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A street in The Hague gets an all-encompassing orange facelift for Euro 2024 06/14/2024 03:50am • THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The fluttering of 64 kilometers (40 miles) of orange bunting and a hammer driving a nail into a wall to hold up orange tarps are the sounds of a Dutch summer of soccer in a normally drab suburban street in The Hague. The Marktweg is one of several streets in the Nethe Barkov, Bobrovsky and the Panthers beat the Oilers 4-3 to move within win of Stanley Cup title 06/13/2024 11:51pm • EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Following their leaders who got them this far in the playoffs and a winning recipe that has worked all season, the Florida Panthers are on the verge of lifting the Stanley Cup. Captain Aleksander Barkov set up a goal and scored another, Sergei Bobrovsky made some of the bi Jailed US reporter Evan Gershkovich to stand trial in Russia on espionage charges, officials say 06/13/2024 10:44pm • MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich, who has been jailed for over a year in Russia on espionage charges, will stand trial in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, where he was detained, authorities said Thursday. An indictment of The Wall Street Journal reporter has been finalized 2 dead in single-engine plane crash in Northern California 06/13/2024 09:05pm • SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Two people were killed in a single-engine plane crash in Northern California on Thursday, authorities said. Alpine County sheriff's deputies were notified of an overdue aircraft around 1 a.m. Thursday, the sheriff's office said in a statement posted to Facebook. Th 13 tornadoes — NWS nearly doubles tornado count from initial projections of DC-area storms 06/13/2024 08:34pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. The National Weather Service has upped its tornado count to 13, nearly double its initial report, after doing an additional survey of damage from storms that blew through the D.C. area last week. One day after storms blew through, Storms in Chile damage homes, flood roads and leave at least 1 person dead 06/13/2024 08:11pm • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Heavy rains lashed much of Chile on Thursday, damaging homes, flooding roads, knocking out power and causing mudslides that have swept through residential areas. Storms have drenched the center and south Chile throughout the week, displacing people and closing schools. More Woman charged in DC hospital carjacking denied showers in jail, lawyer says 06/13/2024 07:49pm • A woman charged with carjacking after police say she stole a vehicle parked outside a hospital with an ill passenger inside last week, has been denied showers in the D.C. jail and experienced other mistreatment, her lawyer told a judge Thursday. Kayla Brown, 23, is charged with unarmed carjacking Tropical rainstorms in South Florida lead to flight delays and streets jammed with stalled cars 06/13/2024 07:17pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A tropical disturbance that brought a rare flash flood emergency to much of southern Florida delayed flights at two of the state's largest airports and left vehicles waterlogged and stalled in some of the region's lowest-lying streets. “Looked like the beginning of a Key Phoenix-to-Las Vegas highway reopens after wildfire claims 6 homes near historic Arizona town 06/13/2024 06:39pm • PHOENIX (AP) — A wildfire near a historic old Arizona mining town destroyed at least six homes, prompted overnight evacuations and closed the main highway between Phoenix and Las Vegas for nearly 23 hours, but an army of firefighters was working Thursday to stem the flames, a fire official said. N Could a cockpit warning system prevent close calls between planes at US airports? 06/13/2024 06:00pm • DALLAS (AP) — As a Delta Air Lines jet began roaring down a runway, an air traffic controller at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport suddenly blurted out an expletive, then ordered the pilots to stop their takeoff roll. The controller saw an American Airlines plane mistakenly crossing Panthers downplay their travel delay and late arrival in Edmonton during the Stanley Cup Final 06/13/2024 04:43pm • EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — The Florida Panthers' decision to spend more time at home and wait an extra day to travel from one corner of the continent to the other during the Stanley Cup Final became the talk of the series when their flight Wednesday got delayed by severe storms in and around Fort La Dozens of hikers became ill during trips to waterfalls near the Grand Canyon 06/13/2024 04:28pm • Dozens of hikers say they fell ill during trips to a popular Arizona tourist destination that features towering blue-green waterfalls deep in a gorge neighboring Grand Canyon National Park. Madelyn Melchiors, a 32-year-old veterinarian from Kingman, Arizona, said she was vomiting severely Monday eve Report says unsecured tanker hatch spilled out gas in crash that destroyed I-95 bridge in Philly 06/13/2024 03:48pm • HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gasoline spilled out from an unsecured hatch on the top of the gasoline delivery tanker that overturned and ignited beneath an Interstate 95 bridge in Philadelphia a year ago, according to new details from federal investigators. Video evidence obtained by investigators shows This stretch of road near the Lincoln Memorial will close for 6 years as part of project to keep sewer overflow out of Potomac River 06/13/2024 03:08pm • Heads up, drivers: A small chunk of road along the Potomac River in D.C., near a key commuter route, is set to close for the next six years — and it could impact your drive into and out of the District. The portion of Ohio Drive in Southwest D.C. that will close Monday, June 17, is from Indepen Americans celebrate their flag every year, and the holiday was born in Wisconsin 06/13/2024 03:02pm • WAUBEKA, Wis. (AP) — Each June, the people of Waubeka venerate perhaps the nation's most enduring symbol, celebrating Flag Day, a holiday that escapes the notice of many Americans. But this unincorporated Wisconsin town about 35 miles (56 kilometers) north of Milwaukee takes the day seriously. Af