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Jury recommends more than 50 years in prison for Missouri mom whose two children died in hot car 05/23/2023 02:10pm • LIBERTY, Mo. (AP) — A jury has recommended that a Missouri woman whose two young daughters died inside a hot car in 2018 be sentenced to more than 50 years in prison. A Clay County jury found Jenna Boedecker guilty on Friday of two counts of second-degree murder, four counts of endangering the wel Prosecutors: Man drove car into planned Illinois abortion clinic in attempted arson 05/23/2023 02:06pm • DANVILLE, Ill. (AP) — A 73-year-old man is facing federal charges after he rammed a car into a planned abortion clinic in an eastern Illinois city and also was trying to set the building on fire, authorities announced Tuesday. Police arrived at the clinic site in Danville about 4:30 a.m. Saturday Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 05/23/2023 02:04pm • 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 Agustín Canapino carries hopes of Argentina into Indianapolis 500 05/23/2023 01:57pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — It is hard to understand the immense popularity of Indianapolis 500 driver Agustín Canapino back home in Argentina until you consider this: Five years ago, while racing in one of his nation’s touring car series, he was voted the country's top athlete. Not soccer superstar Li Court rules against Prince Harry's offer to personally pay for police protection in UK 05/23/2023 01:35pm • LONDON (AP) — A London judge rejected Prince Harry's bid to pay for his own police protection Tuesday, denying the royal's request to challenge the U.K. government in court. The British government stopped providing security after Harry, the younger son of King Charles III, and his wife, the former UK police face questions over road deaths of 2 teens that sparked Cardiff riot 05/23/2023 12:45pm • LONDON (AP) — Several dozen youths pelted police with objects and set cars and trash bins ablaze in Cardiff in local unrest that erupted after two teenagers died in a road crash, officials said Tuesday. Police said they were supporting the bereaved families and arresting the rioters — but faced A lifetime of racism makes Alzheimer’s more prevalent in Black Americans 05/23/2023 12:25pm • FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Constance Guthrie is not yet dead, but her daughter has begun to plan her funeral. It will be, Jessica Guthrie says, in a Black-owned funeral home, with the songs of her ancestors. She envisions a celebration of her mother’s life, not a tragic recitation of her long d Police in Portugal resume search for Madeleine McCann, British child missing since 2007 05/23/2023 12:21pm • ARADE DAM, Portugal (AP) — Police on Tuesday renewed the search for Madeleine McCann, the British child who disappeared in 2007 in Portugal, with officers digging and scraping the surface of land near a dam close to where she went missing. About 20 officers with rakes and hoe-like tools spread out High blood pressure plagues many Black Americans. Combined with COVID, it's catastrophic 05/23/2023 10:38am • DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. (AP) — Charles Thomas was unwell but he had no time for rest. He was on the cusp of a management promotion and a move to Florida to begin a new chapter that would alter his family’s financial future and break the cycle of generational poverty. Yet, as his family’s prospe Today in Sports - Montreal Canadiens win their 23rd Stanley Cup, beating the Calgary Flames 05/23/2023 10:00am • May 24 1905 — Harry Payne Whitney’s Tanya becomes the second filly to win the Belmont Stakes. Ruthless was the first filly to win the Belmont, in 1867. Whitney would also win the Kentucky Derby with a filly, Regret, in 1915. 1926 — Finnish runner Paavo Nurmi sets world 3000m record (8:25.4) in Waymo, Uber set aside past rift over self-driving car technology to team up on robotaxis in Phoenix 05/23/2023 08:03am • Self-driving car pioneer Waymo is teaming up with ride-hailing leader Uber in the Phoenix area to transport passengers and deliver food in robotic cars that triggered a bitter technological dispute between the two companies. The partnership announced Tuesday provides Waymo with another avenue to exp Car seats and baby formula are regulated. Is social media next? 05/23/2023 07:20am • The U.S. surgeon general is warning there is not enough evidence to show that social media is safe for children and teens — and is calling on tech companies, parents and caregivers to take “immediate action to protect kids now." With young people's social media use “near universal” but its Air bag thieves hit 20 Hondas in Arlington 05/23/2023 06:09am • Car air bag thieves struck again this weekend in Arlington County, Virginia, breaking into at least 20 vehicles. A woman in the Radnor/Fort Myer Heights neighborhood saw three men attempting to break into a vehicle, Arlington County police said, and her shouts scared them away early Sunday mornin Street traders offer a better bargain than stores as Zimbabwe's currency crumbles 05/23/2023 03:06am • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Festus Nyoni picked out a few items in a supermarket in Zimbabwe’s capital, looked at the prices and knew she was in the wrong place. She abandoned her shopping cart and headed for a nearby street jammed with traders offering bargains in U.S. dollars. From the trunk of a Success coaches ‘dig a little deeper’ to help community college students 05/23/2023 12:07am • DALLAS (AP) — Daisy Donjuan’s family never saw the value in college. After graduating from high school, she did what was expected of her — dropped education, worked and pitched in at home. When she enrolled in Dallas College after a five-year break in school, she had to navigate a dizzying arr