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DC cherry blossoms hit halfway mark to peak bloom 03/08/2024 05:18pm • These mild temps this week in the D.C. area and daylight saving time this weekend may have you feeling like spring has sprung. And the cherry blossom trees down at the Tidal Basin agree. It's halfway to full bloom as of Friday, according to the National Park Service. Behold the plant! Oh, w Michigan school shooter's dad insisted to police that gun, ammunition were hidden at home 03/08/2024 04:31pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The father of a Michigan school shooter told police shortly after the fatal attack that a gun and ammunition used by his son had been hidden at the family's home, according to a video seen by jurors Friday. James and Jennifer Crumbley were interviewed in a small room at a she Spending bill would ease access to guns for some veterans declared mentally incapable 03/08/2024 04:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans whom the government declares incapable of managing their own affairs would have easier access to firearms under spending legislation expected to be signed by President Joe Biden in the coming days — a reversal of current law that Republicans, and even some Democrats, h Three people were rescued after a sailboat caught fire off the coast of Virginia Beach 03/08/2024 03:44pm • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Three people were rescued after a sailboat caught fire off the coast of Virginia Beach early Friday, a fire official said. The U.S. Coast Guard asked the Virginia Beach Fire Department’s fire boat crews to help respond to the fire about 3 miles (4.8 km) off the coast o Montana Rep. Rosendale drops US House reelection bid, citing rumors and death threat 03/08/2024 03:38pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana abruptly dropped his reelection bid on Friday — the second time in the past month that the hardline conservative lawmaker has entered and then quickly dropped out of a congressional race. Rosendale cited defamatory rumors and a RNC votes to install Donald Trump's handpicked chair as former president tightens control of party 03/08/2024 02:01pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee voted Friday to install Donald Trump’s handpicked leadership team, completing his takeover of the national party as the former president closes in on a third straight presidential nomination. Michael Whatley, a North Carolina Republican who has e Data Doctors: How to calculate your bandwidth needs 03/08/2024 01:53pm • Q: When searching for an alternative internet service provider, how do I determine how much bandwidth I need? A: You can make an educated guess of your needs based on the number of devices connecting, what they will be doing, and how often they’re used at the same time. ISP packages are usua Transcript of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address 03/08/2024 01:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Transcript of President Joe Biden’s as-delivered State of the Union address on March 7, 2024, as provided by the White House. It includes interactions with the audience and White House corrections to Biden’s remarks in brackets: Good evening. Good evening. If I were smart, Iâ Maple syrup season came weeks early in the Midwest. Producers are doing their best to adapt 03/08/2024 09:40am • DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) — Jeremy Solin doesn't need a jacket right now on his family farm in northern Wisconsin. There's no snow blanketing the dead leaves in the grove of sugar maples. There, pails already hang beneath spiles in the trunks that have started dripping sap. And the ground is muddy — Behind the doors of a Chinese hacking company, a sordid culture fueled by influence, alcohol and sex 03/08/2024 04:28am • BEIJING (AP) — The hotel was spacious. It was upscale. It had a karaoke bar. The perfect venue, the CEO of the Chinese hacking company thought, to hold a Lunar New Year banquet currying favor with government officials. There was just one drawback, his top deputy said. “Who goes there?" the deput Oscar predictions: Expect an explosive night for Christopher Nolan's 'Oppenheimer' 03/08/2024 04:17am • It's been a fun week of movie memories and Hollywood trends in my daily Oscar series on WTOP. On Monday, we asked whether "Oppenheimer" marks the return of the blockbuster Best Picture. On Tuesday, we tallied the stats of the winningest movies to compile the Oscar Mount Rushmore. On Wed First-place Canucks hand struggling Golden Knights 3-1 loss 03/08/2024 01:46am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Quinn Hughes, Phillip Di Giuseppe and Conor Garland each scored as the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Canucks maintained their stranglehold on the Pacific Division while handing the struggling Vegas Golden Knights a 3-1 loss Thursday night. Canucks center Elias Pettersson go No. 5 USC holds off Arizona with 65-62 victory in Pac-12 quarterfinals 03/08/2024 01:38am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — JuJu Watkins scored 17 points and grabbed eight rebounds and No. 5 Southern California defeated Arizona 65-62 in a Pac-12 Tournament quarterfinal game on Thursday night. USC (24-5) held off the pesky Wildcats, who led by four with 3:28 left in the third quarter and made it a one-p Luis Suárez, Lionel Messi rally Inter Miami for a 2-2 tie with Nashville 03/08/2024 01:37am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Luis Suárez scored in stoppage time and Lionel Messi also scored after halftime to help Inter Miami tie Nashville 2-2 Thursday night in the CONCACAF Champions Cup. The teams will meet Wednesday night in Florida in the second leg of the home-and-home, total-goals series in Jury hears frantic 911 call from Michigan school shooter's dad: 'I have a missing gun' 03/08/2024 12:48am • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Prosecutors on Thursday played a recording of a desperate 911 call by the father of a Michigan school shooter as they tried to show jurors how he quickly determined that the teen might be the killer. “I have a missing gun at my house. ... I raced home just to like find out,