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Police prevent environmental activists from storming Tesla factory in Germany 05/10/2024 11:24am • German police said Friday they had prevented hundreds of demonstrators from storming Tesla’s factory near Berlin during protests against the pioneering electric carmaker over its environmental footprint. Crowds of demonstrators gathered near the Grunheide factory, Tesla’s only European productio Grupo Frontera's hybrid Mexican music went global. On a new album, their genre-melding has no limits 05/10/2024 10:24am • NEW YORK (AP) — A lot can happen in two years. Just ask Grupo Frontera, who released their highly anticipated sophomore album, “Jugando Que No Pasa Nada,” Friday. The sextet began as a local band in Texas' Rio Grande Valley, playing events like quinceañeras — a hobby for its members who hel Police: Driver hit sign, exited car before being struck, killed in Rockville 05/10/2024 10:17am • Detectives in Montgomery County, Maryland, are investigating a fatal pedestrian crash that killed a 43-year-old man on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as Earl William Smith, of Clinton, according to a Friday news release from police. Just after 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Montgomery Coun Off-track soap opera follows F1 into first 2024 stop in U.S. Andrettis plan to meet with series 05/10/2024 09:35am • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Five races into the Formula 1 season, Max Verstappen and the globe-trotting series have arrived in the United States for the first of three appearances in a year the Red Bull driver already seems to have under wraps. Verstappen has four wins through five races headed in Mixing games and education, Prince Harry and Meghan arrive in Nigeria to promote mental health 05/10/2024 09:18am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, arrived in Nigeria amid pomp and dancing on Friday to champion mental health for young people affected by conflicts and to promote the Invictus Games, which the prince founded to aid the rehabilitation of wounded and sick servicemembers and Family petitions to rename Fairfax Co. road after daughter's fatal crash helped spur safety changes 05/10/2024 08:50am • In January 2023, 16-year-old Ariana Haftsavar was killed when the 2019 Lexus IS350 she was riding in left the road and rolled over. Her father tells WTOP Lee Chapel Road has been the site of many crashes. (Courtesy Bahman Haftsavar) A year-and-a-half after his daughter died in a crash on a treac European companies are less upbeat about China's vast market as its economy slows 05/10/2024 06:56am • BEIJING (AP) — China is actively seeking foreign investment to boost its slowing growth, but that very sluggishness is weighing on company plans to expand their businesses in the world's second largest economy, an annual survey of more than 500 European companies found. The slowing economy is now Storm-battered South is again under threat. A boy swept into a drain fights for his life 05/10/2024 06:40am • COLUMBIA, Tenn. (AP) — Dangerous storms crashed over parts of the South on Thursday even as the region cleaned up from earlier severe weather that spawned tornadoes, killed at least three people, and gravely injured a boy who was swept into a storm drain as he played in a flooded street. A heavy l 'It's very emotional': Md. man honors wife killed in bike lane as new road safety bill signed into law 05/10/2024 05:07am • The ghost bike for Sarah Langenkamp. (WTOP/Luke Lukert) Daniel Langenkamp went to Annapolis on Thursday, and from inside the Maryland State House, he texted a reporter: "I vowed to do something to make our roads safer so people like Sarah didn't have to die." In an interview with WTOP, Langen A West Bank village feels helpless after Israeli settlers attack with fire and bullets 05/10/2024 03:17am • DUMA, West Bank (AP) — Charred homes and cars dotting this hilltop village surrounded by olive groves are a searing reminder of Palestinians' vulnerability to rising violence from Israeli settlers. The trail of wreckage along Duma's main road is the aftermath of a three-hour attack in mid-April t Chad's military ruler declared winner of presidential election, while opposition disputes the result 05/10/2024 02:32am • N'DJAMENA, Chad (AP) — Chad’s military leader, Mahamat Deby Itno, was declared the winner of this week's presidential election, according to provisional results released Thursday. The results were contested by his main rival, Prime Minister Succès Masra. The national agency that manages Chad’ Shunned for centuries, Vodou grows powerful as Haitians seek solace from unrelenting gang violence 05/10/2024 12:10am • PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The Vodou faithful sing, their voices rising above the gunfire erupting miles away as frantic drumbeats drown out their troubles. They pause to swig rum out of small brown bottles, twirling in unison as they sing in Haitian Creole: “We don’t care if they hate us, b Today in History: May 10, Nazis invade Netherlands, Belgium and France 05/10/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Friday, May 10, the 131st day of 2024. There are 235 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 10, 1940, during World War II, German forces began invading the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Belgium and France. The same day, British Prime Minister Neville Ch Maui to hire expert to evaluate county's response to deadly wildfire 05/09/2024 11:22pm • WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) — Nine months after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century struck Maui, Mayor Richard Bissen says the county will hire an outside expert to assess how its emergency management agency performed during the disaster. The Aug. 8 wildfire killed 101 people and destroyed Free software updates available in Md. could shrink the odds your Hyundai is stolen 05/09/2024 09:30pm • In recent years, Hyundai and Kia vehicles have become easy targets for car thieves, thanks to a social media "challenge." The two automakers have since been giving out steering wheel locks across the country. Now, Hyundai is out with a new software update the carmaker hopes will be even more eff