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F1's governing body rejects McLaren's appeal of Lando Norris penalty at Canadian GP 07/02/2023 08:54am • SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Formula One’s governing body has rejected McLaren's right of review request for the time penalty given to Lando Norris at the Canadian Grand Prix, where he dropped down from ninth to 13th place for driving deliberately slowly. Following a review hearing on Sunday, which Report offers glimpse of what it will take for state to reach ambitious climate goals 07/02/2023 08:25am • This content was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partners at Maryland Matters. Sign up for Maryland Matters’ free email subscription today. Maryland is halfway toward meeting its ambitious climate goals, and a path exists for the state to reach net-zero emissions by 2045. Th Today in History: July 2, Amelia Earhart disappears attempting round-the-world flight 07/02/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Sunday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2023. There are 182 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 2, 1937, aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight along t Mourners bury slain teen in France as 45,000 police are deployed and 5th night of unrest is quieter 07/01/2023 10:08pm • NANTERRE, France (AP) — Hushed and visibly anguished, hundreds of mourners from France’s Islamic community formed a solemn procession from a mosque to a hillside cemetery on Saturday to bury a 17-year-old whose killing by police has triggered days of rioting and looting across the nation. Und Denny Hamlin wins pole for NASCAR Cup Series' first street race in downtown Chicago 07/01/2023 06:57pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Denny Hamlin won the pole Saturday for the NASCAR Cup Series' first street race, edging Tyler Reddick on the challenging course in downtown Chicago. Hamlin led the way for the race Sunday with a lap of 88.435 seconds at an average speed of 89.557 mph on the 12-turn, 2.2-mile course. North Carolina amusement park closes ride after discovering crack in support beam 07/01/2023 05:44pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina amusement park closed one of its roller coasters Friday after a crack was found on a support beam. According to news reports, Carowinds shut down Fury 325. The park's website advertises the ride as the “tallest, fastest, longest giga coaster in North Amer Graham Rahal on IndyCar front row at Mid-Ohio with pole sitter Colton Herta 07/01/2023 05:17pm • Graham Rahal is back on the front row for an IndyCar race for the first time in four years. The son of 1986 Indy 500 winner and team owner Bobby Rahal nearly landed the pole at Mid-Ohio on Saturday, getting edged in the final seconds by Colton Herta, the last car remaining in the final six-minute ro Max Verstappen beats teammate Sergio Perez to win Austrian GP sprint race 07/01/2023 01:59pm • Reigning Formula One champion Max Verstappen continued his dominant form by winning the sprint from pole at the Austrian Grand Prix on Saturday to extend his championship lead over Red Bull teammate Sergio Perez to 70 points. The closest Verstappen came to losing his grip on the race was when Perez Dutch teenager Dilano van ’t Hoff dies after a crash at race in Belgium 07/01/2023 01:08pm • SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Dutch teenage driver Dilano van ’t Hoff died after a crash at the Formula Regional European Championship in Belgium, organizers said Saturday. The 18-year-old MP Motorsport driver was competing in a morning race at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit. It was held prio Alex Palou dismisses 'dominance' of IndyCar despite 3 wins in his last 4 races 07/01/2023 01:01pm • Alexander Rossi had bounced back from a mediocre weekend at Road America to turn some of the fastest laps in the opening IndyCar practice at Mid-Ohio when he was asked how one week transfers to the next — good or bad. “Just because you were good last weekend," Rossi replied, "doesn't mean you're IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud walks away from a terrifying wreck at Mid-Ohio 07/01/2023 12:36pm • IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud walked away unharmed from a terrifying wreck during practice at Mid-Ohio on Saturday, when his car from Meyer Shank Racing rolled seven times through a gravel trap before coming to rest on its side. Pagenaud told his team over the radio that his breaks had failed, and h Climate change keeps making wildfires and smoke worse. Scientists call it the 'new abnormal' 07/01/2023 11:35am • It was a smell that invoked a memory. Both for Emily Kuchlbauer in North Carolina and Ryan Bomba in Chicago. It was smoke from wildfires, the odor of an increasingly hot and occasionally on-fire world. Kuchlbauer had flashbacks to the surprise of soot coating her car three years ago when she was a r Governing body FIA agrees to hear McLaren’s request to review Norris penalty 07/01/2023 11:11am • SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Formula One’s governing body has agreed to hold a hearing to address McLaren’s request to review the time penalty given to Lando Norris at the Canadian Grand Prix. The hearing will take place with a McLaren representative summoned to appear before stewards on Sunday m UK press watchdog finds a tabloid column about hate for Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, was sexist 07/01/2023 10:08am • LONDON (AP) — A column in The Sun tabloid that fantasized about seeing Prince Harry’s wife, Meghan, being pelted with feces as she was paraded naked through the streets was sexist, Britain's press watchdog found. The column by TV personality Jeremy Clarkson in December described how he hated Sports on TV for Sunday, July 2 07/01/2023 10:00am • (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Sunday, July 2 AUTO RACING 8 a.m. CBSSN — Fanatec GT World Challenge Europe: Round 4, Stavelot, Belgium 8:55 a.m. ESPN — Formula 1: The Rolex Austrian Grand Prix, Red Bull Ring, Spielberg, Austria 11 a.m. CBSSN — FIM Motocross: Th