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Oh, Nelly! Korda makes a 10 on one hole and posts an 80 in U.S. Women's Open 05/30/2024 10:07pm • LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Nelly Korda was not even three holes into the U.S. Women's Open when she dropped to a crouch and bowed her head in disbelief after her third straight shot — all of them from inside 70 feet away — tumbled into a stream. She walked off the par-3 12th hole at Lancaster Count 'Another very scary moment': DC-area lawmakers react to another close call at Reagan National Airport 05/30/2024 09:40pm • On Wednesday morning, an American Airlines flight bound for Boston from Reagan National Airport in Arlington had to abort its takeoff to avoid colliding with another plane. The Federal Aviation Administration said American Airlines Flight 2134’s takeoff was aborted by air traffic controllers be Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say 05/30/2024 07:28pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense experts who have reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians questioned why Israel did not use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby. They said the bombs used were likely U.S.- Clouds, high winds hamper efforts to rescue 2 climbers on North America's tallest peak 05/30/2024 05:13pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Clouds and high winds hampered efforts by rangers on Thursday to reach two climbers who remained high up on North America's tallest peak two days after first sending a distress signal. Teams on the mountain and a high-altitude helicopter pilot were on standby waiting for cond Arts space Rhizome DC buys new location, plans move in early 2025 05/30/2024 04:49pm • For several years now, the days of Rhizome D.C. have been numbered, but the arts and community space is not planning on closing any time soon. Instead, it is bound for a new location, one that is now officially purchased and soon to be renovated. Rhizome D.C. has occupied 6950 Maple Street NW sin Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up Mystik Dan on track to run in the Belmont at Saratoga 05/30/2024 04:35pm • Kentucky Derby winner and Preakness runner-up Mystik Dan is on track to run in the third leg of the Triple Crown, the Belmont Stakes at Saratoga on June 8, trainer Kenny McPeek said Thursday. McPeek is not yet ready to commit to entering Mystik Dan, much like he waited on his decision in the Prea Police, Army investigators following leads in killing of Fort Campbell soldier 05/30/2024 04:26pm • CLARKSVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — Police are asking for public assistance and following leads in the killing of a 23-year-old Army soldier who was found dead in a home near Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The family of Pfc. Katia Dueñas Aguilar planned a funeral Friday in Dallas, with soldiers expected to Turkey signals a new military intervention in Syria if Kurdish groups hold local elections 05/30/2024 10:43am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey won't hesitate to act against Kurdish-led groups in northern Syria that Ankara accuses of links to outlawed Kurdish militants, if they proceed with plans to hold local elections in the region, Turkey’s president said Thursday. A Kurdish-led autonomous administration Movie Review: Daisy Ridley shines in inspirational swimming pic ‘Young Woman and the Sea’ 05/30/2024 09:00am • In August 1926, a 19-year-old New Yorker named Trudy Ederle became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Only five men had finished the 21-mile trek from Cape Gris-Nez in France to Kingsdown Beach in England before — a harrowing journey through frigid waters, unpredictable tides, currents a Stuck at sea for years, a sailor's plight highlights a surge in shipowner abandonment 05/30/2024 07:04am • Abdul Nasser Saleh says he rarely got a good night’s sleep during the near-decade he spent working without pay on a cargo ship abandoned by its owner at ports along the Red Sea. By night, he tossed and turned in his bunk on the aging Al-Maha, he said, thinking of the unpaid wages he feared he’d Israel says it's taken control of key area of Gaza's border with Egypt awash in smuggling tunnels 05/30/2024 06:31am • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s military said Wednesday it seized control of a strategic corridor along Gaza’s border with Egypt to cut off smuggling tunnels as it tries to destroy the militant Hamas group in a war now in its eighth month. The capture of the Philadelphi Corridor could complicate Isr The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here's how we got here and what might be next 05/30/2024 05:39am • WASHINGTON (AP) — A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier. Broken apart by strong winds and heavy seas just over a week after it became operational, the project faces criti North Korea fires missile barrage toward its eastern waters days after failed satellite launch 05/29/2024 11:43pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Thursday fired a barrage of suspected ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea, according to South Korea’s military, days after its attempt to launch a military reconnaissance satellite ended in failure but still drew strong condemnation from its rivals. An Iceland volcano spews red streams of lava toward an evacuated town 05/29/2024 10:31pm • GRINDAVIK, Iceland (AP) — A volcano in southwestern Iceland erupted Wednesday for the fifth time since December, spewing red lava that once again threatened the coastal town of Grindavik and led to the evacuation of the popular Blue Lagoon geothermal spa. The eruption began in the early afternoon Hawaii judge orders a new environmental review of a wave pool that foes say is a waste of water 05/29/2024 10:15pm • HONOLULU (AP) — A judge has halted plans for an artificial wave pool until developers can revise an environmental assessment to address concerns raised by Native Hawaiians and others who say the project is unnecessary in the birthplace of surfing and a waste of water. In granting a temporary inju