Search

Review: 'The Big Door Prize' returns for Season 2 on Apple TV+, providing more questions than answers 04/24/2024 04:38pm • Imagine if a magical machine showed up in town promising to reveal your true life potential. Would you change your career to pursue your supposed destiny? Or would you cherish the life that you've already built? That's the fascinating high-concept premise of the existential dramedy "The Big D Family of man killed when Chicago police fired 96 times during traffic stop file wrongful death suit 04/24/2024 04:17pm • CHICAGO (AP) — The family of a Chicago man killed when plainclothes police officers fired their guns nearly 100 times during a traffic stop filed a wrongful death lawsuit Wednesday, accusing the department of “brutally violent” policing tactics. The 81-page federal complaint alleges the offic Tesla driver in Seattle-area crash that killed motorcyclist told police he was using Autopilot 04/24/2024 04:11pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A Tesla that may have been operating on the company's Autopilot driving system hit and killed a motorcyclist near Seattle, raising questions about whether a recent recall went far enough to ensure Tesla drivers using Autopilot pay attention to the road. After the crash Friday in a s 74-year-old Ohio woman charged in armed robbery of credit union was scam victim, family says 04/24/2024 03:35pm • FAIRFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) — A 74-year-old woman charged in the armed robbery of an Ohio credit union last week is a victim of an online scam who may have been trying to solve her financial problems, according to her relatives. Ann Mayers, who had no previous run-ins with the law, faces counts Norfolk Southern's earnings offer railroad chance to defend its strategy ahead of control vote 04/24/2024 03:19pm • Norfolk Southern’s first-quarter earnings report Wednesday gave the railroad the opportunity to publicly defend CEO Alan Shaw’s strategy again before investors decide on May 9 whether to back him. Since the railroad already preannounced its disappointing results earlier this month when it disclo Guard kills Georgia inmate at hospital after he overpowered other officer, investigators say 04/24/2024 12:23pm • SANDERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia prison guard shot and killed a prisoner she had helped escort to a hospital for treatment after he snatched another guard's pepper spray and used it to overpower him, authorities said Wednesday. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said its agents are investigatin Volkswagen revamps its approach in China in bid to overtake upstart EV makers 04/24/2024 10:58am • BEIJING (AP) — As auto giant Volkswagen AG races to catch up with upstart Chinese competitors, it has drivers like 26-year-old Ren Yiling in mind. She is young and wants to play video games in her car. The digital features of her Zeekr 001, a European-designed electric car from China's Geely Holdi New Jersey is motivating telecommuters to appeal their New York tax bills. Connecticut may be next 04/24/2024 10:51am • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Telecommuting, a pandemic-era novelty that has become a permanent alternative for many people, has some Connecticut and New Jersey employees of New York-based companies questioning why they still have to pay personal income tax to the Empire State. Their home states are wond Surging auto insurance rates squeeze drivers, fuel inflation 04/24/2024 07:41am • NEW YORK (AP) — Relentlessly rising auto insurance rates are squeezing car owners and stoking inflation. Auto insurance rates rose 2.6% in March and are up 22% from a year ago. Premium costs have been marching steadily higher since 2022, even as inflation at the consumer level steadily cooled f Edmunds: What you need to know about wrapping your car 04/24/2024 06:15am • Gaze around the next time you’re stuck in traffic and see if you’re not surprised, maybe even a little saddened, by the monochromatic sea around you. Modern cars come in a fantastic variety of shapes and sizes, but far fewer explore the more vibrant shades of the color wheel. The most popular c How safe is the air quality in the DC region? 04/24/2024 05:56am • Did you know air quality in the D.C. area is ranked as one of the worst in the country? The American Lung Association recently released it's 2024 "State of the Air" report — it breaks down the amount of exposure to clean air days, particle pollution, and unhealthy levels of ozone air pollution With overall US crime down double digits, what’s boosting violent crime rates in Prince George’s Co.? 04/24/2024 04:16am • Nationwide, crime is trending generally down, and that’s the case in Prince George’s County, Maryland, too — but not when it comes to violent crime, which county police said is up so far this year. At a Monday afternoon hearing, Prince George's County Police Chief Malik Aziz offered a quick Photographer alleges he was forced to watch Megan Thee Stallion have sex and was unfairly fired 04/23/2024 08:21pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A photographer who worked for Megan Thee Stallion said in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that he was forced to watch her have sex, was unfairly fired soon after and was abused as her employee. In the suit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Emilio Garcia said that after a night out i Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end 04/23/2024 08:10pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S. But even with Republicans controlling both the state House and Senate, it's far from Should You Pay Off Your Car Before Buying a House? 04/23/2024 08:00pm • Buying a home is a significant financial commitment, both for you and the mortgage lender. As a result, the underwriting criteria can be strict. There are many factors that lenders consider, but your credit score and debt-to-income ratio are among the most important. Paying off a car loan can help y