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After 'embarrassing' Indy 500, Rahal Letterman Lanigan is still searching for speed at the Brickyard 05/22/2024 12:44pm • INDIANAPOLIS (AP) ��� The was a quiet sort of confidence among the four drivers at Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing on the eve of Indianapolis 500 qualifying this year. The team had invested heavily over the previous 12 months, shoring up parts of its program that had fallen behind, and there was a st Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks 05/22/2024 12:22pm • Climate change increasingly threatens some of the nation's most sensitive sites, including research laboratories, military facilities and power plants with radioactive material. Extreme heat and drought, longer fire seasons with larger, more intense blazes and supercharged rainstorms that can lead t Stenhouse fined $75,000 by NASCAR, Busch avoids penalty for post All-Star race fight 05/22/2024 11:11am • CONCORD, N.C. (AP) ��� Ricky Stenhouse Jr. was fined $75,000 by NASCAR on Wednesday for fighting with Kyle Busch after the All-Star race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Stenhouse's father, who joined the fracas, was suspended indefinitely. The $75,000 fine was the largest ever handed down by NASCAR fo Sun's magnetic field may form close to the surface. This finding could improve solar storm forecasts 05/22/2024 11:01am • CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) ��� New research indicates the sun���s magnetic field originates much closer to the surface than previously thought, a finding that could help predict periods of extreme solar storms like the ones that slammed Earth earlier this month. The magnetic field appears to generate Today in Sports - Phil Mickelson wins PGA Championship to become oldest Major winner in PGA history 05/22/2024 10:00am • May 23 1876 ��� Joe Borden of Boston pitches the first no-hitter in NL history. 1884 ��� Knight of Ellersie, ridden by S. Fischer, wins the two-horse Preakness Stakes by two lengths over Welcher. 1901 ��� The Cleveland Indians score nine runs with two outs in the ninth inning to beat the Washington Russia is waging a shadow war on the West that needs a collective response, Estonian leader says 05/22/2024 08:15am • TALLINN, Estonia (AP) ��� Perched on the open ramp at the rear of a British Chinook helicopter, Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas flew home from the annual Spring Storm military exercises, pleased to see NATO allies cooperating. But she later said that other types of warfare were on her mind. Her Sonic Drive-In to open its first restaurant in Northern Virginia's I-95 corridor 05/22/2024 07:18am • Fast-food chain Sonic Drive-In has filed plans to build a new restaurant in Prince William County, its first outpost along the Interstate 95 corridor in Northern Virginia. The 1,400-square-foot restaurant, with two drive-thru lanes, 12 pull-up ordering stalls and a dining patio, will be located a From London to Los Angeles, many Iranians overseas cheer, and fear, after president's death 05/22/2024 03:11am • LONDON (AP) ��� Among Iranian communities from London to Los Angeles, few tears are being shed over the death of President Ebrahim Raisi, killed in a weekend helicopter crash. But there are not always loud cheers, either. While some hope the demise of a powerful figure in Iran���s authoritarian Isla Sites with radioactive material more vulnerable as climate change increases wildfire, flood risks 05/22/2024 01:04am • As Texas wildfires burned toward the nation's primary nuclear weapons facility, workers hurried to ensure nothing flammable was around buildings and storage areas. When the fires showed no sign of slowing, Pantex Plant officials urgently called on local contractors, who arrived within minutes with Cubs activate Dansby Swanson from the injured list, recall Luis V��zquez from Triple-A Iowa 05/22/2024 12:16am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Dansby Swanson tried to be helpful while he was on the 10-day injured list. Eventually, he ran out of patience. ���First few days was really nice. ... It was just sit and watch baseball and chat through things,��� he said. ���Then I really started going crazy after a while, not bein Hoerner hits game-ending single in 10th inning as the Cubs beat the Braves 4-3 05/22/2024 12:06am • CHICAGO (AP) ��� Nico Hoerner hit a game-ending infield single in the 10th inning in his return to the lineup, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 on Tuesday night. The Cubs had runners on the corners with one out in the 10th when the Braves brought their infield in. Hoerner then hit a Today in History: May 22, Lyndon B. Johnson outlines 'Great Society' 05/22/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Wednesday, May 22, the 143rd day of 2024. There are 223 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On May 22, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson, speaking at the University of Michigan, outlined the goals of his ���Great Society,��� saying that it ���rests on a Tornado devastates Iowa town, killing multiple people as powerful storms rip through Midwest 05/21/2024 11:59pm • GREENFIELD, Iowa (AP) ��� Multiple people died Tuesday and at least a dozen were injured when a powerful tornado tore through a small Iowa town, carving a bleak landscape of destroyed homes and businesses, shredded trees, smashed cars, and widely strewn debris. The tornado destroyed much of Greenfie Heavy equipment, snow shovels used to clean up hail piled knee-deep in small Colorado city 05/21/2024 11:46pm • DENVER (AP) ��� Residents in a small city in northeastern Colorado were cleaning up Tuesday after hail the size of baseballs and golf balls pounded the community, with heavy construction equipment and snow shovels used to clear ice that piled up knee-deep the night before. Monday night's storm in Y Family says Alaska photographer killed in moose attack knew the risks, died doing what he loved 05/21/2024 08:40pm • ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) ��� The family of an Alaska man fatally attacked by an enraged moose trying to protect her newborn twin calves said he was a nature photographer who knew the risks of taking photos in the wild and died doing what he loved. Even though there have been some calls for the moose t