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Police: Driver arrested in DC after crashing car into pedestrian, utility pole, injuring 7 04/06/2025 09:09am • D.C. police have made an arrest in connection with that crash that injured seven people in the U Street corridor early Saturday. Police said Eric Lyons, 31, of Northwest D.C., was driving a 2016 Audi A5 eastbound on U Street near the intersection of 11th Street and crashed into a pedestrian, a util Protests continue at Tesla showrooms amid talk Elon Musk could soon leave DOGE 04/06/2025 07:00am • (CNN) — More than 60 protests were planned for Saturday, and a dozen more for Sunday, at Tesla showrooms across the United States, as backlash continues against CEO Elon Musk for his cost-cutting role at the Department of Government Efficiency. Just a week after more than 200 demonstrations too Briscoe hoping for second straight Darlington win in first season with JGR 04/04/2025 01:11pm • DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Chase Briscoe didn't get much time to revel in his Southern 500 victory the last time he was at Darlington Raceway. He plans to soak in some of the memories when he returns to the track this weekend. Briscoe used a dramatic, three-wide pass late in the day to take the check NBA fines Grizzlies' Ja Morant $75,000 for continued finger-gun gestures, after warning him to stop 04/04/2025 12:06pm • MIAMI (AP) — Ja Morant showed off an imaginary gun. The NBA hit back with a real fine. A day after Morant again used his aiming-a-gun gesture to celebrate making 3-pointers, the Grizzlies’ star was fined $75,000 by the league Friday. It’s the second time this week that Morant — who was suspe Trump’s tariff push is a race against time, and potential voter backlash 04/04/2025 11:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's expansive new tariffs reverse a decades-long global trend of lower trade barriers and are likely, economists say, to raise prices for Americans by thousands of dollars each year while sharply slowing the U.S. economy. The White House is gambling that oth Thousands rally against Russian Wagner mercenaries in Central African Republic 04/04/2025 10:49am • BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — Thousands took to the streets Friday in the Central African Republic to protest President Faustin Archange Touadera's plans to run for a third term with the backing of Russian-led mercenaries from the Wagner group. The rally was organized by opposition part Car Review: Santa Fe SUV thinks of everything, looks wild 04/04/2025 07:03am • The Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid Calligraphy is an SUV that has some of the DNA of a Land Rover Defender and a mix of a little Cybertruck styling. (WTOP/John Aaron) What happens when you “borrow” some of the DNA of a Land Rover Defender, and maybe mix in a little Cybertruck styling to boot? The resul US electric vehicle industry is collateral damage in Trump's escalating trade war 04/04/2025 06:51am • DETROIT (AP) — President Donald Trump's tariff blitz has sent shock waves throughout every aspect of the global economy, including the auto sector, where multi-billion-dollar plans to electrify in the United States are especially at risk. Here's what consumers should know about the impact of tarif F1's Japanese GP has storylines that may be as fleeting as the country's cherry blossoms 04/04/2025 06:40am • SUZUKA, Japan (AP) — The Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday is only the third Formula 1 race of the season, and several plots are developing that promise a few twists. But the fresh storylines could be as fleeting as the cherry blossoms seen all over Japan at this time of the year. There's McLaren, whi 10 dead as landslide hits passing cars on Indonesia's Java island 04/04/2025 05:50am • SURABAYA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian rescuers recovered 10 bodies after a landslide struck vehicles on a hilly road on the country’s main island of Java, police said Friday. Torrential rains pushed mud, rocks and trees down the mountainside road on Thursday, burying a van with seven people aboa DC Getaway: 3 unforgettable nature and wildlife adventures in the Ozarks, Missouri  04/04/2025 05:26am • Since the 70s, Bass Pro Shops founder Johnny Morris has encouraged people to adventure outdoors. Introducing folks to the great outdoors is an integral part of the lifelong conservationist’s creation of The Johnny Morris Conservation Foundation — a nonprofit operating some of America’s most sp Key events leading to Yoon's removal as South Korea's president 04/04/2025 01:55am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been removed from office over his imposition of martial law in December. The unanimous ruling Friday triggers a presidential election to be held in two months that is likely to be one of the tensest South Korea has seen. Yoon also An explosion at a standoff between rival gold miners in Bolivia kills at least 5 people 04/04/2025 01:19am • SORATA, Bolivia (AP) — A powerful explosion killed at least five people, including a pregnant woman and 1-year-old baby, during a standoff between rival groups of gold miners early Thursday in northwestern Bolivia, police said, a rare instance of territorial disputes between the nation's mining co After career detours as Uber driver and substitute teacher, J.C. Escarra gets first big league hit 04/04/2025 12:44am • NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Escarra pulled a changeup into the right-field corner, slid into second base, popped up and punched the air. After a meandering minor league career that took detours to Mexico and Puerto Rico and included a release that led to part-time work as an Uber driver and substitute t Storms kill 7 in the South and Midwest as forecasters warn of catastrophic rains, floods this week 04/03/2025 10:13pm • LAKE CITY, Ark. (AP) — Standing alongside the twisted steel tractors on his family farm in northeast Arkansas on Thursday, Danny Qualls looked on while friends and relatives helped him begin cleaning up. The home where he spent his childhood but no longer lives was flattened by one of many tornado