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US road safety agency will look into fatal crash near Seattle involving Tesla using automated system 07/31/2024 05:29pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� U.S. road safety investigators say they will look into an April crash near Seattle after authorities determined that a Tesla was operating on the company's ���Full Self-Driving��� system when it hit and killed a motorcyclist. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said W Mister Car Wash: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 07/31/2024 05:16pm • TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ��� TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) ��� Mister Car Wash Inc. (MCW) on Wednesday reported second-quarter profit of $22.1 million. The Tucson, Arizona-based company said it had net income of 7 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs and stock option expense, were 11 cents per Woman denied abortion at a Kansas hospital sues, alleging her life was put at risk 07/31/2024 04:33pm • MISSION, Kan. (AP) ��� A woman who was denied an abortion at a Kansas hospital after suffering a pregnancy complication that her attorneys say put her at risk of sepsis and even death is suing in a case that already prompted a federal investigation. Mylissa Farmer, of Joplin, Missouri, filed the la What to know about the Kids Online Safety Act that just passed the Senate 07/31/2024 04:02pm • The last time Congress passed a law to protect children on the internet was in 1998 ��� before Facebook, before the iPhone and long before today���s oldest teenagers were born. Now, a bill aiming to protect kids from the harms of social media, gaming sites and other online platforms has passed in th Why does Vermont keep flooding? It's complicated, but experts warn it could become the norm 07/31/2024 03:50pm • Vermont is flooding. Not just yesterday, two weeks ago and a year before that, but experts say the state could see catastrophic events like these for the foreseeable future. Climate change is fueling stronger, more persistent storms and the state's infrastructure is feeling the effects in villages Massachusetts man gets consecutive life terms in killing of police officer and bystander 07/31/2024 03:15pm • BOSTON (AP) ��� A Massachusetts man was sentenced Wednesday to consecutive life terms for killing a police officer and a bystander, following emotional testimony from family and colleagues about the suffering the murders caused. Emanuel Lopes, now 26, was fleeing the scene of a minor car crash on Ju Al-Jazeera says two of its journalists killed in Israeli strike in Gaza 07/31/2024 02:33pm • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ��� Two Al-Jazeera reporters were killed in an Israeli strike in northern Gaza on Wednesday, the satellite news network said, the latest Palestinian journalists working with the Qatari network to be killed in the war-torn enclave. Correspondent Ismail al-Ghoul, 27, cameraman Severe storms in the Southeast US leave 1 dead and cause widespread power outages 07/31/2024 02:19pm • CANTON, Ga. (AP) ��� A weather system that produced severe thunderstorms late into the night in the Southeast left one man dead in Georgia, caused damage in a South Carolina town and left hundreds of thousands of electricity customers without power for a time. The 27-year-old man was found dead afte An infant died after being forgotten in the back seat of a hot car, Louisiana authorities say 07/31/2024 01:49pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) ��� A 6-month-old baby died after being left in the back seat of a hot car by a parent who went to work without realizing they'd left the infant unattended all day, according to Louisiana authorities. Sheriff's deputies in Baton Rouge told news outlets that a parent of the chil A greener getaway? Danish capital tests climate reward scheme for tourists 07/31/2024 01:36pm • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) ��� Tourists visiting Copenhagen this summer are encouraged to participate in unusual kinds of vacation fun, including plucking floating trash from the Danish capital���s waterways, cycling to museums instead of going by car, or volunteering at an urban garden. All these act Vikings sign veteran cornerback Fabian Moreau in latest move to shore up secondary 07/31/2024 12:34pm • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) ��� The Minnesota Vikings signed eight-year veteran cornerback Fabian Moreau on Wednesday, the fourth defensive back they've added since the beginning of training camp as they try to address gaps in depth and experience. Moreau, who was a primary starter for Denver last season with Movie Review: ���Harold and the Purple Crayon��� brings beloved book to life in a familiar story 07/31/2024 12:18pm • ���Harold and the Purple Crayon,��� the famed 1955 children���s picture book, is getting the three-dimensional treatment nearly 70 years after its release. The picture book, written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson, follows Harold, a child who can create whatever he can imagine, so long as he dra John Force Racing picks Beckman to sub for injured Force as team chases Funny Car title 07/31/2024 11:34am • BROWNSBURG, Ind. (AP) ��� Drag racing Hall of Famer John Force may contend for another Funny Car title, even though he won't drive the rest of the season as he recovers from a traumatic brain injury after a crash in Virginia last month. John Force Racing president Robert Hight announced this week pa Edmunds: The best cars you can still get with a manual transmission 07/31/2024 09:38am • Much like film cameras losing out to digitals, the disappearance of the manual transmission from cars seems inevitable. Modern automatic transmissions are better for quick and efficient shifting and, as such, automakers have largely switched to them entirely for their vehicles. The vast majority of Cameras could be coming for loud cars with modified exhausts in Montgomery Co. 07/31/2024 09:34am • Do you get annoyed when a really loud car revs its engine as it goes by, nearly deafening you? Montgomery County, Maryland, is looking to cut down on that excessive noise caused by modified mufflers through noise capturing cameras. ���These modified mufflers interrupt sleep, they create noise lev