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Before Russia's satellite threat, there were Starfish Prime, nesting dolls and robotic arms 02/15/2024 07:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — What would it mean if Russia used nuclear warheads to destroy U.S. satellites? Your home’s electrical and water systems could fail. Aviation, rail and car traffic could come to a halt. Your cellphone could stop working. These are among the reasons why there was alarm this week 16-year-old boy arrested in NYC subway shooting that killed 1 and wounded 5 02/15/2024 07:19pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A 16-year-old boy was arrested Thursday in connection with a deadly shooting at a New York City subway station during rush hour earlier this week, the U.S. Marshals Service said. The teen is one of three suspected shooters wanted for the Feb. 13 shooting that authorities said stem 7 Lessons From Those Who Retired by FIRE 02/15/2024 07:00pm • If you're looking for more free time and a higher quality of life, consider retiring early. Taking this leap requires setting aside enough funds to cover your expenses for decades. You'll need to know how much you plan to spend and what you will do with your free time. To achieve this, you might joi 22 Legal Secrets to Reducing Your Taxes 02/15/2024 07:00pm • Taxes are an inevitable part of life, but most people would probably rather not hand over a portion of their hard-earned money to the government. Fortunately, there's a number of legal ways to lower the amount you pay the taxman each year. These include credits, deductions and advanced investment st Two-time Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato returning to Rahal Letterman Lanigan to chase third title 02/15/2024 06:10pm • ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Two-time Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato will re-join Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing this year to chase a third title. If all goes as planned, he would drive the Honda-powered No. 75 car on May 26, Rahal Letterman Lanigan (RLL) announced Thursday. Sato won the Indy 500 in 2017 Angela Chao, shipping business CEO and Mitch McConnell's sister-in-law, dies in Texas 02/15/2024 05:56pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Angela Chao, a shipping industry CEO and sister-in-law to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, has died in a car accident, her family says. Chao, 50, died Sunday in Texas, according to a family statement that did not provide any additional details about what happened. The US investigators visit homes of two Palestinian-American teens killed in the West Bank 02/15/2024 04:24pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The families of two Palestinian-American teenagers killed in separate but eerily similar incidents in the West Bank say investigators from the American Embassy have visited their homes to look into the shootings. Launching American probes into the killings of Mohammad Khdour and T His drug dealer was in a wheelchair. He was just convicted of robbing and killing him 02/15/2024 04:20pm • A New Carrollton, Maryland, teenager was found guilty of murder and a long list of other charges this week in connection with the death of a man in a wheelchair who was making a marijuana delivery for a friend. It happened July 1 outside of apartments along Good Luck Road in Lanham, not far from A Florida man was imprisoned 37 years for a murder he didn't commit. He's now getting $14M 02/15/2024 04:19pm • TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Robert DuBoise spent 37 years in a Florida prison for a 1983 rape and murder he did not commit. Now, he's set to receive $14 million from the city of Tampa as compensation for all those lost years. DuBoise, who was 18 when the crime occurred, was initially sentenced to death for Carmaker Stellantis CEO wary of Chinese offensive as market moves into electric vehicles 02/15/2024 04:16pm • MILAN (AP) — Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares has his attention fixed on Chinese competitors as the automaker amps up the launch of its electric vehicle strategy. Stellantis will launch 18 new electric vehicles this year, eight of those in North America, increasing its global EV offerings by 60%. But Japan slips into a recession and loses its spot as the world's third-largest economy 02/15/2024 04:08pm • TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy is now the world’s fourth-largest after it contracted in the last quarter of 2023 and fell behind Germany. The government reported the economy shrank at an annual rate of 0.4% in October to December, according to Cabinet Office data on real GDP released Thursday, Red Bull principal Christian Horner denies wrongdoing amid investigation as team launches new car 02/15/2024 04:01pm • MILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Red Bull team principal Christian Horner insisted it was “business as normal” as he took center stage at the launch of the team's car for the new Formula 1 season on Thursday, even as he faces a company investigation into an alleged claim of misconduct. Horner aga Truckers block Mexican highways to protest violent robberies 02/15/2024 03:50pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Truckers staged protests on busy highways outside of Mexico City on Thursday to protest the wave of killings of drivers during highway robberies. Trucks either drove very slowly or blocked some lanes of traffic. The protest was organized by the Mexican Alliance of Drivers’ Org Eastern Market Metro station evacuated after fire under rail car fills platform with smoke 02/15/2024 03:40pm • A fire under a railcar caused smoke to fill the platform at the Eastern Market Metro station in D.C. Thursday afternoon, sending one person to the hospital and leading to an evacuation of the station. Video from the scene posted on social media showed heavy smoke filling the upper part of the s Back from the dead of a Hollywood strike hiatus, popular CBS sitcom 'Ghosts' returns for Season 3 02/15/2024 03:36pm • Ghosts are pretty darn accustomed to waiting around for all eternity with nothing to do. That's how it felt waiting for our favorite sitcoms to return from last year's Hollywood strikes! Now, the wait is mercifully over as "Ghosts" returns for its Season 3 premiere this Thursday at 8:30 p.m. o