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Hundreds of Syrian refugees head home as anti-refugee sentiment surges in Lebanon 05/14/2024 10:44am • ARSAL, Lebanon (AP) — More than 300 Syrian refugees headed back home to Syria in a convoy on Tuesday, leaving two remote northeastern towns in crisis-stricken Lebanon where anti-refugee sentiment has been surging in recent months. Lebanese officials have long urged the international community to As work continues to remove cargo ship from collapsed Baltimore bridge, what about its crew? 05/13/2024 08:45pm • A crew of Indian and Sri Lankan men has spent the last 49 days confined to a hulking and motionless cargo vessel in Baltimore, its bow pinned by what's left of the shattered bridge it struck. Demolition crews set off explosives Monday to push broken bridge trusses away from the grounded Dali contai The Best Picnic Foods That Won't Spoil in Warm Weather 05/13/2024 08:00pm • Easy picnic foods that won't spoil in heatThere is something magical about eating outdoors whether at the beach, on a picnic blanket, camping or in your own backyard. Dining al fresco is an American pastime but as temperatures rise, so does the risk of food safety. Hot temperatures provide the optim Republican group takes rare step of targeting GOP incumbent who voted to oust McCarthy 05/13/2024 05:25pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A political action committee that helps Republicans get elected to Congress is doing the unusual — spending more than $450,000 to defeat a GOP incumbent. That incumbent, conservative two-term Rep. Bob Good, R-Va., voted to remove former Rep. Kevin McCarthy as House speaker last Ohio adult-use marijuana sales approved as part of 2023 ballot measure could begin by mid-June 05/13/2024 04:53pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Recreational marijuana could be available for sale in Ohio by mid-June, after new licensing rules for dispensaries cleared a key legislative hurdle Monday. Adult-use sales have been in limbo in the state since December, when an initiated statute approved by voters went into e Families still looking for missing loved ones after devastating Afghanistan floods killed scores 05/13/2024 01:51pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — When he heard that devastating floods hit his village in northern Afghanistan last week, farmer Abdul Ghani rushed home from neighboring Kunduz province where he was visiting relatives. When he got home, he found out that his wife and three children had perished in the deluge. Tw Fine dining, at a new high. A Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere 05/13/2024 09:40am • COPENHAGEN (AP) — Ever since humans have journeyed to space, their meals there have proved to be, well, nothing to write home about. But that could change after a Michelin-starred chef teamed up with the Florida-based startup Space Perspective to take fine-dining to our upper atmosphere in late 20 The 15 Best Baseball Stadium Trips 05/12/2024 08:00pm • Baseball is a classic American pastime. There's nothing like the roar of the crowd after a crack of the bat when a player sends a ball over the outfield fence. Whether you're hoping to visit every ballpark in Major League Baseball, following your home team on the road or just looking to enjoy an aft Fairfax Co. proposes smaller raises for teachers because of budget shortfall 05/12/2024 06:21pm • Fairfax County teachers and other school employees may be getting smaller raises next year because of a $102.5 million budget shortfall. At a school board meeting on Thursday, Superintendent Michelle Reid said the county’s board of supervisors didn’t provide as much funding as it historically Flooding forecast to worsen in Brazil's south, where many who remain are poor 05/11/2024 07:05pm • ELDORADO DO SUL, Brazil (AP) — More rain started coming down on Saturday in Brazil’s already flooded Rio Grande do Sul state, where many of those remaining are poor people with limited ability to move to less dangerous areas. More than 15 centimeters (nearly six inches) of rain could fall over t Russia says it has captured 5 villages in northeast Ukraine as more than 1,700 civilians flee 05/11/2024 01:39pm • VOVCHANSK, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow's forces captured five villages in a renewed ground assault in northeastern Ukraine, the Russian Defense Ministry said Saturday, and Associated Press journalists in the city of Vovchansk described multiple buildings destroyed after Russian airstrikes and barrages o America's debt tops $34 trillion, but a commission to address it appears dead in Congress 05/11/2024 12:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — For Mike Johnson it was effectively a Day 1 priority. It's well past time, the newly elected House speaker said in October, to establish a bipartisan commission to tackle the federal government's growing $34.6 trillion in debt. "The consequences if we don’t act now are unbeara Today in History: May 11, Bob Marley dies at 36 05/11/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, May 11, the 132nd day of 2024. There are 234 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 11, 1981, legendary reggae artist Bob Marley died in a Miami hospital at age 36 of acral lentiginous melanoma, a skin cancer that is rare but the most commo DC Council members add controversial Connecticut Ave. bike lane project to budget proposal 05/10/2024 07:12pm • Some D.C. Council members are reviving a controversial plan to bring bike lanes to a busy stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest by adding it to the city's budget package. During a Friday meeting, lawmakers revealed the Committee on Transportation and the Environment's recommendations for the US announces a new $400 million package of weapons for Ukraine to try to hold off Russian advances 05/10/2024 05:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. announced a new $400 million package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the northeast Kharkiv region. This is the third tranche of aid for Ukraine since Congress passed supplemental funding in late April aft