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On the road again! Maryland's MVA to resume normal operations for driving tests Tuesday 06/17/2023 08:11am • In another sign of putting COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, the Maryland Department of Transportation announced that it's going back to its pre-pandemic policy for driving tests on Tuesday. The state's Motor Vehicle Administration will be reopening its normal operations for driving tests on June Shooting in Baltimore wounds 6 people; all expected to survive 06/17/2023 12:56am • BALTIMORE (AP) — A shooting in Baltimore on Friday night wounded six people, though all were expected to survive, police said. Officers who had pulled over a car in the city's north heard gunshots just before 9 p.m. and went to investigate, Baltimore Police Department spokesperson Lindsey Eldri Destruction in Texas Panhandle: Storm blamed for 3 deaths wrecked mobile homes and main street 06/16/2023 10:58pm • PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — As Sabrina Devers watched what would turn out to be a deadly storm approach her ranch just north of the Texas Panhandle town Perryton, she first spotted golf ball-sized and then softball-sized hail. Then, Devers said, across the high plains toward Perryton, the system spawne Man exhibiting mental crisis charged in unprovoked shooting of pregnant woman in Seattle 06/16/2023 08:32pm • SEATTLE (AP) — A man who police say was exhibiting signs of a mental health crisis after he shot and killed a pregnant restaurant owner in her car in downtown Seattle this week was charged Friday with first-degree murder in her death, and prosecutors said they are seeing whether they can also char Hundreds flee drug cartel turf battles in rural western Mexico 06/16/2023 08:16pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gun battles between drug cartels forced about 700 people to flee their rural villages in the western Mexico state of Michoacan, activists and a local priest said Friday. Rev. Jorge Armando Vázquez said dozens of people are sleeping in the nave of a parish church in the hamlet Protesters in Senegal accuse police of using armed civilians to quell unrest 06/16/2023 08:11pm • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — As gunfire rang out at a protest in Senegal’s capital, a man wearing khaki pants and a T-shirt shot Cheikh's childhood friend in the chest. The bleeding 21-year-old slumped against a wall, displaying his wound in disbelief. “We thought tear gas and grenades would be used George Floyd's killing capped years of violence, discrimination by Minneapolis police, DOJ says 06/16/2023 07:21pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Justice Department on Friday issued a withering critique of Minneapolis police, alleging that they systematically discriminated against racial minorities, violated constitutional rights and disregarded the safety of people in custody for years before George Floyd was killed. Vietnam-era whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg, who leaked Pentagon Papers, dies at 92 06/16/2023 06:57pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Daniel Ellsberg, the history-making whistleblower who by leaking the Pentagon Papers revealed longtime government doubts and deceit about the Vietnam War and inspired acts of retaliation by President Richard Nixon that helped lead to his resignation, has died. He was 92. Ellsberg, Railroad industry sues to block new locomotive pollution rules in California 06/16/2023 05:37pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The railroad industry on Friday sued to block new environmental rules in California, arguing they would force the premature retirement of about 25,000 diesel-powered locomotives across the country long before their zero-emission counterparts are ready to take their place. Jayland Walker's family sues officers and city, alleging excessive force 06/16/2023 05:08pm • AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The eight police officers who shot Jayland Walker last summer used excessive force when they fired 94 bullets at him during a foot chase and participated in a “culture of violence and racism” within Akron's police department, according to a lawsuit filed in Ohio federal cour Column: Morant suspension sends mixed message in country that worships guns 06/16/2023 04:55pm • This is not a defense of Ja Morant, whose erratic behavior certainly seems worthy of a lengthy suspension. Then again, in a country that worships its firearms and shrugs off repeated mass killings as nothing more than the cost of living in America, we shouldn't be the least bit surprised when a bras Te decimos algunos consejos de cómo puedes ahorrar en tu seguro de auto 06/16/2023 04:14pm • SAN DIEGO – Últimamente cumplir con la ley estatal al conducir con un seguro de auto le pide más a tu cuenta bancaria, pero hay maneras para ahorrar. Consumer Reports dice que hay maneras que te pueden ayudar a reducir tu factura aún más. Primero: aumenta tu deducible y cancela la cober Leclerc expects little improvement from Ferrari at Canadian Grand Prix 06/16/2023 04:06pm • Charles Leclerc spent the Formula One off weekend attending his first 24 Hours of Le Mans, where he tucked into the back of the Ferrari garage and watched the Italian automaker win the iconic endurance race for the first time since 1963. The celebration was wild and one Leclerc hasn't been part of NBA suspends Ja Morant 25 games for 2nd social media video involving a gun 06/16/2023 02:29pm • Memphis guard Ja Morant has been suspended 25 games by the NBA — his second ban in four months — and Commissioner Adam Silver made clear Friday the star must stop his “alarming” habit of flashing guns on social media. The suspension for the upcoming season comes a month after a second video Unionized UPS workers could strike this summer, scrambling supply chains and home delivery 06/16/2023 01:36pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Unionized UPS workers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to authorize a strike, setting the stage for a potential work stoppage if the package delivery company and Teamsters can’t come to an agreement before their contract expires next month. The Teamsters said 97% of unionized work