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Edmunds: The best three-row SUVs of 2023 06/28/2023 06:56am • Three-row SUVs have been a popular choice among car shoppers with large families. They typically seat up to eight passengers and still provide enough cargo space for luggage and other items. Avoiding the stigma of a minivan is another reason for their popularity. However, choosing the right one isn� Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries 06/28/2023 02:10am • BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile. General Motors Co. and the parent company of Thai court acquits 5 who were accused of blocking the queen's motorcade during 2020 protests 06/28/2023 01:12am • BANGKOK (AP) — A court in Thailand on Wednesday acquitted a student activist and four other people of impeding the motorcade of the country’s queen during pro-democracy demonstrations in 2020, an offense that could have seen them sentenced to 16 years in prison or even the death penalty. The Ban Today in History: June 28, Treaty of Versailles is signed 06/28/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, June 28, the 179th day of 2023. There are 186 days left in the year. Today’s Highlights in History: On June 28, 1919, the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) was signed in France, ending the First World War. On this date: In 1838, Britain’s Queen Victoria Threatened by shortages, electric car makers race for supplies of lithium for batteries 06/27/2023 11:58pm • BEIJING (AP) — Threatened by possible shortages of lithium for electric car batteries, automakers are racing to lock in supplies of the once-obscure “white gold” in a politically and environmentally fraught competition from China to Nevada to Chile. General Motors Co. and the parent company of Tensions erupt in a Paris suburb after a 17-year-old delivery driver is killed in a police standoff 06/27/2023 11:44pm • PARIS (AP) — A 17-year-old delivery driver was shot and killed by a police officer Tuesday in a Paris suburb, according to his family’s lawyers. The death unleashed tensions between angry residents setting barricades on fire and police firing tear gas. The police officer was detained on suspicio Former Laurel police chief sentenced to 8 full life terms on arson charges 06/27/2023 10:18pm • The former police chief of Laurel, Maryland, will spend the rest of his life behind bars for setting fire to several homes and a car, all of which belonged to people he believed slighted him. A judge in Howard County sentenced David Crawford, 71, of Ellicott City, to eight life terms in prison pl Thousands of unauthorized vapes are pouring into the US despite the FDA crackdown on fruity flavors 06/27/2023 09:39pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of different electronic cigarette devices sold in the U.S. has nearly tripled to over 9,000 since 2020, driven almost entirely by a wave of unauthorized disposable vapes from China, according to tightly controlled sales data obtained by The Associated Press. The surge Paul McCartney's rediscovered photos show Beatlemania from the inside 06/27/2023 08:56pm • LONDON (AP) — Is there really a new way to look at The Beatles, one of the most filmed and photographed bands in history? Yes, says Britain’s National Portrait Gallery, which is providing a fresh perspective with an exhibition of band’s-eye-view images that Paul McCartney captured as the group US arrests 4 Mexican nationals in 2022 deaths of 53 migrants trapped in hot tractor-trailer 06/27/2023 08:19pm • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — U.S. authorities on Tuesday announced the arrests of four men they say were part of a human smuggling effort last year that ended in the deaths of 53 migrants, including eight children, who were left in a tractor-trailer in the scorching Texas summer. Authorities said on the ann The 26 Best Fall Festivals in the U.S. for 2023 06/27/2023 08:00pm • Fall brings relief from months of sweltering heat, as people are eager to don their flannel shirts and sweaters to greet the cooler temperatures and crisp air. The season also ushers in plenty of once-a-year activities from apple picking and pumpkin carving to cider sipping and leaf peeping. With au Expenses You Can Eliminate in Retirement 06/27/2023 08:00pm • Once you're no longer working, you'll have time to enjoy plenty of leisure activities in retirement. You can expect your budget to change during this time, as health care costs increase or you take on new hobbies. Luckily there are also some expenses you will no longer need to cover in retirement, w North Carolina GOP bars promotion of certain beliefs in state government, 1 of 6 veto overrides 06/27/2023 07:44pm • RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina's GOP-dominated legislature swept six bills into law Tuesday with veto overrides, including one barring promotion of certain beliefs in state government workplaces that some lawmakers liken to critical race theory and another placing new limits on wetlands prote Pennsylvania state trooper killed in ambush is lauded as a hero during funeral service 06/27/2023 05:02pm • ERIE, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state trooper who was shot and killed earlier this month when he went to work on his day off after learning his barracks had been attacked by an armed man was laid to rest Tuesday during a funeral where the state’s governor and his colleagues lauded him as a hero New York City drivers will pay extra tolls as part of the effort to reduce congestion 06/27/2023 04:46pm • NEW YORK (AP) — New York has received a critical federal approval for its first-in-the-nation plan to charge big tolls to drive into the most visited parts of Manhattan, part of an effort to reduce traffic, improve air quality and raise funds for the city's public transit system. The program could