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Max Verstappen hits back at Mercedes team principal dismissing his Formula One record 09/14/2023 09:28am • SINGAPORE (AP) — Max Verstappen hit back Thursday at Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff's dismissal of his Formula One record for consecutive wins and suggested his rivals might do better to draw inspiration from his achievements. After Verstappen became the first F1 driver to achieve 10 wins in a Wholesale price inflation accelerated in August from historically slow pace 09/14/2023 08:58am • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. wholesale prices increases accelerated in August, a sign that inflation remains stubbornly persistent despite a series of sharp interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve. The Labor Department said Thursday that its producer price index — which measures inflation before i An Airbnb, Vrbo or other rental host ghosted you. Now what? 09/14/2023 08:53am • Lauren Gumport was en route to a vacation on the island of Chios, Greece, in July, where she was set to stay in an Airbnb for five nights with her best friend. But upon her arrival in Athens to connect to her flight to Chios, she received a WhatsApp message from someone stating that their dad owned China says EU probe into Chinese electric vehicle exports, subsidies is protectionist 09/14/2023 06:27am • HONG KONG (AP) — China's Commerce Ministry has protested a decision by the European Union to investigate exports of Chinese electric vehicles, saying Thursday that it is a “protectionist” act aimed at distorting the supply chain. The EU announced Wednesday it will probe government subsidies p Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will stay in Formula 1 next season with rebranded Alfa Romeo team 09/14/2023 06:10am • SINGAPORE (AP) — The Alfa Romeo team is keeping an unchanged driver lineup for the third year running after announcing Thursday that Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu will stay for the 2024 season. The extension will allow Zhou, the first Chinese driver in F1, to finally race at his home Grand Prix Army veteran passes through Virginia on walk across the country's four corners 09/14/2023 05:50am • He's walking to all the four corners of the U.S., but he's not doing it to raise money or awareness. He's just enjoying the view. WTOP caught up with Matt Dyer in Haymarket, Virginia, as he continues his long journey across the country. The 29-year-old Army veteran plans to walk to all four co Israel's finance minister now governs the West Bank. Critics see steps toward permanent control 09/14/2023 05:38am • ASA'EL, West Bank (AP) — With attention focused on its contentious judicial overhaul, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has quietly taken unprecedented steps toward cementing Israel’s control over the occupied West Bank — perhaps permanently. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a On the road again: Commuting makes a comeback as employers try to put pandemic in the rearview 09/14/2023 12:17am • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — If you think U.S. roads have gotten busier on your morning commute, you're not alone. The rate of workers driving to their jobs creeped upwards nationwide last year, as did those who carpool to work by car, truck or van. The mean commuting time jumped by almost a minute in Today in History: September 14, President William McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds 09/14/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, Sept. 14, the 257th day of 2023. There are 108 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeede Rain-soaked New England hit by likely tornado amid wild weather ahead of Hurricane Lee's arrival 09/13/2023 10:24pm • LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Hurricane Lee barreled north toward New England on Wednesday and threatened to unleash violent storms on the region just as communities in Massachusetts and Rhode Island were dealing with tornado warnings and another day of heavy rain that opened up sinkholes and brought d Fantasy plays: Players to start and sit for NFL Week 2 09/13/2023 09:10pm • On behalf of fantasy football players everywhere, can we get some touchdowns? Please? Teams averaged just 20.6 points per game last week — the second lowest-scoring Week 1 in the past 13 seasons. Fantasy players felt that. Only seven quarterbacks had 20-plus points — the fewest in a Week 1 since Manhunt for Tennessee homicide suspect shifts away from Virginia county 09/13/2023 08:30pm • EWING, Va. (AP) — A manhunt for a Tennessee homicide suspect is no longer focused on a county on the western edge of Virginia, authorities said Wednesday. But they declined to release further information “because of the sensitivity of the ongoing investigation.” Lee County Sheriff Gary Parson Updated Ford F-150 gets new grille, other features as Ford shows it off on eve of Detroit auto show 09/13/2023 08:21pm • DETROIT (AP) — The top-selling vehicle in America will get a bit of a facelift next year, one of just a few new or updated vehicles that will be shown off this week at Detroit's big auto show. Ford unveiled the latest version of the F-150 pickup Tuesday night at an event next to Huntington Place, 6 Top-Rated Newport Mansion Tours + Tips from a Local 09/13/2023 08:00pm • More than a century ago, America's wealthiest families commissioned their "summer cottages" to be built in the coastal enclave of Newport, Rhode Island, along the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. The era's most renowned architects outdid one another in size and scale as well as opulence and grandeur. Tod Delaware man gets 7 1/2-year federal term in carjacking of congresswoman's SUV in Philadelphia 09/13/2023 07:51pm • PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Delaware man has been sentenced to 7 1/2 years in federal prison in the carjacking of a U.S. congresswoman's sport utility vehicle in a Philadelphia park almost two years ago. Josiah Brown, 21, was sentenced Wednesday in federal court in Philadelphia, The Philadelphia Inquire