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Roadway bombs planted by drug cartel in Mexico kill 4 police officers, 2 civilians 07/12/2023 06:30pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — A drug cartel set off a coordinated series of seven roadway bombs in western Mexico that killed four police officers and two civilians, officials said Wednesday. The governor of Jalisco state said the explosions were “a trap” set by the cartel to kill law enforcement personn Pedestrian killed by car fleeing Secret Service near White House 07/12/2023 05:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A man was killed by a car fleeing law enforcement officers Wednesday afternoon just outside of the White House. The incident occurred just before 1:30 p.m. when uniformed members of the Secret Service attempted to stop a vehicle with an expired registration, according to a state Former Minneapolis police officer sentenced to nine months after fatally crashing into a man 07/12/2023 05:34pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in the county workhouse, with eligibility for electric home monitoring in three months, after the officer pleaded guilty to criminal vehicular homicide in a high-speed chase that killed a bystander two ye In Greece, 7 get life for stabbing death of fan that triggered crackdown on soccer violence 07/12/2023 04:50pm • THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Seven men in northern Greece were sentenced to life in prison Wednesday after being found guilty of murder in the beating death of a 19-year-old soccer fan that shocked the country and triggered a crackdown on soccer-related violence. Twelve defendants involved in the F The effort to bring more ‘chips’ into Prince George’s Co. — microchips 07/12/2023 04:20pm • A Maryland lawmaker wants more chips made in Prince George’s County — microchips. In this case, the U.S. government is prioritizing the production of semiconductors for microchips in the years to come through billions of dollars of federal incentives. Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce US inflation hits its lowest point since early 2021 as prices ease for gas, groceries and used cars 07/12/2023 02:26pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Squeezed by painfully high prices for two years, Americans have gained some much-needed relief with inflation reaching its lowest point since early 2021 — 3% in June compared with a year earlier — thanks in part to easing prices for gasoline, airline fares, used cars and groc Editorial Roundup: United States 07/12/2023 02:15pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: July 10 The Guardian on the U.S. providing cluster bombs to Ukraine Twenty-thousand Laotians, almost half of them children, have been killed or injured by unexploded ordnance since the Vietnam war ended. It is half a century since the Jimmie Johnson, Chad Knaus nominated for NASCAR Hall of Fame 07/12/2023 02:13pm • Seven-time Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson and his former crew chief of the No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Chad Knaus headline a list of 15 nominees for the NASCAR Hall of Fame Class of 2024. There are 10 nominees on the modern era ballot and five on the pioneer ballot, which is designed t Ja Morant's lawyers cite 'stand your ground' law, self-defense in pickup basketball lawsuit 07/12/2023 12:50pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — The future of a lawsuit accusing Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant of assaulting a teenager during a pickup basketball game hinges on whether Morant will be allowed to say that he was acting in self-defense and can receive immunity under Tennessee law. A judge on Wednesday rul Delays continue after Amtrak train derailment near Union Station 07/12/2023 10:30am • An occupied train that derailed in D.C. Tuesday morning, is still causing significant delays for travelers and commuters using Virginia Railway Express and Amtrak's Northeast Regional service. Here's what you need to know. Amtrak Delays from the derailment persisted into Wednesday on Amtrak's Nort Chip maker Foxconn exits a semiconductor joint venture with Indian mining company Vedanta 07/12/2023 07:22am • NEW DELHI (AP) — Electronics giant Foxconn backed out of a $19.5 billion semiconductor joint venture with Indian mining conglomerate Vedanta Ltd. due to “external issues unrelated to the project,” it says, in a potential setback for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitions to build a chipmakin Edmunds: 5 hidden automotive gems that no one buys 07/12/2023 06:43am • In the new car market, there exist some hidden gems — excellent vehicles with a lot to offer that are overlooked by many shoppers. These vehicles provide a distinct combination of qualities that make them an attractive choice. They may be underappreciated because of branding misconceptions or vehi France's anti-immigration far right gets boost from riots over police killing of teen 07/12/2023 04:33am • PARIS (AP) — Widespread riots in France sparked by the police killing of a teenager with North African roots have revealed the depth of discontent roiling poor neighborhoods — and given a new platform to the increasingly emboldened far right. The far right's anti-immigration mantra is seeping th Deputies who reported a Texas sheriff to public corruption investigators say nothing was done 07/12/2023 01:05am • DALLAS (AP) — A Texas sheriff who's been the subject of years of complaints about dysfunction and corruption was repeatedly reported to state and federal law enforcement by his own deputies — yet an outside investigation never gained momentum, according to interviews and records reviewed by The Vermont hit by 2nd day of floods as muddy water reaches the tops of parking meters in capital city 07/11/2023 10:40pm • ANDOVER, Vt. (AP) — A storm that dumped up to two months of rain in two days in Vermont and other parts of the Northeast brought more flooding Tuesday to communities that included the state capital, where officials said that river levels at a dam just upstream appeared to be stable. Muddy brown w