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Sen. Bob Menendez's defense begins with sister testifying about family tradition of storing cash 07/01/2024 05:50pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Sen. Bob Menendez's sister came to her brother���s defense Monday, testifying at the start of the defense presentation at his bribery trial that she wasn't surprised to learn that the Democrat stored cash at home because ���it's a Cuban thing.��� Caridad Gonzalez, 80, was called by Middleburg weighs lower speed limits in historic downtown 07/01/2024 05:23pm • Next time you visit historic Middleburg, Virginia, you may notice something different ��� and if you don't notice, it could cost you. The Middleburg Town Council is considering a proposal by Police Chief Shaun Jones to lower the speed limit in several streets in the downtown area, known for its b Armed bicyclist killed in Iowa shooting that wounded 2 police officers, investigators say 07/01/2024 05:05pm • WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) ��� Police in Waterloo, Iowa, were responding to a report of a bicyclist with a gun in an incident that ended with two officers wounded and the suspect dead, state investigators said Monday. Officers were dispatched shortly before 8:30 a.m. Sunday on a report of an armed man wear DP World Tour Schedule 07/01/2024 03:01pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Dean Burmester) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Joaquin Niemann) Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Louis Oosthuizen Wildfire forces Alaska's Denali National Park to temporarily close entrance 07/01/2024 02:53pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� A wildfire burning near the entrance of Denali National Park and Preserve forced the temporary closure Monday of one of Alaska���s most popular tourist destinations. Cars were turned around at the park���s only entrance, tour buses were canceled and public facilities, incl Turkey's president accuses opposition of stoking racism after anti-Syrian rioting erupts 07/01/2024 02:30pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused opposition parties of stoking xenophobia and racism on Monday, a day after residents in a neighborhood in central Turkey set Syrian-owned shops on fire. The rioting erupted in the Melikgazi region of central Kayseri province late Officials repainting crosswalks in Ocean City with new safer design 07/01/2024 11:53am • For many of us, a getaway to a beach resort means parking the car and doing a lot of walking and biking. Ocean City, Maryland, and state highway officials are looking to make that safer. "It's no secret that in summer months, Ocean City really quickly becomes the second-largest city in the st A car hits pedestrians in central Seoul, killing 9 and injuring 4 07/01/2024 11:33am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) ��� A car hit pedestrians waiting at a traffic light in central Seoul on Monday evening, killing nine people and injuring four, South Korea's emergency officials said. The passenger car drove in the wrong direction and collided with two other cars just before hitting the pede Maryland hikes vehicle registration fees and tobacco taxes 07/01/2024 11:14am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) ��� Maryland vehicle registration fees and tobacco taxes rose Monday to help pay for transportation projects and education. State lawmakers approved the vehicle registration hikes this year to help boost the state's Transportation Trust Fund. Lawmakers also approved new weight Josef Newgarden dreams of trying the grueling double of the Indy 500 and the Coca-Cola 600 07/01/2024 10:55am • LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) ��� Back-to-back Indianapolis 500 champion Josef Newgarden has a driving dream he still harbors, even knowing that challenges with schedules and sponsors make it likely impossible to ever achieve. Newgarden not only wants to drive a stock car someday, he wants to do The Double. Y 69-year-old man dies after head-on car crash last week with rally great Ogier in Poland 07/01/2024 09:54am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) ��� A 69-year-old Polish man has died less than a week after he was involved in a head-on car crash with eight-time world rally champion S��bastien Ogier, local police said Monday. The man had been released from the hospital without major injuries following the accident and polic Car Review: 2024 Genesis G70 is built with the car enthusiast in mind 07/01/2024 05:32am • Its unique quad LED lighting clusters combined with an interesting grill shape catches the eye immediately. (WTOP/Mike Parris) When Hyundai launched its luxury brand Genesis, it made sedans that offered the luxury experience for less than the competition. With this model and other releases, Genesis Ultra-Orthodox protest against order to enlist in Israeli military turns violent in Jerusalem 07/01/2024 01:53am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Thousands of Jewish ultra-Orthodox men clashed with Israeli police in central Jerusalem on Sunday during a protest against a Supreme Court order for them to begin enlisting for military service. The landmark decision last week ordering the government to begin drafting ultra-Orthod Economic turmoil in Bolivia fuels distrust in government and its claim of a 'failed coup' 07/01/2024 01:14am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) ��� Signs reading ���I'm buying dollars��� line the doors of V��ctor Vargas��� shoe shop in the heart of Bolivia���s biggest city, a desperate attempt to keep his family business alive. Just a few years ago, the 45-year-old Vargas would unlock the doors at 8 a.m. to a crush of c These laws in DC, Maryland and Virginia take effect on July 1 07/01/2024 12:50am • Come Monday, there will be several new laws taking effect throughout D.C. region. Some of the laws raise the minimum wage, some crack down on animal cruelty and others regulate the ever-confusing ticket-selling landscape. Here are a few laws taking effect on July 1 in D.C., Maryland and Virginia: