For Sale: a Championship-Winning Piece of NASCAR History
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Swift Swabians: Stuttgart Students Set 1.779-Second 0-to-62-mph EV Record [Video]
– Those pesky Swiss, so smug with their chocolate and francs and Sepp Blatters and 0-to-100-kph acceleration records. They needed to be taken down a peg. And if the Porsche 959 and Mercedes-Benz 600 Grosser taught us anything, it’s that when the Swabians need to remind the world who’s boss when it comes to engineering, Stuttgart will gleefully and precisely rise to the occasion. – In this case, a group
Turkey strikes Islamic State, Kurdish militants in drive for 'safe zone'
By Ece Toksabay ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish fighter jets and ground forces hit Islamic State militants in Syria and Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) camps in Iraq overnight on Saturday, in a campaign Ankara said would help create a “safe zone” across swathes of northern Syria. Turkey has dramatically cranked up its role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State since a suspected IS suicide bomber killed 32 people earlier this
Hillary Clinton to testify before Benghazi panel in October
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton will testify Oct. 22 before the House committee investigating the deaths of four Americans in the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, her presidential campaign said Saturday.
Many bid farewell to Illinois woman who died in Texas jail
LISLE, Ill. (AP) — Family and friends of an Illinois woman found dead in a Texas jail cell are saying their goodbyes at her wake and funeral near the Chicago suburb where she grew up.
1 loud shot: Survivor describes movie theater shooting
LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) — Emily Mann and her friend had come into the theater a bit late for the evening showing of “Trainwreck” so they quietly found seats near the top of the small theater. The 21-year-old didn’t notice the man just a few seats down until 20 minutes into the movie when he got up and began firing into the crowd.
Suspect in Louisiana theater rampage had history of mental illness
John R. Houser, who bore a volatile relationship with family and railed against the U.S. government online, opened fire on Thursday with a .40 caliber handgun about 20 minutes into the comedy film “Trainwreck,” sending panicked theatergoers ducking behind seats and running for the exits. This is Anywhere, USA,” said Republican Governor Bobby Jindal, a presidential contender who went to the crime scene in Lafayette. “This just shows these senseless
Obama chides Kenya on gay rights, ready for closer security work
By Jeff Mason and Edith Honan NAIROBI (Reuters) – President Barack Obama told Kenya on Saturday the United States was ready to work more closely in the battle against Somalia’s Islamist group al Shabaab, but chided his host on gay rights and said no African state should discriminate over sexuality. Obama also said during his first visit as president to his father’s homeland that Kenya had to tackle corruption by
Funeral for woman found dead in Texas jail set for Saturday
The funeral for Sandra Bland, 28, will be held at DuPage African Methodist Episcopal Church in Lisle, Illinois, a Chicago suburb, followed by burial in a nearby cemetery. Bland was preparing to start a job at her alma mater, Prairie View A&M University, when she was stopped by a Texas state trooper for failing to signal a lane change near Prairie View, northwest of Houston, on July 10.