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Manassas council delays action on airport expansion as noise concerns mount 07/11/2023 02:28pm • This article was written by WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com and republished with permission. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Noise concerns dominated a public hearing on the plan to bring commercial flights to Manassas Regional Airport, as the City Council pause HCA Healthcare says data breach may affect 11 million patients in 20 states 07/11/2023 12:50pm • BOSTON (AP) — Medical giant HCA Healthcare, which operates 180 hospitals in the U.S. and Britain, says the personal data of about 11 million patients in 20 states may have been stolen in a data breach. Samples of the data, including addresses, phone numbers, emails and birth dates, were posted to World Cup showcases inequity within the women's game 07/11/2023 04:03am • As the Women's World Cup approached, Jamaican players started to panic. They were uncertain about training camps, accommodations and even pay heading into what for many would be the biggest tournament of their careers. So they took to social media. A number of the Reggae Girlz, as they are affect Sweden's rocky road from neutrality toward NATO membership 07/11/2023 02:21am • VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — When long-neutral Sweden applied for NATO membership together with Finland, both expected a quick accession process. More than a year later, Finland is in, but Sweden is still in the alliance’s waiting room. New entries must be approved by all existing members and as NA Be wary of scams as Amazon Prime Day kicks off, experts warn 07/11/2023 12:01am • NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon Prime Day is here. And, once again, experts are warning consumers of scams. Scams targeting online shoppers — often by impersonating companies like Amazon and other major retailers — are nothing new. But phishing attempts increase amid busy spending seen during significa Northwestern fires coach Pat Fitzgerald after hazing allegations surface with football team 07/10/2023 11:21pm • EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Northwestern fired coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday amid a hazing scandal that called into question his leadership of the program and damaged the university's reputation after it mishandled its response to the allegations. Fitzgerald's dismissal completed a rapid fall from grac Philadelphia community tries to heal from trauma as shooter's mental health comes into focus 07/10/2023 03:53pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In the weeks before Kimbrady Carriker opened fire at random with an AR-15 in southwest Philadelphia killing five people and wounding four others including several children, the few people close to him had watched him grow increasingly agitated and erratic, sometimes pacing the Biden administration asks appeals court to block order limiting its contacts with social media 07/10/2023 03:51pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration asked a federal appeals court Monday to temporarily block a lower court's order limiting executive branch officials' discussions with social media companies about controversial online posts. The request for an emergency stay was filed at the 5th U.S. Dis Mexico's president breaks with tradition in quarrel with scrappy opposition upstart 07/10/2023 12:04pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president has vowed to continue campaigning against the opposition front-runner for the 2024 presidential elections, breaking a longstanding tradition of Mexican presidents keeping out of the race to succeed them. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador's target is Xà Iran sentences rapper to more than 6 years in prison over protests, supporters say 07/10/2023 05:07am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has sentenced a popular rapper to six years and three months in prison over his participation in protests that rocked the country last year, his supporters said Monday. A social media account run by supporters of Toomaj Salehi announced the sentence, as did 7 Best No-Load Mutual Funds 07/09/2023 08:00pm • With investing, as with most things in life, cost matters. 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The 32-year-old's contract with United expired at the end of June, with no new deal agreed despite talks that took place throughout the season. 6 charged in alleged straw donor scheme to help get Eric Adams elected New York City mayor 07/07/2023 04:00pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Six people were charged Friday in an alleged scheme to divert tens of thousands of dollars in public money to New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ campaign months before his election. The indictment, announced by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, does not implicate Adams or oth Election on constitutional amendments in Ohio could impact abortion rights measure 07/07/2023 03:47pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Voter registration will close Monday for an election on whether to make it more difficult to amend Ohio's constitution, the results of which could have immediate consequences for an abortion rights amendment in the works. Early in-person voting in the Aug. 8 contest begins Tu