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What Kind of House Can You Buy for $1,500 a Month? 12/14/2023 07:00pm • Buying a house today is no small task, as housing prices continue to climb and inventory remains low. For many people, their buying power is being eroded, making them wonder if it's even possible to buy a home within their budget. Most people buy a payment -- that is to say, they buy a house based o 3 hospitalized after being hit by car near Montgomery Co. courthouse; suspect identified 12/14/2023 06:36pm • Three people were injured after they were hit by a vehicle Thursday afternoon near a courthouse in Rockville, Maryland. Police said the crash happened around 2:30 p.m. on East Montgomery Avenue near the Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse. Rockville City Police say all three people — a 79-y EPA begins formal review of vinyl chloride, toxic chemical that burned in Ohio train derailment 12/14/2023 06:01pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has initiated a formal evaluation of risks posed by vinyl chloride, the cancer-causing chemical that burned in a towering plume of toxic black smoke following a fiery train derailment earlier this year in eastern Ohio. The Environmental Protection Agen Retail sales rise 0.3% in November as Americans hit gas, not brakes on shopping, travel, restaurants 12/14/2023 05:37pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending from October to November unexpectedly as the unofficial holiday season kicked off, underscoring the power of shoppers despite elevated prices. Retail sales rose 0.3%, in November from October, when sales fell 0.2%, according to the Commerce Depart Suspect in stabbing death of eastern Nebraska priest had no connection to priest, prosecutor says 12/14/2023 04:51pm • FORT CALHOUN, Neb. (AP) — The suspect in the stabbing death of a Catholic priest in eastern Nebraska had no connection to the priest or the small town where the stabbing occurred last weekend, prosecutors said during a court hearing Thursday. Kierre Williams, 43, was ordered held without bond whil 5 injured, 1 dead in multivehicle crash in Montgomery Co. 12/14/2023 04:00pm • Five people were injured and one person killed in a multivehicle crash in the Wheaton-Glenmont area of Montgomery County, Maryland, late Wednesday night. Around 10:17 p.m., Montgomery County police officers were attempting to stop a suspect who fled after striking a police cruiser during a traffi Dakar Rally winner Austin Jones has extensive resume after just 5 years of racing 12/14/2023 02:42pm • CONGRESS, Ariz. (AP) — The hands are in constant motion, yo-yoing the wheel left, right, left in small corrections and full turns. The feet dance in the cramped space above the floorboard, stabbing between clutch, gas and brake. The eyes dart back and forth across the desert landscape, detecting r Senator's son faces upgraded homicide charge in crash that killed North Dakota sheriff's deputy 12/14/2023 02:42pm • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — New charges approved Thursday against the 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer included an upgraded homicide count in a crash that killed a North Dakota sheriff’s deputy. Ian Cramer initially faced a manslaughter charge related to the Dec. 6 death of Mercer County Sher Iowa man sentenced to 16 years in prison for drag-racing wreck that killed a young boy 12/14/2023 02:29pm • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a drag-racing crash that killed a 4-year-old boy. A jury in November found 48-year-old Keith Eric Jones of Des Moines guilty of homicide by vehicle, operating under the influence, reckless driving and knowingly leaving the 2023: The year we played with artificial intelligence — and weren't sure what to do about it 12/14/2023 01:44pm • Artificial intelligence went mainstream in 2023 — it was a long time coming yet has a long way to go for the technology to match people's science fiction fantasies of human-like machines. Catalyzing a year of AI fanfare was ChatGPT. The chatbot gave the world a glimpse of recent advances in comput GM's Cruise robotaxi unit lays off 900 workers with investigation into San Francisco crash ongoing 12/14/2023 12:07pm • NEW YORK (AP) — General Motors' troubled Cruise autonomous vehicle unit is cutting over 900 jobs, about a quarter of its workforce, as it moves to reduce costs and remake itself after a series of safety problems in San Francisco. The subsidiary announced the cuts Thursday in a letter to Cruise's 3 Police arrest driver involved in deadly hit-and-run of tree-trimmer on the Capital Beltway 12/14/2023 09:49am • Police have arrested the driver of a car that struck a contractor trimming trees in a work zone during a hit-and-run Wednesday on the Capital Beltway's Inner Loop in Silver Spring, Maryland. On Thursday, Maryland State Police identified Jadien Ranard Jones, of Virginia, as the operator of a white Navy officer jailed in Japan over deadly car crash has been transferred to US custody, is returning to US, family says 12/14/2023 08:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Navy officer jailed in Japan over deadly car crash has been transferred to US custody, is returning to US, family says. Turkish minister says Somalia president's son will return to face trial over fatal highway crash 12/14/2023 05:30am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The son of the president of Somalia will return to Turkey in the coming days to face trial over a fatal highway crash in Istanbul, Turkey’s justice minister said Thursday. Yunus Emre Gocer, a 38-year-old motorcycle courier, was hit by a car driven by the Somalia president†Today in History: December 14, U.S. COVID vaccinations begin 12/14/2023 12:05am • Today in History Today is Thursday, Dec. 14, the 348th day of 2023. There are 17 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Dec. 14, 2020, the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history began with health workers getting shots on the same day the nation’s COVID-19 death toll hit 30