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Man charged with murder in deaths of missing mom, girl 03/31/2023 10:46pm • VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The man named as a person of interest in the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend and her 7-year-old daughter was charged with two counts of murder in their deaths, police in Washington state said Friday. Detectives from the Vancouver Police Department booked Kirkland Warren 'Window into history': Tapes detail LBJ's stolen election 03/31/2023 10:36pm • DALLAS (AP) — The story was a blockbuster: A former Texas voting official was on the record detailing how nearly three decades earlier, votes were falsified to give then-congressman Lyndon B. Johnson a win that propelled the future president into the U.S. Senate. The audio recordings from Associat Want a free e-scooter lesson? Montgomery Co. is offering them 03/31/2023 10:18pm • It seems like e-scooters are just about everywhere and in every neighborhood these days. That is why transportation officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, have decided to offer free lessons to people who want to learn how to pick up an e-scooter and ride it safely. "It's informal, so there' Mourners gather for 1st Nashville school shooting funeral 03/31/2023 08:22pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Family and friends of Evelyn Dieckhaus, one of three children who were killed in a school shooting in Nashville this week, remembered her Friday as a “shining light” and said farewell to a girl who loved art, music, animals and snuggling with her older sister on the cou Many electric vehicles to lose big tax credit with new rules 03/31/2023 07:32pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer new electric vehicles will qualify for a full $7,500 federal tax credit later this year, and many will get only half that, under rules proposed Friday by the U.S. Treasury Department. The rules, required under last year's Inflation Reduction Act, are likely to slow consumer Cleanup begins after fiery Minnesota ethanol derailment 03/31/2023 06:41pm • Crews have started removing contaminated soil and damaged railcars left behind by Thursday's fiery derailment in southwest Minnesota. Authorities said Friday afternoon the ethanol fire that burned for hours had been extinguished and that local firefighters were allowed to leave after remaining on si Court: 2018 Musk tweet unlawfully threatened UAW efforts 03/31/2023 06:30pm • NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A 2018 Twitter post by Tesla CEO Elon Musk unlawfully threatened Tesla employees with the loss of stock options if they decided to be represented by a union, a federal appeals court ruled Friday. The ruling by a three-judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Romania: Andrew Tate's detention replaced with house arrest 03/31/2023 06:26pm • BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Andrew Tate, the divisive internet personality who has spent months in a Romanian jail on suspicion of organized crime and human trafficking, has won an appeal to replace his detention with house arrest, an official said Friday. The Bucharest Court of Appeal ruled in favo Fiery derailments renew Americans' focus on railroad safety 03/31/2023 05:49pm • OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Americans are renewing their focus on railroad safety after a string of recent derailments, especially two fiery ones involving hazardous chemicals in Ohio and Minnesota that prompted evacuations. Federal regulators and members of Congress are urging railroads to do more to prev EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks 03/31/2023 04:49pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration cleared the way Friday for California's plan to phase out a wide range of diesel-powered trucks, part of the state's efforts to drastically cut planet-warming emissions and improve air quality in heavy-traffic areas like ports along the coast. The Who’s who in the Manhattan DA’s Donald Trump indictment 03/31/2023 04:49pm • As Donald Trump fought his way to victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, key allies tried to smooth his bumpy path by paying off two women who had been thinking of going public with allegations of extramarital encounters with the Republican. The payoffs, and the way that Trump's company accounte UN body mulls deep sea mining amid demand for minerals 03/31/2023 03:51pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pressure is mounting on an obscure U.N. body based in Jamaica to hit pause on plans to potentially open the world’s deep seas to mining as companies push for permission to extract metals from seabeds in international waters. The International Seabed Authority on Frid A.J. Foyt Racing heads to Texas ready to start season 03/31/2023 03:29pm • FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A.J. Foyt Racing started the IndyCar season with a new driver lineup and high expectations for improved performance. It came to a crashing halt in the third turn of the season-opening race. Santino Ferrucci and Benjamin Pedersen were part of the first-lap crash in downto Climate protesters who stormed British Grand Prix avoid jail 03/31/2023 03:27pm • LONDON (AP) — Six climate change activists who stormed the track at last year’s British Grand Prix Formula 1 race in one of a series of disruptive protests against fossil fuels were spared prison sentences Friday. Five of the activists had to be dragged from the track as cars passed by during th Justice Department sues Norfolk Southern over derailment 03/31/2023 03:11pm • The federal government filed a lawsuit against railroad Norfolk Southern over environmental damage caused by a train derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border that spilled hazardous chemicals into nearby creeks and rivers. The U.S. Department of Justice said it's seeking to hold the company account