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Live from the DNC, it could be one of your favorite online influencers 08/22/2024 06:08pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Across this week's Democratic National Convention in Chicago, more than 200 online influencers, streamers and other social media personalities have been capturing and livestreaming their impressions of what’s going on. There’s the 12-year-old nicknamed “Knowa,” who’s po Injured Montana man survives on creek water for 5 days after motorcycle crash on mountain road 08/22/2024 04:18pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Montana motorcyclist who was missing for five days after crashing along an Idaho mountain highway survived by drinking creek water until he was found, authorities say. Zachary Demoss, 24, was badly injured in the crash but “was tough enough to hold out for five days on that Can the College Park Airport cut through miles of red tape in order to expand? 08/22/2024 01:50pm • The College Park Airport is the world's oldest, continuously operating airport. The first plane to soar even a mile into the air took off from there. The first woman to ever ride in a plane took off from there, too. And before Sept. 11, the runways handled more than 50 flights per day. With p Aaron Rodgers and the Jets' starters will not play in the preseason finale against the Giants 08/22/2024 12:00pm • FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers' next snap in a game for the New York Jets will come almost exactly a year since his last. Coach Robert Saleh announced Thursday that Rodgers and the rest of the Jets’ starters will not play in the preseason finale against the Giants on Saturday night. The Europe offers clues for solving America's maternal mortality crisis 08/22/2024 11:10am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Midwife Jennie Joseph touched Husna Mixon’s pregnant belly, turned to the 7-year-old boy in the room with them and asked: “Want to help me check the baby?” With his small hand on hers, Joseph used a fetal monitor to find a heartbeat. “I hear it!” he said. A quick, st Matt About Town: Did you know one of DC's most iconic memorials on the National Mall has hidden fossils in its stairs? 08/22/2024 08:35am • .in-article-vertical-video {float: right; padding-left: 10px;width:300px !important;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.in-article-vertical-video {float: none; padding-left: 20px;}}.in-article-vertical-video connatix_video_caption {width: 300px !important;}#tnvbNcaMHUrl {margin-bottom: 1 Things to do in the DC area: DC Jazz Festival, Heritage Film Festival … and more! 08/22/2024 07:25am • There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. Check back every Thursday for a roundup of Things to do in the D.C. area. For its twentieth year, the D.C. Jazz Festival is back and bigger than eve A dream road trip to see every AP Top 25 team with conference realignment adding some spice 08/22/2024 06:10am • Say what you will about the drawbacks of conference realignment — such as the unwieldy travel and the loss of some traditional rivalries — but the consolidation of top teams means the 2024 schedule will be quite a novelty. Michigan vs. Southern California? That's now a Big Ten regular-season gam Ex-politician testifies he's innocent in the killing of a Las Vegas investigative reporter 08/22/2024 01:41am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — In his first words to a jury, a former Las Vegas-area Democratic elected official declared Wednesday that he didn't kill an investigative reporter who wrote articles critical of him and his workplace conduct. Then he promised to tell them his story. “This is the day I've been wa Aaron Judge homers twice, Juan Soto homers and drives in 5 as Yankees rout Guardians 8-1 08/22/2024 12:43am • NEW YORK (AP) — Aaron Judge homered twice and drove in three runs and Juan Soto hit a two-run homer in the first inning and drove in five to power the New York Yankees to an 8-1 rout over the Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday night. Judge hit a two-run homer in the third and added a solo shot in th The Latest: Walz accepts the party’s nomination for vice president at DNC Day 3 08/21/2024 11:56pm • Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton headlined the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed rollout of a new candidate, Kamala Harris, and her pitch to voters. Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi and Transportation Secretary P Pressure mounts against judicial overhaul in Mexico amid market concerns and striking judges 08/21/2024 09:17pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is facing mounting pressure against his controversial proposal to overhaul the Mexican judicial system, which would have judges be elected. Judges and magistrates on Wednesday joined a strike begun early this week by federal court employe When to Get a Second Opinion 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Anytime you receive a new diagnosis, have a surgery coming up or get a recommendation for a major treatment plan, it's really important to feel confident about it. If you have doubts about your diagnosis or treatment plan, or if the doctor-patient relationship doesn't feel right, it might be time to At-Home Menopause Tests: Pros and Cons, What They Test and When to See a Provider 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Menopause is the cessation of periods for at least 12 months due to the absence of ovulation and lower production of hormones like estrogen and progesterone. Menopause is considered by most medical societies as a clinical diagnosis not a laboratory diagnosis. However, testing can clarify when someon Pay-Yourself-First Budgeting: What It Is and How to Do it 08/21/2024 08:00pm • Building a budget generally involves paying your essential expenses like rent, electricity, food and gas first. Once those are taken care of, you allocate what's left toward savings, investments and other discretionary spending. The pay-yourself-first strategy, however, takes a different approach. H