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How a Fairfax Co. mom is using a deadly crash to remind kids how important seat belts are 11/28/2023 06:58pm • Christy Lucia was looking to make a donation to a family impacted by last week's deadly crash in a Fairfax County neighborhood when she realized a fundraising campaign hadn't yet been launched. So, she decided to help start a GoFundMe campaign herself. She knows many people because she's lived in Federal hate crime charges brought against South Carolina men accused of targeting Hispanic shoppers 11/28/2023 06:46pm • COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two men in South Carolina have been indicted on federal hate crime charges in connection with robberies targeting Hispanic customers outside gas stations and a Mexican grocery store. Charles Antonio Clippard, 26, and Michael Joseph Knox, 28, are accused of forcibly taking cas Activist who acknowledged helping flip police car during 2020 protest sentenced to 1 year in prison 11/28/2023 06:24pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A well-known west Philadelphia activist who acknowledged having helped overturn a police car during 2020 protests following the death of George Floyd has been sentenced to a year in prison. Anthony Smith was sentenced Tuesday following a guilty plea in June to a federal charge Storm closes schools in Cleveland, brings lake-effect snow into Pennsylvania and New York 11/28/2023 06:01pm • CLEVELAND (AP) — An early blast of cold and snow shut down shut down schools in Cleveland and other areas Tuesday and the blanket of snow made driving on heavily traveled Interstate 90 in northern Ohio treacherous. A lake-effect snow warning was issued by the National Weather Service for areas fro Springsteen drummer Max Weinberg says vintage car restorer stole $125,000 from him 11/28/2023 05:35pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Bruce Springsteen's drummer, Max Weinberg, is suing the owners of a Florida car restoration company, saying they stole $125,000 by falsely promising him a like-new 1957 Mercedes-Benz and then using his money for personal expenses. Weinberg is seeking $375,000 from Art 4 news photographers shot in southern Mexico, a case authorities consider attempted murder 11/28/2023 04:53pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Unidentified assailants on Tuesday wounded four news photographers in the violence-wracked southern Mexican city of Chilpancingo, authorities said. Prosecutors in the Pacific coast state of Guerrero said all four had been taken to a hospital, but did not say whether their wounds Rapper Young Thug's trial on racketeering conspiracy and gang charges begins in Atlanta 11/28/2023 04:39pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Young Thug is the ruthless leader of a violent street gang that terrorized Atlanta neighborhoods or he's an inspiring success who pulled himself out of poverty to rap stardom through hard work and determination. Those are the competing narratives presented to the jury as the rapper' Mid Atlantic Daybook 11/28/2023 04:33pm • Associated Press Mid Atlantic Daybook for Tuesday, Nov. 28. The daybook is for planning purposes only and is not intended for publication or broadcast. You should verify any event you plan to cover. Please keep the AP in mind when news develops. The Mid-Atlantic bureau is reachable at 202-641-9660 a Small plane crashes into car on Minnesota roadway; pilot and driver suffer only minor injuries 11/28/2023 04:08pm • BROOKLYN PARK, Minn. (AP) — The pilot of a small airplane and a car's driver both escaped with minor injuries Tuesday after the plane crashed into the car in suburban Minneapolis. The accident happened just after 10:30 a.m. on a county road in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Police said it appeared that Review: 'Fargo' Season 5 strong so far on FX and Hulu with clever callbacks to 1996 movie masterpiece 11/28/2023 03:39pm • Not only is “Fargo” (1996) my favorite Coen Brothers movie, it's on my short list of the greatest movie masterpieces of all time. I truly believe it's a perfect movie, from William H. Macy's slimy used-car salesman to Frances McDormand's pregnant detective, from Carter Burwell's powerful music t DP World Tour Schedule 11/28/2023 02:59pm • Nov. 23-26 _ Joburg Open (Dean Burmester) Nov. 23-26 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Min Woo Lee) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open, Sydney Nov. 30-Dec. 3 _ Investec South African Open Championship, Johannesburg Dec. 7-10 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship, Malelane, South Africa Dec. 1 'Unprecedented' murder trial of Prince George’s Co. police officer begins 11/28/2023 01:57pm • The shooting happened nearly four years ago, before most people had heard of COVID-19 — as one lawyer pointed out — and, now, after several delays and hiccups, an unprecedented murder trial has begun in Prince George’s County. The defendant in the case is a police officer — Cpl. Michael O WWE Hall of Famer Tammy 'Sunny' Sytch sentenced to 17 years in prison for fatal DUI crash 11/28/2023 01:41pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Former pro wrestler Tammy “Sunny" Sytch has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for drunkenly colliding with another car, killing a 75-year-old man, while her blood alcohol level was four times the legal limit, authorities in Florida said. Sytch, who was ind Winter arrives in Northern Europe, with dangerous roads in Germany and record lows in Scandinavia 11/28/2023 01:14pm • BERLIN (AP) — Winter's early onset has brought heavy snowfall and icy roads to Northern Europe, creating disruptions and dangerous driving conditions, with German media reporting Tuesday at least two deaths and children stuck overnight in a school. To the north, Scandinavia was also experiencing u A teen is found guilty of second-degree murder in a New Orleans carjacking that horrified the city 11/28/2023 12:54pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A now 18-year-old teenager faces life behind bars after being found guilty of second-degree murder in last year's heinous carjacking and dragging death of a 73-year-old woman in New Orleans. Jurors deliberated for about four hours Monday before finding the teenager guilty as cha