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Corey LaJoie signs multi-year contract extension to remain with Spire Motorsports on Cup circuit 08/02/2023 06:27pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Corey LaJoie has reached a multi-year extension to remain on as the driver of the No. 7 Chevrolet for Spire Motorsports on the NASCAR Cup Series circuit. LaJoie, a third-generation racer whose father and grandfather are members of the New England Auto Racing Hall of Fame, race 2 Alabama inmates killed while working on road crew for state 08/02/2023 06:22pm • HAMILTON, Ala. (AP) — Two Alabama inmates on a work crew were killed Wednesday after being struck by a car while picking up trash on the side of a highway, prison officials said. Ronnie Steven Cornelius, 30, and Colt Eugene Morris, 40, were hit by a vehicle while working on a Alabama Department o Jimmie Johnson, crew chief Chad Knaus join Donnie Allison as NASCAR Hall of Fame selections 08/02/2023 05:54pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Together, Jimmie Johnson and Chad Knaus dominated auto racing for years. It seems only fitting they were both selected for the NASCAR Hall of Fame on Wednesday. Johnson, one of the most accomplished drivers in the sport's history, and his crew chief Knaus combined to win a r Man linked to 1984 kidnapping and rape by DNA testing sentenced to 25 years 08/02/2023 05:41pm • HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A man who was linked to a 1984 kidnapping and rape case in Connecticut by DNA evidence decades later has been sentenced to 25 years in prison, a state prosecutor announced Wednesday. George Legere, 75, of Springfield, Massachusetts, was sentenced July 21 after having been co Poorly designed crossing contributed to fatal 2022 Missouri Amtrak derailment, officials say 08/02/2023 05:25pm • A dump truck driver last year may have never seen an oncoming Amtrak train before it was too late, federal investigators concluded in a report, finding that a steep, poorly designed railroad crossing in rural Missouri contributed to last year’s fatal Amtrak derailment that killed four people and i Fargo shooter was interviewed by police about guns, propane tanks in 2022 08/02/2023 05:13pm • The gunman who last month killed a Fargo police officer and wounded two others and a civilian admitted to owning nearly a dozen guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition in a 2022 police interview following a kitchen fire at his home. Firefighters notified police after seeing guns, ammunition and p Georgia man facing charges after hit-and-run crash in Montgomery Co. kills 1, injures 9 08/02/2023 03:30pm • A Pennsylvania mother was killed and several other people were hurt after a driver going the wrong way crashed into two vehicles on the Capital Beltway in Montgomery County, Maryland, late Tuesday night, authorities said. Maryland State Police said 23-year-old Jayleen Hannor, of Macon, Georgia, w Greater Mid-Atlantic News Digest 1 p.m. 08/02/2023 01:53pm • 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 Armed men in Central African Republic fatally shoot 13 and wound 2 in northern village 08/02/2023 01:15pm • NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Armed men killed 13 people and wounded two in a northern village in the mineral-rich but impoverished Central African Republic, local officials said Wednesday. Ousmane Youssef, a tribal chief in the village of Diki near the country's border with Chad, said a group of armed men Patient escapes Maryland psychiatric hospital through shot-out window 08/02/2023 12:44pm • A patient escaped from one of Maryland’s state-run psychiatric hospitals Tuesday evening by exiting through a shot-out window and fleeing in a waiting getaway car, according to local police. An unidentified person approached the Eastern Shore Hospital Center, fired several gunshots into a glass Spain's Catalonia region declares a drought emergency in 24 towns that will see water cuts 08/02/2023 12:10pm • MADRID (AP) — Northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region declared a drought emergency in 24 municipalities Wednesday following a severe lack of rain in recent years. Restrictions put in place as part of the emergency will principally affect agricultural and industrial water usage but not drinking wa Why are gas prices rising? Experts point to extreme heat and oil production cuts 08/02/2023 11:49am • NEW YORK (AP) — Drivers are in for another headache at the pump as U.S. gas prices continue to rise. The national average for gas prices stood at about $3.78 a gallon on Tuesday — about 25 cents higher than that seen one month ago, according to motor club AAA. While today's prices at the pump re Texas police officer holds innocent family at gunpoint after making typo while running plates 08/02/2023 11:40am • FRISCO, Texas (AP) — A Texas police department is apologizing after a typo made while checking a license plate resulted in officers pulling over what they wrongly suspected was a stolen car and then holding an innocent Black family at gunpoint. Frisco police acknowledged the traffic stop was cause Ferrari: Q2 Earnings Snapshot 08/02/2023 09:35am • MARANELLO, Italy (AP) — MARANELLO, Italy (AP) — Ferrari NV (RACE) on Wednesday reported second-quarter net income of $363.6 million. On a per-share basis, the Maranello, Italy-based company said it had net income of $1.99. The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of three Fairfax Co. tries to tackle a rise in car thefts 08/02/2023 09:02am • With carjackings and car-related thefts on the rise throughout the D.C. region, the Fairfax County Police Department is hoping to crack down with a countywide enforcement and education initiative this month. The Summer Crime Prevention team will step up patrols in areas that have historically bee