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Toyota takes high hopes into Daytona 500 but weather may affect 'The Great American Race' 02/17/2024 05:43pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Denny Hamlin leaned into the window of Christopher Bell's winning Toyota to congratulate his Joe Gibbs Racing teammate on beating him in a Daytona 500 qualifying race. Hamlin then gave Bell detailed directions to victory lane. ���Been to victory lane at Daytona a time or Dandelions and shrubs to replace rubber, new grains and more: Are alternative crops realistic? 02/17/2024 04:46pm • Katrina Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. And she thinks those products could forever alter the landscape of agricultur Mediator says talks on Gaza not 'progressing as expected' after momentum in recent weeks 02/17/2024 03:43pm • RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Talks on a potential cease-fire deal in Gaza ���have not been progressing as expected��� in the past few days after good progress in recent weeks, key mediator Qatar said Saturday, as Israel's prime minister accused the Hamas militant group of not changing its ���delusiona Details of Loudoun Co. Parkway emergency landing outlined in NTSB preliminary report 02/17/2024 02:50pm • A preliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board is providing more insight into the emergency landing of a small commuter plane on the Loudoun County Parkway in Virginia last month. On Jan. 19, the plane's two pilots were forced to land their disabled Southern Airways Express Cess Beard Motorsports carries on at Daytona 500 in honor of late patriarch of team and family 02/17/2024 12:45pm • DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) ��� Anthony Alfredo qualified for the Daytona 500 ��� no guarantee for the 24-year-old nicknamed ���Fast Pasta��� ��� and wrapped his arms tight around retired driver Brendan Gaughan for a bear hug. Alfredo was hoisted high for a fleeting moment before his feet returned to p Today in Sports - Shani Davis is first black athlete to win individual gold in the Winter Olympics 02/17/2024 10:00am • Feb. 18 1924 ��� Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final men���s title. 1928 ��� Sonja Henie, 15, becomes the youngest Olympic figure skating champion. She easily beats Fritzi Burger of Austria and Beatrix An ecstatic Super Bowl rally, upended by the terror of a mass shooting. How is Kansas City faring? 02/17/2024 09:36am • KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) ��� ���Are you feeling good today, Chiefs Kingdom?��� Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas shouted to a sea of football fans fresh from their town���s third Super Bowl victory in five years. Less than an hour later ��� with music still blaring and the confetti of celebration stil Winter storm system moves out of DC area, leaving freezing temps and bitter winds behind 02/17/2024 09:05am • Listen to WTOP online��and on the radio at 103.5 FM or 107.7 FM for the latest weather conditions. Get the latest��closings and delays. Snow is leaving the D.C. area, but residents should bundle up for lingering cold conditions on Saturday. Here���s what you need to know. Flakes are expected t One Tech Tip: Ready to go beyond Google? Here's how to use new generative AI search sites 02/17/2024 08:37am • LONDON (AP) ��� It's not just you. A lot people think Google searches are getting worse. And the rise of generative AI chatbots is giving people new and different ways to look up information. While Google has been the one-stop shop for decades ��� after all, we commonly call searches ���googling��� Here���s the latest on the investigation into the shooting at Joel Osteen���s megachurch 02/17/2024 08:29am • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Nearly a week after a woman opened fire at celebrity pastor Joel Osteen's Texas megachurch, there are still questions about a motive behind the attack and scrutiny on how a person with a record of criminal misdemeanors and a history of mental illness was able to obtain her weapons. Man arrested after stealing Maryland State Highway truck sparks high-speed chase, injuring 1 driver and 4 officers 02/16/2024 11:59pm • The driver who led Maryland troopers on a chase along Route 29 and through the surrounding suburban neighborhoods in a stolen state highway truck has been arrested. Officials said Flavio Cesar Lanuza, 27, of Laurel, Maryland, struck more than a dozen drivers in the state's CHART vehicle before b Judge orders Trump to pay $355 million for lying about his wealth in staggering civil fraud ruling 02/16/2024 09:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� A New York judge ordered Donald Trump on Friday to pay $355 million in penalties, finding that the former president lied about his wealth for years in a sweeping civil fraud verdict that pierces his billionaire image but stops short of putting his real estate empire out of business Tiger Woods withdraws from Riviera with flu symptoms. His 2024 debut lasts only 24 holes 02/16/2024 09:01pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Tiger Woods returned to the PGA Tour and lasted only 24 holes, withdrawing Friday from the Genesis Invitational with flu-like symptoms and dehydration after hitting his tee shot on the seventh hole at Riviera. Rob McNamara, his longtime associate and vice president of TGR Ventur Patrick Cantlay builds a 5-shot lead at Riviera. Tiger Woods makes early exit with flu symptoms 02/16/2024 08:49pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) ��� Patrick Cantlay began with an eagle and never let anyone close to him the rest of the round Friday. He shot a 6-under 65 to build a five-shot lead at the Genesis Invitational going into a weekend that won't include Tiger Woods. Woods made another early exit, this one because of Driver of stolen tow truck smashes police cruisers during Maryland chase 02/16/2024 08:11pm • COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) ��� The driver of a stolen tow truck led police on a chase through Maryland on Friday, using the vehicle to break through a barricade of law enforcement vehicles and ram private cars that got in its way. Troopers from the College Park barrack responded to a report of a stolen