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Federal prosecutors to help clear backlog of murder cases in St. Louis 06/27/2023 04:27pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Attorney's Office in St. Louis will loan eight prosecutors to the St. Louis Circuit Attorney's Office to help clear a backlog homicide cases, officials from both offices said Tuesday. The agreement, described as a first of its kind in St. Louis, comes a little over a mont Missouri attorney general seeks reversal of former detective's conviction in Black man's death 06/27/2023 03:23pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — In an unusual legal move, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey is asking a state appeals court to reverse the conviction of a white former Kansas City police detective who shot and killed a Black man three years ago. In a brief filed Monday, Bailey said the evidence pres NFL running back Leonard Fournette says his car caught fire on the freeway 06/27/2023 03:14pm • NFL running back Leonard Fournette appears to have avoided injury after his car caught fire while he was driving on a freeway. Fournette posted a video to Instagram on Tuesday where he showed his burned vehicle on the side of the highway. Fournette doesn’t speak in the video, which shows extensive Pope's peace envoy arrives in Moscow after the short-lived Wagner rebellion 06/27/2023 03:00pm • ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ peace envoy arrived in Moscow on Tuesday in hopes of helping find “a solution to the tragic current situation” of the war in Ukraine, weeks after making a preliminary visit to Kyiv, the Vatican said. The mission by Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, a veteran of the Catholic Ch DP World Tour Schedule 06/27/2023 02:58pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _ Tesla's EV plug is closer to becoming the industry standard following a move by an automotive group 06/27/2023 02:46pm • DETROIT (AP) — A key U.S. automotive industry organization says it will set performance standards for Tesla's electric vehicle charging cords in another move toward using the Tesla plug on all EVs. The move Tuesday by SAE International, formerly the Society of Automotive Engineers, comes just week AUTO RACING: NASCAR to make history on Chicago streets; Formula One in Austria 06/27/2023 12:00pm • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Grant Park 220 Site: Chicago, Illinois. Schedule: Saturday, practice, 1:30 p.m, and qualifying, 2:30 p.m.; Sunday, race, 5:30 p.m. (NBC). Track: Chicago road course. Race distance: 100 laps, 220 miles Last year: Debut event. Last race: Ross Chastain led 100 laps After a far-right victory in German county, a man in neo-Nazi clothing hands balloons to children 06/27/2023 11:53am • BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are investigating a video showing a man in neo-Nazi clothing handing balloons to kindergartners a day after the country's main far-right party won control of a county administration. The video was taken Monday in front of a kindergarten in Sonneberg county, accordi 5 teens were killed in a car that swerved off a road and sank in a Florida pond 06/27/2023 11:22am • FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Five teenagers were killed when their car ran off a curving street and landed in a southwest Florida retention pond where it went underwater, authorities said. It happened either late Sunday or early Monday, killing everyone inside. The crumpled Kia sedan was pulled from th A Wagner ex-convict returned from war and a Russian village lived in fear. Then he killed again 06/27/2023 10:49am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — When Ivan Rossomakhin returned home from the war in Ukraine three months ago, his neighbors in the village east of Moscow were terrified. Three years ago, he was convicted of murder and sentenced to a long prison term but was freed after volunteering to fight with the Wagne US consumer confidence jumps to highest level since early 2022 06/27/2023 10:38am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The American consumer's confidence jumped in June to its highest level in 18 months as a strong labor market continues to buoy the U.S. economy. The Conference Board reported Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to 109.7 in June from 102.5 in May. That's the highest Where to watch fireworks in the DC area this Fourth of July 06/27/2023 09:56am • Independence Day in America means a lot of things. For some, it means honoring the country's history and how far it has come. For others, it means gathering with loved ones, heading to the beach, cooking up some hot dogs and watching the fireworks. For this Fourth of July, WTOP is mapping out whe Lordstown Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection 06/27/2023 08:37am • Commercial electric vehicle startup Lordstown Motors Corp. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection nearly two months after it warned that it was in danger of failing. In early May electronics company Foxconn wavered on a $170 million investment in Lordstown. The Ohio company said in a regula Soccer club Stuttgart agrees on deal that's potentially worth $110 million with Porsche Group 06/27/2023 07:31am • STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Bundesliga club Stuttgart has mainly agreed on a sponsorship deal with local car manufacturer Porsche and consultancy firm MHP that it says could yield more than 100 million euros ($110 million). Mercedes-Benz will remain Stuttgart’s main sponsor, though it is giving up Ex-Audi boss convicted of fraud in automaker's diesel emissions scandal 06/27/2023 06:19am • BERLIN (AP) — Former Audi boss Rupert Stadler was convicted of fraud Tuesday in connection with the automaker's diesel emissions scandal, making him the highest-ranking executive found guilty over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the help of illegal software. A German court handed Stadle