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California firefighters continue battling wind-driven wildfire east of San Francisco 06/02/2024 11:19pm • SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters made significant progress Sunday to tame a wind-driven wildfire that scorched thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco, burned down a home and forced residents to flee the area near the central California city of Tracy. The Police: Gaithersburg shooting leaves 1 dead 06/02/2024 10:26pm • A shooting in Gaithersburg, Maryland, during the early hours of Sunday morning has left a man dead, according to police. Montgomery County police told WTOP that officers and emergency workers responded to the 18700 block of North Frederick Avenue around 5:11 a.m. Sunday morning after receiving re Scottish left-hander Robert MacIntyre wins RBC Canadian Open for his first PGA Tour title 06/02/2024 08:43pm • HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) — Robert MacIntyre — with father Dougie at his side as his caddie and a noisy television drone close by at times, too — held on to win the RBC Canadian Open on Sunday for his first PGA Tour title. Four strokes ahead entering the final round at Hamilton Golf and Country C China lands a spacecraft on the moon's far side to collect rocks for study 06/02/2024 08:34pm • BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The landing module touched down at 6:23 a.m. Beijing time in a huge crater kn 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 Is Gold a Good Investment Right Now? 06/02/2024 08:00pm • Gold prices have been exhibiting some odd behavior lately. Sure, the precious metal has moved higher as tensions in the Middle East boost its safe-haven appeal. And gold has fluctuated based on any given day's expectations for the Federal Reserve's interest rate course. Meanwhile, this year Treasury Energy shutdowns hit Ukraine after Russian attacks target infrastructure 06/02/2024 07:25pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country on Sunday, a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province. The shutdowns were in place in all but three regions of Ukraine fol Water begins to flow again in downtown Atlanta after outage that began Friday 06/02/2024 07:20pm • ATLANTA (AP) — Water pressure was returning to downtown Atlanta and nearby neighborhoods on Sunday after a two-day water outage shut down businesses and left faucets dry at many homes. A large swath of the city remained under an order to boil water before drinking it, but Mayor Andre Dickens said Ketel Marte tries to waken NL champion Arizona Diamondbacks from season-long slumber 06/02/2024 07:13pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Ketel Marte hit the way he did last October, doing his best to wake the Arizona Diamondbacks from their season-long slumber. Marte homered on Jose Quintana's third pitch of the game, then hit a go-ahead, two-run drive off Jake Diekman in the ninth inning that lifted the reigning NL German police officer dies of wounds suffered in knife attack 06/02/2024 03:06pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A 29-year-old German police officer has died of injuries suffered during a knife attack that left five other people injured on the central square of Mannheim, officials said Sunday. The officer was stabbed several times in the head and neck by a 25-year-old immigrant fro Tallahassee mayor says cost from May 10 tornadoes now tops $50 million as city seeks federal aid 06/02/2024 01:15pm • TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Recovery from a May 10 tornado outbreak has cost Florida's capital city $50 million so far, Tallahassee Mayor John Dailey said Friday. Florida officials have requested that the Federal Emergency Management Agency declare a major disaster, which could make local government A fire at a Russian oil refinery has caused deaths and injuries, officials say 06/02/2024 09:48am • Fire broke out at an oil refinery in northwestern Russia on Sunday, resulting in deaths and injuries, local officials said. The regional governor said the fire was not caused by a Ukrainian drone strike and investigators opened a criminal case on suspicion of negligence. The fire near the city of U A growing community of breast milk donors in Uganda gives mothers hope 06/02/2024 08:09am • KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Early last year, Caroline Ikendi was in distress after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section to remove a stillborn baby and save two others. Doctors said one of the preterm babies had a 2% chance of living. If the babies didn’t get breast milk — which she didn’t ha 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 Bellingham celebrates 'best night of my life' in Real Madrid's win in Champions League final 06/01/2024 07:33pm • LONDON (AP) — Jude Bellingham's parents arrived early at Wembley Stadium. When your son is about to complete a dream season, you don't want to miss a thing. In his first Champions League final on Saturday, the Real Madrid star received a standing ovation from the Spanish team's fans when he was su