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Stiff EPA emission limits to boost US electric vehicle sales 04/12/2023 04:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing stiff new automobile pollution limits that would require up to two-thirds of new vehicles sold in the U.S. to be electric by 2032, a nearly tenfold increase over current electric vehicle sales. The proposed regulation, announced Wednesday by 'How low can you be?' 1 dead, 3 wounded in shooting outside Northeast DC funeral home 04/12/2023 04:30pm • D.C. police are working to figure out who is behind a shooting outside of a funeral home in Northeast that left a man dead and three people wounded Tuesday afternoon. The shooting happened about 12:15 p.m. as people who had just attended a funeral service were milling on the sidewalk outside the NASCAR star Chase Elliott set to return from broken leg 04/12/2023 04:28pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Chase Elliott will return to racing this weekend at Martinsville Speedway after he missed the last six NASCAR Cup races with a broken left leg. The 27-year-old Elliott was injured in a snowboarding accident in Colorado. The 2020 Cup Series champion rehabilitated in Colorado be Claims guards aided killer fake death in S. Africa jailbreak 04/12/2023 04:25pm • CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — A convict serving a life sentence for murder and rape who escaped from a top-security prison in South Africa by faking his own burning death likely got warders to help smuggle a corpse into his cell, a parliamentary hearing was told Wednesday. Thabo Bester's elaborat Makers of 'Elemental' explore family, tolerance and movement 04/12/2023 04:13pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) — “Elemental’’ director Peter Sohn says his parents ignited the spark for the upcoming Disney and Pixar animated film. Sohn invited his parents — who both had emigrated from Korea to the U.S. — to an event. Seeing them from the stage filled him with a deep appreciation f I-95 shootout suspect charged with abduction 04/12/2023 02:51pm • The man wounded last week in a police shootout on Interstate 95 in Prince William County, Virginia, after he allegedly kidnapped a woman in New York has now been charged. Michael C. Davis, 34, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, has been charged with one felony count of abduction. Davis was wounded Church: Israel limiting rights of 'Holy Fire' worshippers 04/12/2023 02:04pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — The Greek Orthodox Church on Wednesday accused Israeli police of infringing on the freedom of worshippers with "heavy-handed” restrictions on how many pilgrims can attend the “Holy Fire” ceremony amid soaring tensions. Israeli police said the limits are needed for safety du Buffett says people shouldn't worry about Berkshire, banks 04/12/2023 01:51pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett assured investors Wednesday that Berkshire Hathaway will be fine when he's no longer around to lead the conglomerate. Buffett said that after Vice Chairman Greg Abel takes over, Berkshire will still follow the same model of allowing its subsidiaries to New dashboard tracks every fatal crash in Maryland: Where are the region's deadliest roads? 04/12/2023 01:29pm • It happened, on average, more than once a day last year. In fact, preliminary data shows that for the second year in a row, exactly 563 people died on Maryland roads in 2022. The new numbers were released Wednesday by the state of Maryland. In 2022, 135 pedestrians died on state roads, up by four Adrift in the Atlantic, a boat of death and lost dreams 04/12/2023 12:43pm • BELLE GARDEN, Tobago (AP) — Around 6:30 a.m. on May 28, 2021, a couple of miles from Belle Garden Beach on the Caribbean island of Tobago, a narrow white-and-blue boat drifted onto the horizon. As it wobbled back and forth, fish gathered, feeding on the barnacles that had grown below the surface. Cheaper gas and food provide some relief from US inflation 04/12/2023 12:19pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer inflation eased in March, with less expensive gas and food providing some relief to households that have struggled under the weight of surging prices. Yet prices are still rising fast enough to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates at least once Kansas man's lawsuit says he was chased, tased for speeding 04/12/2023 12:07pm • KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — An 80-year-old Kansas man was pursued by police and tased by a deputy — all for driving 3 mph (5 kph) over the speed limit, a federal lawsuit claims. John J. Sigg sued Monday, naming Allen County Sheriff Bryan J. Murphy and former Deputy Joseph Stotler. Sigg's lawsuit se RoboCop? No, RoboDog: Robotic dog rejoins New York police 04/12/2023 09:07am • NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials unveiled three new high-tech policing devices Tuesday, including a robotic dog that critics called creepy when it first joined the police pack 2 1/2 years ago. The new devices, which also include a GPS tracker for stolen cars and a cone-shaped security robot Red light, school zone cameras approved, coming to Prince William Co. by summer 04/12/2023 08:15am • Drivers in a hurry, take notice because school and highway zone speed cameras, and red light enforcement cameras are coming to Prince William County, Virginia. On Tuesday, the Board of County Supervisors approved a one-year pilot program that will start this summer to install automated enforcemen Edmunds: 2023 Volvo XC40 Recharge vs. Audi Q4 e-tron 04/12/2023 07:29am • With its original e-tron, Audi was one of the first luxury European automakers to offer an electric vehicle. Last year, it expanded its lineup with the more affordable Q4 e-tron. Slotting between two gas-powered models, the smaller Q3 and the larger Q5, the Q4 e-tron is an all-electric compact luxur