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Edmunds: The pros and cons of buying a hybrid vehicle or plug-in hybrid 08/14/2024 11:51am • If you���re ready to move on from a purely gasoline-fueled vehicle but you���re not ready to go fully electric, you have two choices. You can get a hybrid or a plug-in hybrid vehicle. But which one is best? The experts at Edmunds will help you decide. Hybrid Pros and Cons A hybrid electric vehicle h Presented with rise in border crossings, Kamala Harris chose a long-term approach to the problem 08/14/2024 10:54am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� President Joe Biden, watching tens of thousands of migrants from Central America reach the U.S.-Mexico border just a few months into his administration, tapped his second-in-command to help address the influx ��� a decision that has exposed Vice President Kamala Harris to one of Sports on TV for Aug. 19 - 25 08/14/2024 10:00am • Adv17 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 19 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 1 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League Baseball World Series: TBD, Williamsport, Pa. 3 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League Baseball World Series: TBD, Williamsport, Pa. 5 p.m. ESPN ��� Little League Baseball US Rep. Ilhan Omar, a member of the progressive ���Squad,��� wins Democratic primary in Minnesota 08/14/2024 09:32am • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the progressive House members known as the ���Squad��� and a sharp critic of how Israel has conducted the war in Gaza, has won her primary race in Minnesota. Omar successfully defended her Minneapolis-area 5th District seat against a repea Pentagon updates guidance for protecting military personnel from 'blast overpressure' 08/14/2024 09:25am • The U.S. Defense Department is going to require cognitive assessments for all new recruits as part of a broader effort to protect troops from brain injuries resulting from exposure to blasts, including during training. The new guidance also requires greater use of protective equipment, minimum ���st Victoria's Secret bringing in Hillary Super from Savage X Fenty as its new CEO 08/14/2024 08:54am • Victoria's Secret is making a change at the top, naming Hillary Super from Savage X Fenty as its new chief executive. Super will take over for Martin Waters, effective Sept. 9. Waters became CEO of Victoria's Secret in 2021. He will serve as an advisor through the end of the month to help with the Pepco is readying its grid, preparing for a more sustainable and equitable future 08/14/2024 08:31am • This content is sponsored by Pepco. As the realities of climate change become increasingly apparent, utility companies such as Pepco face the critical task of readying the grid to respond to new challenges. Such preparation is vital to ensure reliability, encourage sustainability and maint Brett Gabbert's return from injured leg makes defending MAC champion RedHawks preseason favorite 08/14/2024 06:10am • Brett Gabbert helped put Miami (Ohio) in position to win the 2023 Mid-American Conference crown. He spent the last five conference games watching his teammates fulfill that goal. Now, the almost completely healed 24-year-old quarterback begins his fourth and presumably final season as Miami's starte Having bid farewell to Saban, powerful SEC welcomes Oklahoma and Texas to the mix 08/14/2024 06:10am • Goodbye, Nick Saban. Hello, Oklahoma and Texas. For the first time in 17 years, Alabama's iconic coach won't be prowling the sidelines in the Southeastern Conference. With one longtime juggernaut headed to an ESPN gig and semi-retirement, two others enter the fray. The Sooners and Longhorns join the Using data and technology to make streets safer in Falls Church 08/14/2024 05:55am • A new traffic control box has been installed at a Falls Church intersection, the first step of a yearslong initiative that aims to turn the Northern Virginia jurisdiction into a "smart city." The project, which the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute's Division for Technology Implementation is Maui judge's ruling bars insurers from going after defendants who agreed to $4B wildfire settlement 08/14/2024 04:02am • HONOLULU (AP) ��� A Maui judge���s ruling Tuesday resolves a critical roadblock to finalizing a $4 billion wildfire settlement: Insurance companies who have paid out more than $2 billion in claims can seek reimbursement only from the settlement amount defendants, who victims blame for causing the de Japanese executive convicted in Myanmar for selling rice above set prices returns home 08/14/2024 02:00am • TOKYO (AP) ��� A Japanese business executive has returned home from Myanmar following his release from more than a month of detention after being convicted of violating rice pricing rules, his company said Wednesday. Hiroshi Kasamatsu, a director of the Myanmar supermarket Aeon Orange, was in custod Longest-held Russian dissident freed in swap says ���colors get brighter by the day��� in his new life 08/14/2024 12:02am • BERLIN (AP) ��� Andrei Pivovarov knows there are about 1,000 hours in 42 days. Doing the math in his head and quietly marking milestones left in his sentence helped the Russian opposition politician survive more than three years in prison, much of it spent in complete isolation. ���You have no one t A strengthening Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico 08/13/2024 10:57pm • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Tropical Storm Ernesto was poised to become a hurricane shortly after brushing past Puerto Rico late Tuesday as officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory's endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms. Ernesto is forecast to beco Israel-Hamas war latest: Iran rejects European leaders' call to refrain from any retaliatory attacks 08/13/2024 10:36pm • Iran rejected a call Tuesday by three European countries urging it to refrain from any retaliatory attacks that would further escalate regional tensions. Iran calls it an ���excessive request.��� The leaders of Britain, France and Germany in a joint statement Monday asked Iran and its allies to refr