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Column: Blaney does rare burnout to celebrate sliding into next round of NASCAR's playoffs 10/02/2023 04:47pm • Early in his NASCAR career, Ryan Blaney didn't do a celebratory burnout following a victory, a decision that caught the attention of Hall of Fame crew chief Dale Inman. “Dale Inman pulled me aside one day, and he said, ‘Hey, you don’t see the winner of the Kentucky Derby get off his horse and Azerbaijan moves to reaffirm control of Nagorno-Karabakh as the Armenian exodus slows to a trickle 10/02/2023 04:42pm • The last bus carrying ethnic Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh left the region Monday, completing a grueling weeklong exodus of over 100,000 people — more than 80% of its residents — after Azerbaijan reclaimed the area in a lightning military operation. The bus that entered Armenia carried 15 pass These popular fast food drive-thrus are getting faster 10/02/2023 04:04pm • New York (CNN) — Fast food chains are implementing all sorts of changes to their drive-thrus, and it looks like it’s paying off for customers in line, according to a new report. Some of the leading fast food companies, such as Wendy’s, Chick-fil-A and Carl’s Jr. saw major reductions in t Imprisoned YouTuber's high-end car collection to be auctioned off in Maryland 10/02/2023 03:30pm • The multimillion dollar car collection of an imprisoned YouTube star is set to be auctioned off in Maryland. Bill Omar Carrasquillo — the man behind the popular YouTube channel "Omi in a Hellcat" — was sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison for a scheme that involved piracy of cable TV, DP World Tour Schedule 10/02/2023 03:02pm • Nov. 24-27 _ Fortinet Australian PGA Championship (Cameron Smith) Nov. 24-27 _ Joburg Open (Dan Bradbury) Dec. 1-4 _ ISPS Handa Australian Open (Adrian Meronk) Dec. 1-4 _ Investec South African Open Championship (Thriston Lawrence) Dec. 8-11 _ Alfred Dunhill Championship (Ockie Strydom) Dec. 15-18 _ 2 DC men arrested in killing of 19-year-old who was shot and then run over in Md. 10/02/2023 01:34pm • Maryland police said two D.C. men shot to death and then ran over a 19-year-old accused of trying to steal money from one of the men. Tyzaiah Gaither, of D.C., was found dead in the 3200 block of Naylor Road in Temple Hills near the D.C. border on June 22. Prince George's County police have ch Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 10/02/2023 01:27pm • Here’s a look at how AP’s general news coverage is shaping up for select stories. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s complete coverage of North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware, and the rest of the world, visit Coverage Plan at newsroom.ap.org Questions about cov Kevin Porter barred from Houston Rockets after domestic violence arrest in New York 10/02/2023 12:57pm • HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Rockets have told Kevin Porter Jr. that he cannot be with the team in any capacity in the wake of his domestic violence arrest last month. Porter was arrested after an alleged attack on his former WNBA player girlfriend Kysre Gondrezick in a New York City hotel room Sept 'I knew right away': Neighbor describes crash that killed 4 in Bowie 10/02/2023 12:49pm • A neighbor said the crash that took four lives in Bowie, Maryland, on Friday night was a familiar sound along the busy stretch of Woodmore Road where it happened. It's also a sound that Marian Levezzo said she's heard before during the 37 years she's lived there. The crash happened around 7:30 p. Man who sought to expose sexual predators fatally shot during argument in Detroit-area restaurant 10/02/2023 12:42pm • A 40-year-old Detroit-area man who posed as a 15-year-old girl on social media to identify alleged sexual predators has been fatally shot during an argument in a restaurant. Police arrested two males, ages 17 and 18, Saturday in Friday night's slaying of Robert Wayne Lee of Pontiac, the Oakland Coun Britain's Treasury chief raises the minimum wage but angers some colleagues by ruling out tax cuts 10/02/2023 12:15pm • MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief announced a hike in the national minimum wage Monday, as the governing Conservative Party tries to persuade voters it is on the side of workers who are struggling financially. But Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt ruled out tax cuts, sayi Tesla 3Q sales rise 27% but fall short of expectations due softening demand and factory downtime 10/02/2023 12:04pm • Tesla's summertime deliveries of electric vehicles surged 27% from last year but still fell below analyst projections as Elon Musk's car company navigated through softening customer demand as well as factory upgrades. The Austin, Texas, automaker sold 435,059 vehicle s during the July-to-September p Car drives through fence at airport, briefly disrupting operations, officials say 10/02/2023 08:54am • A car crashed through a fence at Maine's busiest airport, traveled on a service road alongside a runway and then was abandoned, causing a brief disruption, officials said. The episode unfolded Sunday morning at Portland International Jetport, when the abandoned sedan was spotted after it had crashed This Week: Construction spending, trade balance, nonfarm payrolls 10/02/2023 08:10am • A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week: CONSTRUCTION BELLWETHER The Commerce Department reports its monthly tally of U.S. construction spending Monday. Construction spending has been mostly rising on a monthly basis this year after mostly declining in th Typhoon Koinu strengthens while moving toward Taiwan and is forecast to hit land this week 10/02/2023 07:55am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Typhoon Koinu, traveling westward from the Pacific, was strengthening as it moved toward Taiwan, meteorologists on the island said Monday. The storm was expanding in size and was expected to make landfall by Thursday morning, they said. Koinu was moving northwest with sustai