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A white man fatally shoots 3 Black people at a Florida store in a hate crime, then kills himself 08/26/2023 10:45pm • JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A masked white man fatally shot three Black people inside a Jacksonville, Florida, Dollar General store in a predominately African-American neighborhood on Saturday, in an attack where he used a gun painted with a swastika, officials said. The shooter, who had also posted DC's newest high school will soon open its doors. WTOP got a sneak peek 08/26/2023 10:17pm • Thousands of students will head back to class Monday and in D.C., some will be going to a brand new school. WTOP got a sneak peek of the new MacArthur High School in Northwest D.C. during a tour Saturday. Dozens of nervous yet excited students and their parents toured the halls of the high school White Sox say they weren't aware at first that a woman injured at game was shot 08/26/2023 09:32pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Oakland Athletics manager Mark Kotsay remembered sitting alone in the stands as a 5-year-old growing up near Los Angeles and watching his dad Steve pitch in a softball game. A car pulled up behind left field and someone in the vehicle started shooting. As the bullets sprayed the fie Teen killed in early-morning 3-car crash in Prince William Co. 08/26/2023 09:03pm • A teen is dead after a high-speed crash involving three cars early Saturday morning in Prince William County, Virginia, authorities said. Police identified the teen who was killed as Qais Jailani, 19, of Haymarket, Virginia. Officers were called to the area of Catharpin Road and Fallen Oaks Pl Former Cup Series champ Kurt Busch formally retires while still recovering from concussion 08/26/2023 06:43pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Busch said goodbye to Cup Series racing on the same stage where he celebrated one of his most memorable NASCAR victories. It was an emotional farewell for sure. Busch, 45, held back tears as he announced his retirement Saturday at Daytona International Speedway. The Verstappen eyes ninth straight F1 win after another Dutch GP pole. Norris second fastest 08/26/2023 01:42pm • ZANDVOORT, Netherlands (AP) — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen produced a typically strong final lap to take pole position at the Dutch Grand Prix on Saturday for the third straight year. The runaway Formula One leader beat McLaren driver Lando Norris' leading time in qualifying on his way to clocki Toddler died in hot car parked outside South Carolina high school, coroner says 08/26/2023 01:17pm • CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — A toddler died inside a hot car on Friday after her mother forgot that she left the girl in the vehicle parked outside a South Carolina high school, according to a county coroner. Berkeley County Coroner Darnell Hartwell told The Post and Courier that he believes the 16-mon Bob Barker, former longtime host of ‘The Price Is Right,’ dead at 99 08/26/2023 01:00pm • (CNN) — Bob Barker, the “Price Is Right” host whose silky-smooth command, impish sense of humor and advocacy for animal welfare issues made him a beloved fixture on television for more than 35 years, has died. He was 99. The news was confirmed by his representative Roger Neal. No cause of d Shelling kills civilians in Ukraine's northeast as fears grow of a second Russian takeover 08/26/2023 12:48pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces struck a cafe in a key front-line area in northeastern Ukraine Saturday, killing two civilians and wounding a third, regional officials said. The shelling near the city of Kupiansk came as U.K. officials said that Russia may try to retake the area, which was ca Gas tax could be come a relic as Md. commission eyes new revenue streams 08/26/2023 04:43am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland’s gas tax may one day become a relic if substitutes being considered by a new state transportation commission get traction. Detroit 26, Carolina 17 08/26/2023 12:07am •   Detroit 0 20 0 6 — 26 Carolina 10 0 7 0 — 17 First Quarter Car_FG Pineiro 41, 8:13. Car_Thielen 16 pass from Young (Pineiro kick), 2:26. Second Quarter Det_C.Reynolds 5 run (Patterson kick), 12:29. Det_FG Patterson 25, 7:42. Det_Green 70 pass fro After Maui officials named 388 people unaccounted for in fires, many called to say they're OK 08/25/2023 10:52pm • HONOLULU (AP) — Within a day of Maui County releasing 388 names of people unaccounted for following the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century, more than 100 of them or their relatives came forward to say they're safe, the FBI said Friday. The agency is reviewing the information they provi Justin Allgaier wins for 1st time in 26 starts at Daytona in NASCAR Xfinity Series 08/25/2023 10:28pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Justin Allgaier won the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Daytona International Speedway in double overtime Friday night for his first victory in 26 starts at the famed track. The 37-year-old Allgaier had finished second at Daytona twice and even had the lead on the final la Pete the peacock, adored by Las Vegas neighborhood, fatally shot by bow and arrow 08/25/2023 09:29pm • LAS VEGAS (AP) — A beloved Las Vegas neighborhood peacock named Pete was killed with a hunter’s bow and arrow, and authorities are trying to find who was behind it. Animal Protection Services officers are investigating the death of the peacock, which belonged to a resident in a small gated neigh 7 tornadoes confirmed as Michigan storms down trees and power lines; 5 people killed 08/25/2023 09:25pm • CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — At least seven tornadoes touched down in Michigan as part of severe storms powered by strong winds that killed five people, while downing trees, tearing roofs off buildings and leaving hundreds of thousands of customers without power, officials said. The National Weat