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A green flag for clean power: NASCAR unveils its first electric racecar 07/06/2024 01:40pm • CHICAGO (AP) — Part of the experience of a NASCAR race is hearing the engine roar, the rumble of each car’s approach and the zip when it whizzes past at more than 150 mph. NASCAR unveiled its first electric racecar Saturday in downtown Chicago, but it doesn’t thunder when the grand marshal FACT FOCUS: Online reports falsely claim Biden suffered a ‘medical emergency’ on Air Force One 07/06/2024 11:41am • False reports that President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency” while traveling back to Delaware on Friday after a campaign stop in Wisconsin, spread widely on social media on Friday. They were without merit. Here's a look at the facts. ___ CLAIM: President Joe Biden had a “medical emergency As 'Bachelor' race issues linger, Jenn Tran, its 1st Asian American lead, is ready for her moment 07/06/2024 10:57am • Jenn Tran can't stop thinking about being the first Asian American lead in the history of “The Bachelor” franchise — not that she wants to. “I think about it every day, all the time. I think if I pushed it aside, that would be such a dishonor to me in who I am because being Asian American, Craving a unique frozen treat? Here’s the scoop on 14 supercool DC-area ice cream spots 07/06/2024 10:35am • Mother Nature is turning up the temps, so of course, it's about that time for us to all scream for ice cream. For foodies and lovers of culinary variety, though, it can be a rocky road to finding an ice cream treat or flavor that has yet to dazzle and delight your summertime taste buds. Plain va Seager hits a 2-run double and 5 Rangers pitchers combine for 3-hitter in 3-0 win over Rays 07/05/2024 11:56pm • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Corey Seager extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a two-run double and Michael Lorenzen combined with four relievers on a three-hitter as the Texas Rangers blanked the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Friday night. Seager went the opposite way with a double into the left-cente Wisconsin Republicans are improperly blocking conservation work, court says 07/05/2024 06:08pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature's Republican-controlled budget committee can't legally block conservation projects initiated by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' administration, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday. The decision marks a victory for Evers, whose relationship with Republica Which states could have abortion on the ballot in 2024? Arkansas organizers aim to join the list 07/05/2024 05:18pm • LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Organizers of an effort to scale back Arkansas' abortion ban said they have more than enough signatures to try to put their proposal before voters in November's election. Arkansans for Limited Government submitted petitions said they turned in more than the 90,704 signatur Fourth of July weekend brings the heat, humidity to the DC area 07/05/2024 05:00pm • All the rain and wind that visited D.C., Maryland and Virginia this Fourth of July has gone away. In comes the long weekend that's sounding a lot like a firework's favorite song: 'Pop it Like it's Hot.' Here's what you need to know. The National Weather Service says the D.C. area will see highs w Data Doctors: Key differences between Windows 10 and 11 07/05/2024 04:56pm • Q: Before I upgrade, what are the main differences between Windows 10 and 11? A: Despite an announcement in 2015 by a Microsoft employee that Windows 10 would be the "last version of Windows" it's clear that Microsoft changed directions when they announced Windows 11 as a successor in 2021. Al Defending Wimbledon champion Carlos Alcaraz comes back to beat Frances Tiafoe in the third round 07/05/2024 04:22pm • LONDON (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz found himself pushed to a Grand Slam fifth set again, this time at Wimbledon, this time against good pal Frances Tiafoe. And as he usually does under such circumstances, no matter how much trouble he might have been in, Alcaraz surged to the finish. Avoiding a surprisi Evenepoel wins Tour de France time trial with vintage performance in Burgundy vineyards 07/05/2024 01:56pm • GEVREY-CHAMBERTIN, France (AP) — Race-against-the-clock specialist Remco Evenepoel displayed impressive power and precision in winning the Tour de France's first time trial on Friday. In his slipstream was every other contender for the yellow jersey, including holder Tadej Pogacar. Despite a small USA Basketball men's Olympic team arrives for camp in Las Vegas 07/05/2024 11:50am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — There’s something that Kobe Bryant once said that has stuck with U.S. men’s Olympic basketball coach Steve Kerr and seems especially important now. It was about how other nations have made big strides in basketball, how the gap between the rest of the world and the U.S. is clo DC's employment agency violated its own policy in paying overtime 07/05/2024 10:54am • D.C.'s Department of Employment Services violated its own overtime policy by paying employees for OT that wasn't authorized, according to a report from the Office of the D.C. Auditor. D.C. Auditor Kathy Patterson investigated a whistleblower's allegation of potential waste, fraud and abuse during Afghanistan has been through everything. Now it wants to dust off its postal service and modernize 07/05/2024 12:32am • KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In parts of Afghanistan where there are no street names or house numbers, utility companies and their customers have adopted a creative approach for connecting. They use mosques as drop points for bills and cash, a “pay and pray” system. Now the national postal servic FACT FOCUS: Trump's misleading claims about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol 07/05/2024 12:08am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump said during his debate with President Joe Biden last week that the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol involved a “relatively small” group of people who were “in many cases ushered in by the police.” But that’s not what happened. Thousands