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Dozens more former youth inmates sue over alleged sexual abuse at Illinois detention centers 06/03/2024 04:17pm • Dozens more former youth inmates filed lawsuits seeking millions of dollars in damages for sexual abuse they allegedly endured at Illinois detention centers dating back to the late 1990s. Thirteen women and 95 men filed two separate lawsuits Friday in the Illinois Court of Claims against the state D 'They’re almost literally everywhere': Bedbug activity ramps up in the DC area as people start traveling for the summer 06/03/2024 03:40pm • The first week of June is Bedbug Awareness Week — and D.C. ranks as one of the top 10 worst places in the country for bedbugs, according to both Orkin and Terminix, two major pest control companies. Jared Davis is a technician and field specialist with ECO Bed Bug Exterminators DC, which servic How Pepco strives to make energy more affordable for customers 06/03/2024 03:22pm • This content is sponsored by Pepco. Making energy more affordable and keeping customers connected to critical energy service remains a core priority for both Pepco and the communities it serves. “Customers are feeling the real impact of inflation,” said Valencia McClure, the region pre Vatican cardinal urges Europeans to remember own migratory roots ahead of European elections 06/03/2024 07:58am • ROME (AP) — A top Vatican cardinal urged European voters Monday to remember their own migratory roots and show sympathy to people forced to flee their homes, days ahead of an election for the European Parliament in which migration is a big issue. Cardinal Michael Czerny, Pope Francis’ point pers Nationals Notebook: Taming the 'Beast of the East' 06/03/2024 03:30am • The Washington Nationals' road to respectability is far from a straight line. And even though they're just one game out of the final playoff spot in the National League, the team remains under .500. But last week, we saw something we hadn't in some time: the Nats' first four-game series win over Earthquakes in north-central Japan collapse 5 homes that were damaged in deadly January quake 06/03/2024 12:50am • TOKYO (AP) — Earthquakes early Monday again struck Japan's north-central region of Ishikawa, still recovering from the destruction left by a powerful quake on Jan. 1, but the latest shaking caused no major damage. A magnitude 5.9 temblor on the northern top of the Noto Peninsula was followed minut Water begins to flow again in downtown Atlanta after outage that began Friday 06/02/2024 07:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Water pressure was returning to downtown Atlanta and nearby neighborhoods on Sunday after a two-day water outage shut down businesses and left faucets dry at many homes. A large swath of the city remained under an order to boil water before drinking it, but Mayor Andre Dickens said The real scoop on Monday's planetary parade 06/02/2024 01:52pm • Have you seen the following on TV or online? "Skywatchers are in for a treat on June 3, 2024, when a rare alignment of six planets will be visible in the predawn sky. This celestial event, known as a 'planet parade,' will feature Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune lining up i Democrats wanted an agreement on using artificial intelligence. It went nowhere 06/02/2024 10:43am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic National Committee was watching earlier this year as campaigns nationwide were experimenting with artificial intelligence. So the organization approached a handful of influential party campaign committees with a request: Sign onto guidelines that would commit them Gov. Moore to fly flags half-staff after arrest of suspect in murder of Maryland parole agent 06/02/2024 10:17am • The man suspected of killing a Maryland parole agent in a Chevy Chase apartment Friday night is in custody, officials said Saturday. Montgomery County police said 54-year-old Emanuel Edward Sewell was found shortly after 5 p.m. while traveling on Interstate 64 near Hurricane, West Virginia. He'll Israel maintains a shadowy hospital in the desert for Gaza detainees. Critics allege mistreatment 06/02/2024 09:35am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Patients lying shackled and blindfolded on more than a dozen beds inside a white tent in the desert. Surgeries performed without adequate painkillers. Doctors who remain anonymous. These are some of the conditions at Israel's only hospital dedicated to treating Palestinians detai Cancer patients often do better with less intensive treatment, new research finds 06/02/2024 08:01am • Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference. It’s part of a long-term trend toward studying whether doing less — less surgery, less chemotherapy or less radiation — In a rare step, 3 South Dakota counties are set to vote on counting ballots by hand 06/02/2024 01:53am • Voters in at least three rural South Dakota counties are set to decide Tuesday whether to return to counting ballots by hand, the latest communities around the country to consider ditching machine tabulators based on unfounded conspiracy theories stemming from the 2020 presidential election. The thr Boeing's first astronaut flight called off at the last minute in latest setback 06/01/2024 10:20pm • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Last-minute computer trouble nixed Saturday’s launch attempt for Boeing’s first astronaut flight, the latest in a string of delays over the years. Two NASA astronauts were strapped in the company’s Starliner capsule when the countdown automatically was halted at 3 Registered sex offender suspected in death of Maryland parole officer arrested in West Virginia 06/01/2024 10:09pm • CHEVY CHASE, Md. (AP) — A registered sex offender wanted in the death of a parole officer whose body was found in the man’s apartment in Chevy Chase was arrested Saturday in West Virginia, authorities said. Emanuel Edward Sewell is suspected in the killing of 33-year-old Davis Martinez, Montgom