to 31-109 and became the first te Phoenix weathers 100 days of 100-plus degree temps as heat scorches western US 09/03/2024 10:15pm • PHOENIX (AP) ��� Cam Ferguson gets to his spot on the street adjacent to Chase Field ��� home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks ��� about four hours before first pitch to set up his usual display of cold water, sports drinks, peanuts and candy. By game time, it's about 103 degrees Fahr Christmas in Venezuela kicks off in October, President Maduro has declared 09/03/2024 09:57pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ��� The world���s attention on Venezuela has been focused in the last weeks on the fallout from a highly contested presidential election that both the ruling party and its opponents claim to have won, the ensuing persecution of critics and the arrest warrant against the forme Kyron Hudson's steady work set stage for memorable catch in No. 13 USC's win over LSU 09/03/2024 09:51pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Even after making what might be college football���s catch of the year, a soaring, one-handed effort before pulling the ball back to his chest while twisting to the turf, not much had changed for Southern California wide receiver Kyron Hudson. ���I guess followers (on social med Another New Jersey offshore wind project runs into turbulence as Leading Light seeks pause 09/03/2024 09:26pm • Another offshore wind project in New Jersey is encountering turbulence. Leading Light Wind is asking the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities to give it a pause through late December on its plan to build an offshore wind farm off the coast of Long Beach Island. In a filing with the utilities board m Israel-Hamas war latest: Protesters gather in Tel Aviv again to pressure government to reach a deal 09/03/2024 09:15pm • Large protests continued in Tel Aviv, Israel, for a third consecutive night Tuesday as hundreds took to the streets to call on the government to reach a cease-fire deal that would bring home the remaining hostages held in Gaza. The protests have come after the Israeli military said six hostages were