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Georgia appeals court says woman who argues mental illness caused crash can use insanity defense 06/27/2024 03:22pm • ATLANTA (AP) — A Georgia appeals court has ruled a woman who was suffering from a psychotic break stemming from mental illness when she caused a fatal car crash can use an insanity defense at trial. Michelle Wierson was speeding through the streets in DeKalb County in her Volkswagen Tiguan in Sept What it means for the Supreme Court to block enforcement of the EPA's 'good neighbor' pollution rule 06/27/2024 03:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency will not be able to enforce a key rule limiting air pollution in nearly a dozen states while separate legal challenges proceed around the country, under a Supreme Court decision Thursday. The EPA’s “good neighbor” rule is intended to rest South Sudan says its 6M antelope make up world’s largest land mammal migration, but poaching on rise 06/27/2024 02:46pm • BADINGILO and BOMA NATIONAL PARKS, South Sudan (AP) — Seen from the air, they ripple across the landscape — a river of antelope racing across the vast grasslands of South Sudan in what conservationists say is the world's largest land mammal migration. The country's first comprehensive aerial wil The legal odyssey for OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners is complex. Here's what to know 06/27/2024 02:35pm • Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma have been cast as prime villains in the U.S. opioid epidemic. The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a deal for the company to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids through bankruptcy court. The deal was to be financ Judge tells Prince Harry to explain how communications with ghostwriter were destroyed 06/27/2024 01:59pm • LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry was hit with a hefty legal bill Thursday and ordered to explain how communications with the ghostwriter of his memoir were destroyed after an attorney for The Sun tabloid accused him of engaging in “shocking” obfuscation in his lawsuit claiming the newspaper violated Age is just a number in drag racing, where older drivers like John Force excel at high speed 06/27/2024 01:48pm • Tony Schumacher has a ready answer when fans wonder how much longer the 54-year-old, three-time world champion will keep climbing drag racing's ladder in the National Hot Rod Association. “About 10 years,” Schumacher said. “That's what I've told them for the past 20 years.” Age is just a n NHRA drag racing great John Force has head injury, team says 'long road' to recovery ahead 06/27/2024 01:43pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — NHRA drag racing great John Force has a head injury and has been moved from a trauma intensive care unit to a neurological ICU four days after a fiery, 300 mph crash in at the Virginia Nationals. John Force Racing said Thursday that the move for the 75-year-old Force was a “ Max Verstappen commits to sticking with Red Bull in 2025 06/27/2024 12:05pm • SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Three-time defending Formula One champion Max Verstappen dispelled any lingering doubts about his immediate future by saying he will remain at Red Bull next season. Verstappen spoke Thursday at a press conference before the Austrian Grand Prix and after being asked a thir Planning on traveling for the Fourth of July holiday? Here's how to avoid the rush 06/27/2024 11:41am • NEW YORK (AP) — The Fourth of July is right around the corner, and the travel rush is already heating up. Millions of Americans are preparing to get out of town sometime in the coming holiday week. That will likely mean busy roads, as well as packed airports and train stations. Motor club AAA proj Bill Cobbs, prolific and sage character actor, dies at 90 06/27/2024 09:58am • NEW YORK (AP) — Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90. Cobbs died Tuesday at his home in the Inland Empire, California, surrounded by family and friends, his publicist Chuck I. Jones said. Natural causes is th Canada's 2023 wildfires burned huge chunks of forest, spewing far more heat-trapping gas than planes 06/27/2024 08:24am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Catastrophic Canadian warming-fueled wildfires last year pumped more heat-trapping carbon dioxide into the air than India did by burning fossil fuels, setting ablaze an area of forest larger than West Virginia, new research found. Scientists at the World Resources Institute and t Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers 06/27/2024 07:05am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, A A Greek police officer guarding a top judge's house is injured in a predawn gasoline bomb attack 06/27/2024 04:51am • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek police officer guarding the house of a top judge was hospitalized with burns after a gasoline bomb attack in Athens early Thursday, authorities said. The motive for the predawn attack in a city suburb was not clear and there was no immediate claim of responsibility. P Prospect of low-priced Chinese EVs reaching US from Mexico poses threat to automakers 06/27/2024 03:02am • WASHINGTON (AP) — It's a scenario that terrifies America's auto industry. Chinese carmakers set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules. Once in place, they send ultra-low-priced electric vehicles streaming into the United States. As the Chinese EVs go on sale across the country, A President Luis Arce's career has mirrored Bolivia's economic trajectory from boom to bust 06/27/2024 01:49am • LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — The president of Bolivia, who was the target of a failed coup Wednesday, is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies. Luis Arce, who studied economics in London, was economy minister under President Evo Moral