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France's small towns are reeling from the spread of rioting. 'Now it's affecting the countryside' 07/07/2023 12:24pm • PARIS (AP) — After a pleasant evening of wine-tasting — joyfully billed “Grapes and Friends!” — with a hundred or so people and oysters, charcuteries and cheeses, the mayor of the picturesque French town of Quissac was on his way home. Then his phone rang: Urban unrest that was engulfing F 8-year-old girl in 'life-threatening condition' after deadly school car crash in Wimbledon 07/07/2023 12:05pm • LONDON (AP) — An 8-year-old girl is in a life-threatening condition in a hospital following a car crash at an elementary school in Wimbledon that claimed the life of another girl of the same age, London police said Friday. The Metropolitan Police also said a woman in her 40s is in critical conditi DC Council introduces bills that would get dangerous drivers off road sooner, impound cars 07/07/2023 09:50am • "Innocent unless proven guilty" is the presumption of innocence in courtrooms across the U.S., but members of the D.C. Council are looking for ways to keep dangerous drivers off the road in the meantime. At-large Councilmember Christina Henderson presented legislation that would suspend the licen Germany, Austria issue warning to elderly and infirm as heatwave rolls in 07/07/2023 09:29am • BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Friday warned the elderly, people with health conditions, pregnant women and parents with young children to seek out cool places amid forecasts for a sharp rise in temperatures over the weekend. The country's weather agency, DWD, predicted the mercury could r Cameras catch thousands of speeders near Fairfax Co. school zones 07/07/2023 05:29am • Thousands of drivers have been caught speeding in the months since speed cameras were placed in school zones near eight Fairfax County, Virginia, schools, according to police data obtained by WTOP. In total, 23,431 cars were caught going 10 or more miles per hour above the speed limit in April, M 2 stolen French Bulldogs found, returned to family, DC police say 07/07/2023 04:47am • The two French Bulldogs that were stolen at gunpoint in D.C. on Monday have been found and returned to their rightful owner, D.C. police said Thursday. According to police, the dogs were stolen around 10:30 a.m. Monday. A man was walking the dogs along V Street in Southwest D.C. when multiple sus Amid criticism over his war on gangs, El Salvador's President Bukele turns to sports 07/07/2023 01:00am • SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele stood before tens of thousands of roaring sports fans with a message: I am not a dictator. “They say we live in a dictatorship,” Bukele said, but "ask bus passengers, people eating in restaurants, waiters. Ask whomever you wan Truck makers pledge to comply with new California rules phasing out gas-powered vehicles 07/06/2023 08:10pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Some of the nation's largest truck makers on Thursday pledged to stop selling new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade, part of an agreement with state regulators aimed at preventing lawsuits that threatened to delay or block the state's emi The Northern Lights in Alaska: How to See Them in 2024 07/06/2023 08:00pm • Alaska is one of the world's best places to catch the northern lights, with scenic destinations, exhilarating tours, cruises and even hotels offering unique experiences for seeing the natural phenomenon. Read on to learn more about the variety of options for viewing the northern lights in Alaska, as Sentencing for former Indiana congressman postponed as prosecutors seek $1.4 million in restitution 07/06/2023 06:23pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a former Indiana congressman should pay nearly $1.4 million to cover the legal bills of companies forced to incur expenses when he was prosecuted on insider trading charges. But his lawyer said Thursday it’s an exorbitant amount to demand from a man alread Florida parents charged in death of toddler left in car overnight after Fourth of July party 07/06/2023 06:05pm • LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — A toddler died after her parents left her in a hot car overnight following a Fourth of July party in Florida, authorities said Thursday. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Lakeland couple Joel and Jazmine Rondon have been charged with aggravated manslaughter of a child. Wildfire in Washington state near Columbia River Gorge grows slowly, still at 5% containment 07/06/2023 06:02pm • UNDERWOOD, Wash. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters have converged in southwest Washington along the Columbia River Gorge to fight the Tunnel 5 Fire, which ignited and grew rapidly on Sunday and remains at 5% containment. The number of people fighting the blaze has jumped from more than 160 on Monda Man driving for Lyft killed in Northeast DC 07/06/2023 05:37pm • A 31-year-old man was shot and killed while working a shift as a Lyft driver in D.C. on Monday. Police responded to a report of an unconscious person in the 400 block of 11th Street NE at 12:08 a.m. When they arrived at the scene, they discovered Nasrat Ahmad Yar, of Alexandria, Virginia, in his Railroad industry sues to block limit on crew sizes that Ohio imposed after E. Palestine derailment 07/06/2023 05:24pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The railroad industry has sued to block a new minimum crew-size requirement that Ohio imposed after a fiery train derailment in East Palestine in February. The new rule was part of a $13.5 billion state transportation budget that Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed in Ma Russian cruise missile attack on Ukraine city of Lviv kills 6 people and injures dozens 07/06/2023 05:21pm • LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired cruise missiles Thursday at a western Ukraine city far from the front line of the war, killing at least six people in an apartment building in what officials said was the heaviest attack on civilian areas of Lviv since the Kremlin’s forces invaded the country la