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Congress just passed sweeping foreign aid legislation. Now what? 04/26/2024 02:15pm • For all the latest developments in Congress, follow WTOP Capitol Hill correspondent Mitchell Miller at Today on the Hill. Lawmakers return this week after passing a historic $95 billion foreign aid package that was in doubt for months, even as many of its members worried that "the world is on fi New deep-water channel allows first ship to pass Key bridge wreckage in Baltimore 04/26/2024 11:41am • BALTIMORE (AP) — The first cargo ship passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore on Thursday after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, halting most maritime traffic through the city’s port. The Balsa 94, a bulk carrier sail Brazilian authorities bury deceased migrants who drifted in African boat to the Amazon 04/25/2024 10:03pm • BELEM, Brazil (AP) — The bodies of nine migrants found on an African boat off the northern coast of Brazil’s Amazon region were buried Thursday with a solemn ceremony in the Para state capital of Belem. Fishermen off the coast of Para found the boat adrift April 13, carrying the bodies that wer 6 Best Green Hydrogen Stocks and ETFs to Watch 04/25/2024 08:00pm • Green hydrogen stocks have not been doing well, perhaps creating buying opportunities for buy-and-hold bargain hunters with renewable energy companies on their watchlists. Relatively low oil and gas prices have made more-expensive green hydrogen less attractive. Higher interest rates have weighed on Driver charged with negligent homicide in fiery crash that shut down Connecticut highway bridge 04/25/2024 04:35pm • A man accused of causing a fiery crash that shut down a major Connecticut highway bridge and killed a fuel delivery truck driver has been charged with negligent homicide, police said Thursday. State police said Reginald Collins, 59, turned himself in Wednesday after learning that authorities had iss French air traffic controllers cancel a strike but Paris flights are still disrupted 04/25/2024 03:43pm • PARIS (AP) — Air passengers traveling to and from Paris experienced significant disruptions Thursday, despite a decision by air traffic controllers to cancel a strike after last-minute negotiations. Flight operations were substantially reduced because of adjustments made to schedules ahead of the 4 die in fiery crash as Pennsylvania police pursued their vehicle 04/25/2024 02:02pm • CONCORD, Pa. (AP) — Three adults and a pregnant teenager died in a fiery crash as police pursued their vehicle in connection with retail thefts in southeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said. The car was speeding away from a traffic stop with seven people inside Wednesday afternoon when the drive A passenger's guide to new refund rules for airlines 04/25/2024 01:52pm • Starting in about six months, air travelers will have an easier time getting a refund when things go wrong on a U.S. airline. In most cases, inconvenienced fliers won't have to do a single thing to get their money back. Wednesday, the Biden administration issued final rules to require air Chinese automakers redefine the car as a living space at Beijing Auto Show 04/25/2024 11:14am • BEIJING (AP) — How about turning a car's front bucket seats 180 degrees so they face the rear seats and extending out a table so the occupants can play cards or eat a meal? Or a 43-inch (109 centimeter) screen for the passengers in the back seat? The seemingly never-ending efforts of China's elect Turkish rail officials jailed for more than 108 years for crash that left 25 dead 04/25/2024 07:07am • ISTANBUL (AP) — A court in Turkey sentenced nine rail officials to more than 108 years' imprisonment over a crash six years ago that killed 25 people, local media reported on Thursday. A passenger train operated by Turkish State Railways derailed in July 2018 as it passed through Corlu district so Technical glitch temporarily closed southern Norway airspace, causing delays at Oslo airport 04/25/2024 04:45am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A technical problem caused aviation authorities in Norway to temporarily close the airspace over the south of the country Thursday, leading to significant delays at Oslo airport, one of the largest in Scandinavia. The airspace was gradually reopened after more than three Boeing's financial woes continue, while families of crash victims urge US to prosecute the company 04/24/2024 08:36pm • Boeing said Wednesday that it lost $355 million on falling revenue in the first quarter, another sign of the crisis gripping the aircraft manufacturer as it faces increasing scrutiny over the safety of its planes and accusations of shoddy work from a growing number of whistleblowers. CEO David Calho Airlines will now be required to give automatic cash refunds for canceled and delayed flights 04/24/2024 11:55am • The Biden administration issued final rules Wednesday to require airlines to automatically issue cash refunds for things like delayed flights and to better disclose fees for baggage or canceling a reservation. The Transportation Department said airlines will be required to provide automatic cash ref Oil sprays from an ANA flight carrying 213 people as it lands in northern Japan 04/24/2024 11:32am • TOKYO (AP) — Oil sprayed from an All Nippon Airways plane as it landed Wednesday at Shin Chitose airport in northern Japan, but none of the 213 people on board was injured, officials said. The nonflammable oil from a control system evaporated as it contacted a hot engine, giving the appearance of Hamas releases video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin in proof he survived Oct. 7 injuries 04/24/2024 11:26am • (CNN) — Hamas released a video of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Wednesday, the first proof that he survived being badly wounded during his capture on October 7.Goldberg-Polin, then 23, was kidnapped from the Nova music festival during Hamas’ attacks on Israel when more