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The State Fair of Texas is banning firearms, drawing threats of legal action from Republican AG 08/14/2024 08:09pm • DALLAS (AP) ��� The State Fair of Texas is laying down a new rule before millions of visitors flock through the gates for corn dogs, deep-fried delights and a friendly wave from a five-story cowboy named Big Tex: No guns allowed. But that decision by fair organizers ��� which comes after a shooting Delegate who was arrested at Ferguson protest withdraws from DNC as bodycam video is released 08/14/2024 08:00pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) ��� One of the people accused of damaging a Ferguson Police Department fence moments before a police officer was critically injured has withdrawn as an uncommitted alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention, the Missouri Democratic Party said Wednesday. Keith Rose was ch Set Yourself Up for In-State Tuition as a Grad Student 08/14/2024 08:00pm • At public colleges, the cost of a graduate degree depends on a student's residency status. For those who qualify for in-state tuition, the savings can be significant. Navigating the residency process can be confusing, experts say. There are various ways to qualify for resident rates, and policies an Where 10 Famous Black Business Leaders Went to College 08/14/2024 08:00pm • Entrepreneurs and CEOs have varied college journeysThe path to business leadership doesn't always go through B-school. Some trailblazing Black CEOs, entrepreneurs, directors, presidents and founders have MBAs and economics degrees, but others studied performing arts, public affairs, social studies a NASCAR revokes Dillon's playoff eligibility; driver keeps controversial Richmond win 08/14/2024 06:04pm • Austin Dillon���s automatic spot in NASCAR���s playoff was revoked ��� though he retained his victory at Richmond Raceway ��� after it was determined the driver ���crossed a line��� in his intentional last-lap wreck of drivers Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. Dillon won for the first time in nearly two Motorcyclist pleads guilty to vehicular homicide and gets 17 years for Georgia state trooper's death 08/14/2024 05:15pm • LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. (AP) ��� A motorcyclist pleaded guilty Wednesday to vehicular homicide in the death of a Georgia state trooper during a car chase, and was sentenced to 17 years in prison, news outlets reported. Gerson Danilo Ayala-Rodriguez, 21, was facing a murder charge in the death of Trooper Review: 'Jackpot!' has a winning star in Awkwafina but never pays off 08/14/2024 04:33pm • Finally, a movie for everyone who read Shirley Jackson���s ���The Lottery��� and wished it had been a comedy. Paul Feig���s ���Jackpot!��� is a farcical twist on an old story that, if it doesn���t remind people of Jackson's short story will surely sound familiar to those who enjoyed ���The Purge��� Family of man killed by Connecticut police officer files lawsuit, seeks federal probe of department 08/14/2024 03:26pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) ��� The family of a man fatally shot by a Connecticut police officer as he tried to flee in a stolen car while being attacked by a police dog has filed a wrongful death lawsuit and called Wednesday for a federal civil rights investigation of the department. The mother and sister Firefighters gain 40% containment of California's fourth-largest wildfire on record 08/14/2024 03:18pm • CHICO, Calif. (AP) ��� California's largest wildfire so far this year was 40% contained Wednesday after scorching more than 670 square miles (1,735 square kilometers). The massive Park Fire was allegedly started by arson on July 24 in a wilderness park outside the Central Valley city of Chico and sp Officer's attorney: Videos show fatal shooting of pregnant Black woman was justified 08/14/2024 03:10pm • COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ��� An Ohio police officer charged in the shooting of Ta���Kiya Young, a pregnant Black mother who was killed after being accused of shoplifting, felt threatened when she began to roll her car toward him, the officer's attorney said Wednesday. Young was suspected of stealing alco Conor Daly to take over No. 78 car for Juncos Hollinger Racing for rest of IndyCar season 08/14/2024 02:34pm • IndyCar veteran Conor Daly will drive the No. 78 car for Juncos Hollinger Racing for the remainder of the season, beginning with this weekend's race at World Wide Technology Raceway near St. Louis, the team announced Wednesday. Daly is taking over for Agustin Canapino, who parted ways with the team Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates 08/14/2024 02:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� Year-over-year inflation reached its lowest level in more than three years in July, the latest sign that the worst price spike in four decades is fading and setting up the Federal Reserve for an interest rate cut in September. Wednesday's report from the Labor Department showed Hidden report reveals how workers got sick while cleaning up Ohio derailment site 08/14/2024 02:08pm • The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup. Workers who reported headaches and nausea ��� while shooting compressed air into the creek bed, which releases chemicals from the Ravens TE Mark Andrews with no apparent injuries after car accident en route to the team's facility 08/14/2024 01:02pm • OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) ��� The Baltimore Ravens said tight end Mark Andrews was in a car accident while driving to the team's practice facility Wednesday but appeared uninjured. Andrews was evaluated by medical staff at the facility and then attended morning meetings. He was already scheduled for Edmunds: The pros and cons of buying a hybrid vehicle or plug-in hybrid 08/14/2024 11:51am • If you���re ready to move on from a purely gasoline-fueled vehicle but you���re not ready to go fully electric, you have two choices. You can get a hybrid or a plug-in hybrid vehicle. But which one is best? The experts at Edmunds will help you decide. Hybrid Pros and Cons A hybrid electric vehicle h