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'Call first:' Downtown businesses near NATO Summit prepare for uncertainty 07/08/2024 06:19pm • It's hard to run a business if you're not certain whether employees or customers will be able to get to the shop — that's the reality for some business owners near the Washington Convention Center, which will host the NATO Summit from Tuesday through Thursday. At Central Safe & Locksmith, o 3 killed when small plane crashes in western North Carolina mountains, officials say 07/08/2024 04:40pm • MARION, N.C. (AP) — Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in western North Carolina, officials said Monday. McDowell County Emergency Management said in a statement that emergency personnel responding to a report of a missing small plane found the downed aircraft near the Rutherford Feels-like temperatures hit triple digits Monday in DC area 07/08/2024 04:11pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. Sweltering temperatures are baking D.C.-area residents with feels-like temperatures in the triple digits Monday and there's a possibility for a few spotty storms. Here's what you need to know. "Sizzling heat and uncomfortable humid With plenty of swimming stars at the 2024 Olympics, France's Marchand may shine brightest 07/08/2024 02:30pm • Most of the big stars from the last Olympics will be back at the pool in Paris. Caeleb Dressel. Katie Ledecky. Ariarne Titmus. Emma McKeon. But the local favorite might just shine brightest of them all. France's Léon Marchand has drawn comparisons to the great Michael Phelps, a link that w France's election ends up with no clear majority. This is what could happen next 07/08/2024 02:26pm • PARIS (AP) — French voters have given a broad leftist coalition the most parliamentary seats in a pivotal legislative election that has kept the far right from power but has put France in the unprecedented position of having no dominant political bloc in parliament. While a fractured parliament is Violent holiday weekend sees mass shootings in Michigan, Illinois and Kentucky 07/08/2024 02:16pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting at a block party in Detroit left two people dead and more than a dozen wounded, capping a violent holiday weekend in the U.S. that also saw mass shootings in Kentucky and Chicago. More than 100 people were shot in Chicago, 19 of them fatally, over the long Independence Da Boeing accepts a plea deal to avoid a criminal trial over 737 Max crashes, Justice Department says 07/08/2024 02:15pm • Boeing will plead guilty to a criminal fraud charge stemming from two crashes of 737 Max jetliners that killed 346 people, the Justice Department said late Sunday, after the government determined the company violated an agreement that had protected it from prosecution for more than three years. Fed All rail cars carrying hazardous material have been removed from North Dakota derailment site 07/08/2024 02:15pm • BORDULAC, N.D. (AP) — All of the rail cars that contained hazardous materials have been removed from the site of a derailment in North Dakota, and all hotspots from the resulting fire have been extinguished, an official with CPKC said Monday. Railroad spokesman Patrick Waldron said in an email tha The far right seemed to have a lock on France's legislative elections. Here's why it didn't win 07/08/2024 01:23pm • PARIS (AP) — Seemingly so close, and yet still so far away. French far-right leader Marine Le Pen looked to be nearer to power than ever last week after her National Rally party, strengthened by new allies, triumphed in the opening round of legislative elections. Its first place wasn't a hole-in- Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods 07/08/2024 10:45am • NEW YORK (AP) — Ruben Berrios knows the scorching truth: When it comes to extreme heat, where you live can be a matter of life and death. The 66-year-old lives in Mott Haven, a low-income neighborhood in New York’s South Bronx, where more than 90 percent of residents are Latino or Black. Every s Dallas Stars will start streaming their regional game broadcasts for free 07/08/2024 10:34am • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — The Dallas Stars are taking their local game broadcasts directly to consumers for free after years of fans having issues watching the team's games on a regional sports network. The NHL team announced Monday that it has entered into a seven-year agreement with A Parent Media Co Major street closures for NATO Summit this week; crews install fencing near White House 07/08/2024 09:36am • In preparation for Tuesday's NATO Summit in D.C., crews from a contractor installed tall, latticed steel fences on the sidewalk along the Ellipse near the White House. A small forklift unloaded pallets of the fencing onto the sidewalk on Monday morning while crews dragged and then assembled the Key events in the troubled history of the Boeing 737 Max 07/08/2024 09:17am • Boeing’s 737 Max is a more fuel-efficient version of the American aerospace company’s popular 737, the best-selling airliner ever. Airlines have flown Max jets for just seven years, but in that short time two of them crashed, killing 346 people, and the plane has become a symbol of safety concer Review of prescribed fires finds gaps in key areas as US Forest Service looks to improve safety 07/08/2024 05:56am • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Two years after the U.S. Forest Service sparked what would become the largest and most destructive wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history, independent investigators say there are gaps that need to be addressed if the agency is to be successful at using prescribed fire South Korea abandons plan to suspend licenses of striking doctors to resolve medical impasse 07/08/2024 05:56am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's government announced Monday it will abandon its plan to suspend the licenses of striking junior doctors as part of its efforts to convince them to return to work and resolve the country’s monthslong medical impasse. It wasn’t immediately known whether th