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Concert hall attack dents Putin's tough image. He tries to use it to rally support for Ukraine war 03/24/2024 05:40pm • A week ago, President Vladimir Putin swaggered triumphantly onstage at a post-election event surrounded by young people in T-shirts reading “Putin — Russia — Victory,” and he confidently shrugged off Western criticism of the vote as neither free nor fair. This weekend, a very different Vladi

'There's so much room’: Visitors react to Metro’s newest 8000 Series rail cars 03/24/2024 05:25pm • You might not expect to see a train car on the National Mall in D.C., but it will be the norm all through this week. Metro is offering the public a sneak peek into its new 8000 Series rail car and zero-emission buses through the Fleet of the Future Expo, held on the National Mall from now through

New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy suspends her Senate campaign to replace indicted Sen. Menendez 03/24/2024 04:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — New Jersey first lady Tammy Murphy on Sunday suspended her U.S. Senate campaign to replace Democratic Sen. Robert Menendez as he faces federal corruption charges, Murphy said in a video posted to social media that winning the Democratic primary would require her to wage “a ver

Carlos Sainz wins F1 Australian GP after early exit for Verstappen with engine fire 03/24/2024 04:05pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz ended Red Bull’s Formula 1 winning streak Sunday when the Spaniard took advantage of Max Verstappen's early exit to win the Australian Grand Prix just two weeks after missing the previous race in Saudi Arabia due to an emergency appendectomy.

4 killed and at least 8 injured after a rally car veers into spectators in Hungary 03/24/2024 12:01pm • BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A rally car veered off the road and crashed into a group of spectators in Hungary on Sunday, killing four and injuring several others, police said. The accident occurred during a race between the towns of Labatlan and Bajot near the Danube River in northwest Hungary, the K

An AP photographer snags an unexpected image of the head of the Catholic Church 03/24/2024 10:59am • VATICAN CITY (AP) — Having covered the Vatican for 27 years — that’s three popes — Associated Press photographer Andrew Medichini has mastered snapping images of papal pomp. To capture this photo, Medichini knew exactly where to position himself based on the wind for a potential candid shot

NHRA Winternationals 03/23/2024 10:33pm • SaturdayAt In-N-Out Pomona DragstripPomona, Calif.Sunday's PairingsTop Fuel 1. Brittany Force, 3.711 seconds, 335.73 mph vs. Bye; 2. Tony Schumacher, 3.735, 331.85 vs. 15. Terry Totten, 6.636, 91.56; 3. Billy Torrence, 3.745, 330.47 vs. 14. Josh Hart, 6.118, 107.81; 4. Steve Torrence, 3.750, 328.30

Rosenqvist and Palou lead qualifying for races that will set field for IndyCar $1 million challenge 03/23/2024 09:10pm • THERMAL, Calif. (AP) — Felix Rosenqvist and Alex Palou will lead the field to green in Sunday morning's pair of heat races that determine which 12 IndyCar drivers will advance into the exhibition Thermal $1 million Challenge. The made-for-TV all-star race of sorts will consist of only 12 of IndyC

Larson lurks, snatches Xfinity overtime win at COTA to spoil van Gisbergen's impressive race 03/23/2024 08:26pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Kyle Larson passed Shane van Gisbergen and Austin Hill on the final lap in double overtime to win the Xfinity road course race Saturday at the Circuit of the Americas. Van Gisbergen looked to be in control and heading to his first career Xfinity win ahead of his season debut i

Va. man pleads guilty to setting fire to stalking victim's family home 03/23/2024 07:59pm • A Virginia man pleaded guilty to setting fire to the cars and home of the parents of a woman he had previously been convicted of stalking. In Loudoun County Circuit Court on Thursday, Julian Darius Karapetkov pleaded guilty to two offenses related to a 2022 house fire in Sterling. Karapetkov w

18-year-old charged with vehicular homicide in crash that killed a woman and 3 children in a van 03/23/2024 06:18pm • SEATTLE (AP) — An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with four counts of vehicular homicide for allegedly causing a four-car crash in a Seattle suburb that killed a woman and three children in her van, online jail records indicate. Chase Daniel Jones was taken into custody late Friday and wa

For Haitian diaspora, gang violence back home is personal as hopes dim for eventual return 03/23/2024 02:50pm • TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — When Vivianne Petit Frere fled her native Haiti for Brazil in 2019 and later walked through the Panamanian jungle and on to Mexico, where she opened a restaurant, she always believed she would eventually return home. Until now. With gang violence wracking Haiti, many of the

The double cancer blow to Kate and King Charles leaves Britain's royal family depleted and strained 03/23/2024 01:53pm • LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales’ disclosure that she has cancer and will take time off to recover leaves the ranks of working royals depleted and strains a monarchy that King Charles III has sought to slim down. Kate's announcement on Friday prompted an outpouring of goodwill toward her and

Ford still winless in 2024 as NASCAR heads to first road race of the season at COTA 03/23/2024 01:09pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Five races into NASCAR's 2024 season and Ford is in a funk. Make no mistake, the Ford cars have been fast, just not quite fast enough to produce any wins yet. At the race in Atlanta, the razor-thin margins at the finish meant 0.003 seconds was the difference between first and

Emergency responders offer new ways to alert drivers they're on the road, using 'lights and sirens we've had for decades' 03/23/2024 01:04pm • What if you could get a real-time alert in your car as soon as a nearby fire truck turns on its emergency lights? New technology is now making that a reality. HAAS Alert’s Safety Cloud partners with 3,600 agencies across the U.S. to provide digital alerts to drivers, showing them the location o