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Kyle Larson wins the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago 07/06/2024 07:22pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Kyle Larson has won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago, beating Ty Gibbs by a hundredth of a second. Larson posted a fast lap of 1 minute, 27.836 seconds in the second round of qualifying on the 12-turn, 2.2-mile course Saturday, recording a top speed 4 killed in shooting during party at a Kentucky home; suspect died after a vehicle chase, police say 07/06/2024 06:35pm • FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) — Four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early Saturday shooting during a party at a home in northern Kentucky, police said. The shooting suspect later died after fleeing the home and leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended with the suspect's car fal Hornets keeping forward Miles Bridges after agreeing to 3-year, $75M contact, AP source says 07/06/2024 05:29pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Charlotte Hornets are keeping forward Miles Bridges after the forward was re-signed to a three-year, $75 million contract, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because the agreem Hamas clears the way for a possible cease-fire in Gaza after dropping key demand, officials say 07/06/2024 05:05pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza (AP) — Hamas has given its initial approval of a U.S.-backed proposal for a phased cease-fire deal in Gaza, dropping a key demand that Israel commit up front to a complete end to the war, a Hamas official and an Egyptian official said Saturday. The apparent compromise by the mi Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota 07/06/2024 02:41pm • Enflamed railcars carrying hazardous material were mostly extinguished Saturday, a day after they derailed in a remote area of North Dakota. Officials said Friday no one had been hurt. The threat to those living nearby remained low, according to county emergency management, which reported no air con A green flag for clean power: NASCAR unveils its first electric racecar 07/06/2024 01:40pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Part of the experience of a NASCAR race is hearing the engine roar, the rumble of each car’s approach and the zip when it whizzes past at more than 150 mph. NASCAR unveiled its first electric racecar Saturday in downtown Chicago, but it doesn’t thunder when the grand marshal Three cheers for Brits! Russell beats Hamilton to take Silverstone F1 pole with Norris third 07/06/2024 12:26pm • SILVERSTONE, England (AP) — The home crowd had three reasons to cheer when George Russell narrowly beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the British Grand Prix, and Lando Norris was third quickest for McLaren on Saturday. It was all about the Brits at Silverstone, with Fo FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One 07/06/2024 11:41am • False reports that President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency” while traveling back to Delaware on Friday after a campaign stop in Wisconsin, spread widely on social media on Friday. They were without merit. Here's a look at the facts. ___ CLAIM: President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency Tearful Germany coach lauds his team's example for German society at Euro 2024 07/06/2024 10:03am • BERLIN (AP) — Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann struggled to hold back tears Saturday as he talked about his team’s exit from the European Championship the night before. He said Germany's performances at Euro 2024 and going toe-to-toe with Spain on Friday showed the benefit of collective work and Asia's richest man Mukesh Ambani is set to throw a grand wedding for his son. Here's what to know 07/06/2024 08:44am • NEW DELHI (AP) — In March, Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani threw a three-day prenuptial bash for his son that included a 1,200-person guest list, including former world leaders, tech tycoons and Bollywood's megastars, and a performance by renowned singer Rihanna. It was only the start of their Arizona man pleads guilty to murder in wife's death less than a week after reporting her missing 07/06/2024 12:27am • FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Less than a week after an Arizona man reported his wife missing, launching an expansive search that quickly turned into a criminal investigation, he admitted to killing her and pleaded guilty to murder, authorities announced Friday. As part of a deal with prosecutors in Coc Masoud Pezeshkian, a heart surgeon who rose to power in parliament, now Iran's president-elect 07/05/2024 11:22pm • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — After the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini, Iranian lawmaker Masoud Pezeshkian wrote that it was “unacceptable in the Islamic Republic to arrest a girl for her hijab and then hand over her dead body to her family.” Days later, as nationwide protests and a bloody cr Beryl moves into the Gulf of Mexico after battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, takes aim at Texas 07/05/2024 11:22pm • TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Beryl moved into the the Gulf of Mexico Friday and took aim at the south Texas coast after battering Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Texas officials issued disaster declarations and urge coastal residents to prepare as the storm headed their way. Beryl hit Tulum as a Category 2 Records tumble as dangerous heat wave scorches the US West and beyond, with the worst yet to come 07/05/2024 10:57pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Records tumbled across the West as a slow-moving heat wave of potentially historic proportions tightened its grip from the Pacific Northwest to Arizona on Friday, sending many residents in search of a cool haven from the dangerously high temperatures. The Southeast and Mid-At Palou, Rossi manage fast laps in rain-affected practice for IndyCar's hybrid engine at Mid-Ohio 07/05/2024 09:07pm • LEXINGTON, Ohio (AP) — Pato O’Ward and Alex Palou each felt something slightly different from their cars with the IndyCar Series new hybrid engines on Friday before weather delayed additional research for another day. IndyCar Series drivers hoping to get an initial read on the new hybrid engines