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NASCAR driver Erik Jones to miss Dover race because of broken lower vertebra 04/23/2024 03:05pm • STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Erik Jones suffered a compression fracture in a lower vertebra in a wreck at Talladega and will not drive this weekend in the NASCAR Cup series race at Dover Motor Speedway. Corey Heim will substitute for Jones in the No. 43 Toyota for Legacy Motor Club. There is no timeli DP World Tour Schedule 04/23/2024 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 Armenia and Azerbaijan move closer to normalizing ties as the first border marker goes up 04/23/2024 02:35pm • YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Armenia and Azerbaijan on Tuesday came a step closer toward normalizing relations after a bitter conflict over territory, as experts in both countries worked to demarcate their boundaries and the first border marker was placed. The two nations are working toward a peace tre Maryland man charged in rowdy Fairfax County 'street takeover' 04/23/2024 02:12pm • A Maryland man has been charged in connection with a chaotic "street takeover" incident last month, involving a large outdoor gathering of people partying and driving recklessly, who police say eventually surrounded the car of a responding officer in Fairfax County, Virginia. Brandon Extecoc Sant By July, all Virginia drivers will need to have vehicle insurance 04/23/2024 01:16pm • By July 1, all drivers in Virginia will be required to buy and maintain vehicle insurance, leaving New Hampshire as the sole state in the country that won't require insurance. Since 1958, drivers in Virginia could register an uninsured vehicle by paying a fee. When the option was first offered, t What it’s like to be a ‘glass child’ 04/23/2024 12:05pm • (CNN) — Growing up in Chicago, Alicia Meneses Maples had two younger brothers who were born with disabilities. David was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called severe combined immunodeficiency, and Mario was eventually diagnosed with autism. Throughout her childhood, Meneses Maples’ m A Russian strike on Kharkiv's TV tower is part of an intimidation campaign, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says 04/23/2024 11:52am • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said a Russian missile strike that smashed a prominent skyline television tower in Kharkiv was part of the Kremlin’s effort to intimidate Ukraine’s second-largest city, which in recent weeks has come under increasingly frequent attac America’s child care crisis is holding back moms without college degrees 04/23/2024 11:02am • AUBURN, Wash. (AP) — After a series of lower-paying jobs, Nicole Slemp finally landed one she loved. She was a secretary for Washington’s child services department, a job that came with her own cubicle, and she had a knack for working with families in difficult situations. Slemp expected to retu AUTO RACING: Reddick steals one at Talladega and Verstappen and Dixon get open-wheel wins 04/23/2024 09:11am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Wurth 400 Site: Dover, Delaware. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 10:30 a.m., and qualifying, 11:20 a.m.; Sunday, race, 2 p.m. (FS1). Track: Dover Motor Speedway. Race distance: 400 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Martin Truex Jr. won after starting 17th. Last race: Tyle Prince George's Co. police Real Time Crime Center to open later this year 04/23/2024 07:40am • It's been years in the making, but soon, the Prince George's County Police Department will begin building its own Real Time Crime Center (RTCC), which will be similar to the one that recently opened in D.C. Police in Prince George's County, Maryland, already have a relationship with the District' Police in Bosnia arrest 23 people suspected of being part of global drug kingpin's 'inner circle' 04/23/2024 07:27am • SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Law enforcement officers in Bosnia arrested 23 people suspected of belonging to a “global drug kingpin's inner circle,” including police and security officials, in a clampdown on criminal networks controlling much of Europe’s cocaine trade, authorities sai South Korean sentenced to 14 months in jail for killing 76 cats 04/23/2024 05:59am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean man has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for killing 76 cats in one of the country's most gruesome cases of animal cruelty in recent years. The man, who is in his 20s, was convicted of violating South Korea’s animal protection law last week, the Chan A cluster of earthquakes shakes Taiwan after a strong quake killed 13 earlier this month 04/23/2024 02:33am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A cluster of earthquakes struck the island republic of Taiwan early Tuesday, the strongest having a magnitude of 6.1, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no reports of casualties in the quakes, although there were further damages to two multi-story buildings The Latest | Failed rocket strike launched on US-led coalition forces base in Syria 04/23/2024 12:28am • A failed rocket strike was launched at a base housing U.S.-led coalition forces at Rumalyn, Syria, marking the first time since Feb. 4 that Iranian-backed militias have attacked a U.S. facility in Iraq or Syria, a U.S. defense official said. No personnel were injured in the attack. Iraqi authorities This Fairfax man says he'll never forget the people who saved his life 04/22/2024 10:10pm • Albert Johnson almost died when he passed out behind the wheel of his car. The 77-year-old Fairfax man smashed into a light pole just five years ago after going to the gym and having a cup of coffee at a local restaurant. Once he left the café on April 17, driving west on Route 29, he passed out