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'Recipe for tragedy': DC mayor responds to killing of teen during attempted carjacking 10/30/2023 08:41pm • Police in D.C. are looking for another person tied to the carjacking that resulted in the shooting death of a 13-year-old in Penn Quarter on Saturday night. "Guns, carjackings, 13-year-olds: recipe for tragedy, and that's what we have," D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said during a news conference Monda Can You Buy a Car With a Personal Loan? 10/30/2023 08:00pm • Buying a car can be great fun, but you'll likely face at least some financial limitations. If you aren't planning to pay cash for your car, you'll need a plan for how to finance it. An auto loan is the natural choice, but one other option you might consider is a personal loan. Auto loans and persona UAW reaches deal with General Motors that ends strikes against Detroit automakers pending votes 10/30/2023 07:43pm • DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers announced Monday that it reached a tentative deal with General Motors, capping a whirlwind few days in which GM, Ford and Stellantis agreed to generous terms that would end the union's six weeks of targeted strikes, pending approval of the rank and file. The Drivers in Argentina wait in long lines to fill up the tanks as presidential election looms 10/30/2023 07:07pm • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Long lines formed at gas stations throughout Argentina on Monday as surging demand outstripped supply, becoming a campaign issue just weeks ahead of the second round of the country’s presidential race. Economy Minister Sergio Massa, one of the two remaining preside Connecticut police officer under criminal investigation for using stun gun on suspect 3 times 10/30/2023 06:43pm • A Connecticut police officer shocked a shoplifting suspect three times with a stun gun, including when the man was on the ground apologizing, according to police body camera video released Monday as officials announced criminal and internal affairs investigations. Naugatuck Officer Nicholas Kehoss i Lawyer wants federal probe of why Mississippi police waited months to tell a mom her son was killed 10/30/2023 06:04pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A civil rights attorney said Monday he will ask the U.S. Justice Department to investigate why authorities in Mississippi's capital city waited several months to tell a woman that her son died after being hit by a police SUV driven by an off-duty officer. Bettersten Wade last US consumers keep spending despite high prices and their own gloomy outlook. Can it last? 10/30/2023 05:41pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A flow of recent data from the U.S. government has made one thing strikingly clear: A surge in consumer spending is fueling strong growth, demonstrating a resilience that has confounded economists, Federal Reserve officials and even the sour sentiments that Americans themselves h Vikings confirm Cousins is done for the season with a torn Achilles tendon in a devastating blow 10/30/2023 05:37pm • EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Kirk Cousins has a torn right Achilles tendon that will end his season, dampening the mood around the Minnesota Vikings after their recent resurgence and putting the front office and coaching staff in a scramble to figure out which quarterback to finish with. Cousins underwent Jurors picked for trial of man suspected of several killings in Delaware and Pennsylvania 10/30/2023 05:24pm • WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — The trial of a suspected serial killer who calls himself “the Beast” and is accused in the deaths of several people in Delaware and Pennsylvania during a violent crime spree in 2021 began Monday with jury selection. A jury panel of 12 was selected for the trial of Keith Business Highlights: UAW announces deal with GM; resilient US consumers 10/30/2023 05:21pm • ___ UAW announces deal with General Motors that tentatively ends strikes against Detroit automakers DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it reached a tentative contract with General Motors, the last of the Detroit Three automakers to agree to a deal. Under the deal reached early Monda DP World Tour Schedule 10/30/2023 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 _ Death toll lowered to 7 in Louisiana super fog highway crashes involving 160 vehicles 10/30/2023 12:32pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The death toll from last week’s series of highway crashes blamed on a “super fog” of smoke from marsh fires mixed with dense fog has been lowered from eight to seven people, according to Louisiana State Police. The Oct. 24 pileups involved about 160 vehicles on Interstate How Prince George’s Co. plans to transform transit 10/30/2023 12:28pm • Affordable and accessible public transportation is important for an urban setting, and part of having access is convenience. In Prince George’s County, Maryland, officials know the county wasn’t providing that as well as it needed to. At a Department of Public Works and Transportation garage Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs 10/30/2023 11:47am • WAYNE, Mich. (AP) — As Britney Johnson paced the picket line outside Ford's Wayne Assembly plant, she wasn't just carrying a sign demanding higher pay and other changes. Autoworker jobs have long been a pillar of the Black middle class in America, and the strikes and the fight for higher wages hav VRE proposes Saturday service, 5% fare hike for next year 10/30/2023 11:21am • Still recovering from a loss of ridership during the pandemic, and a slow return to in-person work throughout the region, the Virginia Railway Express is proposing a budget that would bring new weekend service and a 5% fare increase. During a livestreamed presentation on Oct. 24, VRE Chief Financ