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Soldiers declare Niger general as head of state after he led a coup and detained the president 07/28/2023 08:54pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Mutinous soldiers who staged a coup in Niger declared their leader the new head of state on Friday, hours after the general asked for national and international support despite rising concerns that the political crisis could hinder the nation’s fight against jihadists and bo 'Potty breaks only' for dogs during midday summer heat, says local veterinarian 07/28/2023 08:38pm • Most people know that they should never leave a pet in a hot car, but there are other precautions pet owners should take on days when temperatures soar to dangerous levels. Emergency veterinarian Dr. Christine Klippen, at the Friendship Hospital for Animals in Washington, D.C., says dog owners sh Colorado officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment 07/28/2023 08:05pm • DENVER (AP) — A Colorado police officer who put a handcuffed woman in a parked police vehicle that was hit by a freight train was found guilty of reckless endangerment and assault but was acquitted of a third charge of criminal attempt to commit manslaughter during a trial Friday. Jordan Steinke w Automaker Tesla is opening more showrooms on tribal lands to avoid state laws barring direct sales 07/28/2023 07:48pm • Tesla is ramping up efforts to open showrooms on tribal lands where it can sell directly to consumers, circumventing laws in states that bar vehicle manufacturers from also being retailers in favor of the dealership model. Mohegan Sun, a casino and entertainment complex in Connecticut owned by the Unmarked Senegal beach graves hold untold number of West African migrants, officials and locals say 07/28/2023 07:41pm • SAINT-LOUIS, Senegal (AP) — The small mounds of sand that dot the beach in northern Senegal blend into the terrain. But thick rope juts out from beneath the piles. Pieces of black plastic bags are scattered nearby, and green netting is strewn on top. That's how residents in the small fishing town Man pleads guilty to vehicular homicide in death of Black Lives Matter protester in Seattle 07/28/2023 07:37pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A man who hit two protesters with his car, killing one of them, during a Black Lives Matter demonstration in 2020 in Seattle has pleaded guilty to multiple felonies. Dawit Kelete, 30, pleaded guilty on Thursday to vehicular homicide in the death of 24-year-old Summer Taylor, The Se 3 people fatally shot, 2 wounded in a town in southern Germany 07/28/2023 07:35pm • BERLIN (AP) — Three people were shot and killed at a residential building in southern Germany on Friday and another two wounded in a nearby house, police said. A suspect was arrested. The shooting took place Friday evening in Langweid, just outside the Bavarian city of Augsburg. Police said the su Worker warned organizer 'Someone’s going to end up dead' before crowd surge at '21 Travis Scott show 07/28/2023 06:35pm • HOUSTON (AP) — Just moments before rap superstar Travis Scott took the stage at the deadly 2021 Astroworld festival, a contract worker had been so worried about what might happen after seeing people getting crushed that he texted an event organizer saying, “Someone’s going to end up dead,” a Roller coaster with big crack has a second structural issue, inspectors say 07/28/2023 05:54pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Another structural issue has been located with a large roller coaster that’s been closed for weeks since a large crack in a support column was discovered, a North Carolina agency confirmed on Friday. A Swiss-based engineering company that designed and built the Fury 325 ro US price and wage increases slow further in the latest signs of cooling inflation 07/28/2023 05:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Signs that inflation pressures in the United States are steadily easing emerged Friday in reports that consumer prices rose in June at their slowest pace in more than two years and that wage growth cooled last quarter. Together, the figures provided the latest signs that the Fede The backup driver in the 1st death by a fully autonomous car pleads guilty to endangerment 07/28/2023 05:23pm • PHOENIX (AP) — The backup Uber driver for a self-driving vehicle that killed a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix in 2018 pleaded guilty Friday to endangerment in the first fatal collision involving a fully autonomous car. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge David Garbarino, who accepted the plea agr Colorado officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment, acquitted of more serious charge (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the officer was acquitted of manslaughter. The charge was attempt to commit manslaughter) 07/28/2023 04:37pm • DENVER (AP) — Colorado officer who put suspect in car hit by train found guilty of reckless endangerment, acquitted of more serious charge (CORRECTS: A previous APNewsAlert erroneously reported the officer was acquitted of manslaughter. The charge was attempt to commit manslaughter). Rapper G Herbo pleads guilty in credit card fraud that paid for private jets and designer puppies 07/28/2023 04:36pm • The rapper G Herbo pleaded guilty Friday to his role in a scheme that used stolen credit card information to pay for a lavish lifestyle including private jets, exotic car rentals, a luxury vacation rental and even expensive designer puppies. Under a deal with prosecutors, the 27-year-old Chicago ra Secret swimming hole offers cool respite on a hot and humid day 07/28/2023 04:31pm • With temperatures in the 90s and soaking humidity in the D.C. area, finding a shady, cool and relaxing place outdoors can be a challenge — unless you know a secret swimming hole. I found one on Friday. I’ll share it with you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone. I’m clearly not 5-year-old girl rescued from hot car in Hyattsville 07/28/2023 04:00pm • A 5-year-old girl was rescued from a locked car in Hyattsville, Maryland, on Friday, as temperatures were poised to reach almost 100 degrees. Police said they got a call from a good Samaritan just before 8:40 a.m. about a child by herself inside a car in the 3800 block of Oliver Street. Upon arri