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Youngkin administration considers bill to expand local authority to lower speed limits 03/18/2024 12:39pm • The Virginia General Assembly passed a measure three years ago allowing local governments to decrease roadway speed limits in their localities to as low as 15 mph. But recently, lawmakers found that the Virginia Department of Transportation denied seven of eight speed limit decrease requests, beca Sculpture park aims to look honestly at slavery, honoring those who endured it 03/18/2024 11:03am • MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Visitors to the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park wind a serpentine path past art pieces depicting the lives of enslaved people in America and historic exhibits, including two cabins where the enslaved lived, before arriving at a towering monument. Stretching nearly four stor Pakistani jets target suspected Pakistani Taliban hideouts in Afghanistan, killing 8 people 03/18/2024 08:58am • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani airstrikes targeted multiple suspected hideouts of the Pakistani Taliban inside neighboring Afghanistan early on Monday, the foreign ministry said. The Afghan Taliban said the attacks killed at least eight people and prompted return fire from their forces. The exchange, 3 people killed and infant in critical condition after SUV slams into bus shelter in San Francisco 03/18/2024 08:36am • SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three people were killed and an infant was hospitalized in critical condition after an SUV crashed into a bus shelter in San Francisco, authorities said Sunday. Two victims, including a child, died at the scene of the crash Saturday afternoon in the city's West Portal neighbo Trabzonspor fans invade pitch, attack Fenerbahce players in Turkey. Police have detained 12 people 03/18/2024 04:44am • ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish police have detained 12 people after fans of top tier soccer club Trabzonspor invaded the pitch following a home loss against Fenerbahce, touching off violent scuffles between the fans and visiting players. The Trabzonspor fans charged onto the pitch as Fenerbahce pla Today in History: March 18, FDR signs executive order on internment of Japanese-Americans 03/18/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, March 18, the 78th day of 2024. There are 288 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 18, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an executive order authorizing the War Relocation Authority, which was put in charge of interning Japanese- Putin basks in electoral victory that was never in doubt even as Russians quietly protest 03/17/2024 11:38pm • Russian President Vladimir Putin basked in a victory early Monday that was never in doubt, as partial election results showed him easily securing a fifth term after facing only token challengers and harshly suppressing opposition voices. With little margin for protest, Russians crowded outside polli Cubans in eastern city of Santiago protest blackouts and food shortages 03/17/2024 11:33pm • HAVANA (AP) — Small groups of protesters took to the streets in the eastern city of Santiago on Sunday, decrying power outages lasting up to eight hours and food shortages across Cuba. Videos on social media showed demonstrators on the outskirts of the city, which is about 800 kilometers (500 mile Police identify 2 killed in Northwest DC shooting early Sunday morning 03/17/2024 10:00pm • Two men were killed and five people wounded after a shooting early Sunday morning blocks from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Northwest D.C. According to police, the shooting took place in the intersection of Seventh and P Street NW at around 3 a.m. When police got to the scene, Man accused of killing family members in Pennsylvania facing charges in 2 states 03/17/2024 08:03pm • LEVITTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man faces murder charges in Pennsylvania and carjacking and weapons charges in New Jersey after allegedly killing three family members, carjacking vehicles in both states and evading law enforcement for hours as police mobilized in two states, authorities said Sunday. Andre New Mexico authorities detain man in fatal shooting of state police officer 03/17/2024 06:57pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A suspect in the shooting death of a New Mexico state police officer was captured Sunday by law enforcement officers in the Albuquerque area based on a tip from a gas station clerk, authorities said. The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office detained 33-year-old Jaremy Smith o Undeterred: Kansas City crowds go to St. Patrick's Day parade, month after violence at Chiefs' rally 03/17/2024 06:50pm • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — April Coleman spent Sunday cavorting in the street with family and friends, passing out green beads at the St. Patrick's Day parade in Kansas City, Missouri, and she said she would not be deterred by last month's deadly shooting at another big mass gathering. A rally honori US standout Pulisic scores again in most productive season of his career. Milan beats Verona 3-1 03/17/2024 06:23pm • MILAN (AP) — Christian Pulisic is enjoying the most productive season of his career. The United States standout scored for the fourth straight game for AC Milan to help it to a 3-1 win at relegation-threatened Hellas Verona on Sunday as the Rossoneri consolidated second spot in Serie A. Pulisic no Claims that UNRWA is Hamas 'proxy' are 'just flat-out lies,' Sen. Chris Van Hollen says 03/17/2024 12:10pm • ▶ Watch Video: Claims that UNRWA is Hamas "proxy" are "just flat-out lies," Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says The following is a transcript of an interview with Sen. Chris Van Hollen, Democrat of Maryland, that aired on March 17, 2024. MARGARET BRENNAN: We're joined now by Maryl 'There's no agenda here': A look at the judge who is overseeing Trump's hush money trial 03/17/2024 10:21am • NEW YORK (AP) — Judge Juan M. Merchan looked across his high-ceilinged courtroom, facing the defendant in a complicated case. Not the one everyone knows about. Yes, Merchan could become the first judge ever to oversee a former U.S. president's criminal trial: Donald Trump's hush money case. But o