Fredrick Kunkle

• Europe

Ukrainian soldiers are fighting to reclaim the captured city in the eastern Donetsk region, and reverse Russia's one significant territorial gain in the war this year.

• Europe

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukraine of planning to sabotage Europe's biggest atomic power plant. Ukraine has warned that Russia plans a radioactive disaster.

• Europe

The Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been in danger throughout the conflict, but the risks of a meltdown rose sharply with the destruction of the Kakhovka dam.

• Europe

The Kremlin’s truce with Wagner chief Yevgeniy Prigozhin appeared to hold. Now Russians are trying to figure out who really wields power.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

A Naval Academy magazine said golf legend Jack Nicklaus had signed a “contract” for its disputed Chesapeake Bay site. It wasn’t quite true.

• Retropolis

Carr’s Beach hosted shows by Black music legends during Jim Crow, becoming a Green Book destination. Efforts are underway in Maryland to commemorate it.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Virginia ABC officials acknowledged “statistically abnormal” results in its liquor lottery, after several bourbon aficionados flagged some entrants winning multiple bottles.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

Whitehall Manor, the home of Maryland's colonial governor and the product of enslaved labor, would take center stage in the Chesapeake National Recreation Area.

• D.C., Md. & Va.

The EPA, under a proposed settlement, will put additional pressure on Pennsylvania to reduce pollution that feeds into the Chesapeake Bay.