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Driving along ... and the roadway vanishes beneath you. What's it like to survive a bridge collapse? 03/28/2024 12:37pm • You're driving along, and without warning, the roadway drops from beneath you. There are a few seconds of falling, with thoughts possibly racing about family or loved ones, followed by a jarring impact, and most likely injury. Tuesday's collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore fol China's latest EV is a 'connected' car from smart phone and electronics maker Xiaomi 03/28/2024 11:52am • BEIJING (AP) ��� Xiaomi, a well-known maker of smart consumer electronics in China, is joining the country's booming but crowded market for electric cars with a sporty high-tech sedan. The tech company began accepting orders in China via an app on Thursday night, after founder Lei Jun wrapped up a m Federal EV charging stations are key to Biden's climate agenda, yet only 4 states have them 03/28/2024 11:22am • LONDON, Ohio (AP) ��� Within 24 hours of buying his red Ford Mustang Mach-E, Liam Sawyer set off on a camping trip. Sawyer, who bought the electric SUV ���because I think the technology is cool and the range is just long enough,��� searched ahead of time for convenient charging stations between his Today in Sports - Week Ahead, March 29 - April 4 03/28/2024 10:00am • April 2 1939 ��� Ralph Guldahl beats Sam Snead by one stroke to capture the Masters golf tournament. 1969 ��� Toronto center Forbes Kennedy sets a Stanley Cup playoff record for most penalties in one game with 8. 1978 ��� Czech tennis star Martina Navratilova wins her first WTA Tour Championship. 19 Venezuelans are increasingly stuck in Mexico, explaining drop in illegal crossings to US 03/28/2024 07:52am • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Venezuelan migrants often have a quick answer when asked to name the most difficult stretch of their eight-country journey to the U.S. border, and it's not the dayslong jungle trek through Colombia and Panama with its venomous vipers, giant spiders and scorpions. It's Mexico. �� This is how reporters documented 1,000 deaths after police force that isn't supposed to be fatal 03/28/2024 06:05am • After George Floyd was killed under a Minneapolis police officer���s knee, reporters at The Associated Press wanted to know how many other people died following encounters in which law enforcement used not firearms but other kinds of force that is not supposed to be fatal. The U.S. government is sup Nobelist Daniel Kahneman, a pioneer of behavioral economics, is dead at 90 03/27/2024 11:04pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� Daniel Kahneman, a psychologist who won a Nobel Prize in economics for his insights into how ingrained neurological biases influence decision making, died Wednesday at the age of 90. Kahneman and his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky reshaped the field of economics, which pri Lou Whittaker, among the most famous American mountaineers, has died at age 95 03/27/2024 09:03pm • SEATTLE (AP) ��� Lou Whittaker, a legendary American mountaineer who helped lead ascents of Mount Everest, K2 and Denali, and who taught generations of climbers during his more than 250 trips up Mount Rainier, the tallest peak in Washington state, has died at age 95. RMI Expeditions, the guide compa The Latest | Ship that collapsed Baltimore bridge was carrying hazardous materials, officials say 03/27/2024 08:56pm • The Latest on the ship crash that collapsed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore (all times local): The cargo ship that caused the Baltimore bridge collapse was carrying hazardous materials, the National Transportation Safety Board said. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy said there are 56 containers What Is the Average American Net Worth by Age? 03/27/2024 08:00pm • Net worth is frequently used as an indicator of financial success. This number adds up your total assets -- whether liquid or not -- and subtracts any debts to give a picture of how much money you have. Working toward a high net worth involves increasing your assets and paying down debts, both of wh Remains of 2 people recovered after Baltimore Key Bridge collapse 03/27/2024 07:45pm • Listen to WTOP online��and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for our team coverage. Searchers recovered the remains of two people from the Patapsco River after a massive container ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on Tuesday morning. The discovery came amid a daylo Yellen says China's rapid buildout of its green energy industry 'distorts global prices' 03/27/2024 06:03pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called out China's ramped-up production in solar energy, electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries, calling it unfair competition that ���distorts global prices" and ���hurts American firms and workers, as well as firms and workers around the wor Trump plans to attend the wake of slain New York City police officer 03/27/2024 06:02pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Former President Donald Trump is planning to attend the wake for a New York City police officer who was fatally shot during a traffic stop this week, according to his campaign. Trump, the 2024 presumptive Republican presidential nominee, is expected to be at a visitation Thursday Baltimore bridge collapse: Ships carrying cars and heavy equipment need to find a new harbor 03/27/2024 04:44pm • Manufacturers and shippers are scrambling to figure out where they can load or unload cargo while the main operations of the Port of Baltimore remain shut down due to Tuesday's deadly collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Supply chain experts say other ports up and down the East Coast are likely Man cuffed but not charged after Chiefs' Super Bowl rally shooting sues congressman over online post 03/27/2024 02:57pm • MISSION, Kan. (AP) ��� A man who was briefly handcuffed in the chaos that followed a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs��� Super Bowl rally is suing a Tennessee congressman who falsely accused him in social media posts of being one of the shooters and an immigrant in the country illegally. De