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Indiana House Democratic leader to run for mayor of Fort Wayne following death of Tom Henry 04/03/2024 06:16pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Democratic House leader state Rep. Phil GiaQuinta intends to run for Fort Wayne mayor in an upcoming caucus to replace the city's late mayor who died last week, an adviser to the lawmaker confirmed Wednesday. Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry died March 28 after experiencing a Flooding, hail, damaging winds blast Southern Md. as cold front sweeps through DC region 04/03/2024 05:55pm • Heavy rain flooded parts of the D.C. area with thunderstorms bringing hail and damaging winds along with a cold front's arrival Wednesday afternoon. Here's what you need to know. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM. Current traffic conditions Weather forec Maryland lawmakers reach budget deal after debate influenced by fiscal uncertainty, US Senate race 04/03/2024 05:21pm • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland lawmakers announced an agreement on Wednesday to resolve differences over proposed tax and fee increases, settling on a far more modest approach after a $1.3 billion package was considered too high in the current economic climate, especially in an election year featu Expecting a lawsuit, North Dakota lawmakers estimate $1 million to defend congressional age limit 04/03/2024 01:52pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers are expecting a legal challenge to a proposed congressional age limit, and estimate $1 million to defend the measure up to the U.S. Supreme Court, in what some observers see as a likely test case. A top legislative panel on Wednesday unanimously approve Once overlooked, point guard Mark Sears has carried Alabama to its first Final Four 04/03/2024 01:31pm • TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) — Nate Oats admits it: He whiffed on Mark Sears out of high school. It’s OK, though. So did every other major college coach. It is why Alabama’s undersized, high-scoring point guard wound up at Ohio University before finally getting a chance to return to his home state. N Movie Review: Love wins in the triumphant 'Housekeeping for Beginners' 04/03/2024 12:37pm • “Housekeeping for Beginners” begins with a shot of a painting on a wall hanging just a little askew. It's an apt metaphor for what's in store. Writer and director Goran Stolevski gives us an atypical family portrait that's brilliantly political without being preachy, loving without being maudlin DC chefs and restaurants well-represented among 2024 James Beard finalists 04/03/2024 11:38am • Regarded as the "Oscars" of the food world, the prestigious James Beard awards are so close for some D.C. chefs and restaurants, that they can almost taste them. The James Beard Foundation announced finalists for its 2024 National James Beard Awards at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in D.C. Wednesday Russia: US shares blame in a concert hall attack claimed by Islamic militants 04/03/2024 11:23am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — The head of Russia's national security council on Wednesday contended that the United States shares blame for the attack by gunmen on a Moscow concert hall that killed 145 people, even though a branch of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility. Since the March 22 How police tracked down a suspected carjacker charged with fatally shooting 2 women in Manassas 04/03/2024 11:09am • New details emerged Wednesday about what led Prince William County police to charge a 36-year-old man with two counts of murder, after two women were found shot to death in a Manassas, Virginia apartment. It started early Tuesday morning at approximately 12:45 a.m., when a man reported an armed c AP Was There: A 1974 tornado in Xenia, Ohio, kills 32 and levels half the city 04/03/2024 09:45am • XENIA, Ohio (AP) — EDITOR'S NOTE — On April 3, 1974, a fierce tornado barreled through Xenia, Ohio, without warning, killing 32 people, injuring hundreds and leveling half the city of 25,000. Hundreds were left homeless. Nearby Wilberforce, home to Central State University, was also hit with dea Violent storms kill 7 people in eastern China including 3 who fell from their apartments 04/03/2024 06:31am • BEIJING (AP) — Violent rain and hailstorms have killed seven people in eastern China's Jiangxi province this week, including three people who fell from their apartments in a high-rise building. Dozens of homes were severely damaged by the storms, which started Sunday, and more than 800 people have Deadly severe weather roars through several states, spawning potential tornadoes 04/03/2024 04:57am • Thousands of homes and businesses were without power Tuesday as severe weather roared through several states, causing at least one death and spawning possible tornadoes. Parts of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, West Virginia, Virginia and Georgia were under tornado wa The Latest | Israel's killing of aid workers in Gaza is a new blow to humanitarian efforts 04/03/2024 01:09am • Israeli airstrikes on aid workers delivering food in Gaza killed at least seven people — including a U.S.-Canada dual citizen and citizens of Australia, Poland and the United Kingdom. It's the latest Israeli military action to hit humanitarian efforts in the besieged Palestinian territory. World AP Exclusive: EPA didn't declare a public health emergency after fiery Ohio derailment 04/03/2024 01:08am • The aftermath of last year's fiery train derailment in eastern Ohio doesn't qualify as a public health emergency because widespread health problems and ongoing chemical exposures haven't been documented, federal officials said. The Environmental Protection Agency never approved that designation aft Joel Embiid scores 24 points in his return from knee surgery. Sixers top Thunder 109-105 04/03/2024 12:20am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joel Embiid put Philadelphia ahead with four free throws in the final 40 seconds and finished with 24 points in his first game in nine weeks following knee surgery, leading the 76ers to a 109-105 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night. Embiid added seven assists an