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Blaney wins second consecutive NASCAR Cup race

LOUDON, N.H. (AP) — Ryan Blaney overcame a major fumble by his pit crew and charged from 17th to first for his second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series win at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. The Team Penske driver led a race-high 115 of 301 laps Sunday and fended off Bubba Wallace by 0.586 ...

DeLauter triples twice as Guardians sweep Rockies

DENVER (AP) — Chase DeLauter had two triples and drove in two runs, Jo Adell had two RBIs and the Cleveland Guardians rolled past the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Sunday to finish a sweep of their three-game series. The win was the fourth in a row and sixth in the past eight games for the ...

Ohio immigrant group adds to its list of criminally charged federal agents

A count of those working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security who have been charged with sex crimes or violence against women and children took a big jump on Tuesday. The vast majority of the accused worked for Border Patrol or Immigration and Customs Enforcement — the agencies tasked with President Donald Trump’s controversial mass deportations. The Ohio Immigrant Alliance started searching court records after it was revealed last year that an ICE supervisor in Cincinnati had a lengthy history of violence against a woman with whom he lived. His history included 23 ...

Racist tests

Did you know that the SAT is racist? During Woke I, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now calls it, "antiracists" said the SAT's creators "were avowed eugenicists." No wonder Black people get lower scores. Even if the test isn't racist today, it still gives unfair advantages to white kids because their parents are more likely to afford SAT tutoring. My new video shows anti-SAT ads from activist groups like FairTest that said, "Real learning is not standardized, so why judge children just by test scores?" During Woke I, FairTest won. Most colleges stopped requiring the test for ...

Summer of rage and races (syndicated column for 8/22)

WASHINGTON -- Somebody stop him. You know who. The conqueror whose voice, face and deeds are inescapable. Donald Trump had never heard of William the Conqueror when he visited England, but he loved the word and the idea for his presidency. He also has Napoleon Bonaparte and Julius Caesar "great man" delusions. These three had tremendous mettle and bravery in battle. Trump let a presidential decoy plane fly into danger while he flew like a chicken over Turkey. And here we are, the people in late summer, enjoying the song of cicadas in August, or so we thought. Now comes a ...

Prince Harry and 6 others must pay initial $13 million over failed invasion of privacy case

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry and six others, including Elton John, have been ordered to pay an initial 9.5 million pounds ($13 million) to the publisher of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper following their failed invasion of privacy case — and could face an additional 25 million pounds in legal costs. In a judgment Friday, Justice Matthew Nicklin said in a written statement that the payment to Associated Newspapers Ltd. will have to be made by Aug. 28. The payment is at the upper end of expectations and marks a vindication for the journalists at the Daily Mail and a defeat for the losing ...