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After finishing ninth in the NASCAR Cup Series race in Texas, AJ Allmendinger was taken to the infield care center. AJ Allmendinger finished P9 in Sunday's Cup Series race at COTA. After the race, ...

Fears are growing in Azerbaijan, Iran's northwestern neighbor, that the South Caucasus country could become embroiled in the US-Israeli war on Tehran that is widening in scope. Baku accused Iran of ...

Christopher Wiggins is a senior national reporter for The Advocate. He has a rich career in storytelling and highlighting underrepresented voices. Growing up in a bilingual household in Germany, his ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — Police in southern Indiana took some dangerous drugs packaged as candy off the street after a traffic stop. The Floyd County Sheriff's Office said during a recent routine ...

Some popular baby formula brands contain heavy metals, including arsenic, lead and PFAS, or "forever" chemicals, according to a new report from Consumer Reports. The nonprofit consumer advocacy ...

Five people trapped in an elevator in Boston were saved in a dramatic high-rise rescue Monday night. It took a few hours, but Boston firefighters lifted them out one-by-one, more than a dozen stories ...

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The hair salon might seem like a safe space socially speaking, but unfortunately, not when it comes to dangerous chemicals lurking in popular treatments. There's been a number of studies on the toxic ...