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Book Review: 'Elon Musk' offers a revealing but not surprising portrait of tech mogul 09/12/2023 02:53pm • For those who have been paying attention to Elon Musk for at least the past couple years, Walter Isaacson's biography of the tech billionaire doesn't feel that surprising. Isaacson's biography “Elon Musk” does a good job hammering home the portrayal of the SpaceX founder and now owner of X — f Vingegaard wins 16th stage of Spanish Vuelta to move into second place behind teammate Kuss 09/12/2023 12:34pm • BEJES, Spain (AP) — Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard won the 16th stage of the Spanish Vuelta on Tuesday to move into second place overall behind teammate Sepp Kuss. Vingegaard, who has won the last two Tours, attacked on the ascent to the finish line of an otherwise flat ride along Spain� AUTO RACING: Reddick moves on in NASCAR playoffs, but regular-season champ Truex has some work to do 09/12/2023 11:52am • All Times Eastern NASCAR CUP SERIES Bass Pro Shops Night Race Site: Bristol, Tennessee. Schedule: Friday, practice, 4:35 p.m., and qualifying, 5:20 p.m.; Saturday, race, 7:30 p.m. (USA). Track: Bristol Motor Speedway. Race distance: 500 laps, 266.5 miles. Last year: Chris Buescher won after starting NCAA FBS Team Rushing Offense 09/12/2023 11:11am • Rushing Offense G Car RuYD TD Yds Pg NCAA FBS Team Rushing Defense 09/12/2023 11:11am • Rushing Defense G Car Yds TD Yds Pg Cash bail disproportionately impacts communities of color. Illinois is the first state to abolish it 09/12/2023 10:23am • CHICAGO (AP) — It took four and a half months for Shannon Ross’ life to unravel. Ross, who describes himself as Indigenous and a person of color, was arrested in Chicago in October 2019 on weapons charges and ultimately found not guilty. But that came only after he spent months in jail awaiting Book Review: Novelist and blogger Cory Doctorow pens a manual for destroying Big Tech 09/12/2023 09:48am • As a leading blogger in the pre-Substack era, novelist and public-interest technologist Cory Doctorow often warned that Big Tech was rendering of cyberspace a polluted, dystopian, crassly commercial and often hostile world of limited options. Now it's happened. Facebook, Instagram and other walled f Cyclist Nathan van Hooydonck hospitalized after car accident 09/12/2023 09:37am • BRUSSELS (AP) — Cyclist Nathan van Hooydonck was hospitalized Tuesday after he became unwell while driving his car and got involved in a car crash, his team said. The Jumbo-Visma team said it could not confirm media reports that the 27-year-old Belgian rider was in critical condition. The Dutch te How Md. retailers are responding to organized retail theft that has 'become so serious' 09/12/2023 04:14am • In response to organized retail theft across the state, the Maryland Retailers Association is meeting with several jurisdictions to discuss solutions before the issue becomes so significant that stores consider closing. Cailey Locklair, president of the Maryland Retailers Association, said the gr 7 Drone Stocks to Buy in 2023 09/11/2023 08:00pm • While drones aren't exactly filling Earth's skies yet, there's no doubt that the sector is expanding at a significant growth rate in the last half of 2023. Data from Grand View Research shows the global commercial drone market rising from an estimated $19.9 billion in 2022 to $57.2 billion in 2030 a Should You Buy VinFast Stock? 3 Pros, 3 Cons 09/11/2023 08:00pm • Vietnamese electric vehicle (EV) maker VinFast Auto Ltd. (ticker: VFS) had one of the strongest market debuts for an automaker in history in August. The stock exploded on the scene, rising more than 800% at its peak, driven by speculative fervor following a long dry stint for electric vehicle initia Man who crashed car hours before Hurricane Idalia's landfall is fourth Florida death 09/11/2023 06:22pm • DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) — A fatal single-vehicle crash just hours before Hurricane Idalia made landfall in Florida has been declared the state's fourth death from the Category 3 storm, officials said Monday. A 40-year-old man driving in heavy rain went off the roadway and hit a tree near Dade City in Colorado deputies who tased a man multiple times are fired following an investigation 09/11/2023 06:13pm • DENVER (AP) — Two Colorado sheriff's deputies were fired after an investigation found their repeated use of Tasers against a man, including in his lower lip, was unjustified, the Las Animas County Sheriff's office confirmed Monday. Deputy Mikhail Noel and Lt. Henry Trujillo violated a number of ag Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. charged with assaulting girlfriend at Manhattan hotel 09/11/2023 05:32pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Rockets guard Kevin Porter Jr. was arrested Monday and charged with assault and strangulation after allegedly attacking his girlfriend at a New York City hotel. Porter, 23, is accused of hitting the woman several times and putting his hands around her neck, police said. The DP World Tour Schedule 09/11/2023 03:00pm • 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 _