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Cloudbursts are causing chaos in parts of India and Pakistan. Here's what they are 08/17/2025 03:33pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) ��� Cloudbursts are causing chaos in mountainous parts of India and Pakistan, with tremendous amounts of rain falling in a short period of time over a concentrated area. The intense, sudden deluges have proved fatal in both countries. As many as 300 people died in one northwestern Pa States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travel 08/17/2025 02:00pm • Rose Hammond pushed authorities for years to lower the 55 mph speed limit on a two-lane road that passes her assisted living community, a church, two schools and a busy park that hosts numerous youth sports leagues. ���What are you waiting for, somebody to get killed?��� the 85-year-old chided offic Austin Dillon equals a Dale Earnhardt feat with his convincing NASCAR win at Richmond 08/17/2025 11:14am • In his playoff-clinching victory at Richmond Raceway, Austin Dillon shared some NASCAR history on the venerable short track with the most famous driver of the No. 3 Chevrolet. Dale Earnhardt, the late seven-time Cup Series champion who amassed 76 victories in a Hall of Fame career, was the last Rich Coastal communities restoring marshes, dunes, reefs to protect against rising seas and storm surges 08/17/2025 09:03am • In San Francisco Bay, salt ponds created more than a century ago are reverting to marshland. Along the New York and New Jersey coasts, beaches ravaged by Superstorm Sandy underwent extensive restoration. In Alabama, a rebuilt spit of land is shielding a historic town and providing wildlife habitat. Republicans look to make a U-turn on federal commitment to electric vehicles for the Postal Service 08/17/2025 07:37am • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� A year after being lauded for its plan to replace thousands of aging, gas-powered mail trucks with a mostly electric fleet, the U.S. Postal Service is facing congressional attempts to strip billions in federal EV funding. In June, the Senate parliamentarian blocked a Republican p High-tech drones turn Ukraine's front line into a deadly kill zone, complicating evacuations 08/17/2025 05:06am • In eastern Ukraine, quiet nights in the dim corridors of a front-line medical post can shatter in an instant. Medics roused from sleep rush to meet another stretcher wheeled in from the Donetsk front. They work with urgency ��� chest compressions and shouted commands ��� until it becomes clear that Today in History: August 17, Clinton admits to Lewinsky affair 08/17/2025 04:10am • Today is Sunday, Aug. 17, the 229th day of 2025. There are 136 days left in the year. Today in history:���On August 17, 1998, President Bill Clinton gave grand jury testimony via closed-circuit television from the White House concerning his relationship with Monica Lewinsky; he then delivered a TV a 5.8 magnitude quake rocks Indonesia's Sulawesi island 08/17/2025 02:05am • PALU, Indonesia (AP) ��� A magnitude 5.8 undersea earthquake shook the eastern side of Indonesia on Sunday morning, injuring 29 people, including two in critical condition. The quake struck 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) north of Poso district in Central Sulawesi province, according to the U.S. Geologica Meet the actor with Down syndrome who wants to run for president of Chile 08/17/2025 01:13am • SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) ��� Sebasti��n Solorza is already a familiar face to many Chileans, having starred in a popular Netflix series and won national acting awards. Now, the 43-year-old actor with Down syndrome wants to enter the race for president in Chile���s national election this year. Solorza is Category 4 Hurricane Erin buffets northern Caribbean islands but not forecast to hit land 08/17/2025 12:44am • SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) ��� Hurricane Erin exploded in strength and became a major storm in Atlantic waters just north of the Caribbean on Saturday, rapidly powering up from a tropical storm in a single day and bringing heavy rains and high winds to islands in the region. The first Atlantic hurr NASCAR Cup Series Cook Out 400 Results 08/17/2025 12:41am • Saturday At Richmond Raceway Richmond, Va. Lap length: 0.75 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (11) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 400 laps, 54 points. 2. (9) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 400, 41. 3. (20) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 400, 46. 4. (38) Joey Logano, Ford, 400, 33. 5. (13) Austin Cindric, Ford, 400, Austin Dillon makes NASCAR Cup playoffs with redemptive victory at Richmond 08/17/2025 12:13am • RICHMOND, Va. (AP) ��� Austin Dillon was hurting mentally and physically when he arrived at Richmond Raceway. He found the cure for what ailed him in victory lane Saturday night. Racing with a broken rib and some wounded pride, Dillon locked into the Cup Series playoffs with a clean run to his secon Happy homecomings for QB Cooper Rush, rookie K Tyler Loop in Ravens' 31-13 win over Cowboys 08/17/2025 12:02am • ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) ��� Cooper Rush threw a touchdown pass and a pick-6 in his return to AT&T Stadium, and rookie Tyler Loop kicked five field goals as the Baltimore Ravens beat the Dallas Cowboys 31-13 in a preseason game on Saturday night. D���Ernest Johnson ran for a 2-yard touchdown in the Stetson Bennett rallies Rams to 23-22 preseason win over Chargers, overcoming D-line interception 08/16/2025 11:56pm • INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) ��� Another quarterback might have been a bit shaken after throwing a fourth-quarter interception to a 305-pound defensive tackle ��� and then getting run over by the big man while he rumbled downfield with the ball. After two national championship runs at Georgia, Stetson Ben He earned a small town's trust. He owed $95 million in what authorities say was a Ponzi scheme 08/16/2025 11:52pm • HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) ��� For decades, Miles ���Burt��� Marshall was the man you went to see in a stretch of upstate New York if you had some money to invest but wanted to keep it local. Working from an office in the charming village of Hamilton, down the road from Colgate University, Marshall prepare