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Dillon spins Logano on final lap, prevails in overtime at Richmond for first victory in 2 years 08/12/2024 01:40am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Desperate to win for the first time in nearly two years ��� and with the race suddenly slipping away ��� Austin Dillon sent two cars into the wall in rapid succession. The result was a season-changing victory, an avalanche of controversy and at least two veteran drivers who we Today in History: August 12, Charlottesville car attack 08/12/2024 12:00am • Today is Monday, Aug. 12, the 225th day of 2024. There are 141 days left in the year. Today in history: On Aug. 12, 2017, a driver sped into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally in the Virginia college town of Charlottesville, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer and injur 10 Ways to Save on Back-to-School Shopping 08/11/2024 08:00pm • Parents are prepared to dig deep into their wallets for back-to-school shopping. Nearly three-quarters of caregivers surveyed by U.S. News & World Report in July say their school expenses have increased this year. For many, covering the cost will be difficult, with 43% of survey respondents sayi Ferguson officer critically injured at protest on the 10th anniversary of Michael Brown's death 08/11/2024 05:17pm • A Ferguson, Missouri, police officer was critically injured outside the city's police station during protests on the 10th anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, a pivotal moment in the national Black Lives Matter movement, police said Saturday. Ferguson police chief Troy Doyle said Off US surgeon general was warned by his mom to avoid politics, but he jumped into the fray anyway 08/11/2024 04:45pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� The gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy���s childhood home boast the surgeon general���s many talents, from dance performances to math competitions. Growing up in a Florida suburb, it seemed to his family that Murthy could succeed at just about any US surgeon general was warned by his mom to avoid politics, but he jumped into the fray anyway 08/11/2024 04:44pm • MIAMI (AP) ��� The dated gold and silver trophies packed in the china cabinet of Dr. Vivek Murthy���s childhood home still boast the surgeon general���s many talents, from dance performances to math competitions. Growing up in a Florida suburb, it seemed to his family that Murthy could succeed at ju Man riding motorcycle dies in Montgomery Co. crash 08/11/2024 09:06am • A man has died after a car collided with the motorcycle he was riding in White Oak, Maryland, on Saturday. Montgomery County police said the deadly collision happened around 6 p.m. near the intersection of Lockwood Drive and Columbia Pike. The man riding the motorcycle was pronounced dead at t Serbia's populist president says lithium protests are part of a 'hybrid' warfare against his country 08/11/2024 09:04am • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Serbia���s president Sunday accused demonstrators who opposed a lithium mining project in the Balkan country of being part of a Western-backed ���hybrid��� warfare against his government and vowed to take strong legal action against those protesters who have blocked railway Former students and colleagues recall high school teachers Tim and Gwen Walz as allies and advocates 08/11/2024 07:32am • MANKATO, Minn. (AP) ��� Jacob Reitan said he told Gwen Walz he was gay before he told his parents. Reitan was a student in 1999 at Mankato West High School in Minnesota, where Walz and her husband, Tim, were teachers. In her classroom, Gwen Walz had announced at the start of his sophomore year that Montgomery County fair brings a taste of country living to the DC suburbs 08/11/2024 04:56am • The gates opened Saturday on the 75th Montgomery County Agricultural Fair at the fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland. In the cattle pavilion, young 4-H members paraded their Heifers, which they've been raising since last fall, before judges and a wide-eyed audience of suburbanites and city dwel Vikings' McCarthy throws interception, 2 TDs in preseason debut for 24-23 win over Raiders 08/10/2024 09:20pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) ��� Rookie J.J. McCarthy rebounded from an ill-advised throw intercepted by Las Vegas starting cornerback Jack Jones with two touchdown passes against backups, a mixed but promising preseason debut for the Minnesota Vikings���future franchise quarterback in a 24-23 victory over the Denny Hamlin begins his bid for a sweep at Richmond by winning the pole in qualifying 08/10/2024 08:38pm • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Denny Hamlin���s bid for a sweep at Richmond is off to a good start. Hamlin won the pole for Sunday night���s NASCAR Cup Series race, topping qualifying Saturday in his No. 11 Toyota. It was Hamlin's third pole of the year, although he went on to finish out of the top 10 after Thousands protest lithium mining in Serbia. Officials say it's a plot against populist president 08/10/2024 04:04pm • BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) ��� Tens of thousands of protesters rallied on Saturday against lithium mining in Serbia, despite officials' warnings of their alleged plot to topple populist President Aleksandar Vu��i�� and his government. Vu��i�� said earlier he had been tipped off by Russian intelligence se No-car Games: Los Angeles Olympic venues will only be accessible by public transportation 08/10/2024 10:33am • PARIS (AP) ��� Traffic. What will you do about notorious gridlocked Los Angeles traffic? That's the one burning question repeatedly posed to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass as she prepares to receive the Olympic flag ahead of the 2028 Summer Games. ���A no-car Games,��� Bass said Saturday. Huh? Bass an Record-breaking wildfires scorch more than 1.4 million acres in Oregon, authorities say 08/09/2024 11:40pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Wildfires in Oregon have burned more acres of land in 2024 than in any year since reliable records began, authorities said Friday, with the mid-August peak of fire season still on the horizon. Blazes have scorched more than 1.4 million acres, or nearly 2,200 square miles (5,7