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Beyoncé takes FedEx Field stage after lightning delay; tour funds extended Metro service for fans 08/07/2023 05:53am • After severe weather touched down Sunday night, followed by a lightning scare, Beyoncé said the show must go on during the second night of her Renaissance Tour at FedEx Field — and her tour pitched in to keep Metro running late to accommodate the weather delays. More than 60,000 concertgoers w Prison probably isn't the end of the political road for Pakistan's ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan 08/07/2023 01:05am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan's popular opposition leader, is now an inmate at a high-security prison after being convicted of corruption and sentenced to three years. It's the most dramatic twist yet in months of political and legal wrangling between Khan and his pol Express train derails in southern Pakistan, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90 08/06/2023 10:02pm • MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) — Ten cars of a passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, killing 30 people and injuring more than 90 others, officials said. Some of the derailed cars on the Hazara Express train overturned in the crash near the town of Nawabshah, senior railway officer Mahmo Daimler Truck finance chief Jochen Goetz, credited with its spinoff from Mercedes-Benz maker, dies 08/06/2023 08:49pm • Jochen Goetz, the chief financial officer of Daimler Truck and credited with its successful spinoff from the automotive giant that makes the Mercedes-Benz, has died, the company said Sunday. He was 52. Goetz spent more than three decades working at the Daimler Group, the Stuttgart, Germany-based com NASCAR suspends race at Michigan due to rain and aims to resume Monday 08/06/2023 06:40pm • BROOKLYN, Mich. (AP) — The NASCAR Cup Series race at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday was suspended due to rain and was scheduled to resume Monday. The FireKeepers 400 began after a 1-hour, 43-minute rain delay. And 74 laps later, precipitation pushed the drivers out of their cars during Dungeons & Dragons tells illustrators to stop using AI to generate artwork for fantasy franchise 08/06/2023 06:31pm • The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won't allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery. D&D art is supposed to be fanciful. But at least one ax-wielding giant seemed too weird for some f Kyle Kirkwood wins Music City Grand Prix for 2nd win of season for Andretti 08/06/2023 05:01pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Kyle Kirkwood says he felt calm on the final restart, probably more than someone in his second IndyCar Series season should. That's just how confident he was in how fast Andretti Autosports had his Honda running. Kirkwood easily held off Scott McLaughlin over a final shoo Dutch cycling star Van der Poel gets up from crash, goes on to win world road race title 08/06/2023 04:29pm • Mathieu van der Poel crashed while leading the road race at the world championships, breaking his shoe and tearing his jersey, yet the Dutch cyclist maintained his poise, quickly remounted and pulled away for a remarkable victory Sunday. Van der Poel had been riding with two-time Tour de France winn Fairfax Co. police give tips on ride-share safety 08/06/2023 03:34pm • Are you double-checking the car and driver before you hop in a ride-share vehicle? The Fairfax County police are giving tips to the community that may help you and your loved ones stay safe. Since the beginning of 2023, the Fairfax County police have had three separate ride-share incidents report Environmental protesters bring halt to men's road race at cycling world championships 08/06/2023 12:41pm • GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — A group of environmental protesters caused the men's road race at the cycling world championships to be delayed for more than 45 minutes Sunday, and officials near the town of Falkirk said five of the demonstrators had been arrested. The group “This Is Rigged” posted o German police investigate possible antisemitic motive in attack on Israeli tourist in Berlin 08/06/2023 12:23pm • VIENNA (AP) — A 19-year-old Israeli tourist said he was attacked by three men in Berlin and police said Sunday they were investigating a possible antisemitic motive. Berlin police said their state protection office, which is responsible for investigating politically motivated crimes, was looking A deadline arrives for Niger's junta to reinstate the president. Citizens cheer and fear what's next 08/06/2023 12:15pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — The deadline arrived Sunday for Niger’s military junta to reinstate the country’s ousted president, but the West Africa regional bloc that has threatened a military intervention faces prominent appeals to pursue more peaceful means. In the capital, coup leaders appeared at Today in History: Aug. 6, U.S. drops atom bomb on Hiroshima 08/06/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, Aug. 6, the 218th day of 2023. There are 147 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 6, 1945, during World War II, the U.S. B-29 Superfortress Enola Gay dropped an atomic bomb code-named “Little Boy” on Hiroshima, Japan, resulting in an Niger’s junta asks for help from Russian group Wagner as it faces military intervention threat 08/05/2023 08:44pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger’s new military junta has asked for help from the Russian mercenary group Wagner as the deadline nears for it to release the country’s ousted president or face possible military intervention by the West African regional bloc, according to an analyst. The request came New York City high school student charged with hate-motivated murder in killing of gay dancer 08/05/2023 08:40pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Police have arrested a 17-year-old high school student on a hate-motivated murder charge in the fatal stabbing of a professional dancer during an altercation between two groups of friends at a New York City gas station last weekend. Police took the teenager into custody Friday in c