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It is too early to anoint greatness, but what Denny Hamlin and crew chief Chris Gabehart have done is remarkable. Thursday night’s victory at Kansas Speedway was their eleventh in 52 Cup races together, a remarkable winning percentage of 21.2%. This from a driver who did not win in 2018 …

CHICAGO (AP) – A statue of Christopher Columbus in downtown Chicago’s Grant Park was demolished early Friday, a week after protesters trying to tear down the monument to the Italian explorer clashed with police. The teams used a large crane to remove the statue from its pedestal as a small …

MORRISVILLE, NC (WTVD) – President Donald Trump will visit Wake County next week. On Monday, Trump will visit the FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies Innovation Center in Morrisville. During the visit, Trump will tour the facilities used to support the manufacturing of “key components of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate” developed by Novavax. …

In a Fox News telephone interview, Trump began by saying he was ready to send “50,000, 60,000 people” to American cities. But he eventually raised the number to 75,000, but said he would require local authorities to ask for help. “We have to be invited. At some point we will …

WASHINGTON The Yankees players had been talking for weeks about what, if anything, they would do for the national anthem on opening day. Would they kneel? To be? Anything else? On Wednesday, the team met and decided on Thursday’s plan to kneel before the hymn, but not during it. They …