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Lawsuit to block New York's ban on gas stoves is filed by gas and construction groups 10/13/2023 02:16pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gas and construction trade groups are suing to block New York state's ban on gas stoves and furnaces in new buildings. The organizations argue the law violates the federal government's rules around how gas appliances are regulated, and filed the case against New York on Thursd Lance Stroll apologizes for conduct at Qatar GP and receives written warning from FIA 10/13/2023 01:22pm • LONDON (AP) — Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll apologized to Formula One's governing body and received a written warning Friday for his conduct at the Qatar Grand Prix, where he shoved a member of his team in frustration after an early exit in qualifying. Stroll was knocked out in the first qualif Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/13/2023 01:03pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov An employee at the Israeli Embassy in China has been stabbed. A foreign suspect is detained 10/13/2023 12:54pm • BEIJING (AP) — A 50-year-old Israeli man who works at the Israeli Embassy in Beijing was stabbed Friday in front of a supermarket, Chinese police and the Israeli government said. Beijing police said they had arrested a suspect, a 53-year-old foreign man. They described the victim as a family membe A music festival survivor fleeing the attack, a pair of Hamas militants and a deadly decision 10/13/2023 11:38am • KIBBUTZ RE’IM, Israel (AP) — The two militants were just ahead of him, spraying gunfire from their motorcycle at passing cars. One militant was driving, the 50-year-old man said, and the other sat behind, shooting at any target he saw. At least one wore body armor. “He didn’t see me,” Mich Swing-county Kentucky voters weigh their choices for governor in a closely watched off-year election 10/13/2023 09:56am • BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Republican voter Mark Cook stuck with his party in Kentucky's last election for governor. Next month, he's leaning toward crossing over to support the Democrat he voted against in 2019, Gov. Andy Beshear. Cook is a steadfast supporter of former President Donald Trump, a R When it comes to heating the planet, the fluid in your AC is thousands of times worse than CO2 10/13/2023 09:35am • Air conditioning has made it possible to live comfortably in many hot places, but the special chemicals that makes it work are actually extremely hazardous to the climate. Refrigerants used in fridges, freezers and cars change from a fluid to a gas to transport heat away from the place you want coo What's streaming now: Jamie Foxx, Offset, Musk, 'Frasier' returns and Nicholas Cage as a vampire 10/13/2023 09:01am • Jamie Foxx and Tommy Lee Jones leading the crowd-pleasing courtroom drama “The Burial,” and the return of “Frasier” starring Kelsey Grammer are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Pr Takeaways from AP's reporting on Antarctica's burgeoning krill fishery 10/13/2023 08:50am • ABOARD THE ALLANKAY off Antarctica (AP) — The frigid waters around Antarctica are emerging as a major battleground between industry and activists as advances in technology and new demand for krill as a dietary supplement drive more and more fishing of the shrimp-like crustacean. That has some scie China's inflation data show economy in doldrums despite a slight improvement in trade 10/13/2023 07:26am • HONG KONG (AP) — China’s economy remains in the doldrums, data released Friday showed, with prices falling due to slack demand from consumers and businesses. Consumer prices remained flat in September compared with a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said, while wholesale prices f Belgium Grand Prix to stay on F1 calendar at least until 2025 10/13/2023 07:00am • BRUSSELS (AP) — The Belgian Grand Prix at the iconic Spa-Francorchamps track will remain on the Formula 1 calendar until 2025 following a one-year extension. It’s one of the seven circuits from the inaugural world championship in 1950. The 7-kilometer (4.3-mile) circuit nestled in the Ardennes f Factory fishing in Antarctica for krill targets the cornerstone of a fragile ecosystem 10/13/2023 06:30am • ABOARD THE ALLANKAY off Antarctica (AP) — The Antarctic Endeavour glides across the water’s silky surface as dozens of fin whales spray rainbows from their blowholes into a fairy tale icescape of massive glaciers. But as a patrol of environmentalists approaches the Chilean super trawler in an in WTOP Top Kids: Vienna brothers give back by selling pumpkins 10/13/2023 05:41am • Now through Oct. 27, 2023, WTOP is accepting nominations for the WTOP TOP Kids program sponsored by Northwest Federal Credit Union. In addition to being featured on-air and online, winning kids also get a chance at $500. You’re never too young to start giving back, and two Vienna, Virginia, Fear and confusion mark key moments of Lahaina residents' 911 calls during deadly wildfire 10/13/2023 03:28am • Maui County officials released two hours of audio of 911 calls to The Associated Press that were recorded as frantic residents tried to escape the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century. The inferno that engulfed Lahaina killed at least 98 people and leveled more than 2,000 buildings, most of them hom Prince George’s Co. Council tables move that would have raised tipped minimum wage 10/12/2023 09:14pm • A measure that would have made major changes to how restaurant workers in Prince George's County, Maryland, are paid was tabled by the county council on Thursday. The bill would have pushed aside the tipped-wage credit commonly seen in the restaurant industry. If passed, the bill would have ra