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Swiss surprise in Olympic golf as Morgane Metraux takes the lead 08/08/2024 07:39pm • SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Morgane Metraux of Switzerland gave up her spot to her sister in the last Olympics so she could concentrate on her tour status. She had the stage to herself Thursday at Le Golf National that made it worth the wait. Metraux had eight 3s on her card on the fr Samsung is recalling more than 1 million electric ranges after numerous fire and injury reports 08/08/2024 06:25pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries. According to a Thursday notice from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, these slide-in ranges have front-mounted knobs that can be activated by The Latest: Trump and Harris to debate on ABC News in September 08/08/2024 05:44pm • With both major party tickets now decided, the campaign is set to play out as a 90-day sprint, and the Rust Belt and the Sun Belt are prime fronts. Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate on ABC, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominee Dead woman found entangled in baggage machinery at Chicago airport 08/08/2024 05:38pm • Firefighters found a dead woman entangled in machinery Thursday in a non-public baggage-processing area at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Larry Langford, a spokesperson for the Chicago Fire Department, said firefighters were called to the airport around 7:45 a.m. for a report of a person Utah bans 13 books at schools, including popular “A Court of Thorns and Roses” series, under new law 08/08/2024 05:27pm • Thirteen popular books have been banned from all public schools in Utah in the first wave of bans expected under a new law that prohibits books when at least three of the state’s 41 school district boards claim they contain pornographic or indecent material. Allowing just a few districts to make Benjamin Thomas wins omnium gold at the Paris Olympics, Ellesse Andrews takes keirin title 08/08/2024 04:10pm • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Benjamin Thomas knew exactly where he was in the middle of the finale of the multidiscipline omnium — on his back, watching everyone else go by him on the track. Yet with unflappable calm, even amid the tumult of the chaotic event known as the points race, t Ex-Catalan leader Puigdemont, a fugitive since 2017, returns to Spain. But then he vanishes again 08/08/2024 03:32pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Police launched a manhunt in Barcelona on Thursday for fugitive Carles Puigdemont, a celebrated campaigner for Catalan independence who made a sensational return to Spain and an equally sensational getaway from a speech in the city with the alleged help of local police offi Investigator says 'fraudulent' gift to Florida's only public historically Black university is void 08/08/2024 02:57pm • A record multi-million dollar gift to Florida's only public historically Black university has been void for months, an independent investigator said Thursday, as a third-party report determined school officials failed to vet a “fraudulent” contribution and that the donor's self-valuation of his A powerful quake hits off Japan's coast, causing minor injuries but prompting new concerns 08/08/2024 10:21am • TOKYO (AP) — A powerful earthquake struck off southern Japan on Thursday, causing mostly minor injuries but raising the level of concern over possible major quakes stemming from an undersea trough east of the coast. Officials said nine people were injured on Japan's southern main island of Kyushu, Things to do in the DC area: A Bayard Rustin graphic novel exhibit, Punk Fest … and more! 08/08/2024 10:05am • 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. The Africa World Art Gallery in Washington is hosting an exhibition The leader of the Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement reflects on a year since the Lahaina fire 08/08/2024 09:07am • KAHULUI, Hawaii (AP) — On a Monday morning in July, 11 months after the devastating Lahaina fires, the Kako’o Maui Resource Center was still busy. Sunlight poured through big windows. A young man with a white flower tucked behind his ear sat behind a desk near the door, smiling as he greeted vis This obscure monument commemorates Elvis' one and only performance in DC 08/08/2024 08:00am • .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 How to avoid becoming a victim of donor scams as Election Day nears 08/08/2024 07:04am • With the general election a few months away and presidential candidates aggressively fundraising before Election Day, election-related scams are likely to become increasingly common, according to Thomas Dearden, an associate professor of sociology at Virginia Tech. Because political donations inc Heavy rain hit DC area Wednesday night, with Debby to bring more this week 08/08/2024 03:10am • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Parts of the D.C. region received heavy rain and storms Wednesday as Tropical Storm Debby pushes its way north after smacking the Gulf Coast. Here's what you need to know. Loudoun County, Virginia, already received 2 to 4 inch Harris and Walz say they're 'joyful warriors,' narrowly avoid confrontation with Vance on tarmac 08/08/2024 12:23am • ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “joyful warriors" against Donald Trump on Wednesday as they spent their first full day campaigning together across the Midwest. They got an unusual glimpse of how hotly conteste