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Prince George’s Co. looks at making roads safer by design — not just through traffic stops 09/28/2023 03:16pm • More than two dozen pedestrians and bicyclists have died on Prince George's County, Maryland, roads this year. That's partly why groups that advocate for safer, more multimodal streets are hailing a package of legislation titled the "Walkable Urban Streets Act" that’s moving through the Prince Storm Elias slams into a city in central Greece, filling homes with mud and knocking out power 09/28/2023 02:40pm • VOLOS, Greece (AP) — A second powerful storm in less than a month hammered parts of central Greece on Thursday, sweeping away roads, smashing bridges and flooding thousands of homes. The storm — called Elias — caused extensive flooding in the central city of Volos and left hundreds stranded in Israel's High Court hears challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove Netanyahu from office 09/28/2023 02:29pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Supreme Court on Thursday heard a challenge to a law that makes it harder to remove a sitting prime minister, which critics say is designed to protect Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has been working to reshape the justice system while he's on trial for alleged c EU struggles to update asylum laws three years on from a sweeping reform. And the clock is ticking 09/28/2023 11:17am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Three years after unveiling a plan for sweeping reform of the European Union’s outdated asylum rules, government ministers struggled on Thursday to overcome yet another obstacle to putting the new system in place, fueling doubt as to whether it will ever see the light of day. The Christie calls Trump 'Donald Duck,' DeSantis knocks former president and other debate takeaways 09/28/2023 10:15am • Seven Republican presidential hopefuls gathered at the Reagan Library in California on Wednesday for the second of the party’s primary debates. The contest's dominant front-runner — former President Donald Trump — skipped the event again. With less than four months until the Iowa caucuses offi Thai police say drug bust nets methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin worth $8.2 million 09/28/2023 06:59am • BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand said Thursday they made one of the country’s biggest ever seizures of illicit drugs, a haul including methamphetamine, crystal meth and heroin, with a total estimated street value of about 300 million baht ($8.2 million). The police said the drugs were seized du Why government contractors could be some of the hardest hit during a shutdown 09/28/2023 01:33am • If lawmakers fail to strike a deal on the budget and a shutdown happens, many government contractors and their employees stand to be among the hardest hit. David Berteau — president of the Professional Services Council, a trade association for government contractors — said while federal worke House Speaker McCarthy is back to square one as the Senate pushes ahead to avert a federal shutdown 09/27/2023 11:36pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the g Damian Lillard traded from the Trail Blazers to the Bucks in 3-team deal 09/27/2023 10:52pm • Damian Lillard was once asked to pick a player he'd want as a teammate, and Giannis Antetokounmpo was his answer. It's about to happen. Lillard was traded by Portland to play alongside Antetokounmpo in Milwaukee on Wednesday, a deal that ends his 11-year run with the Trail Blazers and a three-month Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Afghanistan's spin bowlers could create some Cricket World Cup upsets 09/27/2023 10:26pm • They might not be Cricket World Cup contenders or even make the semifinals, but Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh all have the potential to beat many of the top teams because of their skillful spin bowlers. The Asian heavyweights — host India and regional foe Pakistan — are the top two south Mexican army sends troops, helicopters, convoys in to towns cut off by drug cartels 09/27/2023 09:11pm • TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s armed forces sent troops, vehicle convoys and helicopters into remote towns near the southern border with Guatemala on Wednesday after drug cartels blocked roads and cut off electricity in some areas over the weekend. The drug cartels have taken control of so m Best Retirement Gifts for Women 09/27/2023 08:00pm • If you know someone who is entering retirement, you might be thinking about giving them a gift to commemorate the milestone. It's an exciting time, so marking the occasion with something special can be a great gesture of support during this life transition. But deciding exactly what to give is a tas 9 Best-Blue Chip Dividend Stocks 09/27/2023 08:00pm • One of the big challenges dividend stock investors face is balancing the need for big-time dividends with the desire for consistent results. After all, a lot of seemingly generous companies that have some of the biggest yields in today's market may not be so generous in the future. Worse, they could Russia accuses US of promoting ties between Israel and Arabs before Israeli-Palestinian peace deal 09/27/2023 07:57pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of promoting Israel’s normalization of relations with Arab nations and circumventing the Arab Peace Initiative launched by Saudi Arabia in 2002, which calls for a settlement to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before any diploma New storms batter central Greece as government prioritizes adapting to effects of climate change 09/27/2023 05:22pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — New floods following torrential rain swept Wednesday across swathes of central Greece already battered by deadly storms weeks earlier, once again damaging roads, flooding homes and causing power outages in the city of Volos and the island of Evia. At least eight villages were