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Run the 'Rocky' steps to 'Oz' as Library of Congress kicks off 'Summer Movies on the Lawn' this week 07/08/2024 01:45pm • The Library of Congress' annual “Summer Movies on the Lawn” series returns to the nation's capital this week. The weekly outdoor movie series will screen classic films from the Library’s National Film Registry on Thursday evenings at sundown on the southeast lawn of the Library’s Thom Trading Mikal Bridges to Knicks sends Nets into rebuild. GM doesn't think it will be long one 07/08/2024 01:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When the Brooklyn Nets made their first deal with the local rival New York Knicks in four decades, they traded away their best all-around player in Mikal Bridges. Bridges was the key piece the Nets acquired when they sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix in 2023, and his brilliant play down Read the letter President Biden sent to House Democrats telling them to support him in the election 07/08/2024 01:15pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants Democrats in Congress to know he has no intention of exiting this year's election, sending them a letter on Monday on his personal letterhead. Here is Biden's letter to the congressional Democrats whose backing he likely needs: Fellow Democrats, Now that Why the Great Resignation has become the Big Stay 07/08/2024 12:50pm • The Great Resignation of the pandemic era when millions of Americans quit their jobs for new ones that improved their work-life balance or career path reset both employees and employers. A recent survey conducted by staffing firm Robert Half found more than three-quarters of professionals are hap US-Best-Sellers-Books-PW 07/08/2024 12:25pm • HARDCOVER FICTION 1. “The Women” by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) 2. “Swan Song” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) 3. “All the Colors of the Dark" by Chris Whitaker (Crown) 4. “Eruption” by Crichton/Patterson (Little, Brown) 5. “Resurrection" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) 6. “C Capitals promote Chris Patrick to GM, Brian MacLellan remains president of hockey operations 07/08/2024 11:55am • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The Washington Capitals named Chris Patrick as their general manager on Monday with longtime GM Brian MacLellan remaining president of hockey operations. Patrick, 48, who was also named as a senior vice president, has worked for the Capitals in various capacities since 200 Washington Capitals have named Chris Patrick as general manager, with Brian MacLellan remaining president of hockey ops 07/08/2024 11:06am • ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Washington Capitals have named Chris Patrick as general manager, with Brian MacLellan remaining president of hockey ops. Scorched by history: Discriminatory past shapes heat waves in minority and low-income neighborhoods 07/08/2024 10:45am • NEW YORK (AP) — Ruben Berrios knows the scorching truth: When it comes to extreme heat, where you live can be a matter of life and death. The 66-year-old lives in Mott Haven, a low-income neighborhood in New York’s South Bronx, where more than 90 percent of residents are Latino or Black. Every s A Kenyan court says 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful 07/08/2024 09:26am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Kenyan court on Monday ruled that the 2022 shooting death of a Pakistani journalist by police in Nairobi was unlawful and unconstitutional, a lawyer and his family said. Justice Stella Mutuku in the ruling in Nairobi also faulted Kenya's attorney general and the director of publ Americans are split over whether Trump should face prison in the hush money case, AP-NORC poll finds 07/08/2024 09:22am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are about evenly split on whether former President Donald Trump should face prison time for his recent felony conviction on hush money charges, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Among U.S. adults, 48% say the former president a Senegal’s leader wasn't born when ECOWAS was founded. He's asked to reunite the bloc split by coups 07/08/2024 08:41am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye, Africa's youngest, is suddenly faced with a huge challenge of reuniting a weakened regional bloc that is older than him. The 44-year-old Faye was tasked on Sunday with getting the military junta-ruled Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso ba A'ja Wilson drops 28 to become Las Vegas Aces' all-time leading scorer in victory over Dallas Wings 07/08/2024 08:41am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A'ja Wilson scored 28 points and became the franchise's all-time leading scorer Sunday as the Las Vegas Aces beat the Dallas Wings 104-85. Wilson also grabbed 10 rebounds for her 11th double-double of the season. She made 11 of 22 from the field, including 3 of 4 from 3-point ran Is it a hurricane or a tropical storm? Here's a breakdown of extreme weather terms 07/08/2024 08:40am • Hurricane Beryl is barreling through Texas Monday after devastating parts of Mexico and the Caribbean. The storm regained hurricane strength over the weekend as it traveled over the Gulf of Mexico. It had previously been downgraded to a tropical storm as it weakened over land. So what's the differe Greenbrier: Fiscal Q3 Earnings Snapshot 07/08/2024 08:38am • LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. (AP) — Greenbrier Companies Inc. (GBX) on Monday reported earnings of $33.9 million in its fiscal third quarter. On a per-share basis, the Lake Oswego, Oregon-based company said it had profit of $1.06. The maker of railroad freight car equipment posted Is college worth it? Poll finds only 36% of Americans have confidence in higher education 07/08/2024 08:00am • Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll. Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in hi