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Shawn Langdon breaks the NHRA speed record by reaching 345 mph in his Top Fuel dragster 05/01/2026 05:12pm • ADEL, Ga. (AP) — Shawn Langdon broke the NHRA speed record Friday, reaching 345.00 mph in a Top Fuel qualifying run at South Georgia Motorsports Park. Langdon topped the previous record of 343.51 mph set by Brittany Force last year in Indianapolis. He covered the 1,000-foot track in 3.724 seconds, Apple leads Wall Street to more records as oil prices pull back 05/01/2026 05:01pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market set more records Friday after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. Easing oil prices also helped steady the stock markets around the world that were still open WTOP’s Beer of the Week: Cantillon Ashanti Lambic 05/01/2026 04:55pm • Miss Zwanze Day this year? You can still taste it! WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about Cantillon Ashanti Lambic for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week. Brewery: Cantillon Bre Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected position days before an exoneree was set to take office 05/01/2026 04:54pm • BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana Republicans have eliminated an elected position days before an exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based clerk seat was set to take office. Republican Gov. Jeff Landry quietly signed legislation abolishing the longstanding Orleans Parish clerk of crimi Wholesale Cash Prices 05/01/2026 04:45pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Wholesale cash prices Friday Thu Fri Foods Broilers - What young people are saying about plans for a permanent youth curfew in DC 05/01/2026 04:40pm • An emergency 15-day order by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser to set an 11 p.m. nightly curfew for kids 17 and younger and allowed police to create juvenile curfew zones to discourage large gatherings expires Friday, just before midnight. On May 5, a plan to create a permanent youth curfew in the nat Trump task force report alleges anti-Christian discrimination under Biden administration 05/01/2026 04:37pm • A Trump administration task force has alleged wide-ranging discrimination against Christians during the tenure of former President Joe Biden, claiming in a new report they were targeted in areas such as education, tax law and prosecution of anti-abortion protesters. Progressive groups criticized the Kentucky man charged in deadly bank robbery after high-speed chase 05/01/2026 04:36pm • LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — An 18-year-old Kentucky man who led police on a high-speed chase Thursday night has been charged by federal investigators in a bank robbery that left two people dead. Brailen Weaver is charged with armed bank robbery and firearms offenses that caused death, according to fede Rebels claim the capture of a key military camp in northern Mali after the army and its Russian allies withdraw 05/01/2026 04:34pm • BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Rebels claim the capture of a key military camp in northern Mali after the army and its Russian allies withdraw. Grains mostly higher, livestock mixed 05/01/2026 04:30pm • CHICAGO (AP) _ Grain futures were mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. May. corn rose by 5 cents at $4.68 a bushel. May. wheat was off 5.25 cents at $6.27 a bushel. May. oats was unchanged at $3.35 a bushel. May. soybeans was up 7.25 cents at $11.87 a bushel. Beef was lower and pork w Brewers' Brandon Woodruff goes on injured list after experiencing velocity drop in his last start 05/01/2026 04:24pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Brandon Woodruff has gone on the injured list one day after a reduction in his velocity caused him to leave a game in the second inning. The Brewers announced Friday that the two-time All-Star was going on the 15-day injured list due to right shoulder Sinner earns 350th career win to reach Madrid Open final against Zverev 05/01/2026 04:24pm • MADRID (AP) — Top-ranked Jannik Sinner extended his winning streak to 22 matches by beating Arthur Fils 6-2, 6-4 and reached his first Madrid Open final on Friday. Sinner will face No. 3 Alexander Zverev in a fifth consecutive Masters 1000 tournament after the German dominated unheralded Belgian A Universal Truckload: Q1 Earnings Snapshot 05/01/2026 04:21pm • WARREN, Mich. (AP) — WARREN, Mich. (AP) — Universal Logistics Holdings, Inc. (ULH) on Friday reported a loss of $3.5 million in its first quarter. The Warren, Michigan-based company said it had a loss of 13 cents per share. The trucking and logistics company posted revenue of $367.6 million in t How major US stock indexes fared Friday 5/1/2026 05/01/2026 04:15pm • The U.S. stock market is rising toward more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.5% Friday and added to its all-time high set the day before. The Dow Jones Industr Data Doctors: Which email did I use for that? 05/01/2026 04:11pm • Q: Help! I have multiple email addresses and can't remember which one I used to create an account I really need to get into. A: It's a frustrating scenario that we've all encountered: you try to log into an account, enter your email address and password, and get told it doesn't exist. The pro