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Elton John lends celebrity testimony to Kevin Spacey's sexual assault trial 07/17/2023 02:36pm • LONDON (AP) — Kevin Spacey 's lawyers enlisted the help of an A-list star Monday in his sexual assault trial, calling on Elton John and his husband to cast doubt on one of the Oscar winner's accusers at the end of the defense case. John appeared briefly in the London court by video link from Monac Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 07/17/2023 02:15pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov 'It's about all actors': DC actor Ed Gero of 'House of Cards' explains why Screen Actors Guild is on strike 07/17/2023 12:37pm • He's best known for local theater roles like Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol" at Ford's Theatre and Justice Antonin Scalia in "The Originalist" at Arena Stage. However, D.C. actor Ed Gero has also starred in popular TV shows from Netflix's "House of Cards" to AMC's "Turn," filmed locally Freight train derails in southeast Pennsylvania, but no known injuries or hazards 07/17/2023 12:16pm • WHITEMARSH TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — A freight train derailment in southeast Pennsylvania early Monday spurred precautionary evacuations, but officials said no injuries were reported and there was no known hazard to the public. The 40-car CSX train, which was operating on tracks owned by Norfolk Southe Dane Christian Lundgaard wins Honda Indy Toronto 07/17/2023 10:41am • TORONTO (AP) — Christian Lundgaard couldn’t wait to shave off his moustache, removing the hair from his upper lip right there on victory lane at the Honda Indy Toronto. Lundgaard started on the pole and took advantage of the car troubles of IndyCar season standings leader Alex Palou to hang on t Georgia mass shooting suspect is killed during intense search and 3 officers are wounded, police say 07/17/2023 10:34am • HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — Officers on Sunday shot and killed a man wanted in four weekend killings near Atlanta during an exchange of gunfire, with a sheriff's deputy and two police officers wounded while trying to take the suspect into custody, authorities said. Officials said Andre Longmore was shot d South Korea's death toll from destructive rainstorm grows to 40 as workers search for survivors 07/17/2023 09:59am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Heavy downpours lashed South Korea for a ninth day on Monday as rescue workers struggled to search for survivors in landslides, buckled homes and swamped vehicles in the most destructive storm to hit the country this year. At least 40 people have died, 34 others are injur 1 in 3 DC consumers say their debt is highest ever (How not to deal with it) 07/17/2023 09:50am • Borrowing costs are at record highs and for consumers carrying debt, that adds to the burden, especially when they're carrying more than ever. A Northwestern Mutual survey found that 32% of D.C.-area consumers said they are carrying close to their highest level of debt ever right now, with credit Heavy rains swamp Northeast again as flash flooding claims at least 5 lives in Pennsylvania 07/17/2023 06:57am • WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Heavy rains pounded an already saturated Northeast on Sunday for the second time in a week, spurring another round of flash flooding, cancelled airline flights and power outages. In Pennsylvania, a sudden flash flood late Saturday afternoon claimed at least five liv Car Review: 2024 Audi Q8 Sportback e-tron is an impressive choice in luxury electric vehicles 07/17/2023 06:29am • By Brian Armstead, special contributor For the 2024 model year, Audi, the German luxury brand within the Volkswagen Group, has a bonafide automotive superstar with its flagship Q8 Sportback e-tron. The full-electric e-tron is the latest from Audi, which launched the first-generation e-tron Sport-Ut Fuzzy invasion of domestic rabbits has a Florida suburb hopping into a hunt for new owners 07/17/2023 05:13am • WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — When Alicia Griggs steps outside her suburban Fort Lauderdale home, Florida's latest invasive species comes a-hoppin' down the street: lionhead rabbits. The bunnies, which sport an impressive flowing mane around their heads, want the food Griggs carries. But she also re California's Death Valley sizzles as brutal heat wave continues 07/16/2023 11:52pm • DEATH VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — Long the hottest place on Earth, Death Valley put a sizzling exclamation point Sunday on a record warm summer that is baking nearly the entire globe by flirting with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded, meteorologists said. Temperatures in Death Valley, wh 8 Best Warren Buffett Stocks to Buy in 2023 07/16/2023 08:00pm • Warren Buffett bought his first shares of stock at age 11 back in 1941. Over the next 81 years, the "Oracle of Omaha" used his value investing prowess to amass a fortune worth about $114 billion, even after donating more than $50 billion to charity. Buffett's discipline and common-sense value invest 6 dead and 3 injured in two-car collision in Washington 07/16/2023 06:11pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — The death toll of a two-car collision rose from five to six Sunday afternoon in Tacoma, Washington, according to law-enforcement officials. The initial four survivors were in “critical condition” after the midday crash, announced Trooper John Dattilo, a spokesperson for Wa Many questions after police say gunman fired on officers in North Dakota, killing 1 and wounding 2 07/16/2023 05:58pm • Many questions remained Sunday about what led a gunman in Fargo, North Dakota, to open fire on police officers as they were responding to a traffic crash. One officer was killed and two others were critically wounded before the gunman was killed by a fourth officer. The shooting happened Friday aft