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Fed up with the frequent raids and harassment from law enforcement, both patrons and local residents began to fight back, leading to six days of protests and clashes between Hidden vault inside coffee shop captivates the imagination — and the internet 05/21/2023 09:01am • HAMPTON, Va. (AP) — A coffee shop coming to Buckroe Beach became the focus of worldwide internet intrigue after business owners documenting the building’s rehab discovered a locked vault hidden within the shop’s walls. Chesapeake resident David Spring and Virginia Beach resident John Napier ho Column: A city fights back against the ol' arena flimflam 05/19/2023 07:56pm • Congratulations are in order for the good people of Tempe, Arizona. They might’ve cost themselves an NHL team, but that was a small price to pay to hang on to their wallets. 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These cities want the habit to stick 05/19/2023 02:18pm • MONTREAL (AP) — In the agonies of the virus that upended most of the world, millions of people from Bogota to Berlin saw what life could be like on two wheels instead of four. Even as commuting to the office and going to school plunged at the height of COVID lockdowns, outdoor recreation, and cycl Bobby Rahal wants son Graham with IndyCar team next year and beyond 05/19/2023 01:55pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Rarely has someone as accomplished at Indianapolis Motor Speedway as Bobby Rahal looked so uncomfortable there. That'll happen when you're asked about the future of your own kid on your race team. Yet there he sat Friday morning, overlooking the famed yard of bricks before Indy Potomac Yard Metro's 1st-day riders say full impact is further down tracks 05/19/2023 01:36pm • Most of the first riders boarding and departing on Blue and Yellow line Metro trains at the brand new Potomac Yard station on Friday morning were holding festive pennants to celebrate the opening, but some said the full impact of the station won't be felt for years to come. Metro user Emmet Ryan Detroit enclave built on auto industry struggles under $20M water debt 05/19/2023 09:53am • HIGHLAND PARK, Mich. (AP) — Kevin Houston scanned the Michigan street where his fixer-upper and older homes bridge gaps between the vacant, overgrown lots and abandoned, ramshackle houses, boarded-up businesses and potholed streets of Highland Park. “It’s not a bad place to live,” Houston sa Utah kids' book author accused in husband's killing changed life insurance policies, prosecutors say 05/18/2023 11:02pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah woman who wrote a children’s book about grief after her husband’s death and was later arrested on accusations of killing him made changes to her husband’s life insurance years before he was fatally poisoned, according to charging documents updated Thursday. The a The 12 Best All-Inclusive Cruises for 2023 and 2024 05/18/2023 08:00pm • All-inclusive cruises are available on luxury cruise lines like Regent Seven Seas and Silversea. 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