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Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads 04/29/2024 12:10pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the uno Two more people sentenced for carjacking and kidnapping an FBI employee in South Dakota 04/29/2024 11:00am • RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The last two members of a trio who carjacked and kidnapped an FBI employee in South Dakota in 2022 have been sentenced to lengthy prison sentences. Deyvin Morales, 29, was sentenced Friday to 47 years in prison, the Rapid City Journal reported. At the same hearing, 29-year- Florida sheriff says deputies killed a gunman in shootout that wounded 2 officers 04/29/2024 10:32am • LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida sheriff's deputies were seriously wounded and the man who shot them was killed when a gunfight erupted at a public park, according to the sheriff. Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd praised his deputies as heroes, saying they were shot while trying to pull an uncooper David Malukas dropped by McLaren after injured IndyCar driver misses 4th race following bike crash 04/29/2024 09:42am • David Malukas was released by Arrow McLaren on Monday without running an IndyCar race for the team because of injuries the 22-year-old suffered in an offseason mountain biking crash. Malukas was signed in September to the three-car IndyCar team when McLaren was in a late scramble to fill a seat bec Brittney Griner reflects on gut-wrenching moment she was detained in Russia in exclusive "20/20" special 04/29/2024 08:55am • (NEW YORK) -- WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap in December 2022, opened up for the first time about her harrowing experience in a Russian prison in an exclusive interview that will air May 1 on a special edition of ABC News' 20/20. ABC's Good Morn 5 former officials are convicted over Greece's deadliest wildfire but are freed after being fined 04/29/2024 08:05am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court convicted five former firefighting and disaster response officials on Monday over the deadliest wildfire in the country's history, with more than 100 people killed outside the capital. But some survivors were outraged when they were fined and let go. The 2018 fi Affluent Americans are driving US economy and likely delaying need for Fed rate cuts 04/29/2024 07:44am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Since retiring two years ago, Joan Harris has upped her travel game. Once or twice a year, she visits her two adult children in different states. She's planning multiple other trips, including to a science fiction convention in Scotland and a Disney cruise soon after that, along Tesla CEO Musk visits China as competitors show off new electric vehicles at Beijing auto show 04/29/2024 07:06am • BEIJING (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk met with a top government leader in the Chinese capital Sunday, just as the nation's carmakers are showing off their latest electric vehicle models at the Beijing auto show. Chinese Premier Li Qiang told Musk that he hopes the U.S. will work more with China on †Grammys on the Hill to honor Sheryl Crow in DC, advocating for AI guardrails, ticket price legislation 04/29/2024 06:55am • The Hamilton in D.C. hosts the annual Grammys on the Hill event on Tuesday night. This year, all they wanna do is have some fun with this year's musical honoree Sheryl Crow. "She's won a bunch of Grammys, but she has also been very active around fighting for the rights of music people and Car Review: The Mazda CX-5 is a small crossover that still delights in 2024 04/29/2024 02:04am • The Mazda CX-5 offers a more driver-oriented experience with higher handling limits than other crossovers or small SUVs in its class. (WTOP/Mike Parris) Even though Mazda introduced an impressive new compact crossover last year, the venerable Mazda CX-5 is still a big seller for the company. It is a Rolls-Royce amplía su fábrica para construir coches más despacio 04/29/2024 12:45am • (CNN) -- Rolls-Royce está ampliando enormemente su fábrica de Chichester (Inglaterra). La filial de BMW está construyendo cinco nuevos edificios que empezarán a construirse el año que viene.Normalmente, cuando un fabricante de automóviles amplía una fábrica es por una sencilla razón: constr Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power 04/28/2024 09:46pm • SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) — Tornadoes killed four people in Oklahoma, including an infant, and left thousands without power Sunday after a destructive outbreak of severe weather flattened buildings in the heart of one rural town and injured at least 100 people across the state. More than 20,000 people Aerial photos show wide devastation left by a deadly tornado in China's Guangzhou 04/28/2024 08:28pm • BEIJING (AP) — Aerial photos posted by Chinese state media on Sunday showed wide devastation in part of the southern city of Guangzhou after a tornado swept through the day before, killing five people, injuring dozens others and damaging more than 140 buildings. As businesses and residents began If You're Paid Biweekly, Discover the 2 Months in 2024 You'll Be Paid 3 Times -- and Learn How to Plan For It 04/28/2024 08:00pm • If you're paid biweekly there are two months in 2024 that you'll get paid three times. But which months are they? It depends on the date of your first paycheck of the year. Keep reading to find out when you'll get three checks -- and get advice on how to best spend them. 2024 Months With 2 Paychecks 5 Areas Where Inflation Is Highest 04/28/2024 08:00pm • For more than three years, readings from the U.S. consumer price index, or CPI, have been well above the Federal Reserve's long-term inflation target of 2%. Americans have likely noticed prices surging for goods and services ranging from groceries to insurance to housing to transportation. Unfortuna