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Massive vehicle pileup on southern California highway leaves 2 dead, 9 injured, authorities say 01/07/2024 09:41am • BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) ��� A crash involving dozens of vehicles along a foggy stretch of California's Interstate 5 in southern California has left two people dead and nine others injured. The pileup involving 35 cars happened around 7:30 a.m. Saturday west of Bakersfield, according to authorities Car Review: 2024 Mercedes-AMG GT Coupe: A well-executed performer that is a standard-bearer for internal combustion sports cars 01/07/2024 06:55am • Brian Armstead, Special Contributor A-M-G: Three letters that stoke fear in pretender performance cars, and instill worship in those who understand what the ultra-performance wing of Mercedes-Benz is all about. The Sierra Nevada Mountain range on the outskirts of Granada, Spain, served as the perfec As police lose the war on crime in South Africa, private security companies step in 01/07/2024 12:10am • JOHANNESBURG (AP) ��� Thamsanqa Mothobi was going about his life in Johannesburg when he was carjacked and taken to an informal settlement where robbers accessed his mobile banking apps. ���They had guns and demanded the PIN codes for my apps. They increased the withdrawal limits in my accounts and Today in History: January 7, Truman reveals US has developed Hydrogen bomb 01/07/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2024. There are 359 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On Jan. 7, 1953, President Harry S. Truman announced in his State of the Union message to Congress that the United States had developed a hydrogen bomb. On this dat Analysis: Maryland climate plan is comprehensive but lacks short-term legislative strategy 01/06/2024 11:31pm • By most accounts, the Maryland Department of the Environment's plan outlining the policy actions required to dramatically reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions is innovative and ambitious. But the 98-page document, released during the quiet days between Christmas and New Year's, lacks a coh Top global transportation leaders meet in DC for key conference 01/06/2024 02:31pm • Transportation leaders from around the world are coming to D.C. for one of the biggest conferences in the U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is among the senior officials headlining the Transportation Research Board meeting, an annual event that brings together thousands o Md. authority supports overhaul of horse racing industry, starting with complete rebuild of Pimlico 01/06/2024 09:41am • An overhaul of Maryland���s horse racing industry is needed, a new report concludes, and the Preakness could find itself at a new state-of-the-art home in the next few years. The report released Friday from the Maryland Thoroughbred Racetrack Operating Authority, which was established last year, Health officials call for community help amid blood supply shortage 01/06/2024 07:28am • A blood shortage has health officials asking donors in the D.C. area to step up. "Not only are we challenged from a collection and donor perspective, but we do see increases in blood use this time of year as well," said Sean McCleary, vice president of professional services with Inova Health Syst Ex-cop gets 14 months in jail in death of Elijah McClain, whose mom calls him 'bully with a badge' 01/05/2024 08:37pm • DENVER (AP) ��� A judge sentenced an ex-Colorado police officer to 14 months in jail for his role in the death of Elijah McClain after hearing the young Black man���s mother on Friday call the officer a ���bully with a badge��� who will always have blood on his hands. The officer, Randy Roedema, was 4-month-old baby girl found after Jeep stolen in Georgetown with her inside 01/05/2024 08:33pm • A 4-month-old baby girl was located safely after a white Jeep was stolen in Georgetown on Friday evening with the child inside, according to D.C. police. Authorities say it happened around 6 p.m. in the 3000 block of M Street NW. The baby girl ��� who police say was wearing a pink snowsuit ��� Feds to investigate entire New York City subway system after derailment injures more than 20 people 01/05/2024 07:27pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Federal transit safety investigators will be reviewing all of New York City's subway operations in response to a collision and derailment that caused minor injuries to more than 20 people, the chairperson of the National Transportation Safety Board said Friday. Chair Jennifer Homen NRA chief, one of the most powerful figures in US gun policy, says he's resigning days before trial 01/05/2024 06:47pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� The longtime head of the National Rifle Association said Friday he is resigning, just days before the start of a civil trial over allegations he treated himself to millions of dollars in private jet flights, yacht trips, African safaris and other extravagant perks at the powerful g Dominican judge orders conditional release of Rays shortstop Wander Franco while probe continues 01/05/2024 06:21pm • PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) ��� A judge on Friday ordered the conditional release of Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco while he is investigated for allegations he had a relationship with a 14-year-old girl and gave her mother a car and thousands of dollars in exchange for her consent, Nude man nabbed by police after 'cannonball' plunge into giant aquarium at Bass Pro Shop in Alabama 01/05/2024 06:08pm • LEEDS, Alabama (AP) ��� A man crashed his car outside a Bass Pro Shop in Alabama, stripped down to his birthday suit and plunged into the giant aquarium inside the store, police said. The ordeal happened Thursday night in front of shocked shoppers in the town just outside Birmingham, Leeds Police Ch Mississippi deputy fatally shot during traffic stop by suspect who was killed by police after chase 01/05/2024 05:27pm • BEAUMONT, Miss. (AP) ��� A Mississippi sheriff's deputy was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a suspect who was killed by police following a car chase, authorities said. George County Deputy Jeremy Malone was killed after he stopped a vehicle around 5:15 p.m. Thursday on U.S. Route 98 in Rock