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In one North Carolina county, it's 'growth, growth, growth.' But will Biden reap the benefit? 05/27/2024 03:08am • SILER CITY, N.C. (AP) ��� At the epicenter of President Joe Biden���s promised economic boom, a slow tractor can still halt traffic. Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County, North Carolina. There are 1,076 farms. The old mill now houses a dance studio, a grocer and a steakhouse. For work, ma Russian POWs get to make phone calls home. Ukrainians don't. A growing movement wants that to change 05/27/2024 02:16am • FAR WESTERN UKRAINE (AP) ��� Precious few choices are available to Alexander, a 26-year-old Russian soldier, since his capture: Clothes, meals and the hours of his day are rigidly accounted for in the camp for prisoners of war. But Ukraine allows Alexander to call home to his family in Kursk, a Russ Christopher Bell wins the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 for his 8th NASCAR Cup victory 05/27/2024 12:54am • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) ��� Christopher Bell finally has a big win to put on his resume ��� even if it was a little anticlimactic. Bell won the Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday at Charlotte Motor Speedway after the race was called around midnight due to wet weather with 151 laps remaining. The race had been red-f NASCAR star Kyle Larson finishes 18th in Indy 500 debut, doesn't get to run at Coca-Cola 600 05/27/2024 12:39am • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Rain was not Kyle Larson's friend Sunday. Larson was determined to complete the Indianapolis 500 and the Coca-Cola 600, but didn't get a chance to run a single lap in the NASCAR race. Storms swept through Indianapolis Motor Speedway and delayed the start of the race, ruining La NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 Results 05/26/2024 11:55pm • Sunday At Charlotte Motor Speedway Concord, N.C. Lap length: 1.50 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 249 laps, 67 points. 2. (30) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 249, 53. 3. (2) William Byron, Chevrolet, 249, 61. 4. (8) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 249, 41. 5. (11) Denny Hamlin, IndyCar 108th Running of the Indianapolis 500 Results 05/26/2024 10:04pm • Sunday At Indianapolis Motor Speedway Indianapolis Lap length: 2.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (3) Josef Newgarden, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200 laps, Running. 2. (8) Pato O'Ward, Dallara-Chevrolet, 200, Running. 3. (21) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 200, Running. 4. (4) Alexander Rossi, Dallar Lightning strike kills Colorado rancher and 34 head of cattle 05/26/2024 09:53pm • DENVER (AP) ��� A lightning strike killed a Colorado rancher and 34 head of cattle over the weekend, officials said Sunday. Mike Morgan, 51, was feeding his cattle from a trailer when he was struck and died on the scene despite life-saving efforts, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said. The light At least 15 dead after severe weather carves path of ruin across multiple states in the South 05/26/2024 09:18pm • VALLEY VIEW, Texas (AP) ��� Powerful storms killed at least 15 people, injured hundreds and left a wide trail of destruction Sunday across Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas after obliterating homes and destroying a truck stop where dozens sought shelter in a restroom during the latest deadly weather to s Ericsson's early Indianapolis 500 exit typifies wild day full of crashes and other problems 05/26/2024 08:41pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� Marcus Ericsson's challenging May ended Sunday the same way it began ��� with a crash. It was a precursor of what was to come for Andretti Global at this year's Indianapolis 500. Ericsson, the 2022 Indianapolis 500 champion and 2023 runner-up, failed to complete a lap as rookie Gunman arrested after wounding 5 people in Los Angeles area home, firing at helicopter, police say 05/26/2024 07:39pm • SAN FERNANDO, Calif. (AP) ��� A 61-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of shooting and wounding five people at a Los Angeles area home and then firing at a police helicopter after locking himself inside, authorities said. Officers responded shortly before 11:30 p.m. Saturday and found four gunsh Palestinian medics say Israeli airstrikes kill 35 in Gaza's Rafah as displaced people are hit 05/26/2024 07:26pm • DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) ��� Palestinian health workers said Israeli airstrikes killed at least 35 people Sunday and hit tents for displaced people in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and ���numerous��� others were trapped in flaming debris. Gaza's Health Ministry said women and children made Strong earthquake hits Tonga but no reports of tsunami risk or damage 05/26/2024 06:42pm • MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) ��� A strong earthquake struck the South Pacific Island nation of Tonga on Monday, but there were no tsunami warnings or immediate reports of damage. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.6 when it hit at 9:47 a.m. local time, the U.S. Geological Survey said. Its epice Christian group temporarily opens beaches it has closed on Sunday mornings as court fight plays out 05/26/2024 05:21pm • OCEAN GROVE, N.J. (AP) ��� For the first time in generations, beachgoers were out on the sand in a New Jersey shore community on the Sunday morning before Memorial Day as a Christian religious group fights the state over its regular beach closures there during Sunday services. The Ocean Grove Camp M 4 people killed and over 30 injured after a bus and a cargo train collide in Peru 05/26/2024 04:20pm • LA OROYA, Peru (AP) ��� Four people were killed and more than 30 others were injured after a passenger bus and a cargo train collided Sunday in central Peru, the country's national police said. Authorities said the crash happened after 4 a.m. in the district of La Oroya, about 110 miles (177 kilomet Charlotte Motor Speedway changing its roval course for playoffs to create more passing opportunities 05/26/2024 03:48pm • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) ��� Charlotte Motor Speedway plans to reconfigure its 17-turn, 2.28-mile ���roval��� course in time for the Oct. 13 playoff race. The move is designed to provide additional passing opportunities for drivers and force a competitive re-think of what it���ll take for teams to conquer