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Germany announces $3 billion military aid package for Ukraine ahead of expected Zelenskyy visit 05/13/2023 03:36pm • BERLIN (AP) — Germany will provide Ukraine with additional military aid worth more than 2.7 billion euros ($3 billion), including tanks, anti-aircraft systems and ammunition, the government said Saturday. The announcement came on the eve of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's first visit to Moore signs expansion of veteran retiree tax credit into law; Republicans push back on other issues 05/13/2023 12:40pm • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Military veterans will now be able to claim a larger income tax credit if they retire in Maryland. Gov. Wes Moore (D) traveled to Warfi Germany announces $3 billion military aid package for Ukraine before possible Zelenskyy visit 05/13/2023 04:02am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany announces $3 billion military aid package for Ukraine before possible Zelenskyy visit. Indoor roller skating rink and pickleball venue opens in Northeast DC 05/13/2023 01:35am • The District’s Edgewood neighborhood is now home to a massive complex featuring 14 pickleball courts and D.C.’s only indoor roller-skating rink. Located inside the Bryant Street NE complex, Kraken Kourts & Skates is a “multi-generational gathering space with family programming.” I Democrats in Minnesota Senate hold firm to pass contentious gun control measures 05/13/2023 01:08am • ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Minnesota senators held firm despite only a one-vote majority Friday to pass gun control legislation strongly supported by the governor that would align the battleground state with others nationally that have taken steps to keep guns out of the hands of people in Race teams ask NASCAR for ‘meaningful’ talks as their business model dispute skids toward summer 05/12/2023 11:41am • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The fight between NASCAR and its teams over a new revenue model prompted the owners of 16 chartered organizations to send a letter to NASCAR's board of directors earlier this month requesting “meaningful dialog” regarding the franchise model system. The letter, a copy o US Postal Service taking new steps to prevent carrier robberies, stolen mail 05/12/2023 09:04am • PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service is replacing tens of thousands of antiquated keys used by postal carriers and installing thousands of high-security collection boxes to stop a surge in robberies and mail thefts, officials said Friday. The Postal Service is replacing 49,000 so-call Jets, Rodgers receive plenty of marquee spots as networks navigate NFL schedule process 05/12/2023 06:10am • Aaron Rodgers nearly upended the NFL schedule two years ago when he told some within the Green Bay Packers organization he didn’t want to return to the team. For the sake and sanity of those in the league’s scheduling department, cooler heads prevailed. Rodgers was on the move during this offsea Nevada considers $190 million in annual tax credits to bring Sony, film industry to Las Vegas 05/12/2023 12:54am • CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — A bipartisan group of Nevada lawmakers introduced a bill Thursday that would give massive tax credits aimed at bringing film production to southern Nevada, including a $1 billion Sony expansion. It’s the latest attempt at diversifying southern Nevada’s gaming and touri Federal government's $1 billion effort to recruit next generation of doctors at risk 05/12/2023 12:05am • SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — Thousands of women living in rural, eastern Maryland have few options when they're looking for someone to deliver their babies. The local hospital doesn't have an obstetrics doctor on staff so most women in this region, flanked by sprawling farm fields and antique stores, tu House Republicans pass new asylum restrictions as Title 42 ends; Biden promises veto 05/11/2023 10:27pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans passed a sweeping bill Thursday to build more U.S.-Mexico border wall and impose new restrictions on asylum seekers, creating a hard-line counter to President Joe Biden's policies just as migrants are amassing along the border with the end of coronavirus pandemi 'BlackBerry' film hails the must-have gadget that the iPhone turned into a forgotten relic 05/11/2023 05:39pm • Almost everyone knows Steve Jobs' uncanny vision, relentless drive and technological wizardry hatched the iPhone, a breakthrough that continues to reshape culture 16 years after the late Apple co-founder introduced the device to the world. But when Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, another sma Ukraine pushes to extend wartime grain deal at talks with Russia, Turkey and U.N. 05/11/2023 04:22pm • ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) — The Ukrainian government is seeking to extend a wartime deal that allowed the country's grain to get to nations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia where hunger is a growing threat, a top Ukrainian official said Thursday after the latest talks on prolonging the agreement. Environmental groups sue Shell over air quality at massive new Pennsylvania petrochemical plant 05/11/2023 04:16pm • Shell is putting residents' health at risk by persistently violating air quality standards at its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania, an environmental group alleged in a lawsuit Thursday. The “cracker" plant, located along the Ohio River about 30 miles (48 kilometers) outsi New York attorney general sues manufacturer over magazine lock used in Buffalo store massacre 05/11/2023 02:40pm • ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York's attorney general sued a gun accessory manufacturer Thursday for selling a lock that can be easily removed to attach high-capacity magazines, which are illegal in the state. The white gunman who massacred 10 Black shoppers and workers in a Buffalo supermarket last yea