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F1 drivers ready for the heat and humidity in Singapore, where their drinking water is like hot tea 09/15/2023 11:49am • It's a hot question for the Formula One grid this week: do you sip the tea in Singapore? The Singapore Grand Prix is known for its heat and stifling humidity, causing drivers to lose significant weight by sweating as they drive. Drivers have drinks tubes built into their helmets which pump fluids fr They worked for years in Libya. Now an Egyptian village mourns scores of its men killed in flooding 09/15/2023 10:53am • NAZLET EL-SHARIF, Egypt (AP) — The 42-year-old Egyptian farmer was watering his crops along the Nile River south of the capital of Cairo and scrolling on his mobile phone when he learned that two of his sons were dead. Ashraf Sadawy Abdel-Fattah saw a list on social media with names of Egyptians Princess Diana's sheep sweater smashes records to sell for $1.1 million 09/15/2023 08:42am • LONDON (AP) — A red sweater adorned with a flock of sheep worn by the young Princess Diana has sold at auction for $1.1 million, many times its presale estimate and a record for an item owned by the late royal. The playfully patterned wool jumper featuring a single black sheep in a grid of white o Finland joins Baltic neighbors in banning Russian-registered cars from entering their territory 09/15/2023 07:49am • COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Finland on Friday joined the three Baltic countries in banning vehicles with Russian license plates from entering their territory, a joint move in line with a recent interpretation of the European Union’s sanctions against Moscow over its war on Ukraine. The Nordic EU A mausoleum for transgender women is inaugurated in Mexico's capital as killings continue 09/15/2023 12:19am • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican transgender rights activists Kenya Cuevas and Andrea Luna sat in front of their longtime friend Paola Buenrostro’s pink grave in Mexico City. “You don’t have to pay rent anymore. You will have your own home now,” Luna sadly joked to her late friend, a transgende California Legislature approves plan allowing the state to buy power 09/15/2023 12:14am • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Legislature voted Thursday to give Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at avoiding blackouts by shoring up the state's power supply while jumpstarting the West Coast's fledgling offsho Trial begins in Elijah McClain death, which sparked outrage over racial injustice in policing 09/15/2023 12:13am • DENVER (AP) — Elijah McClain's fatal encounter with police began on a summer night in 2019 when a 911 caller reported that the young Black man looked “sketchy” as he walked down the street wearing a ski mask and raising his hands in the air in the Denver suburb of Aurora. In reality, McClain, Imagine making shadowy data brokers erase your personal info. Californians may soon live the dream 09/14/2023 11:49pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — You may not know it, but thousands of often shadowy companies routinely traffic in personal data you probably never agreed to share — everything from your real-time location information to private financial details. Even if you could identify these data brokers, there isn't UAW poised for midnight strike at plants in Wayne, Michigan, Toledo, Ohio, and Wentzville, Missouri 09/14/2023 11:46pm • DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will go on strike at three vehicle assembly plants as it presses Detroit companies to come up with better wage and benefit offers. The factories include a General Motors assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan, Understanding DC real estate: Is buying a house in the DMV possible? 09/14/2023 09:38pm • Whether you are renting or buying a home in the D.C. area, the process can be complicated and expensive. According to data from the first quarter of this year, D.C. has the 7th highest cost of living among major U.S. metropolitan regions. To make matters worse, for-sale signs aren't popping u After days of heavy rain, flooding and tornadoes in New England, Hurricane Lee up next 09/14/2023 09:28pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Days of wild weather that produced torrential rain, flooding, sinkholes and tornadoes in New England could be a prelude to something more dangerous lurking offshore — Hurricane Lee. As the Category 1 system swirled southwest of Bermuda, Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Thursday d Flooding death toll soars to 11,300 in Libya's coastal city of Derna, aid group says 09/14/2023 09:26pm • DERNA, Libya (AP) — The death toll in Libya's coastal city of Derna has soared to 11,300 as search efforts continue following a massive flood fed by the breaching of two dams in heavy rains, the Libyan Red Crescent said Thursday. Marie el-Drese, the aid group's secretary-general, told The Associat Kim Jong Un arrives in Russian city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur for expected visit to fighter jet plant 09/14/2023 08:09pm • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived Friday in Komsomolsk-on-Amur in far eastern Russia and is expected to visit a plant that builds fighter jets as South Korea has said it’s concerned his visit is focused on expanding military cooperation in a possible arms-for-tech What to Know About the Instacart IPO 09/14/2023 08:00pm • After years of fits and starts, Instacart has gone through the initial public offering checkout line and come out as one of the most talked-about IPOs of 2023. On Aug. 25, the company filed the requisite paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, noting its trading symbol would be " I'm a Registered Dietitian, and These Are 9 Snacks That Help Keep My Weight in Check 09/14/2023 08:00pm • Research around the role snacks have in maintaining a healthy weight is all over the place. That's because the quality of the snack is what's most important to lose weight and keep it off. According to one study, nutrient-dense snacks that pack in fiber and protein can help reduce overall calorie in