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Edmunds: 2023 Mercedes-Benz EQS vs. 2023 BMW i7 08/02/2023 06:52am • BMW and Mercedes-Benz are well known for their 7 Series and S-Class flagship sedans. But now you should get familiar with their electric counterparts: the BMW i7 and Mercedes EQS sedan. These two all-electric sedans are among the most expensive, technologically advanced and luxurious electric vehicl Germany's Wacken metal festival halts admissions after persistent rain turns site to mud 08/02/2023 05:59am • BERLIN (AP) — The Wacken Open Air heavy metal festival in northern Germany is opening on Wednesday with a reduced audience after persistent rain turned the grounds to mud and forced organizers to order a halt to all new arrivals. Organizers of the famed music festival in the village of Wacken, in Why are gas prices rising in the DC area? 08/02/2023 04:42am • You may have noticed you're paying more to fill up the tank in recent days. In Montgomery County, WTOP's Anne Kramer photographed regular unleaded listed at $4.19 at a Shell station in Kensington, Maryland, on the evening of July 31, noting it had been 10 cents cheaper just that morning. Maryl India's northern Haryana state tense after 5 killed in communal clashes between Hindus and Muslims 08/02/2023 03:36am • NUH, India (AP) — Indian authorities imposed a curfew, suspended internet service and deployed thousands of paramilitary forces Tuesday to parts of northern Haryana state after deadly communal clashes spread to Gurugram, a city just outside the capital, New Delhi. The violence began Monday afterno Today in History: Aug. 2, Iraq invades Kuwait 08/02/2023 03:05am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, Aug. 2, the 214th day of 2023. There are 151 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On Aug. 2, 1923, the 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco; Vice President Calvin Coolidge became president. On this da Drone attacks in Moscow’s glittering business district leave residents on edge 08/02/2023 01:16am • The glittering towers of the Moscow City business district dominate the skyline of the Russian capital. The sleek glass-and-steel buildings -- designed to attract investment amid an economic boom in the early 2000s – are a dramatic, modern contrast to the rest of the more than 800-year-old city. N Floods around Chinese capital kill at least 20, leave 27 missing as thousands evacuated 08/01/2023 09:28pm • BEIJING (AP) — Torrential rain in areas around China's capital, Beijing, killed at least 20 people and left 27 missing, the government reported Tuesday, as flooding destroyed roads, uprooted trees and knocked out power. Thousands of people were evacuated to shelters in schools and other public bui Politicians urge Taylor Swift to postpone LA concerts in solidarity with striking hotel workers 08/01/2023 09:27pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — California's lieutenant governor and other elected officials on Tuesday urged Taylor Swift to postpone her Los Angeles concerts as a way to stand in solidarity with striking hotel workers. Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis and dozens of state and local politicians signed an open letter Indiana police make arrest after weekend shooting at block party kills 1, injures 17 08/01/2023 08:22pm • MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — Police said Tuesday they have made an arrest in connection with a weekend shooting that left one person dead and 17 others wounded in a central Indiana city. Deputy Muncie Police Chief Melissa Criswell said a 36-year-old Muncie man had been preliminarily charged with several fe Minnesota trooper fatally shot man fleeing questioning for alleged restraining order violation 08/01/2023 08:03pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The head of the Minnesota State Patrol on Tuesday said troopers tried to take a man into custody for allegedly violating a restraining order before fatally shooting him as he fled by car. Troopers pulled over 33-year-old Ricky Cobb II, who was Black, for a traffic stop early Mo 9 Short Squeeze Stocks That Could Take Off in August 08/01/2023 08:00pm • Short squeezes have been among the most popular and controversial topics on Wall Street in the past couple of years. In 2021, groups of online stock traders on Reddit made headlines by orchestrating targeted buying campaigns to trigger short squeezes in some of the market's most heavily shorted stoc Son of Colombia's president is charged with money laundering 08/01/2023 07:48pm • BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The son of Colombia’s president was charged Tuesday with money laundering and illicit enrichment at a hearing where prosecutors said he took thousands of dollars from drug traffickers and used it to buy luxurious homes and expensive cars. Nicolás Petro, 36, pleaded innoc Giants hoping Nuñez-Roches can help bolster run defense 08/01/2023 07:36pm • EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Rakeem Nuñez-Roches had a miserable start to his first training camp with the New York Giants. Hours after reporting to his new team, the big defensive tackle was involved in a two-car accident outside the team's headquarters in the New Jersey Meadowlands on July 25. Tech consultant to stand trial in stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee 08/01/2023 07:22pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tech consultant Nima Momeni will stand trial for murder in the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee, a San Francisco judge ordered Tuesday. Lee's violent death shocked the tech community as fellow executives and engineers praised his generosity, curiosity and leadership Rodgers, Watson to sit out Hall of Fame game as Jets and Browns get longer look at backup QBs 08/01/2023 06:43pm • BEREA, Ohio (AP) — There will be a quarterback debut in the Hall of Fame game, just not that one. While Aaron Rodgers waits to play his first game with the New York Jets, the Cleveland Browns will sit starter Deshaun Watson in Thursday night's exhibition so they can get a longer look at some backu