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DC punk legends reunite at summer concert series 07/24/2023 06:11am • The forefathers and foremothers of D.C.'s groundbreaking hardcore punk scene are reuniting in a weekend of music, picnics and community at a concert series called "Reunion Summer" — but it's not a traditional reunion. "I was really feeling hungry for community, but also I was really missing 'Barbie' has biggest opening day of 2023, 'Oppenheimer' not far behind 07/23/2023 05:38am • ▶ Watch Video: "Barbie," "Oppenheimer" look to revive Hollywood's struggling summer box office Director Greta Gerwig's all-pink "Barbie" had a glamorous estimated opening day at the box office Friday, bringing in $70.5 million — the biggest opening for any film in 2023 so far. The 'Barbenheimer' arrives as moviegoers flock to a Mattel-mushroom cloud double feature 07/21/2023 09:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Waves of pink-clad moviegoers passed under cardboard palm trees on the frenzied first day of “Barbenheimer.” After a feverish drumbeat propelled forward by a mushroom cloud of memes, the most anticipated day on the year’s movie calendar finally arrived as “Barbie” and German police find melted-down gold after theft of Celtic coins, seek rest of treasure 07/20/2023 07:01am • BERLIN (AP) — Investigators looking into the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a German museum have found lumps of gold that appear to have resulted from part of the treasure being melted down, but still hold out hope of finding the rest intact, officials said Thursday. Four suspects we German authorities arrest suspects in theft of 483 Celtic gold coins from museum 07/19/2023 12:01pm • BERLIN (AP) — German authorities said Wednesday that they have arrested four suspects in the theft of hundreds of ancient gold coins from a museum in Bavaria last year. Thieves broke into the Celtic and Roman Museum in Manching and took 483 Celtic coins that were discovered during an archaeologica 7 Best Cryptocurrency Stocks to Buy 07/18/2023 08:00pm • While there was talk of a "crypto winter" in 2022, it seems that spring has sprung in the digital assets space in 2023. Bitcoin, by far the largest and best-recognized cryptocurrency, has surged more than 80% year to date to regain some of its lost luster. The popular alternative cryptocurrency ethe The 10 Best-Performing Cryptocurrencies of 2023 07/17/2023 08:00pm • The "crypto winter" has transitioned into summer in 2023, as investor concerns about a hard landing for the U.S. economy have somewhat subsided and appetite for risk assets has returned. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has cracked down on cryptocurrency exchanges, but regulators are also NC--Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/14/2023 03:07pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Online, 'unalive' means death or suicide. Experts say it might help kids discuss those things 07/14/2023 09:56am • When Emily Litman was in middle school, kids whose parents grounded them would blithely lament: “I just want to die." Now she's a middle school teacher in New Jersey, and when her students' phones and TikTok access are taken away, their out-loud whining has a 21st-century digital twist: “I feel Study finds more clues as to why ‘SuperAgers’ have better brains 07/13/2023 06:30pm • (CNN) — In the largest observational study to date on “SuperAgers” — people in their 80s who have brains as sharp as those 30 years younger — researchers in Spain found key differences in lifestyle that may contribute to these older adults’ razor-sharp minds. SuperAgers in the study h Manhattanhenge is a bust as clouds hide NYC sunset. Last chance this year is Thursday 07/12/2023 09:48pm • NEW YORK (AP) — There's only one more chance this year to possibly take in Manhattanhenge, the biannual alignment of the setting sun with the city's east-west streets that brings New Yorkers out of their apartments to watch it bathe the urban canyons in a rosy glow. With gray, gloomy weather sock Metro adds new cashless options for parking payment in 'fare modernization' effort 07/08/2023 09:39pm • Metro has announced an expansion of the way customers can pay for parking, now boasting centralized pay stations and ParkMobile access for all of its short-term parking lots and street parking spaces. All 63 of Metro's "Kiss and Ride" and hourly lots have been outfitted with centralized pay stati A year of fighting between Israel and the Palestinians just escalated. Is this an uprising? 07/05/2023 02:59am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Airstrikes targeting Palestinian militants in a crowded residential area. Armored bulldozers plowing through narrow streets, crushing cars and piling up debris. Protesters burning tires. A mounting death toll. Israel’s large-scale military raid into the Jenin refugee camp 'Liberty, equality, fraternity' for all? New riots make France confront an old problem 07/04/2023 06:47am • PARIS (AP) — “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”: The lofty ideals to which France has long aspired are embossed on coins and carved above school doors across the land. Yet they are the polar opposite of what some French people who are Black or brown saw in a shocking video of a police officer sho Today in History: July 2, Amelia Earhart disappears attempting round-the-world flight 07/02/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2023. There are 182 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along t