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Rescue teams find hiker who was missing for 2 weeks in Kentucky's Red River Gorge 07/21/2024 02:31pm • SLADE, Ky. (AP) — Rescue teams found a man who had been reported missing more than two weeks ago in the Red River Gorge, a wilderness area full of steep cliffs and jagged terrain in eastern Kentucky. Searchers found 48-year-old Scott A. Hern Saturday afternoon near a cliff line after hearing someo A timeline of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump 07/21/2024 01:47pm • Former President Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania rally on July 13. A former fire chief attending the rally with family was killed, as was the gunman. Two other people were critically wounded. An Associated Press analysis of more than a dozen videos and photo Freight train cars derail, striking wall that collapsed garage buildings in Fredericksburg, Va. 07/21/2024 12:31pm • Five cars from a CSX freight train derailed, striking a wall that collapsed four garage buildings in Fredericksburg, Virginia, on Saturday night. As of Sunday morning, two of the derailed cars have been removed and the remaining three are expected to be removed by the end of the day, according to Austrian police detain dozens of protesters trying to disrupt march by far-right extremists 07/21/2024 09:36am • BERLIN (AP) — Police said Sunday that they detained more than 50 people as they clashed with protesters trying to disrupt a march by hundreds of right-wing extremists in the Austrian capital. The demonstrations on Saturday came as Austria’s political parties gear up for September parliamentary e NHRA Northwest Nationals Pairings 07/21/2024 02:04am • Saturday, July 20 Pacific Raceways Kent, Wash. Top Fuel 1. Steve Torrence, 3.688 seconds, 335.32 mph vs. 14. Ron Smith, 4.349, 275.51; 2. Justin Ashley, 3.694, 331.04 vs. 13. Shawn Langdon, 4.146, 184.98; 3. Brittany Force, 3.701, 333.08 vs. 12. Tony Schumacher, 3.911, 317.79; 4. Doug Kalitta, 3.710 Montgomery Co. police investigate set of deadly crashes 07/20/2024 11:06pm • A woman and man have died following two separate crashes in Montgomery County, Maryland, according to officials. The first two-car crash happened early Saturday morning in Montgomery Village, according to Montgomery County police. First responders were called to the area of Goshen Road near Ro Daring pass on final lap sends Riley Herbst to victory lane in Xfinity Series race at Indianapolis 07/20/2024 07:15pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Riley Herbst saw an opening Saturday and made it pay off with a trip to victory lane at the Brickyard. The 25-year-old NASCAR Xfinity Series driver chased down Aric Almirola on on the final lap, then got close enough to tap Almirola’s car with his front bumper in the final tu Brickyard 400 gives drivers on bubble another chance to win and make it in to the playoffs 07/20/2024 06:03pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Chase Briscoe looks at the NASCAR schedule and sees five more chances to lock up a playoff spot. He heads into the Brickyard 400 squarely on the bubble at No. 16 and fully aware of the stakes. If he wins, he's in. Anything less will only cause more consternation during the seri Colton Herta takes pole for IndyCar street race in Toronto 07/20/2024 05:56pm • TORONTO (AP) — Colton Herta took the IndyCar pole position Saturday on the Exhibition Place street course, turning a lap at 59.5431 seconds. Trying to win for the first time this season, the Andretti Global driver will start alongside Andretti teammate Kyle Kirkwood on Sunday, Kirwood had a lap at Theo Pourchaire replaces the injured Alexander Rossi for Arrow McLaren's IndyCar team in Toronto 07/20/2024 05:55pm • TORONTO (AP) — A broken right thumb forced Arrow McLaren driver Alexander Rossi out of the IndyCar street race at Exhibition Place, giving Frenchman Theo Pourchaire his sixth start of the season. Rossi was injured in practice Friday when his car hit a tire barrier and then skidded into a concrete Tyler Reddick uses final Brickyard 400 qualifying run to win the pole 07/20/2024 04:53pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Tyler Reddick watched Brickyard 400 qualifying Saturday with a skeptical eye. He saw drivers routinely missing their marks in the first turn, struggling in the fourth turn and even witnessed one veteran, Austin Cindric, hit the wall. So when Reddick encountered his own obstacle Lebanon's Hezbollah fires dozens of rockets at Israeli kibbutz after drone strike wounds civilians 07/20/2024 04:50pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group said that its fighters fired dozens of rockets into northern Israel on Saturday, targeting a kibbutz for the first time in nine months in retaliation for an Israeli drone strike earlier in the day that wounded several people including children. Al Norris takes pole ahead of McLaren teammate Piastri at Hungarian GP. Verstappen starting 3rd 07/20/2024 03:12pm • BUDAPEST (AP) — McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri locked out the Hungarian Grand Prix front row ahead of Formula 1 leader Max Verstappen after a stellar qualifying session for the British team on Saturday. Norris scored his third career pole position, and will have his teammate starting How the global technology outage affected the DC region’s hospitals, transit services 07/20/2024 03:10pm • Listen live to WTOP for the latest traffic updates on the 8s. D.C.-area institutions — including hospitals, courts and transit services — modified operations Friday due to a global technology outage. The three major D.C. area airports saw delays and cancellations Friday morning, with some Disneyland workers authorize potential strike ahead of ongoing contract negotiations 07/20/2024 02:52pm • ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of workers at Disney's theme park and resort properties in California voted late Friday to authorize a potential strike, as contract negotiations drag on over wages, sick leave and other benefits. The strike authorization was approved by an overwhelming margin, nea