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Driver pleads guilty to driving 87 mph in 2023 crash that killed Fairfax Co. teen 12/10/2025 03:09pm • A man has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter in the July 2023 crash that killed 17-year-old Rebekah Zarco, of Burke, Virginia, according to Fairfax County prosecutors. Jose Zelaya, 44, was driving 87 mph in a 40 mph zone on July 18, 2023, in the crash that killed Zarco, who was driving h Elon Musk says DOGE was only 'somewhat successful' and he wouldn't do it again 12/10/2025 01:06pm • Mega billionaire Elon Musk, in a friendly interview with his aide and conservative influencer Katie Miller, said his efforts leading the Department of Government Efficiency were only ���somewhat successful��� and he would not do it over again. The Tesla and SpaceX CEO, who also owns the social medi Israel approves hundreds more houses in 3 settlements in the occupied West Bank 12/10/2025 11:42am • JERUSALEM (AP) ��� Israel has given the go-ahead for the construction of 764 more houses in three Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, a decision likely to further stoke tensions as a watchdog group accused the Israeli government of moving toward ���de facto annexation��� of the Palestinian Louvre thieves escaped with just 30 seconds to spare, Senate inquiry finds 12/10/2025 09:40am • PARIS (AP) ��� Thieves who stole more than $100 million in crown jewels from the Louvre in October escaped with barely 30 seconds to spare, a French Senate inquiry said Wednesday, as lawmakers detailed a cascade of security failures that allowed the gang to slip away in broad daylight. The parliamen Manassas Regional Airport���s plan to become region���s new commercial-service airport moves forward, but debut pushed back to 2027 12/10/2025 08:57am • Manassas Regional Airport���s plan to become the region���s newest commercial-service airport has taken another step forward, but its debut has been pushed to spring 2027, airport officials told the Manassas City Council Monday night. Marc Ricks, CEO of Avports, the private developer leading the December is a great time to buy a new car and this is why 12/10/2025 06:29am • If you���re in the market for a new vehicle, the remaining weeks of December could very well be a great time to buy. Several recurring industry trends converge at year-end, creating favorable conditions that can help you save money. The auto experts at Edmunds have come up with three key reasons why In post-Assad Syria's chaos, Alawite women face sexual violence 12/10/2025 12:15am • LATAKIA, Syria (AP) ��� The woman, a member of Syria 's Alawite religious minority, was walking home on a sunny July day in her town on the Mediterranean coast when three gunmen stopped her and pulled her into their van. It was the start of a week of torment. They drove her to a town in northern Syr Trump's speech on combating inflation turns to grievances about immigrants from 'filthy' countries 12/09/2025 09:49pm • MOUNT POCONO, Pa. (AP) ��� On the road in Pennsylvania on Tuesday, President Donald Trump tried to emphasize his focus on combating inflation, yet the issue that has damaged his popularity couldn't quite command his full attention. The president told the crowd gathered at a casino and resort in M More glittering royal jewels displayed while Paris is still uneasy over the Louvre robbery 12/09/2025 09:42pm • PARIS (AP) ��� A glittering exhibition of royal jewels is opening Wednesday in Paris even as the city still reels from the brazen crown-jewel heist at the nearby Louvre Museum. The four-minute operation in October emptied cases in the Louvre's Apollo Gallery, forced its closure and rattled public c Storms bring heavy rain to the Pacific Northwest, snow and freezing rain to the Upper Midwest 12/09/2025 09:00pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� The first of a series of powerful storms dumped heavy rain and swelled rivers in the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, closing roads and prompting high water rescues. Residents in parts of Oregon and Washington grappled with power outages, flooding and school closures, while driv NASCAR chairman refuses to budge on team charters in testimony during Michael Jordan's lawsuit 12/09/2025 08:02pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� NASCAR Chairman Jim France testified Tuesday in Michael Jordan���s federal antitrust lawsuit against his family that he still has not changed his mind on granting teams permanent charters, and evidence showed he entered negotiations on a new revenue-sharing agreement determi Florida executes a man convicted of killing a woman during a 1989 home invasion 12/09/2025 07:35pm • STARKE, Fla. (AP) ��� A man convicted of fatally stabbing a woman during a home invasion decades ago was executed Tuesday evening in Florida. Mark Allen Geralds, 58, was pronounced dead at 6:15 p.m. following a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison for the February 1989 murder of Tressa Petti Federal agents use pepper spray on crowd in Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis amid Trump crackdown 12/09/2025 06:56pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Federal agents used pepper spray to push through an angry crowd that blocked their vehicles as they checked identifications in a heavily Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis on Tuesday, amid the Trump administration's ongoing crackdown targeting the community. City Council Member DOJ ends monitoring of illegal dumping in Houston in retreat from environmental justice 12/09/2025 05:33pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Justice Department has withdrawn from an agreement with the city of Houston to curb illegal dumping in Black and Latino neighborhoods, part of the Trump administration���s broad dismantling of environmental justice initiatives. Federal authorities quietly ended the monitor Nicaraguans celebrate Virgin Mary in Miami despite fears at home and in US 12/09/2025 03:57pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� Hundreds of Nicaraguans sang in praise of the Virgin Mary at flower-and-light-filled altars set up in church parking lots as well as in the back of vehicles on the streets of Miami to mark the Dec. 8 feast of the Immaculate Conception. The exuberant celebration called ���griter��a���