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Book Review: 'Nothing But the Bones' is a compelling noir novel at a breakneck pace 04/18/2024 12:54pm • Nelson “Nails” McKenna isn’t very bright, stumbles over his words and often says what he’s thinking without realizing it. We first meet him as a boy reading a superhero comic on the banks of a river in his backcountry hometown in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Georgia. There, a bully pick How have drivers adjusted to the collapse of the Key Bridge? A look at the data 04/18/2024 11:57am • Listen to WTOP for traffic updates on the 8s. Baltimore's Francis Scott Key Bridge used to carry more than 30,000 vehicles across the Patapsco River every day. Maryland's Department of Transportation provided WTOP with an early look at how the drivers have adjusted. The tunnels on Interstates Barcelona to get floating desalination plant to help fight drought in northeastern Spain 04/18/2024 11:04am • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s drought-stricken region of Catalonia will install a floating desalination plant to help the city of Barcelona guarantee its drinking water supply, regional authorities said Thursday. Barcelona already relies on Europe’s largest desalination plant for domestic us Croatia's conservatives believe they'll soon form a majority government despite inconclusive vote 04/18/2024 10:14am • ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia ’s ruling conservatives said Thursday that talks have already started about the formation of a new governing majority the day after a highly contested parliamentary election that saw a far-right party emerge as a potential kingmaker. Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi� A Georgia beach aims to disrupt Black students' spring bash after big crowds brought chaos in 2023 04/18/2024 10:00am • TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — Thousands of Black college students expected this weekend for an annual spring bash at Georgia's largest public beach will be greeted by dozens of extra police officers and barricades closing off neighborhood streets. While the beach will remain open, officials are blockin PSG star Tabitha Chawinga of Malawi overcomes obstacles en route to Champions League success 04/18/2024 07:51am • Tabitha Chawinga wasn't always a prolific scorer. The Paris Saint-Germain star played goalkeeper in rural Malawi as a young girl. A collision with a defender changed all that. Her mouth was bloodied. “After that I stopped playing the goal, because I was afraid as well (of) my mom,” Chawinga says Israelis grapple with how to celebrate Passover, a holiday about freedom, while many remain captive 04/18/2024 07:02am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Every year, Alon Gat’s mother led the family's Passover celebration of the liberation of the ancient Israelites from Egypt thousands of years ago. But this year, Gat is struggling with how to reconcile a holiday commemorating freedom after his mother was slain and other family m Frustrated farmers are rebelling against EU rules. The far right is stoking the flames 04/18/2024 05:40am • ANDEREN, Netherlands (AP) — Inside the barn on the flat fields of the northern Netherlands, Jos Ubels cradles a newborn Blonde d'Aquitaine calf, the latest addition to his herd of over 300 dairy cattle. Little could be more idyllic. Little, says Ubels, could be more under threat. As Europe seek Takeaways from this week's reports on the deadly 2023 Maui fire that destroyed Lahaina 04/18/2024 05:40am • HONOLULU (AP) — More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui town, officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong and how to prevent similar catastrophes in the future. But two reports released this week are filling Move over, Grammys! Wammies honor local musicians with Hitmakers Ball at Capital One Hall 04/18/2024 04:40am • For over three decades, D.C. musicians have gained exposure from a local version of the Grammys. The 36th annual Wammies will be held Saturday night at Capital One Hall in Tysons, Virginia. The public event is hosted by the nonprofit organization The MusicianShip, which took over the cerem Europe wants 2 things from China. It may not get far on either of them. 04/18/2024 03:53am • BEIJING (AP) — Europe wants two things from China: First, a shift in its relatively pro-Russia position on the war in Ukraine. Second, a reduction in the trade imbalance — Chinese goods exports to the EU exceeded its imports from the 27-nation bloc by 291 billion euros ($310 billion) last year. How South Africa's former leader Zuma turned on his allies and became a surprise election foe 04/18/2024 01:05am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa faces an unusual national election this year, its seventh vote since transitioning from white minority rule to a democracy 30 years ago. Polls and analysts warn that for the first time, the ruling African National Congress party that has comfortably held power sinc The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport 04/17/2024 10:19pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel. The Biden is off on details of his uncle's WWII death as he calls Trump unfit to lead the military 04/17/2024 09:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday misstated key details about his uncle’s death in World War II as he honored the man's wartime service and said Donald Trump was unworthy of serving as commander in chief. While in Pittsburgh, Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt. Ambrose J. Finne 8 Ways to Get Care When There Are No Primary Care Doctors 04/17/2024 08:00pm • You've likely felt the squeeze of the primary care provider shortage. Having a minor urinary tract infection, wrist injury or concern about a suspicious mole aren't always reasons to go to the emergency room. But, having difficulty finding a provider in your area, or one without months-long wait tim