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What's hot in theaters? Old movies — and some that aren't so old 08/28/2024 06:18pm • NEW YORK (AP) — When Jennifer Kent’s “The Babadook” opened in theaters a decade ago, it played at two cinemas. When it returns to theaters next month, it will be in 500. “It’s strange but in a wonderful way. I can’t quite believe it’s been 10 years already. But it’s fantastic to g Comcast-Big Ten Network impasse with West Coast schools part of realignment headaches 08/28/2024 05:35pm • Fans of Washington, Oregon, Southern California and UCLA thought their viewing headaches would end with the move from the Pac-12 to the Big Ten. Not so fast. Huskies and Ducks fans who subscribe to Comcast might not be able to see their team’s openers on Saturday due to a carriage dispute with the Mariah Carey's mother and sister died on the same day. The singer says her 'heart is broken' 08/28/2024 05:20pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mariah Carey’s mother Patricia and sister Alison both died on the same day, the singer said Monday. “My heart is broken that I’ve lost my mother this past weekend. Sadly, in a tragic turn of events, my sister lost her life on the same day,” the Grammy-winning singer said DC Jazz Festival celebrates 20th anniversary with over 100 concerts in 12 neighborhoods 08/28/2024 01:03pm • Would you like some cool live music to send you soaring into Labor Day weekend? The D.C. Jazz Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary from Wednesday through Sunday. "It's become quite a cultural destination in D.C., right up there with cherry blossoms and the Folklife Festival," President and NASCAR makes another bold schedule move by adding Mexico City to 2025 Cup Series calendar 08/27/2024 03:30pm • The smoke from the fireworks following NASCAR's first ever race in the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum had barely even cleared before Ben Kennedy was being asked what other big ideas he had for a stale and predictable Cup Series schedule. Kennedy, the great-grandson of NASCAR's founder and now the rac Xander Schauffele has the points for PGA player of the year. But the award no longer exists 08/27/2024 12:43pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Winning two majors in a year used to be a shoo-in for earning the points-based award for player of the year presented annually by the PGA of America since 1948. Xander Schauffele was in line to get at least one award this year. A major is worth 30 points. Two majors comes with a 50- What's next for Arlington's Olympic champion swimmer Torri Huske? WTOP caught up with her poolside at Northern Va. aquatic center 08/27/2024 09:40am • For the first time since winning five medals in the Paris Olympics earlier this month, swimmer and Arlington, Virginia, native Torri Huske is back in the pool training again. She took a break from swimming laps for an interview with WTOP Monday evening. "Today was my first time touching wa NASCAR Cup Series closes regular season at Darlington, IndyCar doubles up at Milwaukee Mile 08/27/2024 09:22am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Cookout Southern 500 Site: Darlington, South Carolina. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 1:20 p.m.; qualifying, 2:30 p.m.; Sunday, race, 6 p.m. (NBC). Track: Darlington Raceway. Race distance: 367 laps, 501.32 miles. Last year: Kyle Larson won for the first time at Da Latest fatal landslide in Alaska kills 1 and injures 3 in Ketchikan, a popular cruise ship stop 08/26/2024 11:55pm • JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A landslide cut a path down a steep, thickly forested hillside and crashed into several homes in Ketchikan, killing one person and injuring three in the latest such disaster to strike mountainous southeast Alaska. The landslide Sunday afternoon prompted a mandatory evacuatio Viva La México: NASCAR to take Cup Series international for 1st points race of modern era 08/26/2024 04:39pm • NASCAR will take its elite Cup Series international for the first points-paying race outside the United States with a June stop in Mexico City. The Cup Series will race at storied Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, where NASCAR and track officials have a Tuesday morning news conference to announce the At least 100 people killed in central Burkina Faso in latest jihadi attack 08/26/2024 04:01pm • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — At least 100 villagers and soldiers were killed in central Burkina Faso during a weekend attack on a village by al-Qaida-linked jihadis, according to videos of the violence analyzed by a regional specialist, who described the assault as one of the deadliest this year in the c Israel-Hamas war cease-fire, hostage talks will continue after weekend meetings didn't resolve gaps 08/26/2024 01:21am • JERUSALEM (AP) — A round of high-level talks in Cairo meant to bring about a cease-fire and hostage deal to at least temporarily end the 10-month Israel-Hamas war in Gaza ended Sunday without a final agreement, a U.S. official said. But talks will continue at lower levels in the coming days in an Madueke nets hat trick for Chelsea after boos over Instagram post and Slot gets win in Anfield debut 08/25/2024 02:34pm • After being constantly booed by the home crowd for a disparaging social media post about Wolverhampton, Noni Madueke responded with a second-half hat trick to give Chelsea its first Premier League win under manager Enzo Maresca. Madueke netted three goals in a 14-minute span — all of them assiste ‘Deadpool’ and ‘Alien’ top charts again as ‘Blink Twice’ sees quiet opening 08/25/2024 02:12pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a sleepy summer weekend at the box office, holdovers reigned supreme as newcomers landed without a splash. “Deadpool & Wolverine” reclaimed first place at the North American box office in its fifth weekend with $18.3 million. Its cumulative international earnings n Tropical Storm Hone forecast to bring strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend 08/23/2024 08:35pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Hone was expected to deliver strong winds and heavy rain to Hawaii this weekend, particularly to the Big Island and Maui, as it passes south of the island chain. Forecasters believe it will strengthen to a Category 1 hurricane for part of the time it skirts past the