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Tropical Storm Alberto dissipates over central Mexico after heavy rains killed 4 06/20/2024 06:11pm • TAMPICO, Mexico (AP) — Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, weakened Thursday as it moved inland over northeast Mexico after bringing heavy rains to parts of the parched region and leaving at least four dead. By afternoon, Alberto's remnants were scattered over central Mexico, Jury to begin deliberating in murder trial of suburban Seattle officer who killed a man in 2019 06/20/2024 05:41pm • A suburban Seattle officer who fatally shot a homeless man in 2019 ignored his training and should be convicted of murder, a prosecutor said Thursday during the trial's closing arguments, while defense lawyers argued the officer was rightfully defending himself. Auburn police Officer Jeffrey Nelson Another police dog dies while trying to help officers arrest a suspect in South Carolina 06/20/2024 05:34pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — For the second time this month, a police dog has been killed while trying to help arrest a suspect in South Carolina. A Richland County Sheriff's Department dog named Wick was struck and killed by a car on Interstate 77 early Thursday when his leash broke and he chased a susp Extended heat wave continues Thursday with triple-digit temps possible over the weekend 06/20/2024 02:50pm • Listen live to WTOP for traffic and weather updates on the 8s. The DC area faced some scorching temperatures Thursday and Friday doesn't look to be any better. Friday will see the area under a heat alert with temperatures expected to peak in the 90s during the afternoon, but it will feel like the Russia obliterates Ukraine's front-line towns faster with hacked bombs and expanded air base network 06/20/2024 11:42am • KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first shock wave shattered aisles stacked almost to the ceiling with home improvement products. The next Russian bomb streaked down like a comet seconds later, unleashing flames that left the megastore an ashen shell. A third bomb failed to detonate when it landed behin Illegally brewed liquor kills at least 34 with dozens hospitalized in southern India 06/20/2024 10:20am • NEW DELHI (AP) — At least 34 people have died and dozens hospitalized after drinking illegally brewed liquor in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, local media reported on Thursday. The state's chief minister M K Stalin said the 34 died after consuming liquor that was tainted with methanol, Edmunds: The best performance cars for $65,000 06/20/2024 10:09am • The $65,000 milestone might seem like an arbitrary price cap for a list of excellent performance cars, but look carefully and you’ll discover that it’s a sweet spot for some of today’s most compelling performance offerings. Look upmarket from here and you’ll quickly be shopping in six figure 37 Fun Things to Do in Pennsylvania, According to a Local 06/19/2024 08:00pm • You probably know the chocolate-inspired town of Hershey is located in Pennsylvania, and you might know a thing or two about Pennsylvania Amish Country. But did you know you can see Albert Einstein's brain on display in Philadelphia, or that you can visit an International Dark Sky Park in the northe 9 Best Food Delivery App Companies to Work For 06/19/2024 08:00pm • Delivery apps have made it easy to get everything from fast food meals to groceries delivered to your front door. Not only are the apps convenient for consumers, but they offer a flexible way to earn extra money. "I can sign in and out for work as I please around my full-time job, so it's great to f Best Places to Invest in Real Estate in 2024 06/19/2024 08:00pm • The best words to summarize the real estate investing landscape halfway through 2024 may be "cautiously optimistic." While home price increases have slowed since the madness of 2022, so has inflation, which should help reduce the costs of construction. The Federal Reserve's pause on interest rate hi Pharrell at Louis Vuitton celebrates the diversity of human skin in Paris UNESCO show 06/19/2024 05:54pm • PARIS (AP) — With just over a month before the Paris Olympics, Louis Vuitton celebrated the beauty of humans and their skin in a star-studded menswear showcase at the headquarters of U.N. cultural agency UNESCO in Paris. Models wearing garb in all the hues of human flesh paraded around a giant glo 'Like treasure hunting': Big warehouse in Maryland that offers DIYers cheap household goods gets hefty federal grant 06/19/2024 02:55pm • Tucked away near some railroad tracks between Hyattsville and Bladensburg in Maryland is a giant reuse warehouse called Community Forklift, filled with household goods, where budget conscious "do-it-yourselfers" go to save a few bucks on whatever they need. During and after the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. Open champ Bryson DeChambeau now pins his Olympic hopes on Los Angeles in 2028 06/19/2024 02:34pm • COLLEGE GROVE, Tenn. (AP) — Bryson DeChambeau couldn't play at the Tokyo Olympics because of COVID-19. His decision to sign with LIV Golf is keeping him out of the Paris Games this summer. So the two-time U.S. Open champion is pinning his hopes on Los Angeles in 2028. “I’ve done my best up un A Missouri mayor says a fight over jobs is back on. Things to know about Kansas wooing the Chiefs 06/19/2024 02:08pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A plan in Kansas for luring the Kansas City's two major league sports franchises from Missouri has prompted their hometown's mayor to declare that the move ends a 5-year-old agreement by the states not to poach each other's jobs. The Kansas Legislature has approved a measure to Kansas is making a big run at Kansas City's pro teams with a plan to help pay for new stadiums 06/19/2024 01:19pm • TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas is making a serious run at becoming the new home for the reigning Super Bowl champions with legislators approving a plan Tuesday to lure the Chiefs and Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals away from Missouri. Bipartisan legislative supermajorities OK'd the measu