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DC Council members add controversial Connecticut Ave. bike lane project to budget proposal 05/10/2024 07:12pm • Some D.C. Council members are reviving a controversial plan to bring bike lanes to a busy stretch of Connecticut Avenue in Northwest by adding it to the city's budget package. During a Friday meeting, lawmakers revealed the Committee on Transportation and the Environment's recommendations for the Minor stakeholder Thierry Henry on hand to see Como promoted to Serie A 05/10/2024 06:18pm • COMO, Italy (AP) ��� Thierry Henry was in the stadium to see his investment in Como pay off when the Italian second-tier club won promotion to Serie A on Friday. Como, coached by Henry's former Arsenal teammate Cesc Fabregas, drew with Cosenza 1-1 to clinch second place in Serie B and end a 21-year Man pleads guilty in theft of bronze Jackie Robinson statue from Kansas park 05/10/2024 06:18pm • WICHITA, Kan. (AP) ��� A 45-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas. Ricky Alderete entered the plea during his arraignment Thursday. A judge signed off on i Federal judge orders Florida man held without bond in his estranged wife's disappearance in Spain 05/10/2024 06:05pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� A federal judge ordered the Florida man charged with his estranged wife's disappearance in Spain held without bond on Friday, rejecting his lawyer's argument that the prosecution case is entirely circumstantial and shouldn't be tried in the United States. Magistrate Judge Edwin Torres Will Power and Josef Newgarden begin Indy quests by adapting to new strategists and engineers 05/10/2024 05:59pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Josef Newgarden and Will Power went back to work Friday with revamped teams. The drivers' race strategists, Tim Cindric and Ron Ruzewski, will miss Saturday's Indianapolis Grand Prix and the Indianapolis 500 on May 26 while serving two-race suspensions for cheating. So will eng US announces a new $400 million package of weapons for Ukraine to try to hold off Russian advances 05/10/2024 05:16pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. announced a new $400 million package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in the northeast Kharkiv region. This is the third tranche of aid for Ukraine since Congress passed supplemental funding in late April aft In reversal, Virginia school board votes to restore Confederate names to 2 schools 05/10/2024 04:54pm • A Virginia school board voted Friday to restore the names of Confederate military leaders to a high school and an elementary school, four years after the names were removed amid nationwide protests calling for a reckoning over racial injustice. In a reversal experts believe was the first of its kin Mother's Day is a sad reminder for the mothers of Mexico's over 100,000 missing people 05/10/2024 04:46pm • MEXICO CITY (AP) ��� Hundreds of mothers of missing people, relatives and activists marched in protest through downtown Mexico City Friday to mark a sad commemoration of Mother's Day. The marchers, angry over what they say is the government���s lack of interest in investigating the disappearances of NASCAR teams, drivers will celebrate the sports' roots at Darlington Raceway 05/10/2024 04:26pm • Josh Berry's path to the NASCAR Cup Series was filled with missteps and doubts he'd ever make it to the sport's premiere level. Berry, who took over the Stewart-Haas No. 4 seat previously occupied by NASCAR champion Kevin Harvick, spent a decade or so sweating it out at small, tight tracks like near The Latest | UN General Assembly votes to give Palestine more rights by a wide margin 05/10/2024 04:22pm • The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution Friday to give Palestine more ���rights and privileges��� and called on the Security Council to favorably reconsider Palestine's request to become the 194th U.N. member. In Gaza, heavy fighting between Israeli troops and Palestinian milita Police: Theft suspect stole 2 police vehicles while handcuffed, survived 11 officers' gunfire 05/10/2024 04:21pm • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) ��� A man who crashed a stolen police vehicle, survived gunfire from 11 police officers and then drove off and crashed another police cruiser ��� all while wearing handcuffs in a hospital gown ��� is in no mental capacity to appear before a judge right now, his lawyer said Frida Marcus Armstrong pays tribute to cancer patients with special paint job for Indy Grand Prix 05/10/2024 02:50pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Marcus Armstong's No. 11 Honda-powered car will come with all the usual trimmings for this weekend's Indianapolis Grand Prix ��� speed, sponsors and a shiny new paint job. The second-year driver also will be carrying a message of hope. Chip Ganassi Racing announced Thursday th Ukraine says Russia is trying to break through its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region 05/10/2024 02:18pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Ukraine rushed reinforcements to its northeastern Kharkiv region on Friday to hold off a Russian attempt to breach local defenses, authorities said, signaling a tactical switch in the war by Moscow that Ukrainian officials had been expecting for weeks. Kharkiv's regional gover How West Virginia's first transgender elected official is influencing local politics 05/10/2024 02:17pm • WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) ��� When Rosemary Ketchum gets introduced as the first openly transgender person to win elective office in West Virginia, there's often a shocked look that comes across people's faces. ���Folks will be like, ���How did that happen?��� As if it's like I won the lottery or solved PHOTOS: After more than 40 years, Metro will retire 2000-series trains 05/10/2024 01:56pm • Metro officially started retiring its 2000-series train on Friday after more than 40 years on the tracks. The 2000-series trains were first introduced in 1983 and had issues close to four times more often than the 7000-series trains, Metro said in a news release. “These 76 train cars helped mo