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Ukraine's largest music festival returns with a break from the inescapable reality of war 07/22/2024 10:10pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — This year, Ukraine’s largest music festival struck a different chord. Gone were the international headliners, the massive performance halls and the hundreds of thousands of visitors. Instead, beloved local artists graced the stage this past weekend at the Atlas Festival — The 8 Best Adults-Only All-Inclusive Resorts in Cabo 07/22/2024 08:00pm • Los Cabos, which incorporates Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo, is an oceanfront tourist destination in Baja California, Mexico. It's popular for its beautiful beaches, picturesque sunsets, world-class margaritas, festive nightlife, delicious Mexican food and luxury resorts. If you're looking fo 9 Signs Your Romantic Partner Might Be Financially Unstable 07/22/2024 08:00pm • When you're in a relationship, it's a good idea to pay attention to the way your partner deals with money. There could be signs of deeper problems that if left unaddressed can impact both of you. Keeping your concerns bottled up isn't healthy, but it's common. A 2024 Fidelity Investments Couples and The push to make Friendship Heights a ‘15-minute neighborhood’ 07/22/2024 04:40pm • D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland, businesses in the Friendship Heights corridor were "on their own" before Montgomery County's Friendship Heights Urban District was created, according to Montgomery County Council President Andrew Friedson. Friedson said the district and the nonprofit Friendsh See which DC-area restaurants were honored at the 2024 RAMMY Awards 07/22/2024 12:20pm • The 42nd annual Restaurant Association of Metropolitan Washington’s RAMMY Awards ceremony was held Sunday night at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, naming the best of the best in the D.C.-area restaurant scene, as voted by the public and a panel of judges. The winner of the Best New 20 notable DC-area rooftops for outdoor dining and sipping 07/22/2024 09:47am • Summer is here, and with that comes the opportunity to enjoy rooftop restaurants and bars at all price points. For some of the best high-up dining and sipping, WTOP has you covered with the following list. For the ritzy and the stylish: Top of the Gate at the Watergate is a rooftop lounge with so Athletes are as excited as regular visitors to be tourists in Paris during the Olympic Games 07/22/2024 06:00am • PARIS (AP) — Paris is a popular destination for vacations, of course. The food and drink. The art and history. The landmarks. And so on. The city itself will be one of the protagonists of the 2024 Olympic Games — which is why the Eiffel Tower and Seine River are featured just as prominently as g Vice President Kamala Harris leads list of contenders for spots on the Democratic ticket 07/22/2024 01:15am • President Joe Biden's decision to step down as the Democratic Party's nominee for president opens the door for other contenders to become the Democratic nominee in November. The president has thrown his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris, and other prominent Democrats moved quickly to rally Heat-related Texas deaths climb after Beryl left millions without power for days or longer 07/21/2024 10:26pm • SPRING, Texas (AP) — As the temperature soared in the Houston-area home Janet Jarrett shared with her sister after losing electricity in Hurricane Beryl, she did everything she could to keep her 64-year-old sibling cool. But on their fourth day without power, she awoke to hear Pamela Jarrett, who What Is a USDA Loan and How Do They Work? 07/21/2024 08:00pm • USDA loans are mortgages backed or funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Also called USDA rural development loans or rural housing loans, USDA home loans feature low or no down payments and low interest rates compared to conventional loans. How Do USDA Home Loans Work?With a USDA home loan, Man sentenced in prison break and fatal brawl among soccer fans outside cheesesteak shop 07/21/2024 01:22pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man convicted of helping two other men escape prison while he was in custody over a fatal brawl among soccer fans outside a famed Philadelphia cheesesteak restaurant has been sentenced in both cases. Court documents indicate that Jose Flores-Huerta, 36, was sentenced in the e Where to find deals for National Ice Cream Day in the DC area 07/21/2024 11:26am • Sunday is National Ice Cream Day. WTOP has the scoop on where you can get a deal in the D.C. area. Ice Cream Jubilee, with locations in D.C., Virginia and Maryland, is celebrating 10 years of business on National Ice Cream Day and is offering a buy one scoop, get another scoop free deal. Insom 89-year-old comedian recovering after she was randomly punched on New York street 07/20/2024 09:24pm • NEW YORK (AP) — An 89-year-old comedian is recovering after being randomly punched and knocked to the ground while waiting to cross a street in New York earlier this month. D’yan Forest said she had just stopped at a coffee shop and was heading to a swimming pool when someone came up to her fro Outside the RNC, small Milwaukee businesses and their regulars tried to salvage a sluggish week 07/20/2024 01:34am • MILWAUKEE (AP) — Jay Nelson was standing outside the convenience store he manages in downtown Milwaukee when one of his regular customers walked by on her daily stroll around the neighborhood. “I've been telling people to come and buy even just a bottle of wine,” she said, stretching out her Nats GM Mike Rizzo says he's happy with team's progress even as he shops Thomas, Finnegan 07/19/2024 10:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Friday he is happy with the progress of an organizational rebuild that began less than two years after Washington won the 2019 World Series, even though his team is a seller at the trade deadline for a fourth consecutive season. Rizzo, wh