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Fizzled probe spares governor scrutiny over Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest 06/05/2023 01:28am • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana legislators who last year demanded answers from Gov. John Bel Edwards on whether he was complicit in a cover-up of state troopers’ deadly arrest of a Black motorist have quietly abandoned their work without hearing from the governor or issuing any findings. Lawm Rescuers in Japan search for 3 missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy rains last week 06/05/2023 12:27am • TOKYO (AP) — Rescue workers in Japan searched Monday for three people who went missing in or near rivers swollen by heavy rains last week that left one person dead and dozens injured. A man in his 60s who was pulled from a flooded car Friday in the central city of Toyohashi was pronounced dead ove Today in History: June 5, Robert F. Kennedy assassinated 06/05/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, June 5, the 156th day of 2023. There are 209 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded after claiming victory in California’s Democratic presidential primary at the Ambassador Ho Error in signaling system led to train crash that killed 275 people in India, official says 06/04/2023 11:58pm • BALASORE, India (AP) — The derailment in eastern India that killed 275 people and injured hundreds was caused by an error in the electronic signaling system that led a train to wrongly change tracks and crash into a freight train, officials said Sunday. Authorities worked to clear the mangled wrec Kyle Busch holds off Denny Hamlin for NASCAR Cup Series win outside St. Louis 06/04/2023 10:15pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Kyle Busch had been in and out of his car through a lengthy weather delay. He had idled on the track through two red flags. He had kept his poise through 11 cautions, including five down the stretch as he tried to protect his lead. Must have seemed like Sunday's NASCAR Cup Ser 8 Best High-Yield REITs to Buy 06/04/2023 08:00pm • One of the main reasons why income-oriented investors prefer real estate investments trusts, or REITs, is the potential for higher-than-average, consistently paid dividends. For investors, the REIT structure offers a unique blend of real estate exposure, liquidity and present income, along with the Alex Palou wins Detroit Grand Prix in IndyCar's return to downtown track 06/04/2023 07:44pm • DETROIT (AP) — Alex Palou went from critic to champion in a day. He started and finished first in the Detroit Grand Prix on Sunday, roughly 24 hours after the IndyCar points leader said the street course was too tight and short for the series. “It was a lot better than I expected," said Palou, w Twins get good news on Royce Lewis after scary somersault, face-first landing 06/04/2023 06:51pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Royce Lewis had a noticeable scrape on his forehead after providing a scare for the Minnesota Twins with an inadvertent somersault followed by a face-first landing. He still managed a smile on his face afterward, apparently unscathed. But he said he felt like he "ran into a car WTOP wins 5 first place awards from Chesapeake AP Broadcasters Association 06/04/2023 03:36pm • It was a big night for WTOP at the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association Awards convention held in Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday. In all, 27 news organizations in D.C., Maryland and Delaware submitted 314 entries for the annual contest. You can check out the full list of the wi Alonso’s long wait for 33rd F1 win goes on after disappointing Spanish GP 06/04/2023 01:31pm • MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — The prospect of Fernando Alonso ending a decade-long wait for his 33rd Formula One win in front of tens of thousands of fans at his home race proved too good to be true on Sunday. Alonso turned in his worst performance of the season when the two-time former world champion fi Verstappen wins Spanish GP from pole for 40th career victory 06/04/2023 01:22pm • MONTMELO, Spain (AP) — Max Verstappen had warned that his Red Bull team was good enough to win every single race of the Formula One season. On Sunday he took one more step toward that ambitious sweep by easing to victory at the Spanish Grand Prix. The two-time defending champion started from pole 3 dead after car plunges into Frederick Co. quarry 06/04/2023 12:44pm • Three people are dead after a car was found in the bottom of a quarry Sunday morning in Frederick County, Maryland. The Frederick County Sheriff's Office said that, shortly after 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, deputies were called to the area of Clemonsville and Peter Shriner roads for a report of a car cr Vigilantes in Haiti strike back at gangsters with brutal street justice 06/04/2023 11:07am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Old cars, used tires and barbed wire block off the biggest neighborhood in the capital of Haiti. Gun-toting gangsters have been robbing, raping and murdering the innocent. Weak or corrupt police and officials have done little, or worse. Now, the people are taking actio Four dead in Missouri after car crosses center line, strikes motorcyclists 06/04/2023 10:32am • AURORA, Mo. (AP) — Four people died and seven others were seriously injured when a car crossed the center line of a Missouri highway and struck five motorcycles. The accident happened Saturday afternoon on Missouri Route 39 near the southwestern Missouri town of Aurora. The Missouri State Highway 7 shot, 1 fatally, in Chicago when gunfire erupts amid remembrance for man killed in car crash 06/04/2023 10:27am • CHICAGO (AP) — A 25-year-old woman was fatally shot and six other people were wounded early Sunday when gunfire erupted in Chicago during a remembrance for a man who died in a car crash, police said. A large group of people had gathered about 1 a.m. to mark four years since a man's fatal crash whe