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Harris and Trump squabble over muted mics at upcoming debate 08/26/2024 01:31pm • The campaigns of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are arguing in advance of their high-stakes Sept. 10 debate over whether microphones should be muted except for the candidate whose turn it is to speak. While it's common for campaigns to quibble beforehand over debate m Police in Iceland call off search at ice cave collapse that killed 1 man, saying no one is missing 08/26/2024 01:30pm • LONDON (AP) — Icelandic police on Monday called off the search for anyone trapped in the previous day's collapse of an ice cave that killed one person and injured another, saying that all members of the tourist expedition had been accounted for. Authorities had initially mounted a large-scale resc 'Seismic' or 'absolutely horrible'? Helmet communication in major college football is here 08/26/2024 12:55pm • Louisville coach Jeff Brohm looks forward to being that voice in his player's ear – much like he enjoyed hearing one as an NFL quarterback in the late 1990s. Brohm just didn’t expect college football to take 30 years to follow suit with in-helmet communications. “The NFL has used them ever si Browns star running back Nick Chubb to begin season on PUP list, will miss at least first 4 games 08/26/2024 12:39pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — Nick Chubb's comeback needs more time. As expected, Cleveland's star running back will remain on the physically unable to perform list to start the season while he recovers from two surgeries on his left knee, keeping him out for at least the Browns' first four games. Chubb has ma Prescott's time with the Cowboys, Russell Wilson's fading career among the hot QB questions in 2024 08/26/2024 12:38pm • Dak Prescott figures to get paid, either by Dallas or another team willing to go north of $50 million per year if the Cowboys let his contract expire after this season. Russell Wilson hasn't been announced as the starter for Pittsburgh's opener in what's shaped up to be the nine-time Pro Bowler's la DC buildings are buzzing with urban bee hives — and that's a good thing 08/26/2024 11:30am • After decades of decline, the U.S. honeybee population has seen a remarkable recovery in recent years, and the growth of urban bee hive installations in unlikely places like office building rooftops is contributing to it. In recent years, dozens of D.C. area office buildings, hospitals and school Children with special needs are more likely to be bullied at school. How 'SWAT' techniques can help 08/26/2024 11:12am • When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave his speech last week at the Democratic National Convention and his son Gus stood up with tears soaking his face, clapping, and mouthing the words, "That's my dad," I could see my own son Gabriel in his face and I began to weep. Gus had run away with my heart as G Swimmer Ali Truwit makes Paralympics a year after losing lower leg in shark attack while snorkeling 08/26/2024 10:50am • The first step for swimmer Ali Truwit was overcoming her newfound fear of the one place she had always felt safe — the water. Because the sound of water, any sound involving water, instantly triggered flashbacks to the day she swam for her life after being bitten by a shark. She and a friend were It looked like Israel and Hezbollah had gone to war, but then they pulled back. Here's what to know 08/26/2024 10:05am • Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah pulled back after an exchange of heavy fire over the weekend that briefly raised fears of an all-out war. But their decades-long conflict is far from over, regional tensions linked to the war in Gaza are still high, and it’s probably only a matter of time before an Marketing exec wants to shift Verizon's transactional image into one more tied to people's lives 08/26/2024 09:53am • NEW YORK (AP) — Verizon Communications has long enjoyed its position as the leading provider of mobile services in the U.S. But a new trend of price-conscious customers holding onto their old phones has hurt the bottom line for telecom companies seeking to capitalize off the sale of new mobile pho Realignment shifts some of the top powers in women's college volleyball as popularity surges 08/26/2024 06:10am • Perhaps no sport will be impacted more by the most recent round of conference realignment than women’s volleyball. Five of the last nine schools to win national championships switched conferences during the offseason. Those five schools (Texas, Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Southern California) h Maryland Football Preview: Terps enter season with optimism … and question marks 08/26/2024 04:36am • Who's ready for college football to commence? Forget about what you may have heard about "Week Zero," unless you're a Yellow Jacket or Seminole fan (if an upset loss happens in Ireland, does it really occur?). College football's regular season commences this week (who's ready for Howard-Rutgers Thur Protesters against judiciary overhaul plan urge Mexican president to 'respect democracy' 08/26/2024 03:25am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Protestors took to the streets across Mexico on Sunday in the latest opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances. Demonstrators rallied in Me Montgomery County native competes in finals of NBC's 'American Ninja Warrior' 08/26/2024 12:22am • Growing up in North Potomac, Maryland, Karen Potts loved watching NBC's "American Ninja Warrior" on TV. On Monday night, she'll compete in Stage 1 of the finals. "I'm definitely excited to watch," Potts, 19, told WTOP. "I know what happens, but I love to see the way they put it all together Nationals Notebook: Another prime prospect reaches the big time 08/26/2024 12:09am • The 2024 Washington Nationals season has been one of future possibilities. So far, the team has played 12 rookies (seven position players plus five pitchers) with some debuts being highly anticipated (James Wood) and others being surprisingly successful (Mitchell Parker). This week, another pr