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The desert nation of UAE records its most rain ever, flooding highways and Dubai's airport 04/17/2024 10:19pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates attempted to dry out Wednesday from the heaviest rain the desert nation has ever recorded — a deluge that flooded out Dubai International Airport and disrupted flights through the world's busiest airfield for international travel. The Schumer says US will provide $6.1 billion to Micron Technology for chip plants in NY, Idaho 04/17/2024 08:21pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has reached an agreement to provide $6.1 billion in government support for Micron Technology to produce advanced memory computer chips in New York and Idaho. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., personally courted Micron to build what would ultim Atlantic Diet: What to Eat, Health Benefits and Recipes 04/17/2024 08:00pm • The Mediterranean diet has been extensively studied and is consistently rated as the best overall diet. It's been linked to lower rates of cardiovascular disease and a reduced risk of Type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. However, attention is now turning to a different body of water near the Mediter California sets long-awaited drinking water limit for 'Erin Brockovich' contaminant 04/17/2024 07:36pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators voted Wednesday to establish a drinking water limit on hexavalent chromium, a toxic chemical compound made infamous by the movie “Erin Brockovich.” The rule is the first in the nation to specifically target the heavy metal, known as chromium-6, and is e Republican AGs attack Biden's EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases 04/17/2024 06:11pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican attorneys general attacked the Biden administration’s stated goal of pursuing environmental justice, calling it a form of “racial engineering.‘’ Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 22 other GOP officials asked the EPA Tuesday to stop using civil rights law Vermont farms are still recovering from flooding as they enter the growing season 04/17/2024 06:09pm • BERLIN, Vt. (AP) — Hundreds of Vermont farms are still recovering from last July's catastrophic flooding and other extreme weather as they head into this year's growing season. Dog River Farm, in Berlin, Vermont, lost nearly all its produce crops in the July flooding. The farm removed truckloads Cloning makes three: Two more endangered ferrets are gene copies of critter frozen in 1980s 04/17/2024 04:29pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Two more black-footed ferrets have been cloned from the genes used for the first clone of an endangered species in the U.S., bringing to three the number of slinky predators genetically identical to one of the last such animals found in the wild, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Se Judges orders Pennsylvania agency to produce inspection records related to chocolate plant blast 04/17/2024 02:51pm • Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal agency’s probe into a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory last year, a federal judge ruled this week. U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner sided Tuesday with Russian missiles slam into a Ukraine city and kill 17 people as the war approaches a critical stage 04/17/2024 11:01am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Three Russian missiles slammed into a downtown area of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv on Wednesday, hitting an eight-floor apartment building and killing at least 17 people, authorities said. At least 61 people, including three children, were wounded in the morning a Things to do in the DC area: Earth Day-inspired food festival, vintage clothing pop-up … and more! 04/17/2024 04:04am • Celebrate Earth Day early with local artists, food vendors and eco-friendly community offerings at the Earth, Art and Eats: An Earth Day Festival. There’s so much to do in the D.C. area in the coming days, and WTOP has you covered with our weekly roundup of area events worth anticipating. C Today in History: April 17, US launches Bay of Pigs invasion to topple Fidel Castro in Cuba 04/17/2024 12:01am • Today is Wednesday, April 17, the 108th day of 2024. There are 258 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 17, 1961, some 1,500 CIA-trained Cuban exiles launched the disastrous Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba in an attempt to topple Fidel Castro, whose forces crushed the i What Is a Self-Directed IRA? Pros and Cons of This Unique Investment Account 04/16/2024 08:00pm • A self-directed individual retirement account is a very specific tax-advantaged vehicle that gives investors the ability to choose investments beyond traditional options such as stocks, bonds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. A self-directed IRA can hold alternative assets such as real estate, pri Ecuador rations electricity as drought persists in the northern Andes 04/16/2024 07:42pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador on Tuesday began to ration electricity in the country's main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants that produce about 75% of the nation’s power. The power cuts were announced on Monda Salvage crews race against the clock to remove massive chunks of fallen Baltimore bridge 04/16/2024 05:05pm • SPARROWS POINT, Md. (AP) — Nearly three weeks since Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed under the impact of a wayward cargo ship, crews are using the largest crane on the Eastern Seaboard to haul the wreckage to a nearby salvage yard. The heaviest section so far weighed about 450 tons Southern governors tell autoworkers that voting for a union will put their jobs in jeopardy 04/16/2024 03:10pm • DETROIT (AP) — On the eve of a vote on union representation at Volkswagen's Tennessee factory, Gov. Bill Lee and five other southern governors are telling workers that voting for a union will put jobs in jeopardy. About 4,300 workers at VW's plant in Chattanooga will start voting Wednesday on repr