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BRAINERD, Minn. (AP) — Four-time defending Top Fuel champion Steve Torrence raced to his first victory of the season Sunday, defending his event win at Brainerd International Raceway in the 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals. Beating eight-time season champ Tony Schumacher in the final round, Torrence picked up his 52nd victory — and first
Continue Reading By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Tom Weiskopf’s golf skill went far beyond his 16 victories on the PGA Tour and his lone major at Troon in the British Open. He was always candid, often outspoken and unfailingly accurate in the television booth. He found even greater success designing golf courses. Weiskopf died Saturday at
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile, CNN There are undoubtedly more pressing dangers than being hit by lightning: The chance of being struck is less than one in a million, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But lightning does occasionally strike humans, as a few recent high-profile cases made clear. On Friday, a lightning strike
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By Jacob Lev, CNN Tom Weiskopf, former professional golf player and winner of the 1973 British Open, has died at the age of 79, the PGA Tour announced Sunday. Weiskopf died at his home in Montana on Saturday from pancreatic cancer, the Tour said. Weiskopf won on the PGA Tour 16 times between 1968 and
Continue Reading By Andy Rose, CNN Three Indiana State University students died and two were seriously injured after their vehicle ran into a tree in western Indiana early Sunday, according to the school and local law enforcement. The Vigo County Sheriff’s Office identified the dead students as football players Christian Eubanks, 18, from Waukegan, Illinois, Caleb VanHooser,
Continue Reading By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Eduardo Rodriguez pitched five shutout innings in his return to the Tigers, helping Detroit to a 4-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday. “That’s the best result I could have gotten,” he said. “I came back and I helped us win a game. I wasn’t
Continue Reading REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard rescued 19 migrants stranded in a disabled boat off the coast of Southern California, officials said. Rescue crews in boats and a helicopter were dispatched Saturday morning following reports of a vessel in distress near Redondo Beach, the Coast Guard said. No injuries were reported. Nineteen
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By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, a company representative said Sunday. Jurors in Gwinnett County, just northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict late last week in
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By JEFF MARTIN Associated Press WOODSTOCK, Ga. (AP) — Ford Motor Co. plans to appeal a $1.7 billion verdict against the automaker after a pickup truck crash that claimed the lives of a Georgia couple, a company representative said Sunday. Jurors in Gwinnett County, just northeast of Atlanta, returned the verdict late last week in
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Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Un mono capuchino llamado Route le mostró a la policía de California el verdadero significado de “monerías” cuando accidentalmente llamó al 911. La Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de San Luis Obispo recibió una llamada al 911 que se desconectó el sábado pasado, según una publicación de Facebook. Los operadores no
Continue Reading TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A state trooper used his unmarked SUV to stop a wrong-way driver on a Tempe freeway Sunday, authorities said. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials said calls came in around 4:30 a.m. that there was someone driving a sedan the wrong way on Interstate 10. Authorities believe a 22-year-old man was
Continue Reading Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Después de fuertes lluvias e inundaciones repentinas en partes del suroeste este fin de semana, más de nueve millones de personas en las llanuras del sur están bajo alerta de inundación este domingo, incluida el área metropolitana de Dallas-Fort Worth y Shreveport, Louisiana. Se espera que las fuertes lluvias que caen
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The Palm Springs Police Department is putting officers through an annual training that helps them develop their judgement skills. Officers at the Palm Springs Police Department use a computerized firearm judgement simulator equipped with a laser gun once a year. It runs through a variety of real life scenarios like responding to a mental health
Continue Reading By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Los Angeles Angels right-hander Shohei Ohtani was removed from Sunday’s game against the Detroit Tigers with a stomach virus. Ohtani pitched four innings, allowing three runs on five hits and four walks, and went 0-1 with a walk. Kurt Suzuki pinch hit for him in the fifth
Continue Reading By Isa Kaufman Geballe and Samantha Beech, CNN Buses with at least 140 asylum seekers arrived in New York Sunday in what officials are calling the largest single-day arrival of migrants from Texas. The asylum seekers arrived on three buses into Port Authority around 6:45 a.m., Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs spokesperson Shaina Coronel told
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas man remains jailed after being accused by authorities of making threats against a convention of young conservative activists held last month in Florida. Alejandro Richard Velasquez Gomez, from San Antonio, was arrested earlier this month after FBI agents alleged he posted threats on social media to carry out a
Continue ReadingCNN By Tim Lister, Uliana Pavlova and Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN Russia has blamed Ukrainian special services for the murder of Darya Dugina, a Russian political commentator and the daughter of prominent ultranationalist ideologue Alexander Dugin, according to Russian state news agency TASS. “The murder of journalist Darya Dugina has been solved, it was prepared by
Continue Reading SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have been searching for days for an Arizona woman reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters in Utah’s Zion National Park as strong seasonal rain storms hit parts of the U.S. Southwest. National Park Service officials said rangers and members of the Zion Search and Rescue Team were in
Continue Reading SPRINGDALE, Utah (AP) — Authorities have been searching for days for an Arizona woman reported missing after being swept away by floodwaters in Utah’s Zion National Park as strong seasonal rain storms hit parts of the U.S. Southwest. National Park Service officials said rangers and members of the Zion Search and Rescue Team were in
Continue Reading By Ralph Ellis, CNN British boxing champion Tyson Fury said his cousin was stabbed to death Sunday as he called on the UK government to take steps to curb knife crimes. “My cousin was murdered last night, stabbed in the neck, this is becoming ridiculous idiots carry knives,” Fury said on social media. “This needs
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