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'This was a miracle': Police ID driver of car who struck father, daughter in harrowing crash 07/10/2023 11:15am • Police have identified the D.C. man who officers say crashed a car into a father and daughter, leaving both with serious injuries Saturday. Thaniyyah Veney, 32, of Southeast D.C., was arrested and charged with driving under the influence, reckless driving, leaving after colliding, assault with a 'Don't put it off': Cost concerns aren't keeping Gen X, boomer travelers from the great getaway 07/10/2023 05:46am • This summer, WTOP is taking you on a tour and exploring how adults 50 and older are spending their travels. They may not be doing it for the 'Gram, the likes or their followers, but older adults are visiting top travel destinations, and they're not letting recent inflation get in the way of check Man with knife kills 6 people at kindergarten in China before being arrested, police and reports say 07/10/2023 03:19am • BEIJING (AP) — A man with a knife killed six people and wounded one Monday at a kindergarten in southeastern China, police and a news report said Monday. A 25-year-old man was arrested following the 7:40 a.m. attack in Lianjiang, a city in Guangdong province, a police statement said. Employees who Hamilton happy his old team McLaren is competitive again despite losing out for 2nd at British GP 07/10/2023 01:06am • SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton is happy his old team McLaren is competitive in Formula One again, even if it is at his expense. The seven-time champion lost an all-British tussle to McLaren's Lando Norris for second place in their home Grand Prix on Sunday. Norris even Car Review: Kick it old school in the 2023 Lexus GX460 before its big makeover 07/10/2023 12:11am • What an old-school luxury SUV the 2023 Lexus GX460 is in its final year before a big makeover. (WTOP / Mike Parris) In the luxury SUV market, the players are usually modern, car-based rather than off-road ready. Lexus marches to a different drummer with the old-school GX460, sporting full-time, four Byron wins rain-shortened Atlanta NASCAR race for 4th win of season 07/09/2023 11:25pm • HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — William Byron overcame a spin early in the second stage that knocked him back a lap, and then was in the right position when weather took control at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Byron won the rain-shortened NASCAR race at Atlanta on Sunday night for his series-leading fourth victory Roy Herron, longtime Tennessee Democratic lawmaker, dies after injuries from jet ski accident 07/09/2023 08:24pm • Roy Herron, a longtime Tennessee state lawmaker and former chairperson of the state Democratic Party, died Sunday from injuries sustained in a jet ski accident. He was 69. Herron died at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville, according to a statement from his family. He had been hospitalized since 10 S&P 500 Stocks to Buy With the Most Upside 07/09/2023 08:00pm • The S&P 500 has performed well so far in 2023, gaining about 15% year to date. The better the S&P 500 performs, the more difficult it can be for investors to beat the market. Stocks with the most potential upside typically come with more risk. However, some investors may be looking to get ag Verstappen takes 6th straight F1 win at British GP as Norris, Hamilton in epic fight for 2nd 07/09/2023 06:53pm • SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — On a day when Brad Pitt joined the Formula One grid to shoot his new movie, defending champion Max Verstappen was reduced to a cameo role in his own win with F1 fans gripped by the fight for second place. Apart from losing the lead to Lando Norris at the start — and t Man sought in Nebraska homicide, armed carjacking shot and killed by police in Iowa 07/09/2023 11:42am • COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — A man sought in connection with a fatal shooting and an armed carjacking in Nebraska was shot and killed by police officers in Iowa following a chase. Police in Omaha, Nebraska, responded to a domestic assault call before 6 a.m. Saturday and learned that 41-year-old Mat Man accused of crashing into police cars during chase, killing a 19-year-old officer, faces charges 07/09/2023 10:27am • RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont burglary suspect who led police on a high-speed chase and crashed his truck into two police cruisers, killing a 19-year-old officer and injuring two others, will be arraigned Monday on charges related to the crash, state police said. Tate Rheaume, 20, is facing charg Unsafe streets: The dangers facing pedestrians 07/09/2023 09:34am • ▶ Watch Video: The rise in pedestrian fatalities It's been nearly a decade since a drive down Philadelphia's Roosevelt Boulevard was no big deal for Latanya Byrd. And it never will be again. It was July 16, 2013. Latanya's 27-year old niece, Samara Banks, her four sons, and her sist Deputies accused a Texas sheriff of corruption and dysfunction. Then came the mass shooting 07/09/2023 09:14am • COLDSPRING, Texas (AP) — Sheriff Greg Capers was the classic picture of a Texas lawman as he announced the capture of a suspected mass killer: white cowboy hat on his head, gold star pinned to his chest, white cross on his belt and a large pistol emblazoned with his name on his hip. For four days, Bumblebee, the Cookie Monster, you name it, Virginia man dresses in costumes to make people smile 07/09/2023 09:01am • PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — A woman balanced a toddler on her hip while standing on the porch of the Jump’n Jellybeans daycare on a recent Thursday morning. She stared at what was walking down the sidewalk on the other side of Portsmouth Boulevard. So did the toddler. Then he leaned forward, frantica Los Angeles police arrest suspect in apparent random shootings at 3 locations with 1 person wounded 07/09/2023 07:47am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in Los Angeles arrested a suspect following what appeared to be a series of random shootings that wounded one victim Saturday morning, a news report said. The suspect allegedly fired randomly at people in East Los Angeles and Boyle Heights, with shootings reported between