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DC-area first responders head south to provide Hurricane Debby relief 08/05/2024 12:40pm • First responders from the D.C. area are heading south to help provide Hurricane Debby relief as the powerful storm moves east. Members of Task Force One teams in Maryland and Virginia were deployed Sunday night. Hurricane Debby made landfall Monday morning as a Category 1 storm near Steinhatch The Taliban says people in Afghanistan on previous government's visas can stay for now 08/05/2024 12:20pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government said Monday it would allow people in the country on visas issued by the former Western-backed government to stay for now, but that they wouldn’t be allowed back in without documents from a Taliban-approved diplomatic mission. The announcement b Nelly Korda hopeful her game is trending as she bids for an Olympic repeat in women's golf 08/05/2024 12:10pm • SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Xander Schauffele had his chance. Now it's Nelly Korda's turn. Golf is still young in the Olympics since returning in 2016 after a 112-year hiatus, and it does not have a back-to-back gold medalist. Schauffele won gold at the Tokyo Games and was tied for th This preschool in Alaska changed lives for parents and kids alike. Why did it have to close? 08/05/2024 11:51am • WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — She was a teenager, and the mother of a 2-year-old, when a knock came on the door of her trailer. Two women were there to tell her about a federally funded preschool program called Head Start that was opening near her home in Chugiak. Would she be interested in enrolling her One thing that hasn't changed in Hollywood: Male characters still more than double female ones 08/05/2024 09:29am • NEW YORK (AP) — In recent years the movie industry has gone through the streaming revolution, the pandemic, labor strikes and “Barbenheimer.” But after countless upheavals in Hollywood, you're still more than twice as likely to see male speaking characters in theatrical releases than you are f Car Review: BMW i5 M60 is like an all-electric M5 with sports car performance 08/05/2024 06:37am • The new BMW i5 M60 is an all-electric midsize luxury sedan. (WTOP/Mike Parris) The “Ultimate Driving Machine” is moving to the future with all-electric vehicles and the i5 M60 looks to carry on the tradition with the vaunted M division making sports cars that just happened to be a midsiz EU slaps sanctions on 28 accused of rights abuses and links to the ongoing crackdown in Belarus 08/05/2024 06:26am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Monday slapped sanctions on 28 officials accused of human rights violations in Belarus and links to the ongoing crackdown against opponents of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. In a move just ahead of the anniversary of the disputed 2020 elections Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips 08/05/2024 06:09am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The hospitality workers' union UNITE HERE has endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a rejoinder to Republican Donald Trump's effort to woo restaurant and hotel workers by promising to make their tips tax-free. Gwen Mills, the union’s president, said Trump was mer The top teams in the MLB standings are still at the top, but it hasn't been smooth sailing 08/05/2024 05:55am • The morning of June 26, the Cleveland Guardians and Philadelphia Phillies were on pace for 107 wins. The New York Yankees were on pace for 104, and the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers for an even 100. Those five teams still have the top records in the game, but since then, they've all d Veteran safety Quandre Diggs joining Tennessee Titans on 1-year deal 08/05/2024 05:16am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Veteran safety Quandre Diggs confirmed reports he has agreed to a one-year deal with the Tennessee Titans. “Long awaited news,” Diggs wrote on social media. Diggs, 31, is a nine-year NFL veteran with 24 interceptions in a career split between the Detroit Lions and Seat Kristen Faulkner joins Connie Carpenter-Phinney as US Olympic road race champions, 40 years apart 08/05/2024 05:13am • MONTIGNY-LE-BRETONNEUX, France (AP) — Forty years after winning gold in Los Angeles, Connie Carpenter-Phinney watched in nervous anticipation — praying, pleading, holding her breath in hope — that Kristen Faulkner could hold on in the road race at the Paris Olympics. When she did, completing a 'One Week' until former Barenaked Ladies frontman Steven Page rocks Rams Head in Annapolis 08/05/2024 04:05am • He gained fame as the frontman of the alternative rock band Barenaked Ladies from 1988 to 2009. Now, Steven Page brings his talents to Rams Head in Annapolis, Maryland, on Monday, Aug. 12. "I've actually played that venue two or three times now," Page told WTOP. "It's a great place to play, Olympic golf has its golden moment as momentum builds from dazzling show in Paris 08/05/2024 03:23am • SAINT QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was in awe at the size of the gallery when he hit the first of his 265 shots in Olympic golf, and he was in tears when he stood at the top podium with the gold medal as the American flag was raised and the anthem was played. Scheffler wasn Australia lifts terrorism threat level from 'possible' to 'probable,' but says no specific threat 08/05/2024 01:48am • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government on Monday elevated the nation’s terrorism threat alert level from “possible” to “probable,” citing concerns about increasing radicalization among young people and community tensions over the Israel-Hamas war. It is the first time the University System of Maryland, AFSCME sign contract covering multiple campuses 08/05/2024 12:42am • The University System of Maryland signed a multicampus contract with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees on Friday that will standardize labor benefits for workers at nine campuses in Maryland. The contract and memorandum of understanding cover approximately 5,700 non