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Ecuador’s youngest elected president faces a practically impossible task 10/16/2023 05:26pm • QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador 's youngest elected president on Monday faced the practically impossible task of reducing a terrifying, drug-driven crime wave within a greatly shortened 1 1/2 years in office. Daniel Noboa, 35, is an heir to one of Ecuador's largest fortunes thanks to a global empir Zipcar fined after allowing customers rent vehicles with open, unrepaired recalls 10/16/2023 05:06pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Zipcar has been slapped with a $300,000 fine after U.S. regulators found that the car-sharing company allowed customers to rent vehicles that had open recalls, violating federal motor safety law. The civil penalty is a part of a consent order that the National Highway Traffic and S NJ man arrested in airport parking garage shooting that killed 1 Philadelphia officer, wounded 2nd 10/16/2023 04:57pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — One man has been arrested and at least two other people are being sought in an airport parking garage shooting that killed a Philadelphia police officer and injured another last week, authorities said. Yobranny Martinez Fernandez, 18, of Camden County, New Jersey, was arrested Maryland officials 'begging' White's Ferry, land owner to reopen service nearly 3 years after abrupt closing 10/16/2023 03:02pm • Almost three years after the historic White's Ferry stopped running between Montgomery County, Maryland, and Loudoun County, Virginia, lawmakers are calling for an agreement between the ferry and the landing site. On Monday, the Transportation and Environment Committee of the Montgomery County Co DP World Tour Schedule 10/16/2023 03:00pm • 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 _ Column: F1's Las Vegas Grand Prix shaping up to be both a spectacle and an expensive headache 10/16/2023 01:56pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — It was a pretty typical weekend in Las Vegas, with Adele performing at Caesars Palace, U2 at the newly opened largest spherical structure in the world, NASCAR in town and the Raiders hosting the Patriots. An exhaustive set of entertainment options. With it came the traffic snarls Tiger Woods announces loaded field for Bahamas with one spot open. The field doesn't include him yet 10/16/2023 12:57pm • NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Tiger Woods has another world-class field for his Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. Still to be determined is whether he is part of it. Woods on Monday announced 19 players in the 20-man field for Albany Golf Club the first weekend of December, which includes every eligib New Hampshire police officer finishes McDonald's DoorDash delivery after driver pulled over 10/16/2023 12:01pm • Click here for updates on this story BRENTWOOD, New Hampshire (WMUR) -- A New Hampshire police officer fulfilled one New Hampshire man's DoorDash order after the delivery driver was pulled over. David Eldredge from Brentwood was waiting for his DoorDash order last week to arrive when he said a Refrigeration chemicals are a nightmare for the climate. Experts say alternatives must spread fast 10/16/2023 10:13am • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When Jennifer Byrne, owner and technician at Comfy Heating and Cooling, gets a call to come and fix a relatively new air conditioning system, one of the first questions she asks is if the house has just been remodeled. Here in West Philadelphia, Byrne has found shoddy renovati Book Review: John Grisham brings back 'The Firm' star Mitch McDeere in 'The Exchange' 10/16/2023 10:03am • Thirty-two years after “The Firm” launched his career as a legal novelist who churns out bestselling books that almost invariably become movies, John Grisham returns with a sequel starring Mitch McDeere. In “The Exchange,” it’s 2000 and McDeere is now a high-powered partner at the world’ Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 22-28 10/16/2023 09:48am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of Oct. 22-28: Oct. 22: Actor Derek Jacobi is 85. Actor Christopher Lloyd is 85. Actor Tony Roberts is 84. Director Jan de Bont (“Twister,” “Speed”) is 80. Actor Catherine Deneuve is 80. Musician Eddie Brigati of The Rascals and Joey Dee and the Starlighters Virginia statehouse candidates face questions about residency requirements 10/16/2023 06:30am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia state lawmakers are required to live in the district they represent, as well as in any district they might be seeking to represent. If they move out of their district, the state constitution says they are out of office. Those requirements, combined with political m Kyle Larson locks into NASCAR championship race. Has no intention of slowing down next 2 weeks 10/16/2023 05:58am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — What a week for Kyle Larson, who has suddenly stepped into the spotlight as a NASCAR title favorite. Larson in the span of six days won a sprint car championship, met the requirements to enter the Indianapolis 500, then became the first driver locked into NASCAR's title-deciding 'We want a safe campus for all students': Bowie State Univ. on new security measures following homecoming shooting 10/16/2023 05:47am • Bowie State University students are heading back to school on Monday after a shooting rocked the historically Black university during homecoming events. After the Oct. 7 shooting that injured two 19-year-olds, students were given a week off to take care of their mental health. The school is now taki Car Review: Honda CR-V gets more room, sophisticated new look and keeps the recipe that makes it a top seller 10/16/2023 03:54am • The compact crossover is one hotly contested segment in the marketplace. For more than 25 years, Honda has been in a big player with the CR-V, and the latest version looks to stay toward the top. For 2023, the redesigned Honda CR-V sports a new look that has a very sophisticated, grown-up styling. T