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Cruise, GM's robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide 10/27/2023 04:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by General Motors, is suspending driverless operations nationwide days after regulators in California found that its driverless cars posed a danger to public safety. The California Department of Motor Vehicles this week revoked the license NASCAR's playoff push down to the madness of Martinsville with Hamlin and Truex title hopes on line 10/27/2023 04:29pm • Denny Hamlin elevated his game this year with the aid of a microphone and a popular new podcast that unveils the insights of the driver considered the best in NASCAR history to never win a Cup Series title. He has held nothing back in his weekly “Actions Detrimental” podcast produced by Dale Ea Nashville police chief has spent a career mentoring youths but couldn't keep his son from trouble 10/27/2023 03:56pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Nashville Police Chief John Drake has spent much of his career trying to steer young people away from crime. Inspired by mentors who helped him as a young man, Drake has tried to pay it forward. But sadly, he was unable to keep his own son out of trouble. John C. Drake Jr. Nashville police chief's son, wanted in the shooting of 2 officers, found dead after car chase 10/27/2023 03:51pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The estranged son of Nashville’s police chief, who was wanted in the shooting of two police officers, was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound after leading police on a chase in a stolen car, authorities said. Nashville Police Chief John Drake issued a statement o Virginia to consider Metro's funding request to address projected $750 million shortfall 10/27/2023 01:53pm • As Metro considers ways to address a looming $750 million shortfall and stave off changes to its operations, officials are requesting jurisdictions, including Virginia, review their options to help address the funding deficit that threatens thousands of jobs and various services. Metro hopes poli AP PHOTOS: Devastation followed by desperation in Acapulco after Hurricane Otis rips through 10/27/2023 01:27pm • ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — First came the devastation, then people's desperation. Hurricane Otis blasted the Mexican tourist port of Acapulco like no other storm before in the Eastern Pacific. As a monstrous Category 5 meteor, with its 165 mph (266 kph) winds, it destroyed what it found in its path: Alliance of 3 ethnic rebel groups carries out coordinated attacks in northeastern Myanmar 10/27/2023 12:39pm • BANGKOK (AP) — An alliance of ethnic rebel groups on Friday launched a coordinated offensive in northeastern Myanmar to seize military targets in areas near the Chinese border, the groups and residents of the area said. The Arakan Army, the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army and the Ta’an 5 expert tips to keep kids safe this Halloween 10/27/2023 06:00am • ▶ Watch Video: Experts share trick-or-treat safety tips for parents this Halloween What's scarier than ghosts and ghouls on Halloween? Getting hurt while trying to enjoy the holiday.As families prepare for kids to head out trick-or-treating, we gathered some ex Malaysia picks powerful ruler of Johor state as country's new king under rotation system 10/27/2023 05:56am • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia 's royal families have elected the powerful and wealthy ruler of southern Johor state as the country's new king under a unique rotating monarchy system, the palace said Friday. Sultan Ibrahim Iskandar, 64, will ascend to the throne on Jan. 31 for a five-year Review: Bill Burr directs himself in Netflix comedy 'Old Dads,' a defiant Gen X middle finger to Gen Z 10/27/2023 04:08am • Comedian Bill Burr has carved an unflinching "get off my lawn" place in the standup business with Rolling Stone ranking him No. 17 on its list of the "50 Best Stand Up Comics of All Time." Now, he makes his directorial debut in the R-rated comedy "Old Dads," a title that's a bit misleading consid Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, dies at 68 10/27/2023 03:38am • BEIJING (AP) — Former Premier Li Keqiang, China’s top economic official for a decade, died Friday of a heart attack. He was 68. Li was China’s No. 2 leader from 2013-23 and an advocate for private business but was left with little authority after President Xi Jinping made himself the most pow Live Updates | Lewiston schools to close as police search for mass shooting suspect 10/27/2023 01:43am • At least 18 people were killed in shootings at a restaurant and a bowling alley in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night, sparking a massive search for the suspect. Late Thursday, heavily armed law enforcement backed by a police helicopter had surrounded a home and told anyone who might be inside to s Today in History: October 27, Gunman kills 11 in Pittsburgh synagogue 10/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, Oct. 27, the 300th day of 2023. There are 65 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Oct. 27, 2018, a gunman shot and killed 11 congregants and wounded six others at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue in the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. h Fearful Maine residents stay home amid massive search for suspect in killing of 18 people 10/26/2023 11:56pm • LEWISTON, Maine (AP) — Shocked and fearful Maine residents kept to their homes for a second night Thursday as hundreds of heavily armed police and FBI agents searched intensely for Robert Card, an Army reservist authorities say fatally shot 18 people at a bowling alley and a bar in the worst mass 9 of the Best Stocks for a Starter Portfolio 10/26/2023 08:00pm • The stock market is currently stuck in a fall swoon. Between soaring interest rates, inflation and an aggressive Federal Reserve, investors are understandably taking some risk off the table. With a possible recession on the horizon, this probably isn't the time to be swinging for the fences. However