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Technology in newer cars is making it a lot safer on the roads 10/16/2025 01:44pm • There���s some great news when it comes to pedestrian safety. A study from AAA found technology in newer cars called pedestrian automatic emergency braking, PAEB, has improved nighttime crash avoidance from 0% in 2019 to 60% in 2025. In a news release, AAA said it tested four vehicles with ped Reigning NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder aim for repeat after keeping roster virtually intact 10/16/2025 08:05am • Oklahoma City Thunder Last season: 68-14, won NBA championship. COACH: Mark Daigneault (6th season, 211-189). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 21 vs. Houston. DEPARTURES: G Dillon Jones. ADDITIONS: G Nikola Topic, G Brooks Barnhizer. BetMGM championship odds: 2.4-1 What to expect The Thunder are one of the leagu Costa Rica's president limits abortion to life-threatening cases 10/15/2025 11:00pm • SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) ��� Costa Rica's President Rodrigo Chaves further restricted access to abortion Wednesday, limiting it to situations when the mother���s life is in danger. The country's previous regulations also allowed abortions if a pregnancy posed a threat to the mother���s health. No l The Latest: Journalists leave Pentagon rather than agree to Trump administration���s reporting rules 10/15/2025 10:42pm • Dozens of reporters turned in access badges and exited the Pentagon on Wednesday rather than agree to restrictions on their work imposed by President Donald Trump ���s administration, pushing journalists who cover the American military further from the seat of its power. News outlets were nearly una Judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from firing workers during the government shutdown 10/15/2025 08:26pm • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ��� A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump���s administration from firing workers during the government shutdown, saying the cuts appeared to be politically motivated and were being carried out without much thought. U.S. District Judge Susan Ill Tua Tagovailoa apologizes for postgame comments calling out teammates 10/15/2025 05:28pm • MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) ��� Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa apologized for comments he made following Sunday's loss to the Los Angeles Chargers in which he revealed some teammates were showing up late to player-led meetings. Tagovailoa opened his news conference Wednesday with an apology Movie Review: 'Blue Moon' is a poignant, funny valentine, and Ethan Hawke has never been better 10/15/2025 05:01pm • For a filmmaker once synonymous with slackerdom, Richard Linklater has proven to be one of the most prodigious and consistently excellent American filmmakers. A small but rich vein of the two dozen features he���s made have been portraits of artists, including ���Me and Orson Welles��� and, if you l Some airports refuse to play Noem video on shutdown impact, saying it's political 10/14/2025 07:44pm • FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) ��� Airports big and small around the country are refusing to play a video with a message from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in which she blames Democrats for the federal government shutdown and its impacts on Transportation Security Administration operations. Ai Air traffic controllers on shutdown: ���Do I have to go and drive Uber tonight?��� 10/14/2025 03:59pm • Nearly three weeks into the government shutdown, the head of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association said financial uncertainty is adding a risky distraction to employees. "Today marks the first day that air traffic controllers have a completely different focus ��� their first loss o A team of artisans brings Guillermo del Toro���s ���Frankenstein��� to life 10/14/2025 01:21pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� When Tamara Deverell, the production designer on Guillermo del Toro���s ���Frankenstein,��� first strode across the nearly finished set of Victor Frankenstein���s lab, she couldn���t help herself. Deverell had by then spent countless hours toiling over the film���s central set, a m Vance warns 'deeper' cuts ahead for federal workers as shutdown enters 12th day 10/12/2025 05:05pm • Vice President JD Vance on Sunday said there will be deeper cuts to the federal workforce the longer the government shutdown goes on, adding to the uncertainty facing hundreds of thousands who are already furloughed without pay amid the stubborn stalemate in Congress. Vance warned that as the feder Katy Perry goes unnoticed by Scotland's soccer coach as his team shares a hotel with pop star 10/09/2025 09:09am • GLASGOW (AP) ��� Sharing a Glasgow hotel with pop star Katy Perry hasn't been much of a distraction for Scotland coach Steve Clarke as he prepares his team for two crucial World Cup qualifiers this week. ���I didn���t know she was there,��� the 62-year-old coach said, acknowledging that he wasn't v Frustrated federal workers' unions call for end to government shutdown 10/08/2025 05:56pm • We want to know your thoughts on the government shutdown. How are you and your family affected? Share your story ��� send us a message or a voice note through the WTOP News app on Apple or Android. Click the ���Feedback��� button in the app���s navigation bar. "Open the government today! Open In ���A House of Dynamite,' Kathryn Bigelow explores 18 minutes that decide the fate of civilization 10/08/2025 04:20pm • VENICE, Italy (AP) ��� Kathryn Bigelow is exceedingly calm when she talks about nuclear annihilation. That���s not to say she���s nonchalant about the topic��� much the opposite. The Oscar-winning filmmaker discusses it with grave, matter-of-fact seriousness. But she also doesn���t need to dress up Pressure points ahead could bring a quicker end to the shutdown 10/08/2025 03:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The first week is the easy one. The pressure to resolve the federal shutdown will gradually build as the shutdown enters its second week ��� and as government workers miss paychecks and important programs run out of money. Here are some pressure points ahead that could have a bi