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Le Mans 24-hour race to include hydrogen-powered vehicles starting in 2026 05/27/2023 12:51am • OYAMA, Japan (AP) — The 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world's most famous endurance race, will be open to hydrogen-powered cars starting in 2026, Pierre Fillon, the president of the Automobile Club de l'Ouest, said Saturday. Fillon spoke at Japan's Fuji Speedway, which is holding a 24-hour race that in Mechanical sails? Batteries? Shippers forming 'green corridors' to fast-track cleaner technologies 05/27/2023 12:13am • It's among the world's busiest container shipping routes — a stream of vessels packed with furniture, automobiles, clothing and other goods, traversing the Pacific between Los Angeles and Shanghai. If plans succeed, this corridor will become a showcase for slashing planet-warming carbon emissions Teen workers are in high demand for summer and commanding better pay 05/27/2023 12:07am • BOSTON (AP) — Teens have long been vital to filling out the summertime staffs of restaurants, ice cream stands, amusement parks and camps. Now, thanks to one of the tightest labor markets in decades, they have even more sway, with an array of jobs to choose from at ever higher wages. To ease the l Today in History: May 27, Queen Mary's maiden voyage 05/27/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, May 27, the 147th day of 2023. There are 218 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 27, 1935, the U.S. Supreme Court, in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States, unanimously struck down the National Industrial Recovery Act, a key compone Man steals rifle from police car in Pentagon City 05/26/2023 09:54pm • A 21-year-old man armed with a stolen rifle and wearing a ballistic vest with police insignia was arrested by Arlington County Police on Friday morning, according to a news release. Police say Tyler Rodriguez-Hernandez was apprehended by officers responding to a report of a person with a gun at a Bear helps itself to 60 cupcakes from Connecticut bakery, scares employees 05/26/2023 08:03pm • AVON, Conn. (AP) — A hungry black bear barged into the garage of a Connecticut bakery, scared several employees and helped itself to 60 cupcakes before ambling away. Workers at Taste by Spellbound in the town of Avon were loading cakes into a van for delivery on Wednesday when the bear showed up. Mississippi Democrats improperly excluded candidate for governor, judge says 05/26/2023 07:59pm • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi could have a Democratic primary for governor in August because a judge ruled Friday that the party improperly excluded a candidate from the ballot. The state Democratic Party immediately filed notice that it will ask the Mississippi Supreme Court to overturn the j Videos, 911 calls capture frantic response to deadly New Mexico rampage 05/26/2023 07:12pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Hundreds of frantic calls poured in to dispatchers about a barrage of gunfire and bloodied victims along a busy street during this month's deadly shooting in Farmington, prompting authorities to rush to the chaotic scene not knowing what was in store. Breathless with guns Russia says its border regions attacked; Moscow's forces hit clinic in central Ukrainian city 05/26/2023 04:56pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia’s southern Belgorod region bordering Ukraine came under attack Friday from Ukrainian artillery fire, mortar shells and drones, authorities said, hours after two drones struck a Russian city in an area next to the annexed Crimea Peninsula. Moscow’s forces, meanwhile, Serbian border troops on high alert after ethnic clashes inside Kosovo 05/26/2023 04:35pm • PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbian troops on the border with Kosovo were put on high alert Friday following clashes inside Kosovo between police and ethnic Serbs that injured more than a dozen people. Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo, who are a majority in that part of the country, had tried to block Farmer-turned-policeman is Mexico's eyes and ears at Popocatepetl volcano 05/26/2023 04:13pm • SANTIAGO XALITZINTLA, Mexico (AP) — When the Popocatepetl volcano reawakened in 1994, Mexican scientists needed people in the area who could be their eyes and ears. State police helped them find one, Nefi de Aquino, a farmer then in his 40s who lived beside the volcano. From that moment on, his li With Memorial Day getaway out of the way, some weekend congestion remains 05/26/2023 04:12pm • More than 1 million people from the D.C. metro area are expected to travel 50-plus miles this Memorial Day weekend, with plenty of them getting an early start Thursday and Friday. The vast majority are traveling by car — more than last year and just shy of pre-pandemic numbers, according to AAA Protester involved in pulling down abolitionist's statue in Wisconsin gets 6 months in jail 05/26/2023 02:35pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A man who drove the car that helped pull down the statue of a Civil War hero and abolitionist outside of the Wisconsin state Capitol during a night of protests in 2020 has been sentenced to six months in jail. The statue of Hans Christian Heg was toppled and beheaded during a Regulators take aim at AI to protect consumers and workers 05/26/2023 02:35pm • NEW YORK (AP) — As concerns grow over increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, the nation’s financial watchdog says it’s working to ensure that companies follow the law when they’re using AI. Already, automated systems and algorithms help determine credit ratings, Sato paces strong Ganassi contingent in final Indianapolis 500 practice 05/26/2023 01:39pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Two-time champion Takuma Sato led a strong showing from the Chip Ganassi Racing quartet in final practice for the Indianapolis 500 on Friday, while Graham Rahal and Katherine Legge worked feverishly to get up to speed before race day. Sato turned a fast lap of 227.855 mph early