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These cities raised taxes ��� for child care. Parents say the free day care 'changed my life' 04/30/2024 03:11am • NEW ORLEANS (AP) ��� Last summer, Derrika Richard felt stuck. She didn���t have enough money to afford child care for her three youngest children, ages 1, 2 and 3. Yet the demands of caring for them on a daily basis made it impossible for Richard, a hairstylist, to work. One child care assistance pr 4 law officers serving warrant are killed, 4 wounded in shootout at North Carolina home, police say 04/29/2024 11:19pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North Carolina home, police said. Some of the officers who rushed to the Charlotte neighborhood to rescue the first wave When Should You Upgrade Your Hotel Credit Card? 04/29/2024 08:00pm • A hotel credit card unlocks elite status, extra points and benefits when you stay at hotels. Whether you travel regularly or just a couple of times a year, it can pay to have a credit card from your favorite hotel brand. However, most hotels have multiple versions of their cards, so how do you know Denny Hamlin says 'worse drivers' than him have won a NASCAR championship. Who does he mean? 04/29/2024 07:13pm • DOVER, Del. (AP) ��� Denny Hamlin took his cut ��� he gripped the checkered flag like a Louisville Slugger and took a swing moments after he delivered on his called shot at Dover ��� and then lobbed a high, hard one at some of the NASCAR greats before him. Yeah, maybe 36 drivers have won Cup champio Here's how a Prince George's Co. facility is making better, safer batteries 04/29/2024 06:11pm • It might not be a stretch to say that the future will be powered out of Beltsville ��� and the future will come faster if you���re in the U.S. Army. A company called ION Storage Systems, which was invented in a lab at the University of Maryland, is now up and running at its production facilit US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in 5 years and set performance standards 04/29/2024 06:10pm • DETROIT (AP) ��� In the not-too-distant future, automatic emergency braking will have to come standard on all new passenger vehicles in the United States, a requirement that the government says will save hundreds of lives and prevent thousands of injuries every year. The National Highway Traffic Saf Supporters, opponents of Minnesota trooper charged with murder confront each other at courthouse 04/29/2024 04:55pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Supporters and critics of a white Minnesota state trooper who's charged with murder for killing a Black motorist confronted each other at a courthouse Monday in an exchange that was heated but peaceful, reflecting the strong emotions that the politically charged case has generat Oklahoma towns hard hit by tornadoes begin long cleanup after 4 killed in weekend storms 04/29/2024 04:33pm • SULPHUR, Okla. (AP) ��� When a monster nighttime tornado came roaring into the southern Oklahoma town of Sulphur, Sheila Hilliard Goodman, a grandmother and casino worker, hunkered down inside Raina's Sport Lounge with about 30 other customers in the popular downtown hangout. The roof of the bar col TrueCar: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 04/29/2024 04:26pm • SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) ��� SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) ��� TrueCar Inc. (TRUE) on Monday reported a loss of $5.8 million in its first quarter. On a per-share basis, the Santa Monica, California-based company said it had a loss of 6 cents. Losses, adjusted for stock option expense, were 4 cents per At least 45 people die in western Kenya as floodwaters sweep away houses and cars 04/29/2024 03:27pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ��� Flash floods and a landslide swept through houses and cut off a major road in Kenya, killing at least 45 people and leaving dozens missing on Monday, the Interior Ministry said. Police official Stephen Kirui initially told The Associated Press that the Old Kijabe Dam, located Analysis: IndyCar cheating scandal risks sullying Roger Penske's perfect image 04/29/2024 02:43pm • Santino Ferrucci once made a typo in a social media post in which he incorrectly spelled Josef Newgarden's first name. Newgarden, a two-time IndyCar champion at the time, quickly responded to Ferrucci, who does not drive for a powerhouse such as Team Penske. ���It���s Josef(asterisk)��� he wrote t Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads 04/29/2024 01:01pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the u Tractor-trailers with no one aboard? The future is near for self-driving trucks on US roads 04/29/2024 12:10pm • PITTSBURGH (AP) ��� On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River, an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead, the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second, it signaled, moved into the uno David Malukas dropped by McLaren after injured IndyCar driver misses 4th race following bike crash 04/29/2024 09:42am • David Malukas was released by Arrow McLaren on Monday without running an IndyCar race for the team because of injuries the 22-year-old suffered in an offseason mountain biking crash. Malukas was signed in September to the three-car IndyCar team when McLaren was in a late scramble to fill a seat bec Brittney Griner reflects on gut-wrenching moment she was detained in Russia in exclusive "20/20" special 04/29/2024 08:55am • (NEW YORK) -- WNBA star Brittney Griner, who was released from Russian detention in a prisoner swap in December 2022, opened up for the first time about her harrowing experience in a Russian prison in an exclusive interview that will air May 1 on a special edition of ABC News' 20/20. ABC's Good Morn