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Pilot charged for illegal Grand Teton National Park landing blames bad weather 07/10/2023 05:29pm • A helicopter pilot faces up to $10,000 in fines and a year in jail for making an illegal lakeside landing in Grand Teton National Park. But whether he was justified by a weather emergency or set down just to have a picnic is in dispute. Peter Smith, owner of air tour company West Elk Air, landed Jun Volcano begins erupting in an uninhabited valley in southwest Iceland 07/10/2023 05:14pm • REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland began erupting Monday following heightened seismic activity in the area, the country’s meteorological authorities said, 11 months after its last eruption officially ended. The eruption is in an uninhabited valley near the Litli-Hrútur Movie Review: Take the leap with Tom Cruise in 'Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One' 07/10/2023 05:03pm • Wondering if you should choose to accept the latest “Mission: Impossible” entry? Maybe you're sick of all the bombast at the movie theater lately? Well, put it another way: Do you really want to disappoint Tom Cruise? On the first day cameras were rolling for “Mission: Impossible – Dead R Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar stabbed by another inmate at federal prison 07/10/2023 04:52pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was convicted of sexually abusing Olympic and college female gymnasts, was stabbed multiple times by another inmate at a federal prison in Florida that is experiencing staffing shortages. The attack happened Sunday at United States Penite Gov. Youngkin pledges to transform behavioral health system during Northern Virginia interfaith forum 07/10/2023 04:20pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. There’s another pandemic facing young people. That was the message from faith leaders, health officials and Gov. Glenn Youngkin at M Biden administration asks appeals court to block order limiting its contacts with social media 07/10/2023 03:51pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily block a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' discussions with social media companies about controversial online posts. The request for an emergency stay was filed at the 5th U.S. Dis Byron emerging as NASCAR's next star after moving to points lead with 4th win of 2023 07/10/2023 02:52pm • HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Kevin Harvick's farewell to Atlanta Motor Speedway provided an emotional example of NASCAR losing another of its biggest names. The exodus of some of the sport's stars is a concern to Hendrick Motorsports vice chairman Jeff Gordon, who says he is worried about the growth of the Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/10/2023 01:32pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Ruling expected Tuesday in runner Caster Semenya's human rights appeal against sex eligibility rules 07/10/2023 11:25am • The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final word Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya's yearslong legal challenge against rules that force her and other female athletes to lower their natural hormone levels through medical intervention to be allowed 'This was a miracle': Police ID driver of car who struck father, daughter in harrowing crash 07/10/2023 11:15am • Police have identified the D.C. man who officers say crashed a car into a father and daughter, leaving both with serious injuries Saturday. Thaniyyah Veney, 32, of Southeast D.C., was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, leaving after colliding, assault with a Heavy rains cause flooding and mudslides in southwest Japan, leaving 2 dead and at least 6 missing 07/10/2023 10:33am • TOKYO (AP) — Torrential rain pounded southwestern Japan, triggering floods and mudslides and leaving two people dead and at least six others missing, officials said Monday. Rain falling in the regions of Kyushu and Chugoku since the weekend caused flooding along many rivers, triggered mudslides, Myanmar violence and sea disputes to dominate ASEAN talks joined by US, Russian and Chinese envoys 07/10/2023 09:25am • JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea and concern over arms buildups in the region are expected to dominate the agenda when Southeast Asia’s top diplomats gather for talks this week in Indonesia. Russia's invasion of Ukraine and th Australia joins G7-backed 'climate club' and promises to drive down greenhouse gas emissions 07/10/2023 09:24am • BERLIN (AP) — Australia is joining the “climate club” backed by the Group of Seven major economies to take more ambitious action in tackling global warming, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday. The club was first proposed by Nobel Prize winner William Nordhaus as a way of getting count Japan defends neutrality of IAEA report on Fukushima water release plan as minister visits plant 07/10/2023 07:37am • TOKYO (AP) — Japan's industry minister visited the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Monday to see equipment that is to be used to release treated radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean to ensure the safety of the contentious plan, while demonstrators, including many from South Ko Extreme flooding overwhelms New York roadways and kills 1 person 07/10/2023 07:08am • NEW YORK (AP) — Heavy rain spawned extreme flooding in New York’s Hudson Valley that killed at least one person, swamped roadways and forced road closures on Sunday night, as much of the rest of the Northeast U.S. braced Monday for potentially punishing rains. As the storm moved east, the Nat