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Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico takes first trip outside capital after assassination attempt 07/08/2024 12:17pm • BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico took his first trip outside the capital on Monday since resuming his duties after an assassination attempt. Fico visited a farm in Slovenska Nova Ves, northeast of the capital of Bratislava, along with agriculture minister More than 3 million pass through US airport security in a day for the first time as travel surges 07/08/2024 11:35am • More than 3 million people passed through U.S. airport security on Sunday, the first time that number of passengers have been screened in a single day as travel surges, according to the U.S. Transportation Security Administration. The record, which was widely predicted to happen at some point over CLIMATE GLIMPSE: Heat and a hurricane descend on the U.S., other wild weather around the world 07/08/2024 08:46am • As Hurricane Beryl batters Texas and extreme heat blankets much of the U.S. South and West, the world is set for another week of wild weather that human-caused climate change makes more likely. Beryl made landfall around the middle the Texas coast near Matagorda with a dangerous storm surge and str Nationals Notebook: CJ Abrams heading to Texas for All-Star Game 07/08/2024 05:25am • The Washington Nationals' series with St. Louis won't wrap up until Monday evening and, while they stand five and a half games behind the Cardinals for the second Wild Card spot after Sunday's 8-3 loss, there is plenty of optimism 90 games into the 2024 season. You see, for the first time in a wh This week: Consumer prices, Delta Air Lines and bank earnings 07/08/2024 03:10am • INFLATION CHECK The government on Thursday issues a report on consumer prices in June. Inflation eased in May for a second straight month, a hopeful sign that an acceleration of prices that occurred early this year may have passed. The trend could move the Federal Reserve closer to cutting its bench A bench and a grandmother's ear: Zimbabwe’s novel mental health therapy spreads overseas 07/07/2024 11:51pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After her son, the family’s shining light and only breadwinner, was arrested last year, Tambudzai Tembo went into meltdown. In Zimbabwe, where clinical mental health services are scarce, her chances of getting professional help were next to zero. She contemplated suicide. Persistent heat wave in the US shatters new records, causes deaths in the West and grips the East 07/07/2024 11:42pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. persisted on Sunday, baking parts of the West with dangerous temperatures that caused the death of a motorcyclist in Death Valley and held the East in its hot and humid grip. An excessive heat w Early Signs of Miscarriage: Symptoms to Watch For 07/07/2024 08:00pm • Pregnancy requires substantial physical and emotional labor, even before you give birth. Despite all that hard work, not all pregnancies end in healthy babies. Especially in the first trimester of pregnancy, early miscarriages are common. About 10% to 20% of women who learn they are pregnant will ha Davis Thompson wins John Deere Classic with lowest score in tournament history 07/07/2024 07:38pm • SILVIS, Ill. (AP) — Davis Thompson had been working toward a moment like this, and he wasn't about to let anything stop him — not a soft golf course that produced the best scores of the week, not the pressure of trying to win for the first time on the PGA Tour. He started with a two-shot lead. S MRI results on quad of Mariners outfielder Julio Rodriguez come back clean 07/07/2024 03:15pm • SEATTLE (AP) — The MRI results on Seattle center fielder Julio Rodríguez came back clean on Sunday, one day after he left in the first inning of the Mariners game against Toronto because of right quad discomfort. The young Mariners star shouldn’t be out for long, and could even appear as a pinc Christian Walker's 2-run single in the 10th gives the Diamondbacks a 7-5 win against the Padres 07/07/2024 02:13am • SAN DIEGO (AP) — Christian Walker’s two-run single with no outs highlighted Arizona's three-run 10th and the Diamondbacks won 7-5 Saturday night against the San Diego Padres, who scored once in bottom of the inning and then left the bases loaded. With Corbin Carroll as the automatic runner, the Uruguay beats Brazil 4-2 on penalties after scoreless draw, advances to Copa America semifinals 07/07/2024 01:15am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — Marcelo Bielsa knew what the world's reaction would be after Uruguay and Brazil grinded, scrapped and shoved their way through a Copa America quarterfinal match with 41 fouls, four shots on target and no goals in open play. Bielsa knows the beautiful game wasn't so attractive Satu Top prospect James Wood hits first major league homer as Nationals cruise past Cardinals 14-6 07/06/2024 09:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Top prospect James Wood launched his first career major league home run — a three-run shot — and added a two-run double for a career-high five RBIs as the Washington Nationals beat the St. Louis Cardinals 14-6 on Saturday. Wood’s 383-foot three-run opposite field homer put More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in U.S. 07/06/2024 08:31pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures — and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and h Triple-digit heat index to continue in DC area through Fourth of July weekend 07/06/2024 08:31pm • You might want to find a pool or some air-conditioning to enjoy this weekend as the heat index in the D.C. area is expected to be in the 100s again. Here’s what you need to know. Saturday, though not quite as hot as Friday, was still sweltering, with "daytime temperatures anywhere from the mid