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These Palestinian mothers in Gaza gave birth Oct. 7. Their babies have known only war 04/07/2024 03:45am • NUSEIRAT, Gaza Strip (AP) — Rockets streaked through the morning sky in Gaza on Oct. 7 as Amal Al-Taweel hurried to the hospital in the nearby Nuseirat refugee camp, already in labor. After a difficult birth, she and her husband, Mustafa, finally got to hold Ali, the child they spent three years t Messi scores in his return, helps Inter Miami get a 2-2 tie against Colorado 04/06/2024 10:08pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lionel Messi returned and helped salvage a tie for Inter Miami. Messi scored shortly after checking in to begin the second half and helped set up Leo Afonso's go-ahead score two minutes later. But Cole Bassett scored in the 88th minute for the Colorado Rapids and the g Cecil L. 'Chip' Murray, influential pastor and civil rights leader in Los Angeles, dies 04/06/2024 08:22pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Rev. Dr. Cecil L. “Chip” Murray, an influential pastor and civil rights leader who used his tenure at one of Los Angeles' oldest churches to uplift the predominantly Black neighborhoods of South Los Angeles following one of the country's worst race riots, has died. He wa Israel finds the body of a hostage killed in Gaza, while talks will resume on a cease-fire 04/06/2024 04:15pm • CAIRO (AP) — Israel's military said Saturday it had recovered the body of a 47-year-old farmer who was held hostage in Gaza, while negotiators prepared for another round of talks Sunday on brokering a cease-fire and securing the release of the remaining hostages, six months into the war. Israel's For families of hostages, it's a race against time as Israel's war reaches six-month mark 04/06/2024 03:47pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — It’s the last wish of a dying mother, to be with her daughter once more. But six months into Israel's war against Hamas, time is running out for Liora Argamani, who hopes to stay alive long enough to see her kidnapped daughter come home. “I want to see her one more time. Talk Should Marylanders with severe mental health needs get court-ordered treatment? State Senate to decide 04/06/2024 12:58pm • Maryland's Senate is set to vote on a bill that could impose court-ordered mental health treatments for people whose significant mental health needs lead to frequent hospitalizations or interactions with law enforcement. House Bill 576 would create so-called “Assisted Outpatient Treatment” pr Millions expected to hit the roads ahead of total solar eclipse — WTOP Traffic's travel tips for DC-area residents 04/06/2024 12:42pm • Millions of people are expected to travel to witness the awe-inspiring total solar eclipse Monday. A WTOP Traffic reporter has some tips for those explorers headed toward the path of totality. You can't witness the solar eclipse in its full glory in the D.C. area, though a partial eclipse will be East Coast earthquakes aren't common, but they are felt by millions. Here's what to know 04/06/2024 11:34am • DALLAS (AP) — East Coast residents were jolted Friday by a 4.8-magnitude earthquake centered near Lebanon, New Jersey, with weak rumblings felt as far away as Baltimore and the Massachusetts-New Hampshire border. No life-threatening injuries or major damage have been reported. Here’s what to kno Political pressure builds on House Speaker Johnson as Congress returns 04/06/2024 08:57am • Congress returns Monday after a two-week break and the list of major issues facing lawmakers has only grown while they were away from D.C. Most immediately, Congress will need to consider an emergency aid package related to the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, which has effe When will Fed cut rates? As US economy flexes its muscles, maybe later or not at all 04/06/2024 07:26am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Ever since the Federal Reserve signaled last fall that it was likely done raising interest rates, Wall Street traders, economists, car buyers, would-be homeowners — pretty much everyone — began obsessing over a single question: When will the Fed start cutting rates? But now, Though Rwanda has come a long way since the 1994 genocide, scars of the past still haunt the nation 04/06/2024 03:05am • KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new mass graves are still being discovered across the country of 14 million people, a grim reminder of the s Caitlin Clark has a chance to end her college career with the title that's eluded her 04/06/2024 12:54am • CLEVELAND (AP) — Caitlin Clark will get her wish. The Iowa superstar and the Hawkeyes are returning to the national championship game. Clark shook off a sluggish first half to score 15 of her 21 points after the break as the Hawkeyes rallied past UConn 71-69 on Friday night in the women's Final Fo US East Coast earthquake rattles millions, but region escapes sweeping damage 04/05/2024 08:59pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors. The U.S. Geological Survey said over 42 million people might have felt t An Argentine judge recognizes gender abuse suffered for years by 20 nuns in a breakthrough ruling 04/05/2024 08:10pm • BUNEOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — An Argentine judge on Friday ruled that 20 cloistered nuns had suffered abuse for more than two decades at the hands of high-ranking clergy in the country's conservative north, and ordered the accused archbishop and church officials to undergo psychological treatment Biden tours collapsed Baltimore bridge as clearing proceeds and declares 'your nation has your back' 04/05/2024 07:48pm • DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — President Joe Biden got a firsthand look Friday at efforts to clear away the “mangled mess” of remains of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as cranes, ships and diving crews work to reopen one of the nation's main shipping lanes. Aboard Marine One, cir