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Fire destroys Copenhagen's Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire 04/16/2024 01:37pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings Tuesday, destroying about half of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange and collapsing its iconic dragon-tail spire, as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. Th More potential jurors dismissed as Trump's hush money trial enters second day 04/16/2024 01:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — More potential jurors were dismissed Tuesday from Donald’s Trump’s hush money case as lawyers worked for a second day to find a panel of New Yorkers to decide whether the Republican will become the first former president convicted of a crime. Possible jurors were quizzed for ho Facing a Republican revolt, House Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on US aid for Ukraine, allies 04/16/2024 12:46pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defiant and determined, House Speaker Mike Johnson pushed back Tuesday against mounting Republican anger over his proposed U.S. aid package for Ukraine, Israel and other allies, and rejected a call to step aside or risk a vote to oust him from office. “I am not resigning,” Jo Biden administration announces new partnership with 50 countries to stifle future pandemics 04/16/2024 12:18pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's administration will help 50 countries identify and respond to infectious diseases, with the goal of preventing pandemics like the COVID-19 outbreak that suddenly halted normal life around the globe in 2020. U.S. government officials will offer support in the Don't let it flow: Tourists to Spain's Catalonia may soon see water restrictions in the dry season 04/16/2024 11:59am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s drought-stricken northeastern Catalonia is considering imposing water restrictions on tourists in the driest parts of the region if domestic consumption is not curtailed, the Catalan government said Tuesday. The restriction of 100 liters (26 gallons) per tourist p Texas fined $100,000 per day for failing to act on foster care abuse allegations 04/16/2024 11:40am • CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 per day for routinely neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s struggling foster care system. U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack in Corpus Christi ruled Monday Divers face risk and dangers in Baltimore Key Bridge response 04/16/2024 10:30am • The workplace is dark, dangerous and unforgiving — divers beneath the surface of the Patapsco River, at the site of the March 26 Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, are facing a variety of life-threatening challenges, in underwater operations. On Monday, the fourth construction worke Heavy rains lash UAE and surrounding nations as the death toll in Oman flooding rises to 18 04/16/2024 10:12am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Heavy rains lashed the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, flooding out portions of major highways and leaving vehicles abandoned on roadways across Dubai. Meanwhile, the death toll in separate heavy flooding in neighboring Oman rose to 18 with others still missing Sudden cardiac arrest and sports: How you can save an athlete’s life 04/16/2024 10:01am • This content is provided by MedStar Washington Hospital Center. Playing sports can help athletes of all ages learn lifelong skills such as setting goals and time management while getting in some exercise. Despite these benefits, there is a degree of risk involved with physical activity, such as b IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings prompting road closures and parking restrictions 04/16/2024 09:48am • The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings are back in D.C., running from Sunday, April 14 through Saturday, April 20, resulting in several road closures and temporary parking restrictions across the District. D.C. police is encouraging motorists to plan alternate routes where 2023 was a record year for wind installations as world ramps up clean energy, report says 04/16/2024 09:40am • The world installed 117 gigawatts of new wind power capacity in 2023, a 50% increase from the year before, making it the best year for new wind projects on record, according to a new report by the industry's trade association. The latest Global Wind Report, published Tuesday by the Global Wind Energ More homes flooded in Russian region bordering Kazakhstan, other areas 04/16/2024 08:20am • MOSCOW (AP) — Nearly 14,500 homes have been flooded in a Russian region bordering Kazakhstan after water levels spiked in a local river, local authorities said Tuesday. The floods sparked evacuations of thousands in the Orenburg region, located some 1,200 kilometers (745 miles), southeast of the ‘Fought for his life’: How a construction worker was able to survive Baltimore’s Key Bridge collapse 04/16/2024 06:33am • As the Dali cargo vessel approached Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, construction workers on it were repairing potholes. In the seconds before the ship struck the bridge, its pilot made a mayday call that enabled local law enforcement to help stop any additional traffic from dri Nissan says it will make next-generation EV batteries by early 2029 04/16/2024 03:40am • YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan expects to mass produce electric vehicles powered by advanced next-generation batteries by early 2029, the company said Tuesday during a media tour of an unfinished pilot plant. Japan's legacy automakers have fallen behind newer rivals like America's Tesla and Chin Maui Fire Department to release after-action report on deadly Hawaii wildfires 04/16/2024 01:13am • HONOLULU (AP) — The Maui Fire Department is expected to release a report Tuesday detailing how the agency responded to a series of wildfires that burned on the island during a windstorm last August — including one that killed 101 people in the historic town of Lahaina and became the deadliest U.