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Water is refreshing in the heat, right? In parts of Florida this past week, not so much 07/30/2023 12:46am • KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) — In the sweltering summer heat, nobody tries to cool off by jumping into a hot tub. In parts of Florida, however, that’s what the ocean has felt like. Earlier this week, sea surface temperatures reached as high as 101.2 degrees Fahrenheit (38.4 degrees Celsius) around th Severe weather knocks down trees, shuts off power for thousands 07/29/2023 11:59pm • Listen live for the latest weather updates on the 8s on WTOP.  An afternoon of severe weather behind sweltering temperatures from a three-day heat wave has finished up, bringing down trees, damaging homes and causing power outages for thousands of customers across the D.C. region. Reports of Canadian police say 6 people have been killed in a small plane crash 07/29/2023 08:37pm • CANMORE, Alberta (AP) — Canadian police said Saturday six people have died in a small plane crash west of Calgary in the province of Alberta. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said the plane with a pilot and five passengers aboard took off from Springbank Airport, just west of the city, on Friday 4 air crew members are missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched off the Queensland coast 07/29/2023 05:22pm • CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Four air crew members were missing after an Australian army helicopter ditched into waters off the Queensland state coast during joint military exercises with the United States, officials said Saturday. The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Lebanon's Hezbollah leader urges Muslims to 'punish' Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so 07/29/2023 05:19pm • BAGHDAD (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of Muslim-majority nations do not act against countries that allow the desecration of the Quran, Muslims should “punish” those who facilitate attacks on Islam's holy book. The comments by Marine staff sergeant found not guilty in 2021 death of recruit at South Carolina's Parris Island 07/29/2023 04:33pm • A staff sergeant who oversaw Marine training at South Carolina’s Parris Island has been cleared of criminal responsibility in the death of a 19-year-old recruit in 2021. A military jury on Friday found Staff Sgt. Steven Smiley not guilty of negligent homicide and four other counts in the death of Bronny James plays piano, dines out in video, photos emerging days after he suffers cardiac arrest 07/29/2023 02:55pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bronny James plays piano in a video posted by his father, LeBron James, on Saturday, five days after the teenager went into cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California. The 18-year-old plays a brief melody in front of his family, smiles an 10 people died at the Astroworld music festival two years ago. What happens now? 07/29/2023 02:09pm • Nearly two years after 10 people were crushed to death during the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, no charges have been filed — even though some people, including event workers, expressed safety concerns. Pinpointing “who exactly caused those deaths is not an easy question to answer,” said San Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall 07/29/2023 01:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able to avoid a partial government shutdown this fall. Congress has until Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, to act on Violent crime is rising in the nation's capital. DC seeks solutions as Congress keeps close watch 07/29/2023 10:16am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Pamela Smith’s voice soared and quivered like a preacher in midsermon as she recalled her troubled childhood and how it helped prepare her for the challenges she faces as the new police chief in the nation's capital. “I stand before you as a child who had no hopes, who had no With one eye on China, Japan backs Sri Lanka as a partner in the Indo-Pacific 07/29/2023 08:05am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Saturday that Sri Lanka is a key partner in a Tokyo-led initiative aimed at building security and economic cooperation around the Indo-Pacific but also at countering an increasingly assertive China. Sri Lanka, strategically DC's 911 call center reports 'call handled properly' to find crashed car in Anacostia River 07/29/2023 06:09am • The D.C. Office of Unified Communications said that a 911 call to report a car that had driven into the Anacostia River was "coded properly," despite D.C. emergency services not finding the drowned car until more than an hour after the incident was reported. Metropolitan Police responded to a car Trump and his top 2024 primary rivals mostly ignore the case against him during key Iowa GOP event 07/29/2023 12:29am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump and his top rivals for the GOP presidential nomination took the stage one by one Friday night to address an influential gathering of Iowa Republicans, with none of the top-tier hopefuls mentioning that new federal charges had been filed against the former presi UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis 07/28/2023 11:46pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Fri Pete Alonso homers twice to help the Mets beat the Nationals 5-1 07/28/2023 11:11pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso homered twice to become the second player in Mets history with four 30-homer seasons, leading retooling New York to a 5-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night. The Mets won their second straight a little less than 24 hours after sending closer David Rob