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UK air controllers say flight data sparked glitch that snarled hundreds of flights 08/29/2023 05:31pm • LONDON (AP) — A technical failure that saw hundreds of flights delayed and canceled across the U.K. was caused by problems in some flight data received by Britain's national air traffic controllers and was not a cyberattack, authorities said Tuesday. The breakdown, which hit on a late-summer holi Editorial Roundup: United States 08/29/2023 04:52pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Aug. 25 The Washington Post on wildfires in the United States Maui officials should have known what was coming. In 2014, they were put on notice that highly flammable invasive grasslands presented a serious wildfire risk. In 2018, afte The Jacksonville shooter killed a devoted dad, a beloved mom and a teen helping support his family 08/29/2023 03:43pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A.J. Laguerre worked at a Dollar General store after finishing high school to help support the grandmother who raised him. Angela Michelle Carr was an Uber driver and beloved mother. Jerrald Gallion relished weekends with his 4-year-old daughter. All three were slain Satu Man who killed 3 at a Dollar General in Jacksonville used to work at a dollar store, sheriff says 08/29/2023 03:07pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville shooter used to work at a dollar store and stopped in at one before a security guard's presence apparently led him to instead target the Dollar General down the road, where he killed three people. He worked at a Dollar Tree from October 2021 to July 2022, DP World Tour Schedule 08/29/2023 03:01pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _ Kick off Labor Day weekend laughing with Adam Ferrara at Bethesda Theater 08/29/2023 02:45pm • Hear our full chat on my podcast “Beyond the Fame with Jason Fraley.” Are you looking for a hilarious way to kick off your Labor Day holiday weekend? Comedian Adam Ferrara cracks up the Bethesda Theater on Friday, Sept. 1. "Come in, start your long weekend with a laugh — I wil Female dental assistant in Jamaica charged with kidnapping and killing an 8-year-old girl 08/29/2023 01:33pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A female dental assistant in Jamaica was charged with murder and kidnapping after police said she abducted an 8-year-old girl from school and killed her. The woman was arrested roughly two weeks ago but wasn’t charged until Monday, nearly three months after the body 1 killed in fatal crash between moped, car in Prince George's Co. 08/29/2023 12:28pm • A man is dead after a fatal vehicle collision in Prince George's County, Maryland. Prince George's County police said they responded to a crash around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday involving a moped and a sedan. The incident occured at Martin Luther King Jr. Highway and Columbia Park Road in Greater Landover AUTO RACING: Buescher the NASCAR Cup Series favorite? Verstappen in F1, Palou in IndyCar in command 08/29/2023 11:45am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Cook Out Southern 500 Site: Darlington, South Carolina. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 12:30 p.m., and qualifying, 1:20 p.m.; Sunday, race, 6 p.m (USA). Track: Darlington Raceway. Race distance: 367 laps, 501.3 miles. Last year: Erik Jones won after starting 15th. The US Open is the noisiest Grand Slam tournament thanks to planes, trains, music and, yes, fans 08/29/2023 11:06am • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Open is loud. “Insane loud,” 2022 semifinalist Frances Tiafoe called it. There are the planes. The trains. The music at changeovers — they don't play “Danza Kuduro” by Don Omar and Lucenzo or “Move Your Feet” by Junior Senior at Wimbledon's Centre Court, the Best Buy and the reluctant shopper. Sales fall as Americans pull back on spending 08/29/2023 10:30am • NEW YORK (AP) — Sales and profits at Best Buy slid in the second quarter as the nation's largest consumer electronics chain continues to wrestle with a pullback in spending after Americans splurged during the pandemic. The decline in sales was smaller than what Wall Street had anticipated, however New Potomac bridge: Officials take first steps on project to double passenger rail capacity between Va. and DC 08/29/2023 09:51am • Preliminary soil testing will soon begin before construction of a passenger rail bridge that aims to untangle daily passenger rail service between Virginia and the District of Columbia. The long-term goal of the Long Bridge Project is "to double the capacity of passenger rail between Washington, Jacksonville shootings: What we know about the racist killings 08/29/2023 09:20am • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A white man wearing a mask and firing a weapon emblazoned with a swastika gunned down three Black people Saturday in a racist attack in Jacksonville, Florida. The shooter, who had also posted racist writings, then killed himself. Here's what we know about the killings: WH Heavy rains cause significant flooding in parts of West Virginia 08/29/2023 08:55am • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Thunderstorms dumped heavy rains that caused significant flooding in parts of West Virginia on Monday, authorities said. Gov. Jim Justice issued a state of emergency in at least five counties, enabling the National Guard to activate swift-water rescue teams and use helicop Cyprus police arrest 21 people after protesters tried to attack Syrian migrants 08/29/2023 06:54am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Police in Cyprus say they have arrested 21 people and used tear gas and a water cannon after a group of Greek Cypriots wearing hoods and brandishing bats tried to attack protesting Syrians in a small village that has been a hotbed of tensions between locals and migrants. Pol