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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 Texas residents told to expect power outages, flooding as Beryl moves closer to landfall 07/07/2024 11:14pm • MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) — Beryl began lashing coastal Texas with rain and intensifying winds Sunday as residents boarded up windows, left beach towns under evacuation orders and prepared for the powerful storm that has already cut a deadly path through parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. Beryl remai Crew of NASA's earthbound simulated Mars habitat emerge after a year 07/07/2024 09:26pm • The crew of a NASA mission to Mars emerged from their craft after a yearlong voyage that never left Earth. The four volunteer crew members spent more than 12 months inside NASA's first simulated Mars environment at Johnson Space Center in Houston, coming out of the artificial alien enviroment Saturd 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 El Salvador's president threatens to use gang-crackdown style tactics against price gougers 07/07/2024 06:57pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, famous for his heavy-handed crackdown on street gangs, threatened to use similar tactics against price gougers. Since 2022, Bukele has rounded up tens of thousands of suspected street gang members — often on little evidence — Shelter-in-place order briefly issued at North Dakota derailment site, officials say 07/07/2024 06:37pm • Officials at the remote site of a derailed train carrying hazardous materials that sparked a fire in North Dakota briefly issued a shelter-in-place notice Sunday for area residents during cleanup. The notice was issued as a precaution early Sunday after air monitors detected low levels of anhydrous 15 firefighters suffer minor injuries taking on a Virginia warehouse blaze 07/07/2024 03:08pm • SOUTH HILL, Va. (AP) — Fifteen firefighters were injured battling a large fire at a fertilizer warehouse in Virginia, officials said. The firefighters suffered non-life threatening injuries from chemical exposure, heat exhaustion and minors scrapes and burns while taking on the fire that started Frenchman Anthony Turgis wins tough Tour de France stage on gravel roads, Pogacar keeps the lead 07/07/2024 12:56pm • TROYES, France (AP) — Frenchman Anthony Turgis emerged victorious from a long breakaway through the dust of gravel roads to claim the ninth stage of the Tour de France after a hectic day of racing, marked by relentless attacks on Sunday. Behind the breakaway, race leader Tadej Pogacar tried to set A Ukrainian drone triggers warehouse explosions in Russia as a war of attrition grinds on 07/07/2024 11:26am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A village in a border region of western Russia was evacuated Sunday following a series of explosions after debris from a downed Ukrainian drone set fire to a nearby warehouse, local officials said. Social media footage appeared to show rising clouds of black smoke in the Voron Prince William Co. hospital announces completion of $1M emergency department investment 07/07/2024 08:15am • A $1 million investment project in the emergency department of The Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center in Woodbridge is complete. Jeff Joyner, president of Sentara Northern Virginia Media Center in Prince William County, said the upgrades include a pair of dedicated trauma rooms. "The new It's France's moment of truth. Here's how its snap elections work and what comes next 07/07/2024 01:10am • PARIS (AP) — French voters face a decisive choice Sunday in the runoff of snap parliamentary elections that could produce the country’s first far-right government since the World War II Nazi occupation — or leave it with no majority emerging at all. Marine Le Pen’s anti-immigration, national Police: 3-year-old found dead in Montgomery Co. pool 07/06/2024 11:13pm • A three-year-old boy was found dead in a Rockville, Maryland, pool late Friday, according to Montgomery County police. The county's Emergency Communications Center got a call about a missing boy around 11:45 p.m., according to a news release from police. Rockville City Police responded to Elmcrof 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 Military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso rule out returning to the ECOWAS regional bloc 07/06/2024 07:13pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Military junta leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso on Saturday ruled out returning their nations to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize efforts to undo coups and curb violence spreading across the region. The leaders of the three countrie No. 1 Iga Swiatek loses in Wimbledon's third round to Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan 07/06/2024 05:16pm • LONDON (AP) — After putting one shot into the net, Iga Swiatek muttered to herself. After another point went awry, she placed her hand over her mouth. Generally, she looked as flustered as she ever does on a tennis court. Once again, she went from unbeatable on the French Open's red clay to underw