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Woman killed in hit-and-run crash, Bladensburg police say 08/21/2024 07:38am • A woman is dead after being struck by a car in Prince George's County, Maryland, Tuesday night. Bladensburg police told WTOP it happened around 11:30 p.m. in the 4500 block of Bladensburg Road near Baltimore Avenue and the Peace Cross Memorial. The woman was taken to the hospital where she lat 3 suspects in fatal shooting of Israeli Arab businessman in Istanbul detained in Romania 08/20/2024 11:40pm • ISTANBUL (AP) — Three suspects wanted in connection with the killing of an Israeli Arab businessman in Istanbul have been detained in Romania, Turkish police said late Tuesday. Abdulkadir Anas was shot dead on Sunday evening as he sat in a car. Two other men were wounded, one who remains in critic Tesla Competitors: 7 Rival EV Stocks to Buy 08/20/2024 08:00pm • Electric vehicles could make up about 35% of all global new car sales by 2030, according to Goldman Sachs. Tesla Inc. (ticker: TSLA) is the clear EV market leader, but for years it operated mostly free of competition. EV startups and legacy automakers are now bringing new EV models to the market tha Deep seas and tight spaces impede search for 6 missing after yacht sinks off Sicily 08/20/2024 07:35pm • PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Police divers resumed searching Tuesday for six people believed trapped in the hull of a superyacht that sank in deep seas off Sicily, including British tech magnate Mike Lynch, who was celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with the people who had defended him Canadian freight trains could stop moving Thursday. If they do, many businesses will be hurt 08/20/2024 07:12pm • TORONTO (AP) — Businesses across a variety of industries are bracing for freight trains to stop moving Thursday at both major Canadian freight railroads if they can’t resolve a contract dispute with the union that represents engineers, conductors and dispatchers. The impact will be widespread be Georgia lawmaker urges panel to consider better firearms safety rules to deter child gun deaths 08/20/2024 06:35pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia state senator is trying to change the terms of an entrenched partisan debate, saying he's not interested in restricting gun ownership but in preventing the fatal shooting of children. The statement Tuesday by Decatur Democrat Emanuel Jones reflects the strategies of those Mother arrested on murder charge days after baby's hot car death 08/20/2024 03:08pm • JENNINGS, La. (AP) — A Louisiana woman whose baby died after being left in a hot car last week has been arrested on a charge of second-degree murder. Hannah Faith Cormier, 32, of Jennings, was being held Tuesday with bond set at $1 million following her arrest, Jefferson Davish Parish court record DP World Tour Schedule 08/20/2024 03:01pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Dean Burmester) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Joaquin Niemann) Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Louis Oosthuizen NASCAR close to regular-season finish with playoffs on the line, F1 back in action after a month off 08/20/2024 02:59pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Coke Zero Sugar 400 Site: Daytona Beach, Florida. Schedule: Friday, qualifying, 5:05 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Daytona International Speedway. Race distance: 160 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher continued his hot run, winning for a th NASCAR regular-season title and playoff spots at stake down the stretch at Daytona and Darlington 08/20/2024 02:19pm • BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — NASCAR has just two races remaining in the regular season and a pair of competitions are on the line. Tyler Reddick earned his second win of the season Monday at Michigan International Speedway, giving him the points lead in a closely contested, four-driver race for the regu WTOP alum Jim Farley dies at 75: Entrepreneurial zest, 24/7 news turned WTOP into top-billing station in US 08/20/2024 09:58am • In a newsroom accustomed to breaking news, the email subject line caused a collective gasp: "Jim Farley has passed away." During his 17 years as vice president of News & Programming at WTOP from 1996 to 2013, Jim Farley oversaw the transformation of a poorly-rated AM news, talk and sports sta BMW recalling more than 720,000 vehicles due to water pump issue 08/20/2024 07:18am • BMW is recalling more than 720,000 vehicles due to an issue with the water pump's electrical connector that could potentially lead to a fire. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that the recall includes some X1, X3 and X5 vehicles as well as some other models. The impacted Civilians flee Pokrovsk as Russia's army bears down on the key eastern Ukraine city 08/19/2024 08:09pm • POKROVSK, Ukraine (AP) — Civilians with small children in their arms and lugging heavy suitcases fled Monday from Ukraine’s eastern city of Pokrovsk, where the Russian army was bearing down fast despite a lightning Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk region. Local authorities said Russian 7 Best EV Stocks to Buy 08/19/2024 08:00pm • The great electric vehicle revolution has run into serious challenges in 2024. Circumstances have conspired to hold back this industry, including factors like higher borrowing costs, fragile economic growth, consumer preference for hybrids over fully electric cars and subsidy cuts in Europe. EV stoc Israel-Hamas war latest: Blinken pushes for cease-fire in his 9th trip to Mideast since war began 08/19/2024 07:45pm • U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday that Israel has accepted a proposal to bridge differences holding up a cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza. He called on Hamas to do the same. Blinken was on his ninth urgent mission to the Middle East since the war in Gaza began more than 10 mo