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Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and evacuation orders 05/03/2024 06:27pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warni Judge denies pretrial release of a man charged with killing a Chicago police officer 05/03/2024 06:23pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� A judge denied pretrial release of a 22-year-old man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of an off-duty Chicago police officer during a court appearance Friday. Xavier L. Tate Jr. is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated vehicular hijacking and possession of a stolen fi F1 now makes 3 stops a season in the United States. Could Miami become a victim of oversaturation? 05/03/2024 05:12pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Formula 1 is back in the United States for the first time in six months and the first stop is the Miami Grand Prix, the race that was supposed to be the American showpiece. But the sparkling debut of Las Vegas last November was rated as one of the best races of the 2023 The Latest | Court in Trump's hush money trial adjourns for the day following Hope Hicks' testimony 05/03/2024 04:15pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Hope Hicks took the stand Friday in Donald Trump's hush money case, recounting in her testimony how she followed Trump from the real estate world to politics and how his 2016 presidential campaign was turned upside down following a leak of a video recording in which he boasted abou US loosens some electric vehicle battery rules, potentially making more EVs eligible for tax credits 05/03/2024 03:28pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� The U.S. government on Friday loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500 but leading critics to accuse the Biden administration of helping China. The Treasury Department announced final regulations for Judge says gun found in car of Myon Burrell, sentenced to life as teen, can be evidence in new case 05/03/2024 02:40pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� A judge ruled that the arrest of a Minnesota man on a gun charge was justified in a case that has drawn attention because he was sentenced to life in prison as a teen in an high-profile murder case and spent 18 years in prison before his sentence was commuted. Myon Burrell was c Sudanese military leader's son dies of injuries following a motorcycle crash in Turkey 05/03/2024 01:35pm • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ��� The son of Sudan���s army chief, Abdel Fattah Burhan, has died in hospital on Friday two months after he was severely injured in a motorcycle accident in the Turkish capital, Ankara, Turkey's state-run news agency reported. Mohammed Fattah Burhan Rahman was being treated at a Suspects in Dunbar drive-by shooting in police custody 05/03/2024 01:20pm • Two teenage suspects are in police custody after a shooting outside of a D.C. high school Friday morning that sent a hail of bullets into the building, police say. Gunfire erupted across the street from Dunbar High School in Northwest D.C., shortly before 10 a.m. Friday, D.C. police Chief Pam AP Was There: Ohio National Guard killed protesters at Kent State University 05/03/2024 01:18pm • KENT, Ohio (AP) ��� The Ohio National Guard opened fire on unarmed college students during a war protest at Kent State University on May 4, 1970. Four students were killed, and nine others were injured. Not all of those hurt or killed were involved in the demonstration, which opposed the U.S. bombin Lawyers for teen suing NBA star Ja Morant over a fight during a pickup game withdraw from the case 05/03/2024 12:38pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Lawyers for a teenager who is suing two-time NBA All-Star Ja Morant over a fight during an offseason pickup game can withdraw from the case after citing irreconcilable conflicts with their client, a Tennessee judge ruled Friday. Rebecca Adelman and Leslie Ballin had filed a m Summer Movie Guide: Virtually all the movies coming to theaters and streaming from May to Labor Day 05/03/2024 11:50am • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Are you ready for some movies this summer? There's action-adventure, romance, horror, franchises and anniversary re-releases of some of your favorites populating theaters and streaming services from May through Labor Day. You just have to know where to look. Things kick off in Chevrolet denies participation in Team Penske's IndyCar cheating scandal 05/03/2024 11:21am • Chevrolet denied on Friday any knowledge of the IndyCar cheating scandal within Team Penske and said it hired an independent law firm to investigate whether General Motors employees were involved. General Motors President Mark Reuss said the manufacturer respects the ���decision and actions��� of In Improvised explosive kills three and wounds seven in Pakistan���s southwest Baluchistan province 05/03/2024 07:12am • QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) ��� A blast from an improvised explosive device killed three people and wounded seven on Friday in the Pakistani province of Baluchistan, a police officer said. Footage from the scene moments before the attack shows a motorcyclist traveling alongside the car, attaching somethin Kremlin critics say Russia is targeting its foes abroad with killings, poisonings and harassment 05/03/2024 07:04am • The military defector was killed in a hail of gunfire and then run over by a car in Spain. The opposition figure was struck repeatedly with a hammer in Lithuania. The journalist fell ill from a suspected poisoning in Germany. Since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion of Ukraine, attacks a How to be a 'Fall Guy': Stunt performers on their rough-and-tumble life 05/03/2024 12:37am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene. The first, says stunt performer Ben Jenkin, is not to breathe in a flame. That would be bad. Jenkin was reminded of that over and over before doing his first fire burn (and then seven more) in David Le