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Toyota is hitting the gas on hybrids as EV sales cool. But what does that mean for the planet? 03/10/2024 12:00am • (CNN) — It was just over a year ago that Toyota appeared to acknowledge it had dropped the ball on electric vehicles. Its CEO, Akio Toyoda, stepped down from his post, painting himself as “an old-fashioned” man unfit to take the world’s biggest carmaker through the electric revolution. Bu Md. man sentenced to 10 years in series of carjackings 03/09/2024 09:22pm • A Maryland man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for his role in a series of carjackings and an attempted carjacking in 2022. In a news release, prosecutors said that 22-year-old Carlos Guardado-Eagle, of Hagerstown, and a co-conspirator carjacked four people at gunpoint between May 15, Mission Foods NHRA Gatornationals Pairings 03/09/2024 09:07pm • SaturdayGainesville RacewayGainesville, Fla.Sunday's PairingsTop Fuel 1. Shawn Langdon, 3.682 seconds, 334.15 mph vs. 16. Cody Krohn, 3.850, 317.64; 2. Steve Torrence, 3.690, 333.08 vs. 15. Shawn Reed, 3.766, 314.61; 3. Mike Salinas, 3.705, 331.53 vs. 14. Doug Foley, 3.764, 318.84; 4. Antron Brown, Auburn student makes a 94-foot, length-of-the-court putt and wins a car 03/09/2024 08:53pm • AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — An Auburn University student connected on a long-distance shot, draining a length-of-the-basketball court putt on Saturday to win a car. Conor Boyle made the 94-foot putt, rolling a golf ball from one baseline and through a sign next to the opposite basket during a promotion in The US is springing forward to daylight saving. For Navajo and Hopi tribes, it's a time of confusion 03/09/2024 08:08pm • TUBA CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Melissa Blackhair is not eager to spring forward Sunday. “I’m dreading it. I just don’t want to see how much we have to adjust," Blackhair said while sitting in her home office in Tuba City on the Navajo Nation, the only area in Arizona that follows daylight saving t Chandler Smith wins second career Xfinity Series race after Justin Allgaier's late flat tire 03/09/2024 07:46pm • AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Chandler Smith won his second career Xfinity Series race on Saturday at Phoenix Raceway, earning a surprise victory for Toyota and Joe Gibbs Racing after Justin Allgaier crashed while holding a big lead with just four laps remaining. The 21-year-old Smith took the lead after Larson riding momentum into NASCAR's spring race at Phoenix Raceway 03/09/2024 05:40pm • AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Larson spent most of the afternoon near the front of the pack during the season finale at Phoenix Raceway, putting himself in position for a second NASCAR Cup Series championship in three years. When his car lost some of its balance, Larson's championship hopes wobbled Denny Hamlin wins pole at Phoenix as Toyota gets four of top six spots in qualifying 03/09/2024 04:21pm • AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Denny Hamlin will start on the pole for Sunday's NASCAR Cup Series event at Phoenix Raceway, capping a stellar qualifying session for Joe Gibbs Racing and Toyota on Saturday. Toyota grabbed four of the top six spots after Hamlin ran his lap in 132.655 miles per hour. Ty Gibb 2 women drove a man's body to a bank to withdraw his money, Ohio police say 03/09/2024 04:13pm • ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — Two Ohio women have been accused of driving the body of a deceased 80-year-old man to a bank to withdraw money from his account before dropping his body off at a hospital. Karen Casbohm, 63, and Loreen Bea Feralo, 55, were charged Tuesday in Ashtabula with gross abuse of a Max Verstappen cruises to victory at Saudi Arabian GP to extend dominant start to F1 title defense 03/09/2024 04:03pm • Max Verstappen stayed firmly on course for another season of dominance in Formula 1 on Saturday by winning the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Even after just two races, and despite turmoil at Red Bull, Verstappen seems in near-total control on the track as he aims for a fourth consecutive title this year Ferrari teen stand-in Oliver Bearman scores F1 points on dream debut at age 18 03/09/2024 03:46pm • Take a bow, Oliver Bearman. Max Verstappen took the win at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Saturday but it was the 18-year-old Bearman who stole the show with seventh place for Ferrari, one day after he was given an unexpected debut. “The car was mega today, so thank you. I really enjoyed it. It w A surge of illegal homemade machine guns has helped fuel gun violence in the US 03/09/2024 02:54pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Eleven-year-old Domonic Davis was not far from his mom's Cincinnati home when a hail of gunfire sprayed out from a passing car. Nearly two dozen rounds hurtled through the night at a group of children in the blink of an eye. Four other children and a woman were hurt in the Novem Alabama woman set for a plea hearing months after police say she faked her own kidnapping 03/09/2024 12:05pm • BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — A new plea hearing has been set for an Alabama woman accused of falsely telling police she was abducted last summer after stopping her car to check on a toddler wandering near a highway. Carlee Russell’s two-day disappearance, and her story of being abducted, captivated the Portugal is electing a new parliament and government. Here’s what to know about the major issues 03/09/2024 12:47am • LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal is holding an early general election on Sunday when 10.8 million registered voters will elect 230 lawmakers to the National Assembly, the country's parliament. The lawmakers will then choose a new government. Two moderate parties that have alternated in power for d Today in History: March 9, The Notorious B.I.G. is shot and killed at 24 03/09/2024 12:01am • Today in History Today is Saturday, March 9, the 69th day of 2024. There are 297 days left in the year. Today’s highlight in history: On March 9, 1997, rapper The Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) was killed in a still-unsolved drive-by shooting in Los Angeles at age 24. On this date: In