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Retail sales up 0.4% in April, buoyed by solid job market and declining prices in some areas 05/16/2023 11:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending modestly in April, spending money online and dining out, buoyed by a solid job market and a retreat in prices for some things. Car sales also rose despite prices that continue to soar, according to the Commerce Department report issued Tuesday. B Senegal opposition leader's trial postponed after day of violence 05/16/2023 10:29am • DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The rape trial of Senegal's main opposition leader Ousmane Sonko that was due to open on Tuesday in the capital has been postponed until May 23. The delay came after 24 hours of unrest linked to the case against the prominent politician in the West African nation in which the Bristow woman struck police vehicle, knocking Va. trooper into I-66 05/16/2023 09:19am • A Bristow woman was charged with reckless driving after striking the back of a police vehicle, sending it into the back of a pickup truck and knocking a trooper into the interstate. (Courtesy Virginia State Police) A woman struck the back of a Virginia State Police SUV, propelling it into a stat Prominent foe of female circumcision wins prestigious $1.4 million Templeton Prize 05/16/2023 08:13am • Edna Adan Ismail, a nurse-midwife, hospital founder, and health care advocate who for decades has combated female circumcision and strived to improve women’s health care in East Africa, was named Tuesday as winner of the 2023 Templeton Prize, one of the world's largest annual individual awards. †Ex-Audi chief pleads guilty in automaker's diesel emissions scandal 05/16/2023 07:23am • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The former head of Volkswagen's luxury division Audi pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges tied to the automaker's diesel emissions scandal, becoming the highest-ranking executive convicted over cars that cheated on emissions tests with the help of illegal software. Rupert S Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau arrives in South Korea to discuss trade, North Korean challenge 05/16/2023 07:15am • SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau arrived in South Korea on Tuesday for a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol at which they are expected to discuss expansion of trade and challenges posed by North Korea. Trudeau, the first Canadian leader to visit South New Mexico gunman who killed 3 and injured 6 shot randomly at cars, houses, police say 05/16/2023 06:30am • FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) — An 18-year-old man armed with at least three guns roamed through a northwestern New Mexico community firing randomly at cars and houses, killing three people and injuring six others including two police officers before he was killed, authorities said. The shootings occurred 20-year-old killed in Silver Spring shooting 05/16/2023 04:59am • A 20-year-old man was killed in a shooting in Silver Spring, Maryland, on Sunday night, Montgomery County police said. Jedidiah Kehiku Ogboi-Gibson of Laurel, was pronounced dead at the scene, where several unoccupied cars were also hit by bullets, Montgomery County police said in a statement. Man in custody after baseball bat attack hurts 2, including intern, at congressman's Virginia office 05/15/2023 09:47pm • FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — A man with a metal baseball bat walked into the northern Virginia office of U.S. Rep. Gerry Connolly on Monday, asked for him, then struck two of his workers with the bat, including an intern in her first day on the job, police and the congressman said. The attack marked the la 10 apps to use now to make taxes easier next year 05/15/2023 08:00pm • Taxpayers gave a collective sigh of relief after the April tax deadline passed. Another year of scrambling to gather receipts and calculate expenses is over. However, the tax season doesn't have to be a mad dash to collect tax documents. Instead of waiting until next spring to get organized, star Why Green Bay, Wisconsin, Is the Best Place to Live in 2023-2024 05/15/2023 08:00pm • In the search for the place to make your new hometown, you likely want affordability that doesn't leave you feeling strapped for cash after paying rent or making a mortgage payment and covering groceries. You want ample activities year-round that can keep you entertained. You want to feel like you h Even with new hip, Prince George's Co. man held without bond in strange kidnapping case 05/15/2023 07:42pm • A Prince George's County, Maryland, man in a strange kidnapping and hit and run case, which included a woman claiming she was randomly abducted, driven around naked in a rental van for about 12 hours and stabbed in the hand, was ordered held without bond Monday. It all started in Southeast D.C. F Alaska Digest, 3pm update 05/15/2023 07:16pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select Alaska stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of Alaska and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about coverage plans are welcome and should be directed to t State Supreme Court overturns judge's ruling prohibiting Tesla dealership in Delaware 05/15/2023 06:25pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware’s Supreme Court on Monday overturned a judge’s ruling upholding a decision by state officials to prohibit electric vehicle maker Tesla from selling its cars directly to customers. In a ruling last year, a Superior Court judge determined that Delaware's Motor Vehicl Colorado man tries to trade places with dog to avoid DUI arrest 05/15/2023 06:24pm • SPRINGFIELD, Colo. (AP) — A driver, who was pulled over for speeding, tried to switch places with his dog to avoid arrest, police in Colorado said. An officer watched him maneuvering inside the car before he got out on the passenger side on Saturday night in Springfield, a town of about 1,300 peop