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Book Review: In 'Farewell Amethystine,' a private eye hunts for a beautiful woman’s ex-husband 06/03/2024 09:33am • It’s 1970 in Los Angeles, and Easy Rawlins has come a long way since Walter Mosley launched his series about this Black private detective with “Devil in a Blue Dress.” In that first novel, published in 1990, we met Easy as a young World War II vet. It was 1948, he’d just moved to Los Angeles Md. motorcyclist dead after striking Tesla in Silver Spring, police say 06/03/2024 05:35am • Police in Montgomery County, Maryland, said they are investigating an overnight collision in Silver Spring between a motorcycle and a Tesla that left one man dead early Saturday morning. Police said officers responded to the intersection of University Boulevard and Kerwin Road just after midnight The Latest | Sheinbaum appears set to become Mexico's first female president 06/03/2024 03:01am • Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum declared victory in Mexico's presidential election, shortly after electoral authorities said she held an irreversible lead in an official quick count. Sheinbaum appears set to become Mexico's first female president — a major step in a country long marked 75-year-old John Force races to record 157th NHRA victory at New England Nationals 06/02/2024 10:10pm • EPPING, N.H. (AP) — John Force raced to his record 157th NHRA victory Sunday at age 75, beating teammate Austin Prock in the Funny Car final at the NHRA New England Nationals. Force had a 4.081-second run at 319.29 mph in his Chevrolet Camaro SS, while Prock ran a 4.096 at 316.38. “We had a good Prosecutors to dismiss charges against Minnesota trooper who shot motorist Ricky Cobb 06/02/2024 10:04pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors plan to dismiss murder and manslaughter charges against a white Minnesota state trooper who fatally shot Ricky Cobb II, a Black motorist, as Cobb tried to pull away from a traffic stop, saying the decision comes in response to recent statements from the trooper's att Cindric claims victory in NASCAR Cup series after Blaney runs out of gas on final lap 06/02/2024 08:33pm • MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Austin Cindric emerged as the surprise winner of the NASCAR Cup series race Sunday at World Wide Technology Raceway when teammate Ryan Blaney ran out of gas while leading on the final lap. Blaney, the reigning NASCAR Cup series champion, appeared to be on his way to his first 21 Sustainable Building Materials to Consider for Your Home 06/02/2024 08:00pm • As hurricanes and wildfires get increasingly violent, homeowners are looking for ways not only to help the environment, but to protect their own homes, too. In 2023, there were 28 major weather and climate disasters in the United States, with an estimated cost of more than $90 billion, according to Arizona tribe temporarily bans dances after police officer is fatally shot responding to disturbance 06/02/2024 07:11pm • SANTAN, Ariz. (AP) — The Gila River Indian Community has issued a temporary ban on dances after a tribal police officer was fatally shot and another wounded while responding to a reported disturbance at a Santan home, tribal officials said Sunday. Stephen Roe Lewis, governor of the tribe south of Scott Dixon wins record 4th Detroit Grand Prix, becoming 1st IndyCar driver to win 2 this season 06/02/2024 05:42pm • DETROIT (AP) — Scott Dixon made some savvy decisions, choosing not to pit for rain tires early and calculating that he would have enough fuel to finish, that paid off at the Detroit Grand Prix. Dixon also had some good fortune on his side. “Some of it today was a little bit of luck,” he acknow Ex-NJ officer sentenced to 27 years in shooting death of driver, wounding of passenger in 2019 chase 06/02/2024 01:20pm • NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A former New Jersey police officer has been sentenced to a total of 27 years in prison in the shooting death of one man and the wounding of another during a high-speed car chase 5 1/2 years ago in the city of Newark. Superior Court Judge Michael Ravin, citing a need to deter of Republicans make Biden's EV push an election-year issue as Democrats take a more nuanced approach 06/02/2024 10:30am • TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Donald Trump says the Biden administration's policy to promote electric vehicles is a “radical plan” that would kill the economy in automaking states. Republican allies in the petroleum industry have spent millions on ads that say President Joe Biden's tax credit for EV buy Being a patient is getting harder in a strained and complex US health care system 06/02/2024 08:00am • Tamika Davis couldn’t nap on her couch during cancer treatment. She kept worrying one of her toddlers would wander over and pull out the needle delivering chemotherapy. Friends and family watched her kids when they could during her treatment last year for colon cancer. But Davis had gaps with no h Birmingham-Southern keeps inspiring, magical season alive with walk-off win at D-3 World Series 06/01/2024 10:46pm • EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — The team with no school won't quit. Birmingham-Southern is still swinging. Now playing despite the school being closed for good, the Panthers kept their hopes of winning a national championship alive on Saturday night with a thrilling 9-7 comeback victory over Randolph-Macon New Zealander Shane van Gisbergen wins Portland road race for first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory 06/01/2024 08:37pm • Shane van Gisbergen grabbed the lead coming out of a late caution and held on on the road course just north of downtown Portland on Saturday for his first NASCAR Xfinity Series victory. From New Zealand, the 35-year-old van Gisbergen won the NASCAR Cup Series race last year in Chicago on a downtown Things to know about the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis officer that police describe as an 'ambush' 06/01/2024 07:22pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota law enforcement on Saturday identified the man who they believe fatally shot a Minneapolis officer in what police are calling an ambush. Minnesota Public Safety Department spokesperson Bonney Bowman named 35-year-old Mustafa Mohamed as the suspected shooter. He was lat