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* Heat warning Until 8pm | Heat warning Southern Maryland*A combination of high heat and humidity made temperatures feel like 105 to 110 degrees Fahrenheit on and east of Interstate 95 Friday afternoon. The four days with temperatures of at least 98 degrees or higher in the city was the fourth-most ever recorded this year, and a record could be reached again on Saturday. Rain is possible, but not too much of it and skies are expected to clear.Listen to the daily DC weather forecast: Apple Podcasts | Amazon Echo | Other optionsUntil tonight: An isolated storm is possible this…
Ariana Dirkzwager is from Wichita, Kansas, and prior to qualifying for the Olympics, she spoke to 11Alive recently about her excitement to represent Laos. ATLANTA — A Georgia Tech sophomore has been selected for the Laos swimming team and will travel to Paris to compete in the Olympics, where she will compete in the 200-meter freestyle. Ariana Dirkzwager is from Wichita, Kansas. Prior to qualifying for the Summer Olympics, she spoke to 11Alive about her excitement to represent Laos and her culture at Georgia Tech. “I can already see myself in the pool staring at the stars. Just imagining the…
Members of the U.S. Olympic team competing in Paris this summer have arrived in Las Vegas, reports Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press. The U.S. team will hold a pre-Olympic camp in Las Vegas from July 6-8, and will be joined by a 15-player select team for practice matches. Guided by LeBron James (2 Olympic gold medals, 20 All-Star appearances) Kevin Durant (3 Gold Medals, 14 All-Stars) The 12-man Olympic roster is the strongest team USA Basketball has fielded in the 21st century, with a combined 84 All-Star appearances, so head coaches will have a daunting task selecting their starting…
ROCHEPORT – While many businesses and tourist attractions along the Missouri River were closed over the weekend due to flooding, a Rocheport rest stop held a big opening ceremony Friday night. The new shop is located along the historic Katy Trail near mile marker 178. The building was a little-used prison in the 1950s that has been repurposed as a place where trail visitors can enjoy food and drinks along with live music. The Rest Stop is the latest expansion for the Leitza family business: Vanessa Leitza and her son, Jake Leitza, currently own Old Neighborhood Cafe and also previously…
Wang’s supporters argued that the 2023 Asian champion’s exclusion from the women’s singles team showed the selection process was unfair and said Chinese authorities had tried to cut off their talks.”CTTA and [government agency] “Now that the General Administration of Sport of China has taken charge of this matter, there will definitely be protests in Paris,” Huang said. “There are also Paris-based fans campaigning to defend Wang.”China selected Sun Yingsha (back) in the women’s singles but not Wang Manyu (front). Photo: Xinhua News AgencyHuang said protesters at the Olympics could make their point by disrupting China’s broadcast of the events.”people…
With several Georgia Tech Olympic hopefuls competing in the preliminaries and several of them earning Olympic berths, the highly decorated head coach is beaming with pride and gratitude. ATLANTA — As the 2024 Paris Olympics draws closer, Georgia Tech’s highly decorated head coach is beaming with gratitude as he coaches his players with Olympic hopes. Head coach Courtney Seely Hart is a two-time Olympic swimming gold medalist and former SEC and NCAA champion at the University of Georgia, where she broke numerous records. Hart has been the Olympic coach at Georgia Tech for 15 years. “I’m so grateful every day…
LAS VEGAS — There’s something that Kobe Bryant once said that has stuck with U.S. men’s Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr and seems especially important now.It was about how other nations have made big strides in basketball, how the gap between the rest of the world and the U.S. is closing and how that’s been a great thing for the NBA. And Bryant’s response, paraphrased, was basically, “so what?”His point: If everyone else is getting better, then the U.S. better find ways to do the same.“Maybe we’ll show that one to the guys,” said Kerr, the nine-time NBA champion as…
Washington CNN — President Joe Biden on Friday downplayed his poor performance in last week’s debate and offered further excuses for the outcome, adding that he had only himself to blame. The president said in an interview with ABC that he had been “sick” and “feeling awful” before the debate. Asked whether that was a bad symptom or a sign of something more serious, Biden denied those concerns. “It was a bad episode. I had no signs of anything serious. I didn’t follow my instincts in terms of preparation and it was a bad night,” he said. In the interview,…
Two summers ago, Ali Abuzalam invited his grandmother, Martha Webb, to vacation in Belize. The St. Petersburg, Fla.-based mixed martial artist said that his grandmother, Webb, was his “biggest fan” growing up. Taking his grandmother on a trip had always been a goal in the back of his mind, but a stroke that scare-fested her health prompted him to take action.”I was like, I need to stop talking about it and start doing it,” he said. Abuzalam “put together some money and made it happen,” he said. The two first discussed Europe but decided on Belize because it was more…
Another fast-spreading wildfire has raged in California, this time near a gateway town to Yosemite National Park, prompting mandatory evacuations and temporary road closures.After several days of scorching heat caused by a heat wave, the French Fire broke out Thursday evening on French Camp Road in Mariposa County. As of 1:14 p.m. local time on Friday, the blaze had grown to 843 acres and was 15 percent contained, according to Cal Fire’s Madera-Mariposa-Merced Division.Some of the 1,100 residents who were forced to evacuate were allowed to return home Friday afternoon. Also on Friday, Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) secured a grant…