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From El Salvador to the Senate: A local business owner lives the American dream 03/13/2024 06:03am • When Maria Duran first came to the United States in 1995 from El Salvador, she was seeking a better life, and she embarked on a journey that would ultimately help her reach her American dream. "I started making food at home and selling it outside," Duran said. Duran developed a passion for foo 'The Fall Guy,' a love letter to stunt performers, premieres at SXSW 03/13/2024 03:06am • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Coming nearly straight from the Oscars with a truck full of Kenergy, Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt rolled into the South By Southwest Film and TV Festival to premiere “The Fall Guy,” an affectionate, action-fueled ode to stunt work and the dedicated professionals that throw Afghan refugee stands trial in first of 3 killings that shocked Albuquerque's Muslim community 03/12/2024 09:15pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Fear coursed through the Muslim community in New Mexico’s largest city over several days in the summer of 2022 as authorities scrambled to determine if race or religion might have been behind the ambush-style killings of three men from the community. It was not long befo Rio police release 17 hostages from a gunman on a bus, at least 2 wounded 03/12/2024 08:24pm • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police said Tuesday they released 17 hostages from a gunman that took over a crowded bus for three hours in Rio de Janeiro and wounded at least two people. Rio police spokesman Col. Marcos Andrade told journalists all hostages aboard a bus parked at one of the city' Bald eagle rescued from car grill after collision in Maryland 03/12/2024 08:07pm • A Calvert County, Maryland, Animal Control officer swooped in to save a bald eagle after a collision Saturday. A driver alerted Animal Control early Saturday that they collided with an eagle on Route 4, and that the bird was still alive and trapped in their car's grill, according to a Facebook po The Best Places to Retire in Mexico 03/12/2024 08:00pm • Mexico is home to many breathtakingly beautiful places that offer a high quality of life at an affordable price, so it's no wonder that a growing number of Americans are heading south. An estimated 1.6 million U.S. citizens live in Mexico, and it consistently ranks as the top destination for U.S. tr A former Boeing manager who raised safety concerns appears to have taken his own life, coroner says 03/12/2024 07:37pm • A former Boeing manager who raised safety questions about the aircraft maker has been found dead outside a hotel in South Carolina, according to local authorities. The body of John Barnett, 62, was found Saturday in a car outside a Holiday Inn, suffering from what the Charleston County Coroner’ Another suspect arrested in shooting that wounded 8 high school students at Philadelphia bus stop 03/12/2024 07:17pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A third suspect has been arrested in the shooting that wounded eight Philadelphia high school students at a bus stop last week, authorities said Tuesday. A fourth person was still being sought. The name of the 19-year-old suspect hasn't been made public, but police said he will The top strategist of late Russian opposition leader Navalny is attacked in Lithuania's capital 03/12/2024 07:01pm • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Associates of late opposition leader Alexei Navalny said late Tuesday that the politician's close ally and top strategist was attacked near his home in Lithuania's capital. Kira Yarmysh, who had been Navalny's spokesperson, said the assailant smashed a window of Leonid Vol Georgia begins spring practice looking to get back on top after falling just short in 2023 03/12/2024 06:48pm • ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Carson Beck returned for another season at Georgia to take care of some unfinished business. He's doing it in style, too. The Bulldogs quarterback shrugged off his new ride — a $300,000 Lamborghini he called "just a car" — and began spring practice Tuesday focused on bringi Judge cuts bond by nearly $1.9 million for man accused of car crash that injured Sen. Manchin's wife 03/12/2024 06:39pm • BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama judge cut bond by nearly $1.9 million on Tuesday for a man accused of fleeing from police during a car chase and causing a crash last January that injured Gayle Manchin, the wife of U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin, and a work colleague. Tradarryl Rishad Boykins, 31, of Bi Most automated driving systems are lousy at making sure drivers pay attention, insurance group says 03/12/2024 06:24pm • DETROIT (AP) — Most electronic systems that take on some driving tasks for humans don't adequately make sure drivers are paying attention, and they don't issue strong enough warnings or take other actions to make drivers behave, according to an insurance industry study published Tuesday. Only one Standout moments from the hearing on the Biden classified documents probe by special counsel Hur 03/12/2024 05:35pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a now-familiar ritual in Washington: a federal prosecutor being summoned to Capitol Hill to discuss the findings of a politically explosive investigation. Tuesday's hearing with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated President Joe Biden's handling of classified informa New York police crack down on vehicles avoiding tolls with fake license plates 03/12/2024 05:22pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York authorities are cracking down on what they call “ghost cars,” or vehicles using altered or forged license plates to avoid paying tolls and tickets. A multiagency effort to catch them on Monday resulted in 73 vehicles impounded, 282 summonses issued and eight arrests, G As TikTok bill steams forward, online influencers put on their lobbying hats to visit Washington 03/12/2024 04:59pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers, meet your latest lobbyists: online influencers from TikTok. The platform is once again bringing influencers to Washington, this time to lobby members of Congress to reject a fast-moving bill that would force TikTok's Beijing-based parent company to sell or be banned