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3 fishermen plucked from Atlantic waters off Nantucket by Coast Guard helicopter crew 08/08/2023 07:20pm • BOSTON (AP) — Three fishermen who were not wearing life jackets were plucked alive from ocean waters by the Coast Guard five miles east of Nantucket off the Cape Cod coast Saturday afternoon. At about 12:48 p.m. the First Coast Guard District command center received an alert from an emergency radi How extreme heat takes a toll on the mind and body, according to experts 08/08/2023 06:33pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Southwestern U.S. is bracing for another week of blistering temperatures, with forecasters on Monday extending an excessive heat warning through the weekend for Arizona's most populated area, and alerting residents in parts of Nevada and New Mexico to stay indoors. Th Emergent Biosolutions: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/08/2023 06:24pm • GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — GAITHERSBURG, Md. (AP) — Emergent Biosolutions Inc. (EBS) on Tuesday reported a loss of $261.3 million in its second quarter. The Gaithersburg, Maryland-based company said it had a loss of $5.15 per share. Losses, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to $1.06 per German man whose wife accused him of holding her captive for years to be released 08/08/2023 05:37pm • PARIS (AP) — A 55-year-old German man who was arrested after his wife accused him of holding her captive for over a decade will be released without charges, the lead prosecutor in the French city of Sarreguemines said Tuesday. The woman, aged 53, was found Monday bedridden, half-naked, and with a Ukraine accuses Russia of targeting rescue workers with consecutive missile strikes 08/08/2023 05:29pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials on Tuesday accused the Kremlin’s forces of targeting rescue workers by hitting residential buildings with two consecutive missiles — the first one to draw crews to the scene and the second one to wound or kill them. The strikes Monday evening in the dow Trump plans Iowa State Fair stop, though he won't attend candidate chat with GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds 08/08/2023 05:14pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the Iowa State Fair Saturday, a time-honored rite of presidential candidates working for support in the state’s leadoff nominating caucuses next January. Campaign aides Tuesday confirmed Trump's plan to visit the fair S 'Calmer weather' Tuesday, Moore surveys damage in northern Md. 08/08/2023 05:02pm • The D.C. region is experiencing calmer weather conditions Tuesday after getting hit with hard storms on Monday, allowing some parts of Maryland to start the recovery process. Here's what you need to know. 'Some of the worst electrical damage' in years A storm rolled through the D.C. region on Mond Editorial Roundup: United States 08/08/2023 04:32pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 3 The Washington Post on a threat to PEPFAR President George W. Bush could not have foreseen how successful the outcome would be when he told aides in 2002 he wanted a “game changer” to fight the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Africa COVID-19 hospitalizations in the US are on the rise again, but not like before 08/08/2023 02:55pm • Here we go again: COVID-19 hospital admissions have inched upward in the United States since early July in a small-scale echo of the three previous summers. With an updated vaccine still months away, this summer bump in new hospitalizations might be concerning, but the number of patients is far lowe Packers' AJ Dillon eager to rebound after busy offseason in which he wrote a book and became a dad 08/08/2023 01:22pm • GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers running back AJ Dillon’s goal as he enters the final year of his contract is evident from the title of the children’s book he wrote in the offseason. “Quadzilla Finds His Footing.” Dillon, nicknamed “Quadzilla” because of his enormous quads tha OTC Narcan maker Emergent BioSolutions cutting hundreds of jobs 08/08/2023 12:55pm • Gaithersburg, Maryland-based Emergent BioSolutions, which received FDA approval earlier this year for an over-the-counter version of the opioid overdose drug Narcan, is eliminating 400 jobs — more than 15% of its workforce. The company is also shifting away from its contract development and man Movie Review: ‘Gran Turismo’ movie drifts into cliches and video game aesthetics 08/08/2023 11:44am • In 2006, a Nissan marketing executive had a truly insane idea to create a competition and an “academy” to turn gamers into race car drivers. Darren Cox saw an untapped market of potential car-buyers in Gran Turismo enthusiasts – the popular PlayStation racing simulator that first came on the m West Virginia's capital officials reject abortion provider's proposal to start syringe service 08/08/2023 11:01am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — City councilors in West Virginia's Democrat-controlled capital city voted against a proposal from the state's long-time abortion provider to start a syringe service program in one of the country's most opioid-devastated areas. The 17 to 9 vote on Monday came two years aft William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87 08/08/2023 10:23am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — William Friedkin, the generation-defining director who brought a visceral realism to 1970s hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist" and was quickly anointed one of Hollywood's top directors when he was only in his 30s, has died. He was 87. Friedkin, who won the best South Korea evacuates thousands of Scouts from coastal campsite as tropical storm nears 08/08/2023 10:09am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Carrying huge backpacks and water bottles, tens of thousands of Scouts began arriving at university dormitories, government and corporate training centers, and hotels around Seoul and other inland cities on Tuesday as the South Korean government evacuated the World Scout