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How DC drivers can protect themselves amid a rise in carjackings 10/31/2023 06:57pm • Carjackings involving young people have been off the charts in D.C., and the problem shows no signs of slowing down. There have been more than 800 carjackings so far this year, which is more than double the number of carjackings the city had at this point last year, according to figures from D.C. Long Island woman convicted of manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of a New York police detective 10/31/2023 06:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A Long Island woman was convicted on Tuesday of aggravated manslaughter in the death of a New York City police detective killed on the Long Island Expressway. Jessica Beauvais, of Hempstead, was arrested in April 2021 after 43-year-old Anastasios Tsakos, a 14-year veteran of the po Hate crime charges filed in death of Sikh man after New York City fender bender 10/31/2023 06:33pm • NEW YORK (AP) — A man who beat a 66-year-old Sikh man to death while calling him “turban man” after a fender bender in New York City has been charged with manslaughter as a hate crime, prosecutors announced Tuesday. Gilbert Augustin, 30, also faces charges including assault as a hate crime and Tennessee family sues police for fatally shooting unarmed man fleeing stop with officer in car 10/31/2023 04:51pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A woman has sued a Tennessee police department after her son was shot and killed when he tried to drive away from a traffic stop with an officer leaning into the car. Linda Allen, whose son Eric Allen, 39, died in the November 2022 interaction with Mt. Juliet Police, filed Sanders says NCAA or Rose Bowl should reimburse Colorado players for missing items from locker room 10/31/2023 03:44pm • Deion Sanders wants someone to reimburse his team for the items that went missing from the Colorado locker room while the Buffaloes played No. 20 UCLA at the Rose Bowl over the weekend. His suggestion? The NCAA. Maybe the Rose Bowl, too. “That don’t make no sense when you’re out there balling Connecticut officer who shocked shoplifting suspect 3 times is charged with assault, cruelty 10/31/2023 03:36pm • NAUGATUCK, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut police officer who shocked a shoplifting suspect three times with a stun gun, including when the man was on the ground apologizing, has been charged with third-degree assault and cruelty. Naugatuck Officer Nicholas Kehoss turned himself in to state police on M Amnesty International says Israeli forces wounded Lebanese civilians with white phosphorus 10/31/2023 03:31pm • BEIRUT (AP) — The human rights group Amnesty International said Tuesday that civilians in southern Lebanon were injured this month when Israeli forces hit a border village with shells containing white phosphorus, a controversial incendiary munition. The organization said it verified three other in DP World Tour Schedule 10/31/2023 03:01pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _ Abuse victims say gun surrender laws save lives. Will the Supreme Court agree? 10/31/2023 12:09pm • As Janet Paulsen prepared to leave her husband, who had become increasingly volatile over their 15-year marriage, she slipped down to his gun safes one night while he slept to try to change the combination locks. “There were 74 firearms in my house,” said Paulsen, who was stunned by how many gun In the shadow of loss, a mother's long search for happiness 10/31/2023 11:23am • AJIJIC, Mexico (AP) — There’s a look Sandy Phillips came to know each time she arrived somewhere a gunman had made famous. Her road trip through mass shooting sites went on for a decade and always seemed to have a new stop. When she reached it, she’d lock eyes with someone and see the catatoni NCAA FBS Individual Leading Rushers 10/31/2023 11:12am • Leading Rushers G Car RuYD Tds Yds Pg NCAA FBS Team Rushing Offense 10/31/2023 11:12am • Rushing Offense G Car RuYD TD Yds Pg AUTO RACING: NASCAR heads to championship weekend in Arizona; Verstappen wins record 16th F1 race 10/31/2023 11:11am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES NASCAR Cup Series Championship Site: Avondale, Arizona. Schedule: Friday, practice, 8:05 p.m.; Saturday, qualifying, 4:35 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (NBC). Track: Phoenix Raceway. Race distance: 312 laps, 312 miles. Last year: Joey Logano won from the pole positi NCAA FBS Team Rushing Defense 10/31/2023 11:11am • Rushing Defense G Car Yds TD Yds Pg Maine mass shooter's family reached out to sheriff 5 months before rampage, sheriff's office says 10/31/2023 09:37am • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Five months before the deadliest mass shooting in Maine’s history, the gunman’s family alerted the local sheriff that they were becoming concerned about his deteriorating mental health while he had access to firearms, authorities said Monday. After the alert, the Sagadoh