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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 What is enormous and venomous, has 8 legs, travels through the wind and is heading to the DC region? 06/05/2024 01:23pm • Headlines this week are warning of the arrival of a venomous spider, as big as a human palm, that travels through the wind and is heading to the D.C. area. But there is no need to be alarmed. These creepy-crawlies won���t create scenes reminiscent of the movie "Arachnophobia." ���You definitel Italy's premier visits Albania as controversial plan to hold Italy-bound migrants nears its start 06/05/2024 10:27am • SHENGJIN, Albania (AP) ��� Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traveled to Albania on Wednesday to thank its government for its unique role in agreeing to host thousands of asylum-seekers while Italy processes their claims, and to tour migrant centers she said will be ready in August. Meloni denied her d Silence and heavy security in China and Hong Kong mark 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen crackdown 06/05/2024 10:21am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Beijing's Tiananmen Square had checkpoints and police vehicles Tuesday as China tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests. Hong Kong police arrested four people and swarmed a handful of others who tried to protest or commemorate as the eff Champions League debutant Brest can't use outdated stadium and wants to move games to Guingamp 06/05/2024 06:52am • GENEVA (AP) ��� French club Brest will not play Champions League home games in its outdated 102-year-old stadium for its European debut next season. UEFA said on Wednesday the request from Brest is to use the stadium of its Brittany near-neighbor Guingamp for the four home games in a new 36-team lea After receiving Trump's nod ahead of Virginia's US Senate primary, candidate Hung Cao prepares for uphill battle 06/05/2024 06:31am • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) ��� Political observers have already placed bets on Tim Kaine, predicting the Democrat will glide into a third term as the junior U.S. Senator of Virginia, a state that hasn���t elected a Republican to the upper chamber since 2002. But Republicans vying for a chance to unseat th New Oakland Ballers expansion team draws big crowd for home opener as A's play nearby 06/05/2024 01:20am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) ��� Construction on the outfield bullpen finished just in time as pitchers from the Oakland Ballers began arriving to work at Raimondi Park for the new minor league team's home opener. The batting cage came together last minute, too. And everybody with the ���B's��� embraced the Yanier Diaz homers in a second straight game, powers the Astros past the Cardinals 8-5 06/05/2024 12:15am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Yainer Diaz homered in a second straight game to lead the Houston Astros to an 8-5 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night. Playing without star right fielder Kyle Tucker, the Astros got a three-run homer from Diaz in the third inning as they took the first two games of a In a West Bank refugee camp, Israel's raids fuel the militancy it tries to stamp out 06/05/2024 12:00am • NUR SHAMS REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank (AP) ��� An Israeli army raid in April set off a near three-day gunbattle with Palestinian militants. By the time it was over, homes had been blasted to rubble and many residents had fled. The raid wasn't in Gaza, where Israel is at war with Hamas, but more than 100 Frankie Montas pitches 7 1-hit innings, Elly De La Cruz homers in Reds' 4-1 victory over Rockies 06/04/2024 11:56pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Frankie Montas took a no-hitter into the seventh inning, Elly De La Cruz hit a 448-foot homer and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on Tuesday night. Elias Diaz broke up Montas��� no-hit bid with a double to center field to open the seventh, but Montas (3-4) retired t Atlanta officials say water repairs are done after 5 days of outages and service is being restored 06/04/2024 09:58pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� City of Atlanta officials say workers finished repairs on a ruptured water main on Tuesday and that water problems in the city are coming to an end after five days. The city said Tuesday night that workers had placed new pipes after a leak that sent a gushing river into the streets Latest plan for Connecticut Avenue in DC includes left-turn lanes, pedestrian upgrades, but no bike lanes 06/04/2024 07:50pm • D.C.'s planned concept to redesign a stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest includes dedicated left-turn lanes and pedestrian upgrades but will move forward without bike lanes, capping months of tension between cyclists, residents, lawmakers and transportation officials. During a virtual meet The Latest | Slovenia recognizes a Palestinian state, and new fighting flares in central Gaza 06/04/2024 06:32pm • Slovenia is the latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state. The country���s parliament voted Tuesday in support of the move, following in the recent steps of Spain, Ireland and Norway. Slovenia's prime minister has said he sped up efforts to recognize a State of Palestine in reaction Police ID woman killed after stolen SUV crashes into DC building; suspect charged with murder, kidnapping, carjacking 06/04/2024 05:01pm • A woman is facing charges after police say she carjacked an SUV with a passenger inside from in front of a D.C. hospital and then crashed into a building Monday afternoon. The 55-year-old passenger, Leslie Marie Gaines, of Northeast D.C., died following the incident, police said. The suspect,