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What Is Power of Attorney? 08/15/2023 08:00pm • At its most basic, a power of attorney (POA) is a legal document that allows someone to act on your behalf when it's either inconvenient or impossible to act for yourself. For example, POAs allow a spouse to manage property when the other is not available. A cancer patient can rely on a caregiver wi Denver police officer fatally shot a man she thought held a knife. It was a marker 08/15/2023 07:14pm • DENVER (AP) — When officers responded to a domestic violence call Aug. 5, Brandon Cole reached into a vehicle and then soon after rushed toward one of them, police said. Thinking he was holding a knife, the officer fired twice, killing him. As it turned out, the object in his hand was a black ma In deadly Maui wildfires, communication failed. Chaos overtook Lahaina along with the flames 08/15/2023 06:49pm • WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — In the hours before a wildfire engulfed the town of Lahaina, Maui County officials failed to activate sirens that would have warned the entire population of the approaching flames and instead relied on a series of sometimes confusing social media posts that reached a much sm AUTO RACING: McDowell's second victory in a racing jewel earns him the latest NASCAR playoff berth 08/15/2023 04:42pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Go Bowling at the Glen Site: Watkins Glen, New York. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 12:30 p.m., and qualifying, 1:30 p.m.; Sunday, race, 3 p.m. (USA). Track: Watkins Glen International. Race distance: 90 laps, 220.5 miles. Last year: Kyle Larson won after startin Auto parts maker Shinhwa plans $114M expansion at Alabama facility, creating jobs 08/15/2023 03:35pm • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — An auto parts supplier plans a $114 million investment to expand its facility in Alabama to support the production of electric vehicle parts, Gov. Kay Ivey's office announced Tuesday. Shinhwa Auto USA Corp.'s expansion will create 50 jobs over the next three years and add a DP World Tour Schedule 08/15/2023 03:01pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _ As a criminal case against a Tesla driver wraps up, legal and ethical questions on Autopilot endure 08/15/2023 02:07pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — A criminal prosecution against a Tesla driver in Los Angeles County could end next month, the final step of a case believed to be the first time in the U.S. prosecutors brought felony charges against a motorist who was using a partially automated driving system. But any conclusi Israeli West Bank raid kills 2 Palestinians and a court releases a settler charged in shooting death 08/15/2023 01:34pm • TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli forces shot and killed two Palestinians, including a 16-year-old, in a raid in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian health officials said, in the latest violence to shake the region. Some of that violence has been perpetrated by radical Jewish settlers in A human rights group in Niger says it can't get access to officials who were detained after coup 08/15/2023 11:51am • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Human rights activists in Niger say they have been unable to gain access to top political officials who were detained after mutinous soldiers ousted the African country's democratically elected president nearly three weeks ago. The military officers who carried out a coup agai AP PHOTOS: A week after Maui wildfire, islanders survey aftermath and look ahead to recovery 08/15/2023 10:40am • The wildfire that swept across Maui a week ago turned one of the nation’s most celebrated island vistas into an ashen moonscape and killed at least 99 people, a number that officials warn could rise by scores as the search continues. The deadliest wildfire in the U.S. in more than a century devour Maryland man charged for stealing ambulance, string of hit-and-runs in Arlington 08/15/2023 08:44am • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man has been charged after allegedly stealing an Arlington County ambulance and leading police on a chase filled with hit-and-run collisions into the District last Saturday. On Monday, Darell Caldwell, 30, of Brandywine, stood before a D.C. Superior Court where Vast swath of northeastern China threatened by flooding as rivers rise above warning levels 08/15/2023 08:39am • BEIJING (AP) — A vast swath of northeastern China is threatened by flooding as at least 90 rivers have risen above warning levels and 24 have already overflowed their banks, state media reported Tuesday. Crews are standing by to defend homes and farmland across the Songliao Basin north of Beijing Massive explosion at a gas station in Russia's Dagestan kills 35 and injures scores more 08/15/2023 06:44am • MOSCOW (AP) — A massive explosion at a gas station in Russia’s southern republic of Dagestan killed 35 people and injured scores more, Russian officials said Tuesday. Russia's Health Ministry said 115 people were injured in the blast and subsequent fire, and 35 of them died, including three chi Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill takes to the skies with his pilot's license 08/15/2023 06:00am • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee running back Derrick Henry is delighted that his Titans teammate Ryan Tannehill enjoys flying and earned his pilot's license this summer. Just don't expect him to join his quarterback in a small plane anytime soon. “Oh, no! I am not going up there," the bruisin A fiery explosion in a market area in the Dominican Republic kills 3 and injures dozens 08/15/2023 05:41am • SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — A powerful explosion rocked a bustling market area near the capital of the Dominican Republic on Monday, killing at least three people and injuring more than 30 others as people tried to flee amid the chaos, authorities said. The explosion occurred at a bak