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 Severe storms and tornadoes swept through Maryland and Virginia on Wednesday, leaving a trail of destruction and causing significant power outages across the region. The National Weather Service confirmed that two tornadoes touched down in the DMV area—one in Leesburg, Virginia, and another in Poolesville, Maryland. Power Outages As of 10:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dominion Energy reported 71 customers without power in Northern Virginia, with two outages attributed to trees falling on power lines. The restoration is expected by 2 a.m. Thursday. In Maryland, Pepco reported 657 customers without power, with restoration anticipated by 10 a.m. Thursday. Structural Damage and Rescues in Maryland In Gaithersburg, Maryland, the storm's impact was severe, with five buildings collapsing and multiple people trapped inside. A likely tornado toppled a tree onto a home on Dogwood Drive, trapping five individuals. Four were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, while one person was tak...

Russia has lost 512,420 troops in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion on Feb. 24, 2022, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on June 4. This number includes 1,290 casualties Russian forces suffered just over the past day. According to the report, Russia has also lost 7,794 tanks, 15,020 armored fighting vehicles, 18,228 vehicles and fuel tanks, 13,345 artillery systems, 1,092 multiple launch rocket systems, 827 air defense systems, 357 airplanes, 326 helicopters, 10,766 drones, 27 ships and boats, and one submarine.  The announcement comes a few days after it was reported President Joe Biden would likely miss the event as it clashes with a campaign fundraiser he is set to attend alongside, among others, George Clooney, Julia Roberts, and Jimmy Kimmel. The White House's statement effectively confirmed that Biden would not be attending. "The Vice President will underscore the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to supporting Ukraine’...

Qatar PM, Egypt intelligence chief meet Hamas in Doha Israel’s ground and air campaign was triggered when Hamas stormed southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing around 1,200 people and seizing 253 more as hostages, according to Israeli tallies. The offensive has killed more than 36,500 people in Gaza, according to health authorities in the Hamas-run enclave.  In the Gaza Strip, months of hostilities and restrictions on humanitarian aid have collapsed the food and health systems, resulting in catastrophic consequences for children and their families,” UNICEF said. It said that five sets of data collected between December 2023 and April 2024 had found that 9 out of 10 children in the Gaza Strip, which has been pounded by an Israeli offensive since last October, are suffering from severe food poverty, meaning that they are surviving on two or fewer food groups per day. This is evidence of the horrific impact the conflict and restrictions are having on families’ ability to meet children’s ...

  Over 15 years have passed since Amanda Knox’s wrongful conviction in the murder of her roommate, 21-year-old Meredith Kercher, but her legal battles are still far from over. On Wednesday, Knox — who was exonerated of murder charges nine years ago — was re-convicted on slander charges in Florence, Italy, where a court maintains that she unjustly accused an innocent man of killing Kercher during a 2007 police interrogation. Knox and Kercher were college students and housemates studying abroad in Perugia, Italy, when Kercher was found dead in their shared apartment in November of 2007. Italian police determined that Kercher, who was discovered with a slit throat and multiple stab wounds, had also been sexually assaulted. The case — along with salacious suspicions that Knox and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito, had been involved — drew international attention. The duo was arrested and named prime suspects in the murder, along with Perugia resident and alleged burglar Rudy Gue...

The third time was the charm for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft. After two launch attempts on May 6 and June 1 ended with scrubs, the Atlas 5 rocket roared off pad 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, beginning a more than week-long mission for NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams. Liftoff took place on June 5 at 10:52 a.m. EDT (1452 UTC), finally marking the first crewed flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft after years of delays and setbacks. The spacecraft successfully completed its orbital insertion burn about 31 minutes into flight and then circularized its orbit with another burn at T+1 hour and 15 minutes into the mission. “Two bold NASA astronauts are well on their way on this historic first test flight of a brand-new spacecraft,” said NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, in a statement. “Boeing’s Starliner marks a new chapter of American exploration. Human spaceflight is a daring task – but that’s why it’s worth doing. It’s an exciting t...

Scientists in the US, who tracked more than 5,000 nine to 11-year-olds, found pupils with a higher body mass index (BMI) performed worse in tests. And they were also more likely to have symptoms of depression, researchers said.  But it is not clear if a poor diet harmed brain development or if an under-developed brain caused over-eating.   Previous studies have also suggested BMI is associated with alterations in the brain's prefrontal cortex development. Deficits in working memory may contribute to poor dietary decisions.  The researchers from Washington University in St Louis, Missouri assessed data from more than 2,500 girls and 2,700 boys between 2016 and 2018.  Over a follow-up of two years they discovered kids who scored one point lower on picture and vocabulary tasks had a higher BMI of 0.012 (1.6 per cent) on average.  Children classed as overweight or obese — who had a BMI above the 85th percentile — were almost twice as likely to have 'more probl...

During his legendary career, Brady lifted seven Lombardi Trophies — six of them during his time with the Patriots.  Given his championship pedigree, it came as little surprise that the Patriots legend lent his words to two playoff hype videos as the Celtics try to win an 18th title starting on Thursday night at TD Garden. On Wednesday, the Celtics released a video narrated by Brady — which chronicled all of the opposing fanbases who have come to regret asking for a playoff showdown with Boston. “Really? You want Boston? Take it from me, that’s a bad idea,” Brady said.  — Boston Celtics (@celtics) June 6, 2024 After calling out Miami, Cleveland and Indiana (while also calling out Knicks fans who wanted to face Boston in the conference finals), Brady also issued a warning to any Dallas fans ahead of Boston’s matchup against the Mavericks in the 2024 NBA Finals. “Really? You want Boston? Take it from me: that’s a bad idea,” Brady says. “The (Heat) culture? History. Cleveland? D...