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Trump plans to meet with striking autoworkers in Michigan instead of attending second GOP debate 09/19/2023 10:34am • Former President Donald Trump will travel to the battleground state of Michigan next week to meet with striking autoworkers instead of participating in the second Republican presidential debate, a person familiar with his plans said Monday. Trump, who also skipped the first debate last month, has si Germany went from envy of the world to the worst-performing major developed economy. What happened? 09/19/2023 08:34am • ESSEN, Germany (AP) — For most of this century, Germany racked up one economic success after another, dominating global markets for high-end products like luxury cars and industrial machinery, selling so much to the rest of the world that half the economy ran on exports. Jobs were plentiful, the Arena Stage welcomes first Black artistic director 09/19/2023 03:51am • Artistic director Molly Smith retired this summer after a prolific 25-year run in the nation's capital. Now, Arena Stage welcomes its very first African American artistic director starting this fall season. "Following in the great footsteps of the iconic Zelda Fichandler and the visionary Moll Montgomery Co. Council members continue discussions on a voluntary 911 registry 09/18/2023 11:16pm • Six Maryland jurisdictions, including Howard County, already have a voluntary 911 registry, intended to help police handle calls that involve people with a range of disabilities, including autism. Now Montgomery County is continuing to discuss the merits of similar legislation, where people could Rapper Travis Scott is questioned over deadly crowd surge at Texas festival in wave of lawsuits 09/18/2023 09:27pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Rap superstar Travis Scott was questioned for several hours on Monday in a civil deposition he gave in connection with hundreds of lawsuits that were filed against him and others over the deaths and injuries at the 2021 Astroworld festival. Scott was questioned in Houston during a d Trial begins for 3 Tacoma officers charged in death of Manny Ellis 09/18/2023 08:28pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Jury selection started Monday in the trial of three Tacoma police officers charged in the death of Manuel “Manny” Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man who was tackled, punched, shocked with a stun gun and held face down on a sidewalk in March 2020, two months before George Floyd 8 Best Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy in 2023 09/18/2023 08:00pm • Quantum computing is in major expansion mode, with the global market expected to grow from $928.8 million in 2023 to $6.5 billion by 2030, according to Fortune Business Insights. Those numbers reflect a 32.1% compound annual growth rate. Growth-minded investors may want to keep tabs on the quantum t A suspect has been arrested in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy 09/18/2023 07:22pm • PALMDALE, Calif. (AP) — A 29-year-old man was arrested early Monday, 36 hours after the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was shot as he sat in a patrol car, authorities said. The suspect barricaded himself inside a home in the city of Palmdale for several hours, but la Crime center stage as DC Council returns to work 09/18/2023 07:05pm • The D.C. Council has returned from the summer recess, and during a hearing of the Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, the focus was on a bill aimed at combating crime and helping victims. The committee heard testimony from residents and government officials on four bills, two that focus on how Business Highlights: Fed poised to leave rates unchanged; Auto workers threaten to escalate strike 09/18/2023 05:34pm • ___ Federal Reserve is poised to leave rates unchanged as it tracks progress toward a ‘soft landing’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Since Federal Reserve officials last met in July, the economy has moved in the direction they hoped to see: Inflation continues to ease, if more slowly than most Americans wou Sean Payton is growing frustrated with Russell Wilson but knows fixing the Broncos starts with him 09/18/2023 05:20pm • DENVER (AP) — Jerry Rosburg isn't walking through that door to save the Denver Broncos' head coach from himself like he did a year ago. When the Broncos jumped out to a 21-3 lead against Washington on Sunday, it seemed the safest of bets that coach Sean Payton would improve to 73-0, including play Column: Spire is a key player in NASCAR's charter game. A new revenue model should reward all teams 09/18/2023 05:06pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Nobody wanted a charter back in 2018, when Barney Visser wanted to sell the most valuable current franchise in NASCAR. Visser had won the 2017 Cup Series title with Furniture Row Racing and Martin Truex Jr. A heart attack followed by bypass surgery kept Visser from the fina Man charged in fatal Mother's Day shooting of 10-year-old DC girl 09/18/2023 04:50pm • A 19-year-old D.C. man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of 10-year-old Arianna Davis, who was struck by gunfire while riding in the back seat of her family's car on Mother's Day, according to D.C. police. Koran Gregory, of Southeast D.C. has been charged with first-degree m Bail denied for 17-year-old charged in fatal shooting of Prince George's County student 09/18/2023 04:20pm • The 17-year-old charged in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old girl last week, "pistol-whipped" her when she tried to break up an after-school fight and then put the gun to her head and opened fire, a Prince George's County, Maryland, prosecutor told a judge Monday. The teenage boy is charged as In a state used to hurricanes and flooding, Louisiana is battling an unprecedented wildfire season 09/18/2023 03:53pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana, typically one of the wettest states in the country, is on fire. In communities often challenged by flooding and hurricanes this time of year, firefighters instead are fending off 300-foot-tall (91.44 meters) blazes during an unprecedented wildfire season, which i