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Israeli airstrikes near Syria's Aleppo kill several, including an Iranian adviser, reports say 06/03/2024 01:56pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Israeli airstrikes around the Syrian city of Aleppo killed several people early on Monday, including an Iranian military adviser, the Syrian state media and Iranian news outlets reported. Israel did not immediately acknowledge the strikes. It was the first strike to kill an Iranian o California firefighters make significant progress against wildfire east of San Francisco Bay 06/03/2024 01:52pm • California's largest wildfire so far this year was significantly surrounded Monday after blackening a swath of hilly grasslands between San Francisco Bay and the Central Valley. The Corral Fire was 75% contained after scorching more than 22 square miles (57 square kilometers) during the weekend, the Is tech-driven 'tipflation' leading to more tips for restaurant workers? It appears not 06/03/2024 01:17pm • Tipping fatigue has set in with gratuity options almost routinely suggested now, even for counter service or takeout. Diners may feel guilted into tipping better, but despite the shift to nudging consumers to do so, only 8% of tipped workers responding to a survey by SpotOn said the prevalence of There are 94,000 vehicles on DC roads with dangerous air bags, Carfax data shows 06/03/2024 01:01pm • It has been more than a decade since the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration ordered a full recall of Takata air bags, but millions of vehicles on the road still have the potentially dangerous air bags. Nissan recently issued a "Do Not Drive" order for 84,000 older vehicles with Takata Iran's hard-line parliament speaker emerges as the theocracy's top figure in the presidential vote 06/03/2024 12:59pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran's hard-line parliament speaker emerged on Monday as the most-prominent candidate from within the country's Shiite theocracy in the race for the June 28 presidential election to replace the late Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a helicopter crash last month. The ent Austin Cindric gives Team Penske its first NASCAR win and some much-needed momentum 06/03/2024 12:25pm • Even amid the elation of finally winning a NASCAR Cup Series race again, Austin Cindric found himself a bit heartbroken. It should have been a banner day for Team Penske on Sunday just outside St. Louis. Defending series champ Ryan Blaney was leading in the closing laps, Cindric was poised to give a GM promotes 2 former Apple executives to key roles in developing software and digital services 06/03/2024 11:53am • General Motors has promoted two former Apple executives to run its software and services operations as it ramps up efforts to develop and market electric, autonomous and connected vehicles. Baris Cetinok was named senior vice president of software and services product management. The company also na Brigitte Bierlein, Austria's first woman chancellor, dies at 74 06/03/2024 11:49am • BERLIN (AP) — Brigitte Bierlein, the former head of Austria’s Constitutional Court who became the country’s first female chancellor in an interim government in 2019, has died. She was 74. Her death on Monday was announced by Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who wrote that “for future generations, How to find the right balance between telemedicine and in-person care 06/03/2024 11:27am • Patients can now see an array of doctors without leaving their recliner thanks to telemedicine. But that doesn’t mean trips to the office should end. Finding the right balance between virtual and in-person visits can be a key to getting good care. Here’s what you need to know about which form of El precio de tu próximo vuelo podría ser más caro, según líderes del sector 06/03/2024 10:49am • DUBAI, Emiratos Árabes Unidos – Es probable que el precio de tu próximo vuelo suba. Eso es lo que dice la Asociación Internacional de Transporte Aéreo, que celebró su reunión anual el lunes en Dubai, sede de la aerolínea de larga distancia Emirates. Mientras los transportistas se UN monitor says Russia recognizes it would be unsafe now to restart Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant 06/03/2024 10:27am • VIENNA (AP) — Russia may eventually restart the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant that it seized in southeastern Ukraine but shares the view of international monitors that it's not practical and possibly dangerous to do so now, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said Monday. International Atomic Energy Agen Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi concedes defeat in surprise primary upset by Jenniffer González 06/03/2024 10:20am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held Sunday by their pro-statehood party. The two ran on the same ticket four years ago under the New Progressive Party, but Gonzál Comienza la selección del jurado en el juicio por posesión de armas contra Hunter Biden 06/03/2024 09:40am • WILMINGTON, Delaware – El hijo del presidente Joe Biden, Hunter, llegó el lunes al tribunal para la selección del jurado en un caso federal de armas en su contra tras el fracaso de un acuerdo con los fiscales que habría evitado el espectáculo de un juicio tan cerca de las elecciones de 202 Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 9-15 06/03/2024 09:28am • Celebrity birthdays for the week of June 9-15: June 9: Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 85. Guitarist Mick Box of Uriah Heep is 77. Film composer James Newton Howard is 73. Actor Michael J. Fox is 63. Actor Johnny Depp is 61. Actor Gloria Reuben (“The Agency,” ″ER”) is 60. Singer-actor Tame Billionaire Michael Saylor pays DC $40 million in city’s largest tax-evasion settlement 06/03/2024 08:58am • Michael Saylor and Tysons, Virginia-based MicroStrategy, the company he co-founded, will pay $40 million to resolve a tax fraud lawsuit filed by the D.C. Office of the Attorney General two years ago. The suit, brought by former D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine in 2022, alleged Saylor illegally e