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Smithsonian Folklife Festival returns to DC with lacrosse, skateboarding and dancing 06/26/2024 03:17pm • The Smithsonian Folklife Festival has been an annual tradition in the nation's capital since the late 1960s. This year, it will be held at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian from June 26 to July 1. "The Folklife Festival started in 1967, it was meant to be a two-day eve Soprano Anna Netrebko announces separation from tenor Yusif Eyvazov 06/26/2024 02:36pm • Soprano Anna Netrebko and tenor Yusif Eyvazov have separated. The couple had been together since 2014, when they appeared together in Puccini’s “Manon Lescaut” at Rome's Teatro dell'Opera. They married in 2015. “After 10 happy years together, we have made the difficult but amicable decision Texas Rangers GM Chris Young says third-place team needs offensive spark 06/26/2024 02:12pm • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Texas Rangers general manager Chris Young announced several roster moves Wednesday in an attempt to improve the offense for the defending World Series champions. “We can’t sit back and wait, hope that it comes together. It’s time for us to get going, it’s time for us offen Desplome de una cabina del teleférico en Medellín deja un muerto y varios heridos 06/26/2024 01:39pm • BOGOTÁ — Al menos una persona murió y otras 12 resultaron heridas el miércoles al desplomarse una cabina del teleférico de Medellín, la segunda ciudad de Colombia, informaron autoridades locales. La cabina elevada cayó a la plataforma de la estación cuando transportaba a 10 personas, ind TRxADE: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 06/26/2024 01:38pm • LUTZ, Fla. (AP) — LUTZ, Fla. (AP) — TRxADE HEALTH, Inc. (MEDS) on Wednesday reported earnings of $21.2 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Lutz, Florida-based company said it had net income of $16.77. Losses, adjusted to account for discontinued operations, came to $6.40 per Hall of Famer Glen Sather retires after six decades, highlighted by building the Oilers' dynasty 06/26/2024 12:53pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey Hall of Famer Glen Sather, who built and coached the NHL's last great dynasty with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s and helped resurrect the New York Rangers in the early 2000s, is retiring after six decades in the sport as a player, coach and executive. The Rangers announce NHL and Fanatics unveil new jerseys for the 2024-25 season 06/26/2024 12:36pm • Fanatics and the NHL on Wednesday unveiled new on-ice player jerseys for the 2024-25 season, which officials say have been tested and refined well before making their debut in games this fall. It is the first time the company has designed and made in-game uniforms with its own branding for a major N Movie Review: Taxicab confessions with Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn in ‘Daddio’ 06/26/2024 12:19pm • It’s late at night when Dakota Johnson hops into a yellow taxicab at Kennedy airport in the new film “ Daddio.” She’s just going home to Manhattan, 44th Street, between 9th and 10th avenues. And her cab driver (Sean Penn) decides to strike up a conversation that will last the duration of thi Los CDC emiten alerta por aumento de casos de dengue 06/26/2024 12:13pm • Las autoridades sanitarias estadounidenses pidieron a los médicos del país estar alertas por casos de dengue, en momentos en que la enfermedad tropical está superando récords internacionales. Los casos de dengue, cuyo virus se propaga por picaduras de mosquitos, han aumentado en todo el mundo ANÁLISIS | Las mujeres que enfrentan a Maduro en las elecciones sin estar en la boleta 06/26/2024 11:55am • (CNN Español)-- Una mujer desafía las intenciones del presidente de Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, de buscar su segunda reelección y su tercer mandato. Se llama María Corina Machado, exdiputada de la Asamblea Nacional, fundadora y líder del movimiento político Vente Venezuela, y recorre el país Dream leaning on veteran Tina Charles to help fill scoring void left by Rhyne Howard's injury 06/26/2024 11:28am • COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Top scorer Rhyne Howard is out indefinitely with an ankle injury, making it more important for veteran Tina Charles to add punch to the Atlanta Dream's low-scoring attack as they attempt to remain in the WNBA playoff picture. Coach Tanisha Wright and the Dream are leaning Judge puts $30 billion Visa, Mastercard settlement on hold, in signal of likely rejection 06/26/2024 11:22am • NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge said she's not likely to approve the $30 billion settlement between the payment processing giants Visa and Mastercard and the merchants who say they've overpaid on swipe fees. Visa and Mastercard reached a settlement with a group of small businesses and merchants b Health care needs to diversify its workforce to get rid of racial inequalities, a new report says 06/26/2024 11:19am • Racial and ethnic inequities in health care are found in every state in the U.S. despite the passage of legislation intended to improve health outcomes for minorities and increased awareness of health care disparities over the past two decades, according to a new national report released Wednesday. Gunfire, lawlessness and gang-like looters are preventing aid distribution in Gaza, an official says 06/26/2024 11:03am • LARNACA, Cyprus (AP) — Thousands of tons of food, medicines and other aid piled up on a beach in war-torn Gaza is not reaching those in need because of a dire security situation and lawlessness on the ground, a U.S. aid official said Wednesday. Truck drivers are getting caught in the crossfire or Prince George's Co. Council announces special election after member resigns, charged with felonies 06/26/2024 10:41am • After council member Jamel "Mel" Franklin resigned earlier this month, the Prince George's County Council announced Tuesday that dates have been set for a special primary and general election to fill the at-large council seat. The council said in a news release that the special primary election w