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What is it like living in Mecca? For residents, Islam's holiest sites are simply home 06/27/2023 01:29am • MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, the holiest sites in Islam were the backdrop for her weekends growing up. Raised in Mecca, Abdu remembers roller-skating with friends near the Grand Mosque where the Kaaba is located. The desert plains and valleys that throng with pilgrims every year are Verdict due for 5 protesters accused of blocking Thai queen's car. Law allows the death penalty 06/27/2023 01:03am • BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai court is to deliver a verdict Wednesday in the case of five people accused of impeding the queen’s motorcade during a pro-democracy march in 2020, an offense that if judged egregious could bring a death sentence. Hundreds of criminal cases have arisen from the student-led p Work begins to clean up train derailment in Montana's Yellowstone River 06/26/2023 10:46pm • HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Work is underway to clean up rail cars carrying hazardous materials that fell into the Yellowstone River in southern Montana after a bridge collapsed over the weekend, officials said Monday. Montana Rail Link is developing a cleanup plan and is working with its unions and BNSF Chicago business executive and philanthropist Jim Crown killed in Colorado racetrack crash 06/26/2023 09:04pm • WOODY CREEK, Colo. (AP) — Jim Crown, an executive and philanthropist who recently announced an effort to rally other business leaders to help fight violent crime in Chicago, died Sunday in a car crash on a racing track in Colorado. He was 70. Crown, a grandson of industrialist Henry Crown and the Wind and hail sweep through parts of region but skip DC area 06/26/2023 08:30pm • Listen to WTOP on the 8's for the latest weather updates. Severe storms loomed over the region Monday night, prompting a severe thunderstorm watch. However, gusty winds and hail, reported in some parts of Maryland, largely skipped the D.C. area. The watch, which covered D.C., Northern Virgini Prosecutors seek the death penalty against man accused of slaying of 4 University of Idaho students 06/26/2023 08:23pm • BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty against a man accused of stabbing four University of Idaho students to death late last year. Bryan Kohberger, 28, is charged with four counts of murder in connection with the deaths at a rental house near the Moscow, Idaho, un Fund of Funds: 8 Great ETFs That Hold ETFs 06/26/2023 08:00pm • For small investors, the usual appeal of exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, is that they are easy ways to gain exposure to the market and have low fees. The tradeoff has often been that ETFs themselves are fairly specialized, making it harder to achieve diversification. What if there were funds that co How to Get a Small Personal Loan 06/26/2023 08:00pm • Small personal loans can provide the funding you need to pay for incidentals like car repairs, medical bills, replacement appliances and other unexpected expenses. You may also use a personal loan to pay off a small amount of credit card debt at a lower fixed interest rate. However, many lenders hav Tornado and other severe weather kill 3, damage homes, and knock out power in multiple states 06/26/2023 07:52pm • SHOALS, Ind. (AP) — A tornado struck an Indiana home, killing a man and injuring his wife, while two people died in Arkansas after a tree fell onto a house, as severe weather rumbled through several central states. The tornado that hit the home Sunday evening was part of a storm system that pushed As fuel taxes plummet, states weigh charging by the mile instead of the tank 06/26/2023 07:00pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Evan Burroughs has spent eight years touting the virtues of an Oregon pilot program charging motorists by the distance their vehicle travels rather than the gas it guzzles, yet his own mother still hasn't bought in. Margaret Burroughs, 85, said she has no intention of inserti Trying to save his life, lawyers for Pittsburgh synagogue gunman argue he is mentally ill 06/26/2023 03:46pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) — The gunman convicted in the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history had psychotic, delusional and paranoid symptoms that made him unable to understand the world or make appropriate decisions, his lawyer said Monday, launching an effort to persuade jurors to spare his life. R DP World Tour Schedule 06/26/2023 02:59pm • 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 _ John Goodenough, a Nobel Prize-winning co-creator of the revolutionary lithium battery, dies at 100 06/26/2023 02:31pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — John Goodenough, who shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his work developing the lithium-ion battery that transformed technology with rechargeable power for devices ranging from cellphones, computers, and pacemakers to electric cars, has died at 100, the University of Prince William launches 5-year project to end long-term homelessness in the UK 06/26/2023 01:20pm • LONDON (AP) — Prince William launched a five-year project to end homelessness in the United Kingdom on Monday, saying he wants to make sure that instances of people being left without a roof over their heads are “rare, brief and unrepeated.” The heir to the throne kicked off the initiative by Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 06/26/2023 01:10pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. 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