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Business Highlights: Carmakers failing privacy test; UAW says it may strike any Detroit automaker 09/06/2023 05:17pm • ___ Carmakers are failing the privacy test. Owners have little or no control over data collected BOSTON (AP) — Most major car brands admit they may be selling your personal data — though they are vague on the buyers, and half say they would share it with the government or law enforcement without Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 09/06/2023 02:16pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison is spotted nearby on surveillance cameras 09/06/2023 01:25pm • WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — A recently convicted murderer who's been on the run for days after escaping in suburban Philadelphia was spotted shortly after midnight Saturday by residential security cameras in an area not far from the jail, authorities said. Authorities haven't disclosed the circumstan A former Mossad chief says Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank 09/06/2023 12:11pm • HERZLIYA, Israel (AP) — A former head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Israel is enforcing an apartheid system in the West Bank, joining a tiny but growing list of retired officials to endorse an idea that remains largely on the fringes of Israel Authorities expand search area for killer who escaped Pennsylvania prison after latest sighting 09/06/2023 12:05pm • KENNETT SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have moved and expanded the search area for a convicted murderer who escaped from jail in suburban Philadelphia last week, after he was spotted on a trail camera at one of the nation's premier botanical gardens. Danelo Cavalcante, 34, has been spotted five ti Shuttered EPA investigation could’ve brought 'meaningful reform' in Cancer Alley, documents show 09/06/2023 10:54am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As industrial plants have overtaken historic Black communities and burdened neighborhoods with toxic air pollution, environmental advocates and residents of Louisiana’s chemical corridor have spent decades calling for change. So when the country’s top environmental regulator AUTO RACING: Larson secures playoff advancement, Palou clinches IndyCar title and Verstappen owns F1 09/06/2023 10:30am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Hollywood Casino 400 Site: Kansas City, Kansas. Schedule: Saturday, practice, noon, and qualifying, 12:45 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (USA). Track: Kansas Speedway. Race distance: 267 laps, 400 miles. Last year: Bubba Wallace won after starting sixth. Last race: Jeff Daniels looks back with stories and music in new Audible audio memoir 'Alive and Well Enough' 09/06/2023 10:25am • NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Daniels tackles his life and career in an absorbing, unconventional way this month with a music- and skit-filled audio memoir from Audible that he calls “a little bit like a one-man musical.” In the 12-episode season of “Alive and Well Enough,” the actor, musician and 2 top officials of Tunisia's moderate Islamist party arrested while its leader languishes in jail 09/06/2023 09:34am • TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian officials detained a former prime minister for questioning then freed him hours later early Wednesday, but jailed two top officials in the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party whose leader has been imprisoned, the official news agency said. A statement by Ennahdha said Edmunds: The best affordable performance cars 09/06/2023 06:27am • There’s often a point when car enthusiasts are looking to purchase their first new performance car or sports car. Inflation and price creep have pushed many desirable models out of reach, but fortunately, a handful of automakers remain committed to offering thrill-making machines with wallet-frien Environmental Protection Agency delays new ozone pollution standards until after the 2024 election 09/06/2023 06:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is delaying plans to tighten air quality standards for ground-level ozone — better known as smog — despite a recommendation by a scientific advisory panel to lower air pollution limits to protect public health. The decision by EPA Admini Today in History: September 6, President William McKinley fatally shot 09/06/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Sept. 6, the 249th day of 2023. There are 116 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffa No longer stranded, tens of thousands clean up and head home after Burning Man floods 09/05/2023 10:03pm • RENO, Nev. (AP) — The traffic jam leaving the Burning Man festival eased up considerably Tuesday as the exodus from the mud-caked Nevada desert entered another day following massive rain that left tens of thousands of partygoers stranded for days. A pair of brothers from Arizona who took their 67- At least 7 people die as severe rainstorms trigger flooding in Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria 09/05/2023 09:40pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Fierce rainstorms battered neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on Tuesday, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent that raged through a campsite in northwestern Turkey. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerlik 9 Short Squeeze Stocks That Could Take Off in September 09/05/2023 08:00pm • Short squeezes have been among the most popular and controversial topics on Wall Street in the past couple of years. In 2021, groups of online stock traders on Reddit made headlines by orchestrating targeted buying campaigns to trigger short squeezes in some of the market's most heavily shorted stoc