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Betty Prashker, publisher of the feminist classics 'Sexual Politics' and 'Backlash,' dies at age 99 08/09/2024 09:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Betty Prashker, a pioneering editor of the 20th century who as one of the first women with the power to acquire books published such classics as Kate Millett's “Sexual Politics” and Susan Faludi's “Backlash" and helped oversee the careers of Jean Auel, Dominick Dunne and Erik The Latest: Debby's remnants hit New York and Pennsylvania with heavy rain and severe flooding 08/09/2024 09:01pm • Though no longer a tropical storm, Debby continues lashing the East Coast with heavy rain and flooding as rivers overflow their banks and authorities call on the National Guard to help with high water rescues. The storm moved north from the Carolinas toward the Northeast on Friday, drenching New Yor Microsoft exposes Iran’s efforts to influence US elections 08/09/2024 07:41pm • In a new assessment, Microsoft revealed that Iran’s attempt to influence the 2024 U.S. presidential election “started off slowly but has steadily picked up pace over the last six months." The report from the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC) said, “we have seen the emergence of signif Harvard rebuffs protests and won't remove Sackler name from two buildings 08/09/2024 07:28pm • BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University has decided against removing from campus buildings the name of a family whose company makes the powerful painkiller OxyContin, despite protests from parents whose children fatally overdosed. The decision last month by the Harvard Corporation to retain Arthur M. Sa Diversion First annual report touts success of Fairfax County's co-responder program 08/09/2024 07:25pm • Fairfax County's co-responder program, which expanded last year, has helped respond to over 2,000 calls since its inception, according to the county's 2023 Diversion First annual report. The program, which launched in 2021 and pairs a Fairfax County police officer with a crisis intervention speci Like Noah Lyles, Olympians with COVID are competing in Paris. Restrictions are a thing of the past 08/09/2024 06:42pm • PARIS (AP) — Many hoped the Paris Olympics would be the post-COVID Games. Instead they seem to be the “who cares about COVID” Games. Noah Lyles won a bronze with the virus in front of tens of thousands of spectators, and dozens of other athletes at the Games have tested positive. But organizer U.S. Track has dramatic night in 4x100 relay, Khelif gets her gold 08/09/2024 06:11pm • PARIS (AP) — It was a dramatic Friday night for the United States in track and field at the Paris Olympics, and Algerian boxer Imane Khelif won gold after facing scrutiny over misconceptions about her sex. Sha’Carri Richardson got her first gold medal while a U.S. men’s relay team fumbled a FDA rejects psychedelic MDMA as treatment for PTSD, calling for additional study 08/09/2024 05:58pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health regulators on Friday declined to approve the psychedelic drug MDMA as a therapy for PTSD, a major setback for groups seeking a breakthrough decision in favor of using mind-altering substances to treat serious mental health conditions. Drugmaker Lykos Therapeutic US announces $125 million military aid package for Ukraine 08/09/2024 05:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia, including much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, the White House announced Friday. The latest Olivia Reeves wins the United States' first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years 08/09/2024 05:05pm • PARIS (AP) — Olivia Reeves tried treating the Olympics like just another competition. It didn't work. It didn't matter, either. Nerves or no nerves, Reeves won the United States' first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years at the Paris Games on Friday. “Feeling the weight of this compe Russia declares an emergency in Kursk, under attack by Ukraine. 14 die in a Russian strike on a mall 08/09/2024 03:42pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia declared a “federal-level” emergency in the Kursk region following a large-scale incursion from Ukraine and sent reinforcements there on Friday, four days after hundreds of Ukrainian troops poured across the border in what appeared to be Kyiv’s biggest attack on R Maduro goes after X and WhatsApp as pressure mounts to back up his claim to victory in Venezuela 08/09/2024 03:31pm • CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro is trying to accomplish something that seems impossible in the South American country: steer people away from WhatsApp and X. Maduro's announcement this week that he had ordered a 10-day block on access to X in Venezuela is the latest Flooding restricts aid to areas of Sudan facing famine, UN says 08/09/2024 12:31pm • CAIRO (AP) — The United Nations refugee agency said Friday that flood conditions in Sudan have hindered the delivery of aid to areas where many are already facing hunger and famine, including to a camp in North Darfur for those who have fled ongoing fighting. The agency said in a statement that at Debby cleanup: Tree topples into house in Montgomery Co.; heavy rain leads to major flooding in Annapolis 08/09/2024 12:30pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. The remnants of Debby have wound down and cleanup efforts are underway in the D.C. area, after the storm brought major flooding and several downed trees. Severe weather spurred by Debby knocked down trees, including one that sm From Simone Biles to Noah Lyles, 2 Netflix docuseries paint inspiring Olympic backstories 08/09/2024 11:38am • Are you bummed that we're heading into the last weekend of the Summer Olympics in Paris? Don't worry, you can still get your fix by streaming a pair of Olympic docuseries on Netflix. "Simone Biles: Rising" is currently a two-episode documentary chronicling American gymnast icon Simone Bile