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Spare a thought for weather watcher Maureen Sweeney who made the right call for D-Day 06/05/2024 02:37pm • VER-SUR MER, France (AP) — Along with the generals and the paratroopers, the pilots and the infantrymen, spare a thought for the young Irish woman who may have played the most important role of all in making the D-Day landings a success. Maureen Sweeney was a postal clerk at Blacksod Point on the Virginia governor says state will abandon California emissions standards by the end of the year 06/05/2024 02:37pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced Wednesday that Virginia will abandon California's stringent vehicle emissions rules aimed at reducing carbon pollution at the end of the year when that state’s current regulations expire, citing an attorney general opinion. In response to a r Biden will mark D-Day anniversary in France as Western alliances face threats at home and abroad 06/05/2024 02:08pm • PARIS (AP) — United States President Joe Biden will mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in France this week as he tries to demonstrate steadfast support for European security at a time when some allies fear Donald Trump threatens to upend American commitments if he wins another term in Dollar Tree looking at options for Family Dollar, including possible sale of the segment 06/05/2024 02:04pm • Discount retailer Dollar Tree says it's looking at strategic options for the Family Dollar stores that it owns, including a possible sale of the segment. Dollar Tree said Wednesday that alternatives also include a spinoff or other disposition of the business. Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar South Carolina is trading its all-male Supreme Court for an all-white one 06/05/2024 01:46pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is trading its all-male state Supreme court for an all-white one. The General Assembly, which picks almost all state judges, voted 152-0 to elevate Court of Appeals Judge Letitia Verdin to the high court Wednesday. The white woman will take the seat of Chief Ju Myanmar's military government denies allegations by ethnic army foe that it killed 76 villagers 06/05/2024 01:44pm • BANGKOK (AP) — A spokesperson for Myanmar’s military government denied accusations that army troops and their local allies killed 76 people when they entered a village last week in the western state of Rakhine, state-controlled media reported Wednesday. Rakhine has become a focal point for Myan NHL to broadcast Stanley Cup Final games in American Sign Language, a 1st for a major sports league 06/05/2024 01:41pm • While interpreting the annual pre-Stanley Cup Final state of the NHL address into American Sign Language for the first time in 2022, Brice Christianson worried that it was a one-time thing, his only chance to open the door to hockey for the Deaf community. Two years later, it is difficult for him no DC region gains another Fortune 500 company 06/05/2024 01:20pm • The D.C. region counts 20 companies on this year's Fortune 500 list, up from 19 last year, thanks to the relocation of water technology company Xylem Inc. Xylem, whose water system products are used by utilities and industries in 150 companies, moved its headquarters to Cheverly, Maryland, in 202 Big Mac battle: McDonald's loses European Union trademark fight with Irish rival Supermac's 06/05/2024 01:14pm • LONDON (AP) — McDonald's lost a European Union trademark dispute over the Big Mac name after a top European Union court sided Wednesday with Irish fast food rival Supermac’s in a long-running legal battle. The EU General Court said in its judgment that the U.S. fast food giant failed to prove t UN agencies say over 1 million in Gaza could experience highest level of starvation by mid-July 06/05/2024 01:09pm • CAIRO (AP) — United Nations agencies warned Wednesday that over 1 million Palestinians in Gaza could experience the highest level of starvation by the middle of next month if hostilities continue. The World Food Program and the Food and Agriculture Organization said in a joint report that hunger i Houston starters Urquidy and Javier both scheduled to have right elbow surgery, possibly Tommy John 06/05/2024 01:02pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Houston starters Cristian Javier and José Urquidy are both scheduled to have right elbow surgery, a big blow to an Astros team trying to rebound after a terrible start to the season. General manager Dana Brown made the announcement Wednesday, saying Urquidy will have surgery Wednes District attorney in Alec Baldwin's case wins New Mexico Democratic primary race 06/05/2024 12:17pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An incumbent district attorney pursuing an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin fended off a Democratic challenger in New Mexico’s primary election on Tuesday to ensure her reelection. In other results, two Republicans who have stoked Donald Trump’s failed Voters defeat hand-counting measures in South Dakota, but others might come in future 06/05/2024 12:08pm • Voters in three small South Dakota counties on Tuesday rejected initiated measures to require hand-counting of ballots in future elections. The votes in Gregory, Haakon and Tripp counties were an unusual step even as other places in the U.S. have considered moving to hand-counting in the wake of for Inside NBC's Olympics bet on pop culture in Paris, with help from Snoop Dogg and Cardi B 06/05/2024 12:04pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — NBC is inserting some pop culture flavor into the world’s biggest sports spectacle: From Megan Thee Stallion dancing with dressage horses at the Palace of Versailles to Peyton Manning riding a giant baguette blimp over the Eiffel Tower, the network has strategically partnered Life as a teen without social media isn't easy. These families are navigating adolescence offline 06/05/2024 11:24am • WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kate Bulkeley's pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The family had lively conversations around the dinner table and gathered for movie nights on weekends.