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Squeezing in one last summer trip over Labor Day weekend? Expect crowded airports and full flights 08/31/2023 04:22pm • DALLAS (AP) — By some measures, air travelers have enjoyed a less stressful summer than last year, but canceled flights remain elevated as airlines face their last big test of the prime vacation season: Labor Day weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration predicts that this will be the third Happy Harvick: NASCAR driver ready for final playoff run 08/31/2023 04:18pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Kevin Harvick's got little time for nostalgia, even as his stellar career winds down with his final NASCAR playoffs. “I mean, I don't really go through it like that,” the 2014 Cup Series champion said Thursday. “I think for me, it's all a last, right?” Harvick, 47, h A train slams into a group of workers on the tracks at an Italian station, killing 5 of them 08/31/2023 04:10pm • ROME (AP) — A speeding out-of-service train slammed into a group of workers doing nighttime track maintenance in northern Italy on Thursday, killing five of them, authorities said. The crash occurred shortly after midnight at a station in Brandizzo, a town in Italy’s Piedmont region. Piedmont G Greece sends 100 extra firefighters to a massive northeastern wildfire as it burns for a 13th day 08/31/2023 03:41pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities sent 100 extra firefighters Thursday to the country’s northeast where a massive blaze in its 13th day flared up again, prompting authorities to put residents on standby for a possible evacuation for the second night in a row. The fire that started Aug. 19 2 more teens arrested in Baltimore block party mass shooting 08/31/2023 03:30pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Two more teenagers have been arrested in a mass shooting that left two people dead and 28 others injured during a Baltimore block party earlier this summer, authorities announced Thursday afternoon. Police arrested Aaron Brown, 18, and a 14-year-old. Both face multiple charges, in Labor Day travel expected to be up over last year; gas prices moderate 08/31/2023 03:14pm • AAA expects more people to travel this Labor Day weekend than those who did in 2022. Ragina Ali, AAA Mid-Atlantic spokesperson in Maryland and D.C., said most Labor Day vacationers drive to their destinations, given the short duration. "Whether you are hitting the road, headed to the airpo Hamilton warns he has 'unfinished business' after extending contract at Mercedes 08/31/2023 12:04pm • MONZA, Italy (AP) — Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton warned his rivals he had “unfinished business” after extending his contract at Mercedes. Hamilton and teammate George Russell penned new deals through to the end of the 2025 season. “You’re all stuck with me for a little lo If you own this type of car, 'you better check your driveway': New list reveals most stolen vehicles 08/31/2023 11:11am • “If you own a Hellcat, you better check your driveway,” said Highway Loss Data Institute Senior Vice President Matt Moore. “These numbers are unbelievable.” A new report released Thursday by the Highway Loss Data Institute found that two Dodge "muscle cars" — the Dodge Charger SRT Hell Russia's ruble has tumbled. What does it mean for the wartime economy? 08/31/2023 10:47am • Russia's ruble has fallen a long way in recent months, and the country’s central bank has stepped in to try to halt the slide. Until now, the government stood aside as the declining ruble helped its budget. But a weaker currency also poses the threat of higher prices for everyday people in Russia Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows a modest rise in latest sign of slowing price increases 08/31/2023 10:46am • WASHINGTON (AP) — An inflation gauge closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained low last month, adding to signs of cooling price increases and raising the likelihood that the Fed will leave interest rates unchanged when it next meets in late September. Thursday's report from the Commerce Dep Kia recall to fix trunk latch that won't open from the inside, which could leave people trapped 08/31/2023 10:25am • DETROIT (AP) — Kia is recalling about 320,000 cars in the U.S. to fix a problem that could prevent the trunk from being opened from the inside. The recall covers the Optima midsize car from 2016 through 2018, Optima hybrids and plug-ins from 2017 and 2018, and the Rio small car from 2016 and 20 The Wagner mercenary group's second-in-command is buried in a quiet Moscow ceremony 08/31/2023 10:19am • MOSCOW (AP) — The man who is believed to have given Russian mercenary group Wagner its name was buried Thursday during a quiet ceremony at a military cemetery in Moscow. Dmitry Utkin died in an Aug. 23 plane crash that killed all 10 people on board, including Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin and hi German court convicts a Russian man of plotting to kill an exiled Chechen dissident 08/31/2023 09:40am • BERLIN (AP) — A German court on Thursday convicted a Russian man of plotting the murder of an exiled Chechen dissident on orders from a cousin of the Russian republic's Moscow-backed strongman leader, Ramzan Kadyrov. The Munich state court sentenced the defendant, whom it identified only as Valid No injuries reported in train derailment, partial rail bridge collapse in South Dakota town 08/31/2023 09:37am • NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (AP) — No injuries or hazardous spills have been reported in a train derailment in a southeastern South Dakota town that also saw a rail bridge partially collapse. The derailment happened shortly before 4 p.m. Wednesday in North Sioux City, the Union County Emergency Managem Iraq court sentences 5 people to life in prison in killing of US citizen, officials say 08/31/2023 09:07am • BAGHDAD (AP) — An Iraqi criminal court convicted five men and sentenced them to life in prison on Thursday in the killing of a U.S. citizen in Baghdad last year, officials said. Stephen Edward Troell, 45, a native of Tennessee, was fatally shot in his car in November by assailants as he pulled up