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Updated forecast: Severe thunderstorm risk ends as squall line passes D.C. area

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11:25 p.m. — Rain and rumbles passing the immediate area; storm watch canceled No additional severe weather developed over the past hour locally. In fact, storms are weakening further as they push past Interstate 95. The watch was allowed to expire half an hour early. The severe weather threat has ended. Lightning and brief heavy rain continue to be hazards through about midnight to 1 a.m., in the immediate area and east. Read More...

Jackson Mahomes, Patrick Mahomes's brother, arrested on sexual battery charges

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Jackson Mahomes, the younger brother of Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, was arrested Wednesday morning on charges of aggravated sexual battery and battery. Mahomes, 22, was booked into the Johnson County (Kan.) Detention Center on $100,000 bond, facing three counts of aggravated sexual battery and a fourth of battery. After a court appearance Wednesday afternoon, he was released on bond. Jackson Mahomes exits the Johnson County jail Wednesday after being arraigned on three felony counts of aggravated sexual battery and a count of misdemeanor battery in an alleged assault of a restaurant owner and waiter in February. Read More...

Taylor Swift didnt write Argylle. So who did?

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For Nora Princiotti, and untold numbers of other Swifties riffing on social media, it’s the cat that does it. Matthew Vaughn’s upcoming movie, “Argylle” — an adventure-comedy about a spy novelist, played by Bryce Dallas Howard, who gets caught up in international intrigue — doesn’t seem to have anything to do with Taylor Swift. But some of the movie’s promotional materials prominently feature a Scottish fold, peering through the porthole of a backpack carrier. Read More...