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15 Affordable Wedding Venue Ideas 06/19/2024 08:00pm • Couples who got married in 2023 spent nearly 40% of their budget on venues, according to a survey of 10,000 couples by the website The Knot. On average, they spent $12,800 on their venues, although pricing varied by state. Utah weddings cost the least at $4,900 while couples in New Jersey shelled ou Where Can You Exchange Coins for Cash? 06/19/2024 08:00pm • Coins and cash still remain a significant part of the economy even as easy, low-contact options like tap-to-pay have risen. Comparing 2013 to 2023, circulating coin production has remained relatively similar at both benchmarks, at around 11 billion coins, according to the U.S. Mint. And although the Edmonton Oilers' outreach to Indigenous community reaches beyond pregame land recognition video 06/19/2024 06:34pm • EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Before the puck drops and before 18,000 fans sing “O Canada” in unison at Edmonton Oilers home games, the audience hears from Chief Willie Littlechild. A message from Littlechild plays on Rogers Place video screens, welcoming the crowd to Treaty 6 territory, the homela Pharrell at Louis Vuitton celebrates the diversity of human skin in Paris UNESCO show 06/19/2024 05:54pm • PARIS (AP) — With just over a month before the Paris Olympics, Louis Vuitton celebrated the beauty of humans and their skin in a star-studded menswear showcase at the headquarters of U.N. cultural agency UNESCO in Paris. Models wearing garb in all the hues of human flesh paraded around a giant glo Scorching temperatures, humidity making life miserable for millions from Midwest to Maine 06/19/2024 04:36pm • BOSTON (AP) — A blistering heat wave Wednesday extended from the Midwest to New England, leaving millions of people sweltering through the Juneteenth holiday, including in places like northern Maine where they rarely experience such conditions this early in the year. The city of Caribou, Maine, j Rory McIlroy's time off 'exactly what he should be doing,' PGA Tour commissioner says 06/19/2024 03:33pm • CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — No hard feelings, Rory. PGA Tour Commissioner Jay Monahan said he understands why Rory McIlroy withdrew from the Travelers Championship — the final signature event on the calendar — to recover from a late-Sunday meltdown at the U.S. Open. “Sometimes you just need to fo Balancing act: Swimmers Harting and Fink hold full-time jobs while chasing their Olympic dreams 06/19/2024 02:59pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Zach Harting had a practical reason for getting a job away from the pool. He was approaching his 26th birthday. He needed health insurance. “I'm not on my parents' (plan) anymore,” Harting said. An Olympian at the Tokyo Games, Harting is attempting to make the team for Pari DC Smithsonian museums stay open late, throw dance parties to celebrate summer solstice 06/19/2024 02:48pm • Are you looking to eat some delicious fruit, shake a leg, and play games with friends this summer? All those activities and more will be taking place all day, and late into the night, this Saturday at Smithsonian Museums across D.C.'s National Mall. "Solstice Saturday" on June 22 marks the offici Kansas is making a big run at Kansas City's pro teams with a plan to help pay for new stadiums 06/19/2024 01:19pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is making a serious run at becoming the new home for the reigning Super Bowl champions with legislators approving a plan Tuesday to lure the Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals away from Missouri. Bipartisan legislative supermajorities OK'd the measu Today in Sports - Miami Heat win first NBA Championship, Dwyane Wade named Finals MVP 06/19/2024 10:00am • June 20 1908 — Colin wins the Tidal Stakes at Sheepshead Bay and retires undefeated after 15 starts. No major American racehorse approaches this record until 1988, when Personal Ensign retires with a perfect 13-for-13 career. 1936 — Jesse Owens sets a 100-meter record of 10.2 seconds at a meet i A US aircraft carrier and its crew have fought Houthi attacks for months. How long can it last? 06/19/2024 06:58am • ABOARD THE USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER IN THE RED SEA (AP) — The combat markings emblazoned on the F/A-18 fighter jet tell the story: 15 missiles and six drones, painted in black just below the cockpit windshield. As the jet sits on the deck of the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower aircraft carrier in the Red 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 Prosecutors try to link alleged bribes of Sen. Bob Menendez to appointment of federal prosecutor 06/18/2024 07:39pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors at the trial of Sen. Bob Menendez used the testimony of his former campaign manager on Tuesday to try to link alleged bribes of the Democrat to the appointment of New Jersey’s top prosecutor three years ago. Michael Soliman, a former top Menendez political adviser, te 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 Connor Hults halts North Carolina comeback bid to help Seminoles advance with 9-5 win at CWS 06/18/2024 06:58pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Connor Hults felt a whole lot better walking off the mound at the end of the game Tuesday than he did three days earlier. Hults pitched 4 1/3 innings of shutout relief to thwart North Carolina's comeback bid, and Jaxson West and Max Williams hit back-to-back homers in the ninth