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Kenya's dramatic flooding sweeps away a central part of the economy: Its farms 07/07/2024 02:21am • MACHAKOS, Kenya (AP) ��� With dismay, Martha Waema and her husband surveyed their farm that was submerged by weeks of relentless rainfall across Kenya. Water levels would rise to shoulder height after only a night of heavy downpour. The couple had expected a return of 200,000 shillings ($1,500) from Texas coast braces for looming hit by Beryl, which is expected to regain hurricane strength 07/06/2024 09:51pm • HOUSTON (AP) ��� Texas officials urged coastal residents to brace for a looming hit by Beryl, which was a tropical storm on Saturday but was expected to regain hurricane strength as it moves across the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A hurricane warning was declared for a stretch of the state's More records expected to shatter as long-running blanket of heat threatens 130 million in U.S. 07/06/2024 08:31pm • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) ��� Roughly 130 million people were under threat Saturday and into next week from a long-running heat wave that already has broken records with dangerously high temperatures ��� and is expected to shatter more from East Coast to West Coast, forecasters said. Oppressive heat and h Chicago street course offers a tricky opportunity for winless NASCAR Cup Series drivers 07/06/2024 08:03pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Alex Bowman sees a Chicago street course full of possibilities. He also sees a major potential problem. ���All the winners behind us in points make my life harder for sure,��� Bowman said Saturday. ���So just trying to do the best we can to get in victory lane to avoid those issues. Kyle Larson wins the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago 07/06/2024 07:22pm • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Kyle Larson has won the pole for the NASCAR Cup Series street race in downtown Chicago, beating Ty Gibbs by a hundredth of a second. Larson posted a fast lap of 1 minute, 27.836 seconds in the second round of qualifying on the 12-turn, 2.2-mile course Saturday, recording a top speed NASCAR-Xfinity The Loop 110 Results 07/06/2024 07:21pm • Saturday At Chicago Street Course Chicago. Lap length: 2.20 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (1) Shane Van Gisbergen, Chevrolet, 50 laps, 51 points. 2. (4) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 50, 0. 3. (2) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 50, 0. 4. (7) Parker Kligerman, Chevrolet, 50, 38. 5. (8) Jesse Love, Chevrolet, 4 killed in shooting during party at a Kentucky home; suspect died after a vehicle chase, police say 07/06/2024 06:35pm • FLORENCE, Ky. (AP) ��� Four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early Saturday shooting during a party at a home in northern Kentucky, police said. The shooting suspect later died after fleeing the home and leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended with the suspect's car fal Hornets keeping forward Miles Bridges after agreeing to 3-year, $75M contact, AP source says 07/06/2024 05:29pm • CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ��� The Charlotte Hornets are keeping forward Miles Bridges after the forward was re-signed to a three-year, $75 million contract, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Saturday because the agreem Crews search Lake Michigan for 2 Chicago-area men who went missing while boating in Indiana waters 07/06/2024 05:17pm • HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) ��� Crews were searching Lake Michigan for two suburban Chicago men Saturday, more than a day after they went missing as a large group of people were boating along northwestern Indiana's coastline, authorities said. Strong winds and high waves were creating ���very poor conditions Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota 07/06/2024 02:41pm • Enflamed railcars carrying hazardous material were mostly extinguished Saturday, a day after they derailed in a remote area of North Dakota. Officials said Friday no one had been hurt. The threat to those living nearby remained low, according to county emergency management, which reported no air con Russian strikes leave thousands in northern Ukraine without power and water 07/06/2024 01:15pm • KYIV, Ukraine (AP) ��� Russian strikes overnight left over 100,000 households without power in northern Ukraine and cut off the water supply to a regional capital, Ukrainian authorities reported Saturday, while civilian casualties rose sharply in the country's embattled east. The northern Sumy regi Eritrea���s Girmay wins his second stage on this Tour de France 07/06/2024 12:41pm • COLOMBEY-LES-DEUX-EGLISES, France (AP) ��� Eritrea���s Biniam Girmay won a second stage at the Tour de France on Saturday when he edged a closing sprint to cement his status as the race's fastest man. Two-time Tour champion Tadej Pogacar kept the yellow jersey. Girmay, who became the first Black ri Three cheers for Brits! Russell beats Hamilton to take Silverstone F1 pole with Norris third 07/06/2024 12:26pm • SILVERSTONE, England (AP) ��� The home crowd had three reasons to cheer when George Russell narrowly beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the British Grand Prix, and Lando Norris was third quickest for McLaren on Saturday. It was all about the Brits at Silverstone, with Fo Japan partners with Cambodia to share demining knowledge with Ukraine, other countries 07/06/2024 12:04pm • PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) ��� Japan���s foreign minister on Saturday announced a joint project with Cambodia to share knowledge and technology on land mine removal with countries around the world, including Ukraine. Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa made comments during a visit to the Cambodian Mine Ac Tour de France Results 07/06/2024 11:55am • Saturday, July 6 In France 8th Stage A 114-mile race from Semur-en-Auxois to Colombey-les-deux-Egllses . 1. Biniam Girmay, Eritrean, Intermarche-Wanty/Bel, 4:04:50s. 2. Jasper Philipsen, Belgium, Alpecin-Deceuninck/Bel, same time. 3. Arnaud De Lie, Belgium, Lotto DSTNY/Bel, same time. 4. Pascal