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Hearing, ���I���m bored?��� Inspire free play during summer 07/25/2019 12:32am • It���s that time of the year when the novelty of summer starts to wear off and complaints of boredom set in. Fear not: All you need to make it through the dog days are a few basic tools that are easy to find and inexpensive to own. Pat Rumbaugh, executive director of the nonprofit Let���s Play Am Atlantic League adjusting to, embracing new rules from MLB 07/22/2019 05:51am • Baseball is a game of adjustments. It���s a game of routines and traditions as well, though, many of which are held to more fiercely than in any other sport. So what happens when some of the most fundamental of those traditions ��� the very way the game is played ��� are suddenly changed? Robot u The 'Cats' trailer is here and it's horrifying the internet 07/19/2019 06:11am • Expect to hear the haunting refrain of "Memory," as performed by Jennifer Hudson, approximately 80 times in the office today: There's a good chance your coworkers are all watching the "Cats" trailer, and there's a very good chance they're all horrified by it. The trailer dropped Thursday for Today in History: July 15 07/15/2019 12:10am • Today is Monday, July 15, the 196th day of 2019. Today's Highlight in History: On July 15, 1976, a 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they were abducted near Chowchilla, California, by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell. (The captives esca Q&A: Springsteen, Conan drummer Max Weinberg hits Hamilton 07/11/2019 01:42am • His rhythms have provided the backdrop for Bruce Springsteen and Conan O'Brien. This weekend, they can provide the soundtrack for a great night out as iconic drummer Max Weinberg presents��"Max Weinberg's Jukebox" at The Hamilton on Saturday night. "The audience puts in their requests," We Asteroid Day is for learning how to protect Earth 06/29/2019 06:12pm • The first Asteroid Day was celebrated June 30, 2015,��as a ���global awareness movement where people from around the world come together to learn about asteroids and what we can do to protect our planet��� from asteroid and comet impacts. This year���s Asteroid Day has a specific theme ��� discov With rise of robocalls, what's the future of caller ID? 06/28/2019 04:24pm • Q: When will the new caller ID authentication program go into effect? We���re all dealing with a noticeable increase in robocalls that often use a "spoofed" caller ID in hopes that we will take the call and engage with the scammer on the other end. One of the most common spoofs is referred to How to reduce a child���s risk for sexual abuse ��� and why it���s especially important in summer 06/27/2019 12:55am • When a child heads off to summer camp or to a beach house with friends, it���s common for parents to fret over sunscreen and manners ��� rarely is sexual abuse top of mind. But it should be, said Michele Booth Cole, executive director of Safe Shores, a D.C.-based organization that works with, and Pelosi hopes photo of migrants challenges White House 06/26/2019 11:11am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is telling The Associated Press that she hopes a photo of the bodies of a migrant father and his 23-month-old daughter will challenge the Trump administration's conscience. The picture raced across the internet this week. It's caught the attention of Q&A: 'Save a Horse,' ride a 'Pony': Big & Rich, Ginuwine hit local baseball games 06/25/2019 02:11am • They were both born in the D.C. area before rising to music fame in their respective genres. This week,��Big Kenny of country duo Big & Rich will sing at the Congressional Baseball Game on Wednesday, while R&B star Ginuwine will appear at the Bowie Baysox on Thursday. WTOP caught u Beyonc�� and Donald Glover have us feeling the 'Lion King' love 06/24/2019 09:17am • It's enough to make kings and vagabonds believe the very best. A teaser of the "The Lion King" remake with Beyonc�� and Donald Glover dueting on "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" has the internet in its feels. Bey voices the character of Nala in the film and Glover stars as Simba. Can yo Today in History: June 20 06/20/2019 12:00am • Today is Thursday, June 20, the 171st day of 2019. There are 194 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On June 20, 1921, U.S. Rep. Alice Mary Robertson, R-Okla., became the first woman to preside over a session of the House of Representatives. On this date: In 1782, Congre Column: The Warriors were Oakland's and unbeatable ��� until they weren���t 06/14/2019 03:11am • I���m a lifelong East Bay sports fan. For professional teams, that means I���ve always rooted for all the Oakland clubs, the A���s, Raiders and Warriors. For many of us who grew up in the East Bay, cheering for a San Francisco team is not an option. Despite the proximity, surely New York Jets, Ch April the giraffe is heading into retirement -- and onto birth control 06/07/2019 12:47am • Five children are enough for internet celebrity April the giraffe, and the 17-year-old is ready to go on birth control. Well, that's what her caretakers say. Animal Adventure Park in Harpursville, New York, posted a video on Facebook Thursday announcing that one of their most popular animals w Who's who in 'unprecedented' race for Fairfax County chair 06/06/2019 05:15pm • The future of Fairfax County, Virginia, could be on the table Tuesday in the county's first Democratic primary in decades for Board of Supervisors chair. Whoever of the four Democratic candidates wins will see themselves as the favorite to be elected in November against Republican Joe Galdo to le