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Ferry carrying traffic across Lake Michigan suspends service after ramping system failure 07/21/2023 05:19pm • LUDINGTON, Mich. (AP) — A ferry carrying traffic across Lake Michigan suspended trips indefinitely on Friday after a mechanical failure of its ramping system. Lake Michigan Carferry, which owns and operates the S.S. Badger from Ludington, Michigan, to Manitowoc, Wisconsin, said it has “engaged a A storm packing winds over 80 mph derails a train in a small Oklahoma town 07/21/2023 05:14pm • FAIRMONT, Okla. (AP) — A storm packing winds over 80 miles per hour (130 kilometers per hour) blew through northern Oklahoma early Friday morning, derailing a train, bringing down trees and pushing planes around at an Air Force base. BNSF Railway told The Associated Press that 29 rail cars deraile Threat or not? Elon Musk gets new hearing on tweet about Tesla workers' stock amid UAW union effort 07/21/2023 04:57pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday said it will reconsider its March ruling that Tesla CEO Elon Muskunlawfully threatened to take away employees' stock options in a 2018 Twitter post amid an organizing effort by the United Auto Workers union. Three judges on the 5th U.S. Circuit Co Rapper Quando Rondo crashes car while awaiting trial. Prosecutors want him back in jail 07/21/2023 04:14pm • SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Prosecutors want the rapper Quando Rondo sent back to jail after he crashed a car while free on bond pending trial on gang and drug charges. The 24-year-old rapper, whose given name Tyquian Terrel Bowman, was indicted last month in his hometown of Savannah. He was released fr Minneapolis police reforms leader hired following George Floyd's murder retiring after a year 07/21/2023 03:12pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The law enforcement veteran appointed to oversee reforms at the Minneapolis police department in the wake of George Floyd's killing plans to retire in September after enduring sharp criticism in his first year on the job. Community Safety Commissioner Cedric Alexander announced Groups working to round up domesticated rabbits that have been running loose in Florida neighborhood 07/21/2023 02:58pm • WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — Dan Trebowski was angry when he saw people in front of his Wilton Manors home trying to capture the lionhead rabbits that have populated his neighborhood. He feared the domesticated bunnies, who are not meant to live outdoors, were being taken away to be killed. He calme A travel guide's warning to avoid Lake Tahoe may jolt the region into managing huge tourist crowds 07/21/2023 02:42pm • SAND HARBOR, Nev. (AP) — Lake Tahoe tourism officials were surprised, and a bit miffed, when a respected international travel guide put the iconic alpine lake straddling the California-Nevada line on its list of places to stay away from this year because of the harmful ecological effects of overto Death of Dale Earnhardt in 2001 Daytona 500 picked as NASCAR's most pivotal moment 07/21/2023 02:11pm • The 2001 Daytona 500 remains the bleakest day in NASCAR history. The death of Dale Earnhardt from a crash on the last lap of the race robbed a family of its patriarch and the industry of the greatest stock car star of his era. But beyond the seven championships, The Intimidator persona and fierce r Ricciardo makes his return at the Hungarian GP where Alonso won his first race 07/21/2023 12:35pm • Daniel Ricciardo celebrates his unexpected return to Formula One at the Hungarian Grand Prix, where fellow veteran Fernando Alonso won his first race 20 years ago. Winning has become routine for runaway championship leader Max Verstappen, the overwhelming favorite for Sunday's race. The 25-year-old Woman killed in Georgetown hospital parking garage crash identified 07/21/2023 11:30am • Police in D.C. identified the woman who was killed when the driver of a car crashed into several people inside a Georgetown hospital parking garage — and released more details about the collision. The woman who died has been identified as Jewel Regina Bazilio-Bellegarde, 68, of Silver Spring, M Homes become 'air fryers' in Phoenix heat, people ration AC due to cost 07/21/2023 05:29am • Temperatures have peaked at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit (43.3 degrees Celsius) the entire month of July in Phoenix. Air conditioning, which made modern Phoenix even possible, is a lifeline. When a cloudless sky combines with outdoor temperatures over 100 F, your house turns into an “air fryer What to stream this weekend: Steph Curry doc, Greta Van Fleet, 'Justified,' 'Minx' and Pikmin 07/21/2023 12:45am • A documentary on Apple TV+ that chronicles the atypical path Stephen Curry took to becoming a basketball legend plus new tunes from the rock band Greta Van Fleet are among the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you. Among the offerings worth your time as selected by The Rishi Sunak suffers two election losses as British voters reject ailing Conservative government 07/20/2023 11:51pm • London (CNN) — Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suffered a damaging political blow on Friday as voters rejected his party in two parliamentary elections it could ordinarily have expected to win.The Conservatives lost to the resurgent Labour Party in Selby and Ainsty, a region How a three-digit phone number has changed mental health and crisis services in Maryland 07/20/2023 09:08pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. A year ago, a new three-digit phone line launched nationwide, making it easier for people facing a mental health crisis and other issues t Actors and writers on strike rally in Philadelphia and Chicago as union action spreads 07/20/2023 08:58pm • Striking screenwriters and actors held rallies in Philadelphia and Chicago on Thursday as the labor dispute that has halted Hollywood spreads to more cities. While Los Angeles and New York are the epicenters of strike actions, there are dozens of mid-sized and small locals across the country represe