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Georgia deputy is killed when struck by a police SUV during a chase 01/04/2024 03:16pm • LANETT, Ala. (AP) — A Georgia sheriff's deputy was fatally injured when he was stuck by another police vehicle at the end of a high-speed pursuit that crossed over into Alabama. Coweta County Deputy Eric Minix died early Thursday morning after chasing a stolen vehicle, the sheriff's office wrote o Airstrike in central Baghdad kills Iran-backed militia leader as regional tensions escalate 01/04/2024 02:44pm • BAGHDAD (AP) — A U.S. airstrike on the headquarters of an Iran-backed militia in central Baghdad on Thursday killed a high-ranking militia commander, militia officials said. Thursday’s strike comes amid mounting regional tensions fueled by the Israel-Hamas war and fears that it could spill over A Texas father and son are arrested in the killings of a pregnant woman and her boyfriend 01/04/2024 02:17pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A father and son in Texas have been charged in the killings of an 18-year-old pregnant woman who disappeared before Christmas and her boyfriend, who authorities say were fatally shot in the head before their bodies were moved and discovered days later in a car. The arrests Wedn Police: Loudoun Co. gun store burglary suspects drove stolen car into building, took 'multiple' guns 01/04/2024 02:15pm • Police arrived at Loudoun Guns in Leesburg early Thursday for reports of a loud noise. At the scene, they found a four-door Kia sedan that appeared to have crashed into the front doors of the store and lodged into the building. (Courtesy Leesburg Police Department) Four burglary suspects broke i Kia EV9, Toyota Prius and Ford Super Duty pickup win 2024 North American SUV, car and truck awards 01/04/2024 02:14pm • PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — The Kia EV9 large electric SUV won the 2024 North American Utility of the Year award, while the Toyota Prius hybrid took the top car honors, and Ford's Super Duty pickup won the truck award. The honors, announced Thursday at a meeting of the Automotive Press Association in De 1 dead after 'chain-reaction' crash on I-66 in Virginia, police say 01/04/2024 01:47pm • One person died Wednesday after a series of three-vehicle crashes on Interstate 66 in Virginia, according to state police. Around 6:30 p.m., police responded to a three-car crash in the westbound lanes of I-66 at the 51-mile marker. One driver had minor injuries but declined treatment. A tow t Pedestrian injured after SUV crashes into bank in Arlington 01/04/2024 01:34pm • A man has serious injuries after being struck by a car that veered off the road and crashed into a bank in Arlington, Virginia, Wednesday evening. Arlington police said they responded to reports of a crash in the Crystal City area Wednesday just after 7 p.m. An initial investigation found that Germany's government waters down a cost-cutting plan that infuriated the country's farmers 01/04/2024 10:29am • BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Thursday watered down cost-saving plans that have infuriated farmers, announcing that it is giving up a proposal to scrap a car tax exemption for farming vehicles and will stagger cuts to tax breaks for diesel used in agriculture. The cuts were part of a pack Car strikes deer, sending it flying into another car, leaving 1 dead in Charles Co. 01/04/2024 07:56am • A driver on Maryland Route 6 near Port Tobacco Road struck a deer that went flying into another vehicle, striking and killing its driver on Tuesday. Maryland State Police arrived on the scene at approximately 3:44 p.m. When they arrived, they found that a Nissan Altima driven by a 50-year-old Wal In AP poll's earliest days, some Black schools weren't on the radar and many teams missed out 01/04/2024 06:00am • The men’s basketball teams at Tennessee State in a three-season span from 1956 through 1959 were nearly unbeatable and somehow largely unnoticed. They had a coach in John McLendon who would be enshrined in the Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach and contributor. They had five players who would play 2 men charged in shooting death of Oakland officer answering a burglary call at a marijuana business 01/04/2024 02:28am • OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Two men were charged with murder Wednesday in the death of an Oakland police officer who was shot while answering a burglary report at a marijuana business, authorities said. Charges were filed against Mark Sanders, 27, of Tracy, and Allen Starr Brown, 28, of Chico. The two China's BYD is rivaling Tesla in size. Can it also match its global reach? 01/03/2024 11:09pm • BEIJING (AP) — A less flashy Chinese electric vehicle maker is fast closing the gap with Tesla, the longtime, market-leading pioneer. BYD Co., based in the southern China tech hub of Shenzhen, dethroned Texas-based Tesla Inc. as the top seller of electric cars in the last three months of 2023, acc Felon used unregistered rifle in New Year's chase and shootout with Honolulu police, records show 01/03/2024 11:01pm • HONOLULU (AP) — The subject of an islandwide manhunt New Year’s Day in Hawaii was a felon barred from owning the high-powered rifle he used to open fire on Honolulu police in a shootout that left two officers wounded and the suspect dead, court records show. Sidney Tafokitau was accused of shoot Extreme cold grips Nordic countries, Russia as floods hit western Europe 01/03/2024 10:43pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Europe experienced stark weather contrasts on Wednesday, with extreme cold and snowstorms disrupting transportation and closing schools in Scandinavia while strong winds and heavy rain in western Europe caused flooding and at least one death. Temperatures fell below minu Biden’s kicking off 2024 by delving into some of the country’s darkest moments 01/03/2024 07:43pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is starting the campaign year by evoking the Revolutionary War to mark the third anniversary of the deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and visiting the South Carolina church where a white gunman massacred Black parishioners — seeking to present in the s