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2 firefighting helicopters collide near Athens and 1 crashes; search and rescue operation underway 08/02/2026 10:03am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) ��� 2 firefighting helicopters collide near Athens and 1 crashes; search and rescue operation underway. Body of famed international climber Nirmal Purja and 3 more found after Pakistan avalanche 08/02/2026 09:14am • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� The remains of renowned British-Nepali climber Nirmal Purja and three other climbers have been found by a ground team on Broad Peak, one of the world���s highest mountains, where a 10-member international expedition was swept away by an avalanche, officials said Sunday. The Alpine Clutch kicker gets his due as Adam Vinatieri heads into the Pro Football Hall of Fame 08/02/2026 09:10am • When Tom Brady thinks of clutch NFL players, the man considered by most to be the greatest quarterback to play the game begins his list with Adam Vinatieri. ���When you look up clutch in the dictionary, it should have your picture,��� the seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback wrote in a 2021 In Moscow mayor calls a deadly bomb attack on a restaurant a 'terrorist act' 08/02/2026 09:00am • Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin called on Sunday a bomb attack on a restaurant in the capital the day before a ���brutal terrorist act,��� but did not say who was responsible. The blast on Saturday evening at the Balzi Rossi, an upscale Italian establishment in central Moscow, killed three people, incl Friendship Heights redevelopment clears key hurdle with Montgomery Co. approval 08/02/2026 08:38am • The Montgomery County Planning Board has approved a major redevelopment project at the former GEICO headquarters in Friendship Heights, Maryland. In a unanimous 5-0 vote Thursday night, board members approved the preliminary plans for Friendship Commons, a mixed-use residential community that wou NASA opens its first wind tunnel in 40 years at Langley Research Center 08/02/2026 08:09am • Friday was a historic day for NASA���s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. A stellar lineup of VIPs from NASA, GSA, Congress, Virginia and Langley employees celebrated the ribbon-cutting ceremony for NASA���s newest and most advanced wind tunnel: the Flight Dynamics Research Facility. T Of thee I sing: A guide to US patriotic songs, from 'The Liberty Song' to Jay-Z and Kanye West 08/02/2026 08:02am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The history of American patriotic songs offers a lesson about the different ways you can say you love your country. Composers have celebrated endurance under fire ( ���The Star-Spangled Banner��� ) and invoked divine approval (���God Bless America���). While Toby Keith's ���Made in Ken Martin hunkers down at the Democratic National Committee as a storm gathers around party leader 08/02/2026 07:24am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Ken Martin is in survival mode. Desperate to save his job as chair of the Democratic National Committee, he is avoiding media appearances, monitoring his critics' social media posts and refusing ��� at least so far ��� to make any substantive changes at his troubled organization. Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act. 08/02/2026 06:59am • MOSCOW (AP) ��� Moscow mayor calls Saturday's deadly bomb attack on restaurant a 'terrorist act. Hundreds of thousands line Amsterdam canals for the annual Pride boat parade 08/02/2026 05:12am • AMSTERDAM (AP) ��� Hundreds of thousands of people lined Amsterdam's canals on Saturday to watch the city's canal boat parade, the highlight of an annual Pride festival that this year comes just a week after a deadly attack on a Pride event in Berlin. Openly gay Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten, dres Today in History: August 2, verdict in ���Black Sox��� trial 08/02/2026 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 2, the 214th day of 2026. There are 151 days left in the year. Today in history: On August 2, 1921, a jury in Chicago acquitted seven former members of the Chicago White Sox baseball team and two others of conspiring to defraud the public in the notorious ���Black Sox��� scan San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants meet in game 4 of series 08/02/2026 04:00am • San Francisco Giants (47-64, fourth in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (57-54, third in the NL West) San Diego; Sunday, 4:10 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Landen Roupp (7-9, 4.12 ERA, 1.26 WHIP, 114 strikeouts); Padres: Michael King (6-7, 3.38 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, 109 strikeouts) LINE: Padres -1 Nationals take road slide into matchup with the Braves 08/02/2026 04:00am • Washington Nationals (55-57, fourth in the NL East) vs. Atlanta Braves (66-45, first in the NL East) Atlanta; Sunday, 1:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Nationals: Cade Cavalli (0-0); Braves: TBD LINE: Braves -125, Nationals +105; over/under is 9 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Washington Nationals will aim to Reds bring 2-1 series advantage over Pirates into game 4 08/02/2026 04:00am • Pittsburgh Pirates (56-56, third in the NL Central) vs. Cincinnati Reds (52-58, fifth in the NL Central) Cincinnati; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Mitch Keller (6-7, 4.83 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 87 strikeouts); Reds: Chase Burns (12-1, 2.40 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 128 strikeouts) LINE: Reds -15 Marlins meet the Mets with 2-1 series lead 08/02/2026 04:00am • Miami Marlins (57-55, third in the NL East) vs. New York Mets (47-65, fifth in the NL East) New York; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Marlins: Sandy Alcantara (11-6, 3.82 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 115 strikeouts); Mets: Robert Stock (0-0) LINE: Marlins -124, Mets +104; over/under is 8 1/2 runs BOTTO