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Uvalde families dig in for new test of gun industry protections 05/20/2023 03:11pm • AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — After Mayah Zamora was shot and wounded at Robb Elementary School, her family did what many mass shooting survivors do: They sued. They sued the store off Main Street in Uvalde, Texas, that sold the teenage gunman his AR-style rifle. They sued the gun maker. And they sued poli Israelis protest government's plans to weaken Supreme Court amid talks for compromise 05/20/2023 03:01pm • TEL AVIV (AP) — Thousands of Israelis protested on Saturday against contentious plans by their hard-line government to overhaul the judiciary, as the protest campaign showed no signs of abating nearly five months on. The main protest took place in Tel Aviv, Israel’s economic hub on the Mediterra Arsenal stumbles in EPL title race to add to list of late-season collapses 05/20/2023 02:50pm • There was no Kevin Keegan-style rant. There was no William Gallas-like post-match tantrum. There wasn’t anything that comes close to the drama of Steven Gerrard’s Anfield slip. Still, that won’t prevent Arsenal’s late-season stumble from going down in the annals of the English Premier Leag Haaland goals and Man City tactical switch the keys to winning Premier League title 05/20/2023 02:42pm • Manchester City has proved unstoppable once again. A third straight Premier League title, and a seventh in 12 seasons, was clinched on Saturday thanks to Arsenal's loss at Nottingham Forest and represents one of the most dominant spells by a club in the history of English soccer. Here's a look at ho 1 dead after police chase ends in Rockville crash, lane closures on I-270 05/20/2023 12:24pm • A man is dead after a police chase led to a crash Saturday morning between Falls Road and Route 28 in Rockville, Maryland, leading to standstill traffic and lane closures on Interstate 270. Montgomery County police said that around 5 a.m. they were called to do a welfare check on a man inside a c Chesapeake mansion, an architectural ‘milestone,’ wants the nation to see it 05/20/2023 09:01am • ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — When Horatio Sharpe, the colonial governor of Maryland, started work on Whitehall in the 18th century, the story goes that he hoped the palatial villa on the Chesapeake Bay would win his beloved’s heart. Alas, the young woman fell for Sharpe’s friend and personal secretar Judge homers again, powers Yankees past Reds 6-2 05/20/2023 03:15am • CINCINNATI (AP) — Aaron Judge has been scorching hot since a mild hip strain sent him to the injured list earlier this month. The reigning AL MVP hit his seventh home run in as many games and the New York Yankees defeated the Cincinnati Reds 6-2 on Friday night. “When you’ve got Anthony Rizzo Dozens displaced by DC condo roof fire 05/20/2023 01:41am • An apartment roof deck fire in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of D.C. was put out around 10 p.m. on Friday night, according to DC Fire and EMS. Firefighters arrived at the 2600 block of Adams Mill Road NW around 8:26 p.m. to put out the heavy fire on the roof of the Avalon Condos building. Offi FBI broke rules in scouring foreign intelligence on Jan. 6 riot, racial justice protests, court says 05/19/2023 06:45pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI officials repeatedly violated their own standards when they searched a vast repository of foreign intelligence for information related to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol and racial justice protests in 2020, according to a heavily blacked-out court order rel Some local car buyers are getting refund checks in the mail 05/19/2023 05:41pm • If you bought a vehicle from Passport Auto Group in recent years, you could be getting some money back in the form of a check in the mail. The Federal Trade Commission said this week that it was mailing out more than 18,000 checks to Passport customers. Anyone who receives a check is encourage Minnesota governor signs gun safety measures: red flag law, expanded background checks 05/19/2023 04:56pm • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz signed two gun safety measures into law Friday afternoon, aligning his battleground state with others nationally that have taken steps to keep guns out of the hands of people in crisis and criminals. Gabby Giffords — a former Democratic c Top 10 2023 Voting 05/19/2023 04:17pm • Click here to go right to the registration/voting form! WTOP is proud to announce the following local restaurants have been selected as finalists for the WTOP Top 10 Contest! Vote for your favorite restaurant in each of the 10 categories using the form below and WTOP will award the one with the Ukraine's president takes his diplomatic campaign against Russia to Arab summit, G7 05/19/2023 04:12pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed a summit of Arab leaders in Saudi Arabia on Friday before what a senior official said would be a trip to Japan for a meeting with the leaders of the world’s most powerful democracies. Zelenskyy has in recent months made forei In Cannes, Harrison Ford bids adieu to Indiana Jones 05/19/2023 11:45am • CANNES, France (AP) — As the Cannes Film Festival crowd stood in rapturous applause, a visibly moved Harrison Ford stood on the stage, trying to keep his emotions in check. The warmth of the audience and a clip reel that had just played had left Ford shaken. “They say that when you’re about to NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week 05/19/2023 11:29am • A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts: ___ Claims misconstrue Pfizer grants received by NIH