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Railroad will use Ohio-based firms for derailment cleanup 03/29/2023 04:05pm • EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) — Norfolk Southern has agreed to exclusively use Ohio-based businesses to clean up the site of a fiery train derailment last month in a small town near the Pennsylvania state line. Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost made the announcement Wednesday. Yost said he thought it a Hitman in New Jersey murder-for-hire sentenced to 16 years 03/29/2023 02:55pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A career criminal whose rap sheet includes bank robberies and a murder conspiracy was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for killing a New Jersey political consultant in exchange for money in 2014. George Bratsenis, 74, pleaded guilty a year ago to a charge that he and a Musk, scientists call for halt to AI race sparked by ChatGPT 03/29/2023 02:24pm • Are tech companies moving too fast in rolling out powerful artificial intelligence technology that could one day outsmart humans? That's the conclusion of a group of prominent computer scientists and other tech industry notables such as Elon Musk and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak who are calling f St. Louis prosecutor to seek reelection despite ouster bid 03/29/2023 12:33pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis' elected prosecutor has said she will run for reelection in 2024, even as she tries to fend off an effort by Missouri's attorney general to force her out of office. Democratic Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner spoke Tuesday night at an often-raucous public forum and made it c Prince Harry blames royal family for delay in hacking suit 03/29/2023 11:51am • LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry blamed the royal family for a delay in bringing a phone hacking lawsuit against the publisher of The Daily Mail as lawyers for the newspaper argued Wednesday that the case should be thrown out because he didn't file it soon enough. The Duke of Sussex said “the Institu DC police officer sentenced to 18 months in jail for fatal Lothian crash 03/29/2023 11:48am • A D.C. police officer was sentenced Friday to 18 months in prison for his role in a deadly Maryland car crash in 2021. Prosecutors said Austin Kirk Smith, of College Park, Maryland, was sentenced on two counts of felony vehicular manslaughter in the May 27, 2021, crash that killed 23-year-old Lea 5 Missouri officers injured; suspected DWI driver arrested 03/29/2023 11:41am • MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. (AP) — Five St. Louis-area police officers were injured early Wednesday when they were struck by an SUV driven by a suspected drunken driver. Three of the officers were in serious condition and two suffered moderate injuries, the Missouri State Highway Patrol said. A 2-year-o DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb weighs in on carjackings, criminal code and Commanders 03/29/2023 05:34am • DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb speaks with DMV Download podcast host Luke Garrett. (WTOP/Luke Garrett) D.C. had a turbulent start to 2023 — from a forsaken criminal code, a sharp spike in car thefts and to the recent resignation of Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio following allegations of sexua Tuesday's Sports in Brief 03/29/2023 03:07am • FOOTBALL PHOENIX (AP) — Dan Snyder’s departure from the NFL is moving closer to reality. A group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales and another group led by Canadian billionaire Steve Apostolopoulos have formally submitted fully financed bids for the NFL’s Washington Commanders, according t Daughter: Mississippi tornado victim was ‘beautiful soul’ 03/28/2023 10:57pm • ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — With her sister behind the wheel, Queen'terica Jones rushed across the flat Mississippi Delta as a powerful tornado bore down on their mother's home. The howling winds lifted the rear of their car off the ground and slammed them into a churchyard. They arrived too late. Md. first lady has lived with MS for 20 years — what is it? 03/28/2023 10:55pm • Maryland first lady Dawn Moore recently revealed something very personal to the world. For more than 20 years, she has lived with multiple sclerosis or MS. Her announcement comes during Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month, and she said she is opening up about it to do just that — raise awareness New California gas price law another defeat for oil industry 03/28/2023 09:49pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — It was just a few weeks ago that California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the oil industry the second most powerful force on earth, trailing only Mother Nature in its ability to bend the elements — both physical and political — to its will. Yet on Tuesday, Newsom signed What we know about the Covenant school shooting in Nashville 03/28/2023 09:24pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Six people were killed at a small, private Christian school just south of downtown Nashville on Monday after a shooter opened fire inside the building of about 200 students, police said. Police received a call about an active shooter at The Covenant School — a Presbyteria Police: Nashville shooter fired indiscriminately at victims 03/28/2023 09:00pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The shooter who killed three students and three staff members at a Christian school in Nashville legally bought seven weapons in recent years and hid the guns from their parents before carrying out the attack by firing indiscriminately at victims and spraying gunfire throug 1 in 5 Americans With Tax Debt Is 'Extremely' Stressed About It 03/28/2023 08:00pm • For the majority of Americans who can anticipate a refund during tax season, the painstaking process of compiling W-2s and calculating deductions is rewarded with a windfall of cash. But for the millions of taxpayers who owe money to the IRS, tax filing season can be a time of unexpected financial s