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Pocono Raceway boasts its largest NASCAR crowd in more than a decade for Denny Hamlin's win 07/23/2023 08:25pm • LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Denny Hamlin slid out of his winning Toyota and was instantly booed by a packed Pocono crowd unhappy with how the driver shoved Kyle Larson's car into the wall over the final laps. The boos were so loud because the crowd was so large — Pocono sold out the NASCAR race and bo Denny Hamlin gets his record 7th victory at Pocono and 50th of his NASCAR Cup Series career 07/23/2023 08:23pm • LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Denny Hamlin chalked up his record seventh win at Pocono Raceway — “Eight, right?” he quipped — to nothing more than coming out ahead after a hard, respectful duel with Kyle Larson over the furious final laps. Hamlin's take: His Toyota held firm in the middle lane whi NHRA Northwest Nationals Results 07/23/2023 07:15pm • Sunday At Pacific Raceways Kent, Wash. Final Results Top Fuel Steve Torrence, 3.940 seconds, 289.26 mph def. Doug Kalitta, 4.861 seconds, 169.21 mph. Funny Car Tim Wilkerson, Ford Mustang, 4.007, 321.96 def. J.R. Todd, Toyota Supra, 4.014, 323.27. Pro Stock Motorcycle Gaige Herrera, Suzuki, 6.764, Josef Newgarden completes an IndyCar Series weekend sweep at Iowa Speedway 07/23/2023 05:47pm • NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Josef Newgarden got one win on Saturday, but he said it felt like “50 percent of the battle.” Newgarden completed the doubleheader sweep he wanted at a track where he's had plenty of success, winning the IndyCar Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Newgarden, who led 212 of Jordan's Hoylake homecoming ends in 'perfect finish' and a spot in next year's British Open 07/23/2023 04:48pm • HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Matthew Jordan’s first shot at the British Open was a special one — the very first one made at the tournament on his home course. His last shot on Sunday might have meant even more — a 7-footer for birdie that guaranteed he will be back next year at golf's oldest majo Heavy rains in Afghanistan and Pakistan unleash flash floods that killed dozens of people 07/23/2023 01:09pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — Heavy flooding from seasonal rains in Afghanistan killed at least 31 people and left dozens missing over the past three days, while in neighboring Pakistan 13 people died due to heavy rains and landslides. Shafiullah Rahimi, the ruling Taliban’s appointed spokesman for Afghanist F1 champ Verstappen wins Hungarian GP to extend overall lead, give Red Bull record 12th straight win 07/23/2023 12:15pm • BUDAPEST (AP) — Formula One defending champion Max Verstappen needed only a few seconds to stamp his authority on the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday and win his seventh straight race of a crushingly dominant season. Seven-time F1 champion Lewis Hamilton started from pole position ahead of Verstapp Former Brazilian President Bolsonaro fades from the spotlight 07/23/2023 11:23am • RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is fading from the spotlight, showing the courts' power over the electoral system and the political shortcomings of the increasingly powerless former leader. Brazil's top electoral court ruled last month that Bolsonaro is ineligible t UK political parties are getting the jitters over green policies after a special election verdict 07/23/2023 06:35am • LONDON (AP) — Environmentalists cautioned Britain’s main political parties on Sunday not to water down their climate change promises after a special election result widely seen as a thumbs-down from voters to a tax on polluting cars. The governing Conservatives suffered two heavy defeats in a tr Elon Musk says Twitter logo to change, birds to be gradually abandoned 07/23/2023 03:13am • (CNN) — Elon Musk tweeted on his official account on Sunday that Twitter would be changing its logo to an “X” and that all the birds will be disappearing from the platform.In a series of tweets, Musk said: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds.� Covering the heat wave in sizzling Phoenix, an AP photographer recounts a scare from heat exhaustion 07/23/2023 12:59am • PHOENIX (AP) — Heat never scared me before. I’ve spent 23 years covering Phoenix as a photographer for The Associated Press, shooting golf tournaments, baseball games and other outdoor sporting events, the city’s growing homeless population, immigration and crime. And, of course, heat. Like As Spurs get ready for Wembanyama, a new practice home is taking shape 07/23/2023 12:36am • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — RC Buford has spent nearly a decade plotting this. He’s been all over the world, visiting 200 places, seeing what works for other teams. Ideas kept coming, not just from the basketball landscape, but from skiing and soccer and eSports and cycling and even Formula One. Hour aft NHRA Northwest Nationals Pairings 07/22/2023 09:08pm • Saturday At Pacific Raceways Kent, Wash. Sunday's Pairings Top Fuel 1. Mike Salinas, 3.743 seconds, 329.02 mph vs. Bye; 2. Doug Kalitta, 3.753, 327.66 vs. 13. Ron Smith, 4.859, 170.62; 3. Justin Ashley, 3.760, 325.45 vs. 12. Tony Schumacher, 3.826, 323.66; 4. Steve Torrence, 3.764, 327.98 vs. 11. Jo Prince George's Co. man found guilty of 2021 double homicide 07/22/2023 08:33pm • A man from Upper Marlboro, Maryland, was found guilty Friday of murdering two young men in Northwest D.C. in July 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Jalen Browne, 22, walked around the 100 block of Q Street NW in disguise, laying in wait to shoot at six young men in the parking lot of Austin Hill survives wild restart to win Xfinity Series race at Pocono 07/22/2023 08:14pm • LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Austin Hill survived a wild restart in the final overtime laps at Pocono Raceway and earned his fourth Xfinity Series victory of the season on Saturday. Hill won the season opener at Daytona and added two more early season wins at Las Vegas and Phoenix, but hadn’t won over