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State laws for electric vehicles in express lanes need to be updated: Roadshow

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

Q: With the state moving to a larger number of electric vehicles on the road, and the 2035 EV mandate, when will EVs lose carpool privileges?Randy Breunling, San JoseA: EVs won’t lose carpool privileges and express lane discounts anytime soon, although the state will need to renew legislation so that future cars can qualify for them.Q: I’m confused as to who is entitled to a tax credit for their electric car manufactured in the United States. I’ve read that the Biden administration has allocated new dollars for electric car tax credits. I tried to convince my tax preparer that under the new allocations, my 2022 Tesla Y now qualifies. She explained to me that only cars bought after Aug. 15, 2022 qualify. I bought mine in January 2022. Is this true?Allen VenturaA: Your tax preparer knows more about that than I do. For EVs sold from Jan. 1, 2023 on, they must meet the requirements under the Inflation Reduction Act. For information on those requirements, see the rules posted on th...

Fatal accident closes three lanes on I-80 in Vacaville

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

(KTXL) -- Three lanes of traffic are closed along westbound Interstate 80 in Vacaville on Tuesday morning due to a fatal accident, according to the California Highway Patrol Solano Station. The CHP incident page reported that a white freightliner hit a pedestrian.Officers responded to the accident just before 5 a.m. Police said the right and center lanes are currently closed east of Mason Street near the Davis Street offramp. CHP reported that traffic is significantly backed up and that drivers should use an alternate route.There is no estimated time of reopening.

Juan Martín del Potro eyes US Open, advises Miami padel club

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

Even though he hasn’t played a real tennis match in more than a year and spends time on other pursuits — such as a role with a Pro Padel League team in Miami announced Tuesday — Juan Martín del Potro is hoping for one final Grand Slam hurrah at the U.S. Open.The big hitter from Argentina, who won the trophy at Flushing Meadows in 2009, told The Associated Press in a video interview that he wants to “play a farewell match” there in August — if his problematic right knee allows it.“My goal is to be ready to play an official match in the tournament. I don’t know if I will be 100% or not but, at least, if my last tennis match ever has to be this year, I want (it to be) … at the U.S. Open,” the 34-year-old del Potro said. “I will work hard for the last time, maybe, in my career, and then you never know. God will decide if I’m ready or not.”He is best known for using his booming forehand to beat Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer en route to claiming the championship in New York 14 year...

Upset with lack of progress, Md. lawmakers propose new authority to spur improvements at horse tracks

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today.In an effort to spur stalled plans for improving the Pimlico Race Course and Laurel Park tracks, the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee is weighing extensive amendments to a routine bill to establish a new state authority with sweeping powers over Maryland horse racing.Sen. Guy J. Guzzone (D-Howard), chair of Budget and Taxation, circulated a 10-page reprint of the bill to committee members Monday, but the panel did not have time to hear an explanation or fully discuss the amendments before an evening Senate floor session. The committee plans on taking the matter up again Tuesday.“All I want right now is to … just get an initial look at the race track bill that’s before us and the amendments that have come in, which are significant from what it was,” Guzzone told the committee.The original bill, Senate Bill 720, was a s...

Chiefs’ Travis Kelce to host music festival in Kansas City

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Travis Kelce is living his best life: On the heels of winning the Super Bowl and hosting “Saturday Night Live,” the Kansas City Chiefs superstar tight end will cap his successful string with a music festival this month. The two-time Super Bowl winner announced Tuesday that he’ll host his first-ever festival called “Kelce Jam” during NFL Draft weekend. The inaugural event will be held April 28 at the Azura Amphitheater in Bonner Springs, Kansas — a metropolitan area of Kansas City. The event will feature performances by Machine Gun Kelly, Rick Ross, DJ duo Loud Luxury and Kansas City rap legend Tech N9ne.“With the draft coming to KC, I think it’s perfect timing for me to throw the biggest music festival that’s ever come here,” said Kelce, who believes the festival could lure around 15,000 attendees. “We’ll have some unreal stage productions, Kansas City’s best food, tons of attractions and football-related games. This will be a whole lot of fun.”Kelce said he’s tak...

RFK Stadium kicks off final burgundy and gold seat sale

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium has served as an iconic piece of D.C. history, and now fans will be able to take home one last souvenir before it’s demolished later this year.This week marks the kick off of the final seat sale. Fans can now purchase upper level burgundy and gold seats at prices ranging from $300 to $500.Those seats will also come with a certificate of authenticity.More Local NewsMore DC NewsSo far, almost 1,000 stadium seats have been sold. Other memorabilia is still available online or for pick up and includes turnstiles to section site maps.The iconic orange seats at RFK Stadium. (WTOP/Jack Moore)RFK stadium opened in 1961 and has served as an epicenter for sporting events and entertainment.So far, much of the inside of the stadium has been removed and Events DC is now going through the permitting process to finish the job.The venue is expected to be demolished by the end of the year.Source

Denver metro housing is getting denser and denser

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — Fewer housing structures are being permitted around Denver now than in the last two years, and a smaller share of them are single-family homes than ever before. The Denver metro home construction market boomed through the 2010s following a rapid drop-off after the Great Recession. There were an average of 2,400 new units of all sizes permitted in the summer of 2001, which sank to 200 by the spring of 2009. Colorado cities rank highest for DUI arrests per capita That rebounded to over 1,900 by 2017. After the COVID pandemic triggered a house-buying spree in Colorado, even more building permits came through. By February 2022, there were an average of 2,640 permits a month - the most at any point since at least 1990. The number of housing permits around Denver has taken a nosedive since last year though, according to data from the St. Louis Fed.There are still more housing permits being issued than at most points in Colorado's history, but that number has crashed in ...

Police investigation underway after woman jumps off roof in Miami

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

Police responded to a theft in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood at around 9:30 p.m. on Monday, but it quickly turned into a tense situation after a woman jumped off the roof of a building. Officers set up a small perimeter on Northeast Seventh Avenue between 29th Terrace and 31st Street while they attempted to de-escalate the situation and get the woman, who was believed to have been a suspect in the theft, down from the roof.The woman ultimately jumped from the roof of the building, which was about seven or eight stories high. She was transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition she later succumbed to her injuries on Monday morning.Despite the efforts of the police to bring the situation under control, witnesses said they heard screams and saw the woman jump off the building.Neighbors reported hearing two gunshots, but police confirmed that they did not open fire during the incident. “I was walking my dog with my wife here in the park and then we heard a...

Four people found dead near a hotel in Cancun

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

(CNN) — Four people were found dead on Monday near a hotel in Cancun, according to Mexican officials, in the latest bout of violence in the popular tourist destination.Two people have been arrested for their possible participation in the deaths of four people, according to the Attorney General of the state of Quintana Roo.All the deceased are Mexicans, said José Pablo Mathey Cruz, the Secretary of Public Security of Benito Juárez, the municipality where Cancun is located.He said the suspects are allegedly engaged in the sale and distribution of narcotics, adding that footage from local security cameras and the joint work of local authorities helped lead to their arrest.The Prosecutor’s Office confirmed earlier on Monday that three people had been found dead and an investigation was opened. Later, the office said they found a fourth body.In 2021, the Mexican government said the National Guard would permanently deploy to Cancun and its surrounding area following a rise in ...

Former top aide to Maryland governor dead after manhunt

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 10:40:13 GMT

BALTIMORE (AP) — A one-time chief of staff for former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan died Monday after being shot when FBI agents confronted him in a manhunt launched when he failed to show up for trial on corruption charges, his lawyer said.Attorney Joseph Murtha said the FBI confirmed Roy McGrath’s death to him. He added that it was not immediately clear if McGrath’s wound was self-inflicted or came during an exchange of gunfire with agents.William Brennan, an attorney for McGrath’s wife, Laura Bruner, also confirmed the death and said she was “absolutely distraught.”According to an earlier email from FBI Supervisory Special Agent Shayne Buchwald in Maryland, McGrath was wounded during “an agent-involved shooting” about 6:30 p.m. in a commercial area on the southwestern outskirts of Knoxville, Tennessee. Buchwald said McGrath was taken to a hospital but did not elaborate.Further details, including how McGrath was wounded and what led up to it, were not immediately released....