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The US government seems ready to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators for safety concerns
10/05/2023 03:33pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a manufacturing flaw that could send metal shrapnel rocketing through a car's interior. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration held a public hearing Thursday to field comment
Hailie Deegan gets promotion to NASCAR's second-tier Xfinity Series for 2024
10/05/2023 02:33pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Hailie Deegan will make the move to NASCAR's second-tier Xfinity Series next season in a multi-year deal with AM Racing announced Thursday. The 22-year-old Californian is the only woman competing full-time at NASCAR's national level and has spent the last three seasons in t
Suspect in helmeted motorcyclist's stomping of car window in Philadelphia is jailed on $2.5M bail
10/05/2023 02:26pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A man who prosecutors say was the helmeted motorist who stomped in the back window of a car in Philadelphia and waved a gun at the vehicle's driver in a weekend assault that was recorded on video was in custody Thursday after bail was set at $2.5 million. Court records show Phi
Relentless Max Verstappen can clinch his 3rd F1 title as early as the sprint at the Qatar Grand Prix
10/05/2023 12:11pm • Max Verstappen can win his third straight Formula One title at the Qatar Grand Prix. And he can do it on Saturday. Verstappen will secure the title if he finishes sixth or higher in the sprint race, which could leave Sunday's main Grand Prix as something of an afterthought. Winning the title in a s
Thousands of US workers are on strike today. Here's a rundown of major work stoppages happening now
10/05/2023 11:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — It's been a big year for labor organizing in the U.S. And from auto production lines to Hollywood, all eyes are on strikes taking the world of work by storm. The boiling point we’re seeing today comes amid soaring costs of living and rising inequality, including growing pay gaps
What happened in Lyft before Montgomery Co. man was kicked out and fatally struck on Eastern Shore?
10/05/2023 10:14am • What made a Lyft driver kick a Maryland man and his friends out of the back seat of an SUV, before the man was struck and killed on a dark stretch of Route 1 Coastal Highway on Delaware's Eastern Shore? A wrongful death lawsuit filed in Delaware Superior Court by the family of 43-year-old Sidney
Hyundai, Kia electric vehicles to use Tesla's NACS charging ports starting next year
10/05/2023 10:12am • Hyundai and Kia say that they're adopting North American Charging Standard ports for their electric vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, which will give the vehicles access to thousands of Tesla Superchargers across the two countries and Mexico. Tesla’s Superchargers are coveted by other automakers b
Brick by brick: Northern Virginia's LEGO Discovery Center offers creative fun for the whole family
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Slovakia begins border checks with neighboring Hungary in an effort to curb migration
10/05/2023 06:54am • SAHY, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia began conducting traffic checks on its border with neighboring Hungary on Thursday amid what it says is a dramatic rise in migrants crossing onto its territory. The policy joins a flurry of similar border measures other Central European countries have imposed in rece
German customs officials raid properties belonging to a Russian national targeted by sanctions
10/05/2023 06:46am • BERLIN (AP) — A special unit of police and customs officials have raided several properties of a Russian national in the southern state of Bavaria, officials said Thursday. The unidentified Russian is subject to sanctions and asset freezes by the European Union, German customs officials said. The
Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake Nagorno-Karabakh, to the dismay of region's Armenians
10/05/2023 05:20am • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to Azerbaijan ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the ethnic Armenian enclave back under its control, officials and experts say. Just weeks
Trains collide in northern Polish city, injuring 5 people
10/05/2023 04:20am • WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two trains collided head-on in the northern Polish city of Gdynia on Thursday morning, injuring five people, emergency services said. Four people were taken to a hospital while a fifth person was treated on-site. The Gdynia fire brigade said all five people were railway emplo
Israel is perennially swept up in religious conflict. Yet many of its citizens are secular
10/05/2023 12:18am • MEVASSERET ZION, Israel (AP) — Israel is a nation perennially swept up in religious fervor and conflict. And yet, strikingly, a large portion of its population is secular, and even its insular ultra-Orthodox community loses a steady stream of members who tire of its strict religious rules. The cou
Tearful mourners line up at San Francisco City Hall to thank, pay last respects to Dianne Feinstein
10/04/2023 10:38pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Mourners streamed into San Francisco City Hall on Wednesday to pay their respects to the late U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, honoring her as fearless, smart and the glue who kept the city together after two political assassinations that catapulted her into the mayor’s office an
Man steals car with toddler in back seat, robs bank, hits tree and dies from injuries, police say
10/04/2023 08:59pm • WINDSOR, Conn. (AP) — A man suspected of stealing a car in Connecticut with a 17-month-old child in the back seat and then robbing a bank died after the vehicle struck a tree, police said Wednesday. The toddler was awake and responsive after the crash in Windsor, just north of Hartford, authoritie
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