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���Spider-Man: Brand New Day��� scores opening weekend record with $360 million, topping ���Avengers: Endgame��� 08/03/2026 11:10am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� ���Spider-Man: Brand New Day��� scores opening weekend record with $360 million, topping ���Avengers: Endgame���. Anti-Slapp law plays role in backing Va. teacher and parent targeted by false online accusations 08/03/2026 10:57am • A Northern Virginia court in June rejected social media efforts to damage the reputation of a teacher and parent, awarding them more than $1 million in combined damages. Robert Rigby Jr., a longtime educator and advocate for LGBTQ+ students, said after the leader of conservative political action Russian Embassy in Rome blames Ukraine for deadly Italian restaurant bombing in Moscow 08/03/2026 10:47am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� The Russian Embassy in Rome on Monday blamed Ukraine for a deadly weekend bombing at a Moscow restaurant, describing it as an attempt to intimidate the Italian community in Russia. The embassy said ���Kyiv terrorists��� wanted to ���scare the Italians working in Russia and to show th A Putin critic leaves Russia after he is barred him from running for parliament 08/03/2026 10:44am • Opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin, who criticized Russia's war in Ukraine and tried to challenge President Vladimir Putin in the 2024 election, said Monday he has left Russia, a move that follows a crackdown that barred him from a race for parliament this year. Nadezhdin, 63, shared a video on Court fight begins over South Africa���s land law that irks the Trump administration 08/03/2026 10:36am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� A court case opened Monday challenging South Africa���s controversial new law that allows the government to seize private land, which has been at the heart of strained relations with the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. The Expropriation Act was signed into law b WestJet reaches tentative deal with flight attendants after brief strike snarled traffic 08/03/2026 10:34am • Canada���s second largest airline, WestJet, has agreed to a tentative agreement with flight attendants to end a strike that led to hundreds of flight cancellations and thousands of stranded passengers. The union representing the flight attendants said Monday that if the deal is ratified, the work th Swiss geologist and local miner kidnapped and killed in Central African Republic 08/03/2026 10:33am • BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) ��� A Swiss geologist and a local miner were killed on Thursday in the Central African Republic, north of the capital, Bangui, according to a statement from the local public prosecutor's office on Monday. Luca Maggini and the miner were kidnapped by unidentifie AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Virginia���s state primary 08/03/2026 10:31am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� For the third time in nine months, Virginia residents will vote in a statewide election on Tuesday, this time to choose nominees for U.S. Senate and U.S. House, including in some competitive swing districts that could decide control of the narrowly divided chamber in November. Th Veteran Edin D��eko decides to stay another year for Schalke's Bundesliga return 08/03/2026 10:30am • GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) ��� Schalke has convinced Bosnia star Edin D��eko to stay another year for its return to the Bundesliga. The veteran forward���s future was uncertain after he helped Schalke clinch promotion from Germany���s second division last season before he went to the World Cup, but GOP senators say they will back Blanche's nomination for attorney general, ending impasse over fund for Trump allies 08/03/2026 10:30am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� GOP senators say they will back Blanche's nomination for attorney general, ending impasse over fund for Trump allies. Today in Sports - Serena Williams joins Steffi Graf as the only women to complete the Golden Slam 08/03/2026 10:10am • Aug. 4 1936 ��� American athlete Jesse Owens wins his 2nd gold medal at the Berlin Olympics; beats German Luz Long in the long jump final with an Olympic record. 1945 ��� Byron Nelson wins his 11th consecutive PGA Tour event, beating Herman Barron by four strokes. Nelson finishes the year with a rec At creative reuse centers, old art supplies get a new life at a fraction of the cost 08/03/2026 10:05am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Charlene Catalano was looking for a ball of green-and-white yarn to crochet this year's winter scarf. Instead of going to a big-box retail store, she found what she needed at Brooklyn Creative Reuse, along with gently used crochet kits, hooks, labels and other bits. It all cost jus UK weather service says England and Wales provisionally recorded their driest July ever 08/03/2026 09:56am • LONDON (AP) ��� UK weather service says England and Wales provisionally recorded their driest July ever. Grains mostly lower, livestock mixed 08/03/2026 09:45am • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly lower in early trading Monday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Sept. corn fell by 2.75 cents at $4.38 a bushel. Sept. wheat was down 4.25 cents at $6.35 a bushel. Sept. oats was unchanged at $3.10 a bushel. Aug. soybeans was off 8.25 cents at $11.64 a bushel. B Virginia voter guide: What's on the ballot in Tuesday's primary election 08/03/2026 09:25am • Follow WTOP���s team coverage of��Election 2026 online, on air at 103.5 FM or on the WTOP News app. See��live results as they come in. Virginia is holding an unusually timed primary election Tuesday as voters nominate candidates for congressional seats and local offices ahead of the high-stakes m