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North Carolina governor vetoes trio of LGBTQ+ restrictions in ongoing fight with GOP supermajority 07/05/2023 04:46pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed Wednesday a trio of bills aimed at LGBTQ+ youth that would ban gender-affirming health care for minors, restrict transgender participation in school sports and limit classroom instruction about gender identity and sexuality. Whi Help arrives to battle wildfire in Washington state near Columbia River Gorge 07/05/2023 04:13pm • UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Authorities have more than doubled the number of people battling a wildfire that has burned structures and forced the evacuation of homes in southwestern Washington near the Columbia River Gorge. The Tunnel 5 Fire that began Sunday in the unincorporated area of Underwood ac Israel's prime minister says missing citizen in Iraq is being held by Iran-backed militia 07/05/2023 04:02pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — A dual Israeli-Russian academic who has been missing in Iraq for months is being held by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq, the office of Israel’s prime minister said Wednesday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Elizabeth Tsurkov, who disappeared in late March, is s Fire caused by fireworks kills one, injures four in East Texas 07/05/2023 03:50pm • GILMER, Texas (AP) — A man was killed and four other people were hurt after officials say a fireworks accident caused a large fire during preparations for an Independence Day event in East Texas. It was one of at least two deaths and many injuries across the U.S. over a holiday that typically see Christmas Tree Shops expects to liquidate all of its stores 07/05/2023 02:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Christmas Tree Shops is poised to liquidate all of its stores roughly two months after the struggling home-goods retailer filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. When Christmas Tree Shops filed for bankruptcy in early May, the Middleboro, Massachusetts-based chain aimed to comp Montgomery Co. reports uptick in students arrested on school grounds 07/05/2023 02:16pm • At least thirteen students were arrested on the grounds of Montgomery County Public Schools in the most recent school year — up from three during the academic year prior. The data was shared by school officials in a presentation on student well-being and safety during a June 27 Board of Educati A Chinese mining company has opened a giant lithium processing plant in Zimbabwe 07/05/2023 02:02pm • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Chinese mining company formally opened a $300 million lithium processing plant Wednesday in Zimbabwe, which has one of the world’s largest reserves of the metal as demand surges globally because of its use in electric car batteries. Zimbabwe has the largest lithium rese Ukraine, Russia accuse each other of planning to attack Europe's biggest nuclear plant 07/05/2023 01:38pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and Russia accused each other Wednesday of planning to attack one of the world's largest nuclear power plants, but neither side provided evidence to support their claims of an imminent threat to the facility in southeastern Ukraine that is occupied by Russian troops. T City of Memphis, police chief oppose effort to delay lawsuit in Tyre Nichols case 07/05/2023 01:04pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Criminal charges should not delay a lawsuit against former Memphis officers accused in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, the city and its police chief argued in court filings. Former officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Emmitt Martin III asked a federal judge in June Rip currents prompted 200 rescues in Virginia and North Carolina over the July Fourth weekend 07/05/2023 12:48pm • VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) — Strong rip currents prompted lifeguards to pull about 200 swimmers from the Atlantic Ocean in Virginia and North Carolina over the holiday weekend. Tom Gill, chief of the Virginia Beach Lifesaving Service, told The Virginian-Pilot that the city's more than 180 rescues w Storm Poly lashes the Netherlands and parts of Germany, causing 2 deaths and canceled flights 07/05/2023 10:48am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A powerful summer storm lashed the Netherlands and parts of Germany on Wednesday, killing at least two people, blowing trees onto houses and forcing one of Europe's busiest airports to cancel or delay hundreds of flights. The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute German Cabinet approves a lower 2024 budget as it eyes a return to financial 'normality' 07/05/2023 09:37am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved a draft 2024 budget that foresees lower spending, with defense among the exceptions, as Europe's biggest economy sticks to rules limiting borrowing that were suspended during the coronavirus pandemic. The government's plan calls for spending of Heavy monsoon rains return to Pakistan a year after deadly floods 07/05/2023 07:50am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy monsoon rains lashed Pakistan on Wednesday, causing deaths, flooding roads and disrupting lives in areas where residents already were struggling to recover from floods last summer that affected 33 million people and killed 1,739, officials said. Six people died in weather-re Israel withdraws troops from West Bank militant stronghold and warns 2-day raid is not a one-off 07/05/2023 04:08am • JENIN, West Bank (AP) — The Israeli military withdrew its troops from a militant stronghold in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, ending an intense two-day operation that killed at least 12 Palestinians, drove thousands of people from their homes and left a wide swath of damage in its wake. One Hazardous air quality across eastern portions of D.C., Maryland after local Fourth of July fireworks 07/04/2023 11:59pm • A dark sky lit up as fireworks brightened skies around the D.C. region making way for hazardous smog across the region. Here's what you need to know about the Fourth of July forecast. Listen to WTOP online and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM. Current traffic conditions Weather