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DC road closures, parking restrictions ahead of National Capital Barbecue Battle 06/22/2024 04:20am • Get ready to steer clear of smoke signals and gridlock this weekend! From Friday evening through early Monday morning, the annual National Capital Barbecue Battle will be shutting down streets and gobbling up parking spots from Constitution to Independence avenues. D.C. Police has announced Israeli strikes on tent camps near Rafah kill at least 25 and wound 50, Gaza health officials say 06/21/2024 11:42pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces shelled tent camps for displaced Palestinians outside Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Friday, killing at least 25 people and wounding another 50, according to the territory's health officials and emergency workers. This was the latest deadly attack Shaine Casas finally makes U.S. Olympic team, Chris Guiliano's big week continues at swim trials 06/21/2024 11:10pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Shaine Casas looked at the scoreboard, took off his cap and slapped the water furiously as if he had just won the men’s 200-meter individual medley at Friday’s U.S. Olympic Trials. Finishing second was well worth it for the 24-year-old Californian. Yes, three years after fi He's back! Caeleb Dressel looks like himself again, winning at US Olympic swim trials 06/21/2024 10:25pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — After a long layoff and all the doubts about whether he'd reclaim his place as one of the world's greatest swimmers, Caeleb Dressel is beginning to look like himself again. Dressel earned his first individual race of the Paris Games, powering to a relatively easy victory in the Josh Lowe homers twice as Rays breeze past the Pirates 10-3 06/21/2024 10:23pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — Josh Lowe homered twice, including a three-run blast in the sixth that broke open a close game, and the Tampa Bay Rays breezed past the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-3 on Friday night. Lowe hit a solo shot to right off Luis Ortiz in the third inning and went deep again with two aboard in El Salvador death toll rises to 19 as heavy rains continue 06/21/2024 09:46pm • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The torrential rains hitting El Salvador caused the deaths of another six people on Friday when two girls and four adults were killed after being buried in their homes. Wall collapses and landslides on the outskirts of the capital brought a total of 19 dead. ​​ FEMA is ready for an extreme hurricane and wildfire season, but money is a concern, Mayorkas says 06/21/2024 06:56pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Homeland Security Department said Friday that the agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is prepared as it goes into what is expected to be an intense hurricane and wildfire season but he's concerned about looming budget shortfalls. As parts France star Kylian Mbappé stays on bench for Euro 2024 clash with Netherlands 06/21/2024 06:55pm • LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) — Kylian Mbappé was left out of France’s starting lineup for its 0-0 draw with the Netherlands at the European Championship on Friday. He was an unused substitute. Mbappé hadn't been certain to play after breaking his nose on Monday in the opening 1-0 win over Austria. Mb 'Extremely dangerous heat' descends on DC region 06/21/2024 06:52pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. The heat is on for yet another day in the D.C. region, with temperatures peaking in the high 90s in some areas Friday afternoon, but the "feels like" temperature has exceeded 100 degrees. The rest of the weekend doesn’t look to b At least 6 heat-related deaths reported in metro Phoenix so far this year as high hits 115 degrees 06/21/2024 06:21pm • PHOENIX (AP) — At least six people have died from heat-related causes this year so far in sizzling metro Phoenix, where the temperatures this week hit 115 degrees Fahrenheit (46 Celsius), the Maricopa County Department of Public Health reported this week. Another 87 deaths are under investigation The Latest | Gaza's Health Ministry says 25 killed, 50 wounded in Israeli strikes on tent camps 06/21/2024 06:01pm • At least 25 people were killed and another 50 wounded in attacks on tents for displaced Palestinians sheltering in southern Gaza, according to the territory’s Heath Ministry and emergency workers. Witnesses whose relatives died in one of the bombardments near a Red Cross field hospital told The A Norfolk Southern said ahead of the NTSB hearing that railroads will examine vent and burn decisions 06/21/2024 06:01pm • Days before the National Transportation Safety Board is set to explain why first responders were wrong to blow open five tank cars and burn the toxic chemical inside after the East Palestine derailment, Norfolk Southern said Friday it plans to lead an industrywide effort to improve the way those dec US proposes rules to stop Americans from investing in Chinese technology with military uses 06/21/2024 05:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department on Friday fleshed out a proposed rule that would restrict and monitor U.S. investments in China for artificial intelligence, computer chips and quantum computing. The proposed rule stems from President Joe Biden's August 2023 executive order regarding the 4 members of a billionaire family get prison in Switzerland for exploiting domestic workers 06/21/2024 05:21pm • GENEVA (AP) — An Indian-born billionaire and three family members were sentenced to prison on Friday for exploiting domestic workers at their lakeside villa in Switzerland by seizing their passports, barring them from going out and making them work up to 18 hours a day. A Swiss court dismissed mor Texas medical panel issues new guidelines for doctors but no specific exceptions for abortion ban 06/21/2024 04:45pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas medical panel on Friday approved guidance for doctors working under one of the nation's most restrictive abortion bans but refused to list specific exceptions to the law, which doctors have complained is dangerously unclear. The decision by the Texas Medical Board cam