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Lewis Hamilton says he'd welcome a new Formula One team but wants it to improve diversity 10/06/2023 04:07pm • LOSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton said Friday he’d welcome an 11th team joining the Formula One grid but argued for stricter criteria on improving diversity in the sport, after Andretti Global passed the first hurdle of a complex process. Hamilton's openness to Max Verstappen qualifies on pole for the Qatar Grand Prix. He can win the title in Saturday's sprint 10/06/2023 03:41pm • LOSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Max Verstappen underlined why he's on the verge of a third consecutive Formula One title as he qualified on pole for the Qatar Grand Prix on Friday. He can clinch the title in Saturday's sprint race. Verstappen set a commanding time early in the third and last session of quali 'Best year ever': Fans gear up for Orioles playoff game; concert could snarl traffic 10/06/2023 03:22pm • In the middle of a storybook year, fans of the Baltimore Orioles are ready for the team's first playoff appearance since 2016. The Saturday afternoon game is against the Texas Rangers at Camden Yards — but it's not the only excitement in town. "Just hours after the baseball game, it's Billy Families say faulty vehicle caused cargo ship fire that killed two New Jersey firefighters 10/06/2023 03:02pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The families of two New Jersey firefighters who were killed battling a July blaze inside a cargo ship said Friday a malfunctioning vehicle being used to load cargo onto the ship caused the fire. Relatives of Newark firefighters Captains Augusto “Augie” Acabou and Wayne “B Troopers who fatally shot a 'Cop City' activist near Atlanta won't be charged, prosecutor says 10/06/2023 02:42pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia state troopers who shot and killed an environmental activist at the site of a planned police and firefighter training center near Atlanta will not be charged, a prosecutor announced Friday, saying he found that their use of deadly force was “objectively reasonable.” Oppo Battery technology in the crashed Venice bus made it less prone to catastrophic fires, experts say 10/06/2023 02:05pm • MILAN (AP) — Italy’s transport minister is questioning the spread of electric vehicle technology following the fiery crash of a fully electric shuttle bus that killed 21 people in mainland Venice. But the battery chemistry used by the Chinese bus maker makes it less prone to catastrophic fires, Palestinians march at youth's funeral procession after settler rampage in flashpoint West Bank town 10/06/2023 12:18pm • RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinians on Friday marched in anger to bury a 19-year-old killed by Israeli fire after Jewish settlers rampaged through a flashpoint town in the occupied West Bank the night before. The youth's death, coming as tensions escalate during the Jewish holiday season, mark London Calling: Bills head to England for a 'home' game against the well-rested Jaguars 10/06/2023 12:02pm • Josh Allen was searching for any British phrases he might know in preparing for his first trip to England, when the Buffalo Bills quarterback smiled and said: “Mind the gap.” Not bad for someone from Central California in referencing how London Underground commuters are cautioned to not trip ove Omar Apollo on his emotional new EP, 'Live For Me,' and ignoring the confines of genre 10/06/2023 10:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — In just four songs on his latest EP, “Live For Me,” Omar Apollo processes death, grief, acceptance and the lack of it — big, traumatic emotions — through intimate, lush sounds. The EP, out Friday, follows Apollo’s 2022 debut album “Ivory” and a 2023 Grammy nomination A Russian missile attack in eastern Ukraine kills a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother 10/06/2023 10:36am • KHARKIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian missile attack killed a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother Friday in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, officials said. Elsewhere in the region, villagers prepared to bury their dead after a strike the previous day killed at least 52 civilians in one of Eligible electric and plug-in vehicle buyers will get US tax credits immediately in 2024 10/06/2023 09:44am • DETROIT (AP) — Starting next year, people who want to buy a new or used electric or plug-in hybrid vehicle will be able to get U.S. government income tax credits at the time of purchase. Eligible buyers, including those that bought an EV or hybrid this year, have had to wait until they filed their Deer in search of romance costing DC-area drivers more than ever 10/06/2023 09:06am • The leaves are turning, temperatures are cooling, which means drivers can expect to have more company on the roads — and we're not talking about cars and trucks. "There are plenty of deer out and about," said Ragina Ali, spokeswoman with AAA Mid-Atlantic. "October through December marks deer ma Ramaswamy says angry protesters rammed his car in Iowa; police say no evidence crash was intentional 10/06/2023 07:53am • DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Vivek Ramaswamy's campaign says at least two protesters upset about the Republican presidential candidate's remarks in opposition to aid for Ukraine purposely rammed his car in Iowa in retaliation on Thursday, but police say there is no evidence to support the claim that th Mysterious injury of 16-year-old Iranian girl not wearing a headscarf in Tehran's Metro sparks anger 10/06/2023 12:16am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A mysterious injury suffered by a 16-year-old girl who boarded a Metro train in Iran’s capital without a headscarf has reignited anger just after the one-year anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini and the nationwide protests it sparked. What happened in the Sen. Dianne Feinstein remembered for her courage, integrity at heartfelt San Francisco memorial 10/05/2023 08:44pm • ▶ Watch Video: 'She was a force!' San Francisco bids farewell to Dianne Feinstein SAN FRANCISCO – The late Senator Dianne Feinstein was celebrated in a memorial service Thursday, held on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall where her remarkable politica