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Why did repeat DUI offender still have a license before deadly DC crash? 05/25/2023 09:20am • D.C. officials are trying to figure out who's to blame for keeping a repeat DUI offender licensed and behind the wheel after the driver was charged in the deaths of three people tied to a March crash. Nakita Walker, 43, shouldn’t have had a license in March, according to D.C.'s Deputy Mayor for Delaware taps artificial intelligence to evacuate crowded beaches when floods hit 05/25/2023 08:03am • Delaware's low elevation mixed with crowded beaches and limited exit routes make the state particularly vulnerable to massive flooding, but officials hope an influx of federal infrastructure money will trigger future evacuation plans automatically via artificial intelligence. The Biden administra Cyprus police use teargas to disperse fans hurling firebombs after League Cup final 05/25/2023 07:59am • NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus police used tear gas to disperse dozens of soccer fans who attacked them following the end of the island nation’s league cup final. Before the final between Omonia Nicosia and AEL Limassol on Wednesday at Nicosia GSP Stadium, police arrested six people for possessio Pressure building on Team Penske to get Indianapolis 500 results 05/25/2023 05:59am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Will Power and Scott McLaughlin joined Josef Newgarden behind a table draped in a checked flag Wednesday, the trio of IndyCar drivers the very definition of focus. Their eyes were trained on the project before them, fingers nearly twitching. Anticipating the start, all three do Which companies are leaving Russia and which are staying? Here's a look 05/25/2023 02:30am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — More than 500 companies have suspended their business in Russia, and a similar number have withdrawn completely. An additional 151 are “scaling back,” 175 are “buying time” and 230 are “digging in,” according to database kept by Yale University. Chinese compan What College Freshmen Should Expect on Move-In Day 05/24/2023 08:00pm • College move-in day can be an emotional time, as it's often the first time incoming freshmen are leaving their family, friends and pets behind at home. Even students eager to start this next chapter are often filled with a mix of nerves and excitement about adjusting to campus life and meeting new p Rapper Fetty Wap sentenced to 6 years in prison for drug-trafficking scheme 05/24/2023 07:31pm • CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — As friends and family looked on, rapper Fetty Wap on Wednesday apologized for his actions and said he was “exactly where I'm supposed to be,” before a judge sentenced him to six years in federal prison for his role in a New York-based drug-trafficking scheme. The “ $3.1M settlement reached in fatal police shooting of Black man in Tacoma, Washington 05/24/2023 07:26pm • TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — Officials in the city of Tacoma, Washington, will pay $3.1 million to the family of a Black man who was fatally shot by police during a traffic stop in 2019. The City Council announced Tuesday's settlement with the relatives of 24-year-old Bennie Branch in a news release. � Yellowstone baby bison put to death after visitor picks it up, leading herd to reject it 05/24/2023 06:48pm • YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. (AP) — A man who picked up a bison calf in Yellowstone National Park caused it to be shunned by its herd, prompting park officials to kill the animal rather than allow it to be a hazard to visitors. Park officials quickly defended the decision to kill the newborn bi Typhoon Mawar flips cars, cuts power on Guam as scope of damage emerges in US Pacific territory 05/24/2023 06:45pm • HAGATNA, Guam (AP) — Powerful Typhoon Mawar smashed the U.S. territory of Guam and continued lashing the Pacific island with high winds and heavy rain Thursday, knocking down trees, walls and power lines and creating a powerful storm surge that threatened to wash out low-lying areas. The typhoon, Best and worst travel times around the DC area this Memorial Day weekend 05/24/2023 05:21pm • Thousands of D.C.-area residents will be setting out to enjoy the blue sky and green wilderness this Memorial Day weekend, but first they just might be seeing red on the roads. Nationwide, an estimated 42.3 million Americans are expected to travel 50 miles or more from home this Memorial Day week A.J. Foyt returns to the Indy 500, his legacy long secured and grief fresh from his wife's death 05/24/2023 03:56pm • WALLER, Texas (AP) — A.J. Foyt was 15 when a boat that he and two friends were riding in capsized in a storm. The young Foyt clung tightly to a buoy until a fishing vessel found him, too late for one of the other boys that had already drowned. Not long afterward, Foyt and some buddies were climbin Alabama DB Tony Mitchell receives 3 years probation on drug charge plea 05/24/2023 03:14pm • BONIFAY, Fla. (AP) — Alabama defensive back Tony Mitchell has been sentenced to three years of probation with a fine and community service after pleading guilty to a drug charge in Florida. Holmes County Circuit Judge Russell Roberts accepted Mitchell's plea to a charge of possession of more than Family of Georgia woman who died after falling from moving patrol car files wrongful death lawsuit 05/24/2023 02:47pm • DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — The family of a Georgia woman who died last year after she fell from a moving patrol car has filed a civil rights lawsuit, saying sheriff's deputies improperly arrested her and ultimately caused her death, attorneys announced Wednesday. The deputies who put Brianna Grier in the Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/24/2023 02:47pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov