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6 tanker crew members seized by pirates freed in W. Africa 05/08/2023 09:03am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Six crew members of a Liberian-flagged tanker held hostage for more than a month by pirates in West Africa have been freed, the Danish shipping company that owns the vessel said Monday. On March 25, pirates boarded the Monjasa Reformer southwest of Port Pointe-Noire, Co Fairfax Co. police: Woman struck, killed by emergency vehicle called to help her 05/08/2023 08:31am • A woman is dead after being struck by a Fairfax County Fire and Rescue vehicle in Reston, Virginia, Monday morning. Those first responders were called to Laurel Glade Drive and Glade Drive just after 2:15 a.m. to help the woman, a spokesperson for Fairfax County police told WTOP. A caller repo Spain records hottest and driest April on record 05/08/2023 07:56am • MADRID (AP) — Drought-stricken Spain says last month was the hottest and driest April since records began in 1961. The State Meteorological Agency, known by the Spanish acronym AEMET, said Monday the average daily temperature in April was 14.9 degrees Celsius (58.8 Fahrenheit), that is 3 degrees C Turkey's opposition denounces fairness of vote under Erdogan 05/08/2023 07:52am • ISTANBUL (AP) — As Turkey heads for presidential and parliamentary elections at the weekend that are shaping up to be the strongest challenge to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in his 20 years as leader, complaints are growing about the fairness of the vote. Turkey’s opposition has long said tha SUV driver hits crowd at Texas bus stop near border; 8 dead 05/08/2023 07:16am • BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police are preparing to arrest the hospitalized driver of an SUV that slammed into a crowd, killing eight people waiting for a bus Sunday outside a migrant shelter in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. At least 10 others were injured, authorities said. With no benc Review: All creatures great and small in 'Guardians 3' 05/08/2023 07:15am • When Peter “Star-Lord” Quill, while inspecting a murky extraterrestrial region, pressed play on Redbone's “Come and Get Your Love" in the first “Guardians of the Galaxy,” it would have been hard to imagine that James Gunn's space opera would ultimately lead to something as sincere, poignan Source: Investigators examine ideology of Texas gunman 05/08/2023 06:54am • ALLEN, Texas (AP) — Federal officials are looking into whether the gunman who killed eight people at a Dallas-area mall expressed an interest in white supremacist ideology Sunday as they work to discern a motive for the attack, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The official cau Facebook has 3 billion users. Many of them are old. 05/08/2023 06:28am • Facebook says it is not dead. Facebook also wants you to know that it is not just for “old people,” as young people have been saying for years. Now, with the biggest thorn in its side — TikTok — facing heightened government scrutiny amid growing tensions between the U.S. and China, Facebook End of an era: Jean-Michel Aulas leaves French club Lyon 05/08/2023 05:50am • Lyon's iconic president Jean-Michel Aulas is stepping down after nearly 36 years in charge of the French soccer club, handing over duties to American investor John Textor, who became the main shareholder last year. Lyon won seven league titles under Aulas' tenure, while the women's team established Diaper bank nonprofit founder reflects on decade of service in DC region 05/08/2023 05:33am • This is part of WTOP’s continuing coverage of people making a difference from our community authored by Stephanie Gaines-Bryant. Read more of that coverage. A mother founded a D.C.-area nonprofit to give a helping hand to other caregivers throughout the area, providing diapers and other suppli After years of turmoil, Milan teams back in European elite 05/08/2023 01:06am • MILAN (AP) — First came a return to the top of Italian soccer, now comes a chance to reach the Champions League final. The Milan teams are back. But only one will get the opportunity to compete for European soccer’s top prize as AC Milan faces city rival Inter Milan in the semifinals of the Cham Thailand wins International Crown LPGA match play event 05/07/2023 10:03pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Ariya Jutanugarn helped launch Thailand as an emerging power in women's golf when she won the British Women's Open in 2016. The victory inspired younger golfers in Thailand and the results were evident during a dominating performance at the International Crown team match play Virginia teen dies when hole dug in the sand collapses on Outer Banks beach 05/07/2023 09:11pm • 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. Signage showing Cape Hatteras, a cape located at a pronounced bend in Hatteras Island, one of the barrier islands of North Carolina. Out-of-control wildfires cause evacuations in western Canada 05/07/2023 09:03pm • EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Fire crews battled wildfires threatening communities in western Canada on Sunday as cooler temperatures and a bit of rain brought some relief, but officials warned the reprieve came only in some areas. Officials in Alberta said there were 108 active fires in the province a WHO downgrades COVID pandemic, says it's no longer emergency 05/07/2023 08:48pm • GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization said Friday that COVID-19 no longer qualifies as a global emergency, marking a symbolic end to the devastating coronavirus pandemic that triggered once-unthinkable lockdowns, upended economies and killed millions of people worldwide. The announcement,