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GM Cruise recalls 300 robotaxis after crash involving bus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit has recalled 300 robotaxis to update software after one of them rear-ended a municipal bus in San Francisco.Cruise says in government documents posted Friday that the robotaxi inaccurately predicted how the bus would move as it pulled out of a bus stop on March 23. The “articulated” two-section bus slowed as it was leaving the stop and was hit by the self-driving vehicle. Cruise characterized the crash as a fender-bender and said no one was hurt. The company says in documents sent to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that it did the software update on March 25.“Cruise determined that the collision was caused by an issue related to prediction of the unique movements of articulated vehicles in rare circumstances,” the company said in documents. The company said no other crashes have happened due to the problem and that the same thing won’t happen again after the update. Cruise said it did the re...

Abortion pill plan clears Kansas Legislature; veto expected

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Abortion opponents pushed a bill through the Kansas Legislature early Friday to require providers to tell patients that a medication abortion can be “reversed” once it’s started — a measure that could face a state court challenge if its supporters can overcome the governor’s expected veto.Republican lawmakers pursued the bill even though experts dispute abortion opponents’ claims about medication abortions. Democrats argue the measure defies a decisive statewide vote in August affirming abortion rights. Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly vetoed a similar measure in 2019.Kansas has been an outlier on abortion among states with GOP-controlled legislatures because its legal and political climate won’t allow a ban on abortion, despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in June 2022 that states can outlaw abortion. The Kansas Supreme Court ruled in 2019 that access to abortion is a matter of bodily autonomy and a “fundamental” right under the state...

US employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March in sign of a still-resilient labor market despite Fed rate hikes

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — US employers added a solid 236,000 jobs in March in sign of a still-resilient labor market despite Fed rate hikes.Source

As streamers cut costs, TV shows — and residuals — vanish

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

Actor Diana-Maria Riva is all too familiar with a show being canceled. For a performer, it’s painful, unfortunate part of show business. But this was different.In December, Riva was floored when she found out that “Gordita Chronicles” would be removed entirely from HBO Max’s vast streaming library — one of dozens of shows that HBO effectively wiped from existence for U.S. viewers.“It was as if somebody had broken up with you and then came back to remind you a couple of weeks later that we’ve broken up,” says Riva, who played the mother of a plus-sized 12-year-old named Cucu in the critically lauded comedy about a Dominican family adapting to life in 1980s Miami.As streamers face mounting pressure to save money, several have followed HBO’s lead. Erasing original shows can help streamers get tax write-downs and, to a smaller extent, save on residual payments. But it brings criticism that they are sidelining already marginalized voices and shortchanging creatives. The...

Maryland legislative women’s caucus still divided — only Democrats installed on executive board

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.When Del. Lesley J. Lopez (D-Montgomery), outgoing president of the Women Legislators of Maryland, rises on the House floor Friday to announce the new line-up of the women’s caucus executive board, the list will, for the second year in a row, contain only Democrats.Last year, in an acrimonious split, the caucus elected Lopez as its leader — even though informal caucus rules dictated that a Republican, Harford County Del. Lauren Arikan, was next in line. Democrats said they were uncomfortable elevating a vocal conservative like Arikan with a acerbic rhetorical style to the top job of the traditionally bipartisan caucus, even though she had promised to keep partisan politics out of caucus deliberations. All 11 Republican women in the General Assembly at the time resigned in protest.Del. Lelsey Lopez (D-Montgomery) outlines priorities o...

Policía de Nuevo México disparó y mató a un hombre al ir a una casa equivocada mientras respondían a una llamada de violencia doméstica

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

(CNN) — Las autoridades están investigando la muerte de un hombre en un tiroteo de la policía en su casa en el noroeste de Nuevo México después de que la policía llegara a la dirección equivocada, dijo la policía.Robert Dotson, de 52 años, murió este miércoles por la noche a manos de policías del Departamento de Policía de Farmington después de que se recibiera una llamada informando de un incidente de violencia doméstica alrededor de las 11:30 p.m.,y la policía fuera a su casa en lugar de a la de enfrente, según la policía local y estatal.“Estoy desconsolado. … El señor Dotson no fue objeto de esta llamada”, dijo el jefe de policía de Farmington, Steve Hebbe, durante una declaración en video de este jueves publicada en Facebook. “Este final es increíblemente trágico. Lamento mucho que estemos en esta posición”.Al llegar al vecindario en Farmington, que se encuentra a unos 240 kilómetros al noroeste de Albuquerque, los agentes “se acercaron por error a 5305 Valley View Avenue ...

Player of the Week: Frederick Douglass High’s Cordell Cozay Brown

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

Each week, WTOP is picking one student athlete to be featured on-air and online as our Player of the Week.This week’s WTOP Player of the Week is senior Cordell Cozay Brown of Frederick Douglass High School in Maryland.Brown loves football and has been playing since he was 4 years old. A team captain on this year’s team, he played center and offensive tackle, while helping the school win the Maryland State Championship. Brown has also been chosen All-County twice.When not playing football, Brown lends his talent to the track team, throwing the shot put and discus.Brown gives back to others by helping to feed those experiencing homelessness with his church. He also helps take food to seniors and assists them with tasks when needed.Brown excels in the classroom and has been accepted into several Division I colleges.WTOP’s Player of the Week is sponsored by:Are you the parent of an outstanding student athlete? Or do you know a student athlete who deserves recognition? Nomina...

80% of Denver area renters can't afford to buy a home

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Renters have a harder time breaking into homeownership in Colorado than most of the country, depending on the city. Both rental costs and homeownership costs in Colorado are some of the nation's most expensive, matching only coastal markets. As of March 2023, the median sales price for a Denver area single family detached home was $620,000, requiring a top-tier income to afford both down payment and monthly mortgage payments. Colorado homes are getting smaller and more expensive Renters have a such a large bridge to cross in much of Colorado that a majority will never be able to buy a home, according to an analysis by moving firm HireAHelper. Analysts crunched home prices and renter incomes in over 200 metro areas to see how many renters could afford a home assuming a 6% down payment and current interest rates.In most of the nation's cities, more than half of renters cannot afford to break into the homeownership market. In 17 of them, at least 90% of renters can'...

'Someone knows something'; Who murdered these men 29 years ago in Denver?

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — “Their voices may now be silent . . . those who may know the truth are not,” the Colorado Bureau of Investigation shared as a part of its mission as it works to assist in bringing justice to cold case tragedies.There are hundreds of unsolved homicide cases, long-term missing person cases, and unidentified remains cases in our state where at least three years have passed since the crime happened. Who murdered this 15-year-old girl after a basketball game? The Colorado cold case task force created a list of those cases dating back to 1970. The Problem Solvers are working to highlight cold cases in our state each week.Who murdered these men in 1994?The Colorado Bureau of Investigation and Denver Police Department are working to solve a cold case murder that happened on January 30, 1994.The CBI said that Richard Romero, 28, and John Gonzales, 31, got out of a car that had several other males inside it near 16th and High Street. As they started to walk aw...

Colorado among states where people write off most on tax returns

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:45 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- Nobody likes taxes, but Coloradans have a better time around tax season than most other states. Financial adviser SmartAsset crunched tax filings and income data to see in which states do filers write off the most in their annual returns. Coastal states and certain states in the Mountain West have as many as twice as many tax returns with itemized deductions than interior states. ‘It is unbearable’: This is the smelliest place in Denver, according to complaints The study ranks three items - how many tax returns contain write offs, the average deduction's dollar amount and the percentage of income the itemized deductions equal. Colorado ranked 11th highest among U.S. states for a combination of the three metrics. In the Centennial State, 12.23% of all tax returns have itemized deduction, the country's tenth-highest share. The average itemized deduction is worth $35,772 and represents 5.01% of income. Colorado women earn more than most, particularly in Boulder A...