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Jittery markets rally after Argentina's Milei gets his first legislative 'triumph' on broad reforms 06/13/2024 04:40pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Wall Street rallied Thursday as Argentina's President Javier Milei traveled to Italy for the Group of Seven summit, buoyed by his first legislative victory after the Senate passed sweeping proposals to slash state spending and boost his powers. Having hitched his pol Police ID 62-year-old pedestrian killed in Southeast DC; search continues for hit-and-run driver who struck married couple 06/13/2024 03:05pm • D.C. police have identified the man who was killed during a hit-and-run Wednesday afternoon in Southeast; his wife was also injured in the crash but is expected to survive. Officers have found the suspect's vehicle but are still searching for the driver, D.C. police said Thursday. Alton Kelly, The Latest | The US Supreme Court rules to preserve access to the abortion pill mifepristone 06/13/2024 02:20pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday ruled unanimously to preserve access to the drug most commonly used in medication abortion. The nine justices found that abortion opponents lacked the legal right to sue over the Food and Drug Administration's approval of mifepristone and the FD Firefighters battle massive fire at northern Iraq oil refinery 06/13/2024 10:38am • IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A team of 32 firefighters in northern Iraq was battling to put out a massive fire Thursday, a day after it broke out at an oil refinery, local officials said. The fire broke out late Wednesday at a large refinery in Irbil, in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. Denmark recalls spicy South Korean noodles over health concerns 06/13/2024 08:51am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Food authorities in Denmark have recalled three types of spicy instant noodle products imported from South Korea over possible risks of “acute poisoning.” Consumers are asked to discard them or return the noodles to the retailer. The noodles are made by Seoul-based S What Is Cash Stuffing? 06/12/2024 08:00pm • Cash stuffing is a trendy term, popular with Generation Z and popularized on social media sites like TikTok. But the concept is hardly new. Still, it's a creative way to save money -- and certainly one that deserves to catch on. So, if you're wondering if it works and if you should give it a try, co Thefts of charging cables pose yet another obstacle to appeal of electric vehicles 06/12/2024 07:28pm • DETROIT (AP) — Just before 2 a.m. on a chilly April night in Seattle, a Chevrolet Silverado pickup stopped at an electric vehicle charging station on the edge of a shopping center parking lot. Two men, one with a light strapped to his head, got out. A security camera recorded them pulling out bol The Latest | Hezbollah rocket barrage ups pressure on Israel as Gaza cease-fire negotiations drag on 06/12/2024 06:07pm • The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired hundreds of rockets toward northern Israel on Wednesday, hours after an Israeli airstrike killed a senior commander — the hightest-ranking member of the group to die in eight months of fighting. The Israeli military said some of the 215 projectiles were More than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims arrive in Mecca for annual Hajj pilgrimage 06/12/2024 04:58pm • MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale. Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in the country by Senators blast health and law enforcement officials over illegal e-cigarettes used by teens 06/12/2024 04:44pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators on Wednesday blasted top health and law enforcement officials for not doing more to combat the rise of illegal electronic cigarettes in the U.S., a multibillion-dollar business that has flourished amid haphazard enforcement. Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Judici The owner of their favorite wine shop was battling brain cancer. This Virginia couple bought the store to keep it open 06/12/2024 02:43pm • Brittany and Alan Alexander remember the first time when they walked into the Ashburn Wine Shop, in Ashburn, Virginia, about five years ago. "Good vibes, great atmosphere — the owner, he was amazing," Alan Alexander said. "People came in to see him, really, because he'd connect with everybo Pakistan’s new government presents its first budget as it seeks a new long-term IMF bailout 06/12/2024 12:39pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s new coalition government presented its first budget in parliament on Wednesday, promising an increase of up to 25% in the salaries of government employees and setting an ambitious tax collection target while talks with the International Monetary Fund about a new bailo Georgetown's Call Your Mother bagel shop may get shut down 06/12/2024 08:47am • Call Your Mother in Georgetown. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) You may see long lines stretching out of the vibrant pink corner house in D.C.’s Georgetown. They are patrons of Call Your Mother, a jew-ish deli, but they may not be able to visit in the future because the popular shop faces closure. Call Federal appeals court upholds California law banning gun shows at county fairs 06/11/2024 07:52pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld California's ban on gun shows at county fairs and other public properties, deciding the laws do not violate the rights of firearm sellers or buyers. The 3-0 decision by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns a federal judge's ruli Fairfax Co. police cracking down on illegal street takeovers 06/11/2024 04:03pm • Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, are cracking down on street takeovers as part of a summer crime prevention initiative aimed at being proactive and keeping communities safe. The first wave of the program, which started earlier this month, is focused on street takeovers and bars and restaurants