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Today in History: June 19, Senate approves Civil Rights Act 06/19/2023 12:00am • Today in History Today is Monday, June 19, the 170th day of 2023. There are 195 days left in the year. This is Juneteenth. Today’s Highlight in History: On June 19, 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was approved by the U.S. Senate, 73-27, after surviving a lengthy filibuster. On this date: I Palou continues hot streak, extends his IndyCar points lead by winning at Road America 06/18/2023 08:44pm • ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Alex Palou started the weekend at Road America with a car-damaging crash and rallied to end it with his third victory in the last four IndyCar races. That's how well things have been going for the Spaniard in his remarkable first half to the IndyCar season. Palou built on Heat wave triggers big storms, power outages in US Southeast, raises wildfire concerns in Southwest 06/18/2023 08:34pm • Forecasters warned people celebrating Father's Day outdoors to take precautions as triple-digit temperatures prompted heat advisories across much of the southern U.S., triggered thunderstorms that knocked out power from Oklahoma to Mississippi and whipped up winds that raised wildfire threats in Ari At least 6 killed, dozens injured in weekend shootings across US 06/18/2023 08:12pm • At least six people including a Pennsylvania state trooper were killed and dozens injured in a string of weekend violence and mass shootings across the U.S. The shootings in suburban Chicago, Washington state, Pennsylvania, St. Louis, Southern California and Baltimore follow a surge in homicides and 1 trooper killed, 1 critically wounded in central Pennsylvania 06/18/2023 07:35pm • MIFFLINTOWN, Pa. (AP) — State police in Pennsylvania have identified the trooper killed and another trooper critically wounded in separate encounters Saturday with a gunman who attacked a state police barracks and was later shot and killed himself after a manhunt and a fierce gunbattle. Trooper Ja Verstappen ties Senna in F1 wins as Red Bull collects its 100th victory 06/18/2023 05:39pm • When he won the pole in the pouring rain, Max Verstappen was quick to explain that it had been his father who would stand on the wet track during his early days of karting and point him to the correct driving lines. So when Verstappen won the Canadian Grand Prix on Father's Day — a 41st victory th Two survivors of a deadly shipwreck describe their ordeal to Greek authorities 06/18/2023 04:30pm • ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek news website has published excerpts from the depositions of two survivors of Wednesday’s deadly shipwreck off southwestern Greece, in which more than 500 people are feared drowned after an overcrowded boat carrying as many as 750 migrants went down in international San Antonio fans say 'Spurs Are Back' with the pending arrival of Wembanyama 06/18/2023 10:58am • SAN ANTONIO (AP) — San Antonio businessman Roland Ramirez predicted the outcome of the NBA draft lottery months before Commissioner Adam Silver announced the Spurs had won the No. 1 pick. Ramirez believes it was fate that Victor Wembanyama is on his way to San Antonio as the first overall draft pi Austrians say they foiled possible attack on Vienna's Pride parade by alleged IS sympathizers 06/18/2023 09:48am • BERLIN (AP) — Austrian authorities said Sunday they had foiled a possible attack on Vienna's Pride parade by three young men who had allegedly sympathized with the extremist Islamic State group. The head of Austria's domestic intelligence service told reporters that the suspects, aged 14, 17 and 2 How gaming is informing the design of vehicle dashboards 06/18/2023 09:00am • ▶ Watch Video: How gaming is informing the design of car dashboards Detroit — The 2023 Cadillac LYRIQ, an electric vehicle, comes with what General Motors calls its new "cockpit experience." It feels a bit like a video game because it was designed by gamers. "Historically, the ext Violent crime within Israel's Palestinian minority reaches new heights under Netanyahu's government 06/18/2023 03:09am • LOD, Israel (AP) — A relentless wave of violent crime within Israel’s Palestinian minority is turning cities and towns into bloody battlefields, exasperating a community feeling increasingly forsaken by Israeli authorities. Anger over the mounting insecurity is directed at Israel's government a Transition to EVs could save DC-area lives, time and money, new study shows 06/17/2023 09:22pm • Driving an electric car could make you healthier, wealthier and a better worker. A new study from the American Lung Association said it could even save your life. "The transportation sector is the number one source of smog-forming emissions," said Will Barrett, National Senior Director for Clean Herta wins pole as repaved track produces eventful qualifying day at Road America 06/17/2023 08:38pm • ELKHART LAKE, Wis. (AP) — The venue that bills itself as “America’s National Park of Speed” is delivering faster times after its first repaving in nearly three decades. It's also producing a bit more frustration. Colton Herta of Andretti Autosport earned the pole position for Sunday’s Indy 2 firefighters injured after ambulance struck by tractor-trailer on Capital Beltway 06/17/2023 06:04pm • A tractor-trailer carrying a number of cars struck an ambulance Thursday night on the Capital Beltway in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The Prince George's County Fire Department said the accident happened shortly after 9 p.m. on the Inner Loop of Interstate 495. Video from the fire department showed th 16 injured as Baltimore bus crashes into 2 cars, apartment building 06/17/2023 05:36pm • BALTIMORE (AP) — Sixteen people were injured Saturday when a mass transit bus crashed with two cars before hitting a building in Baltimore, authorities said. Baltimore police said officers in the city’s central district responded to a Maryland Transit Administration bus crash at about 10:20 a.m.