Do you live in the cheapest state to buy a car? Owning a car is a necessity for many, but it s also expensive. Car prices vary, but there are other expenses that add up as well, like taxes and fees, gas, repairs and, of course, insurance. To find out how much it costs to own a car in each state, GOBankingRates looked at the true cost to own a new car for a year in each state. To compare costs, the survey used the average price of $36,843 for a car, with a 20% down payment of $7,369. The survey assumed a 60-month loan for someone with good credit, resulting in monthly payments of $598, or $7,176 per year. These costs are fixed and are not shown separately for each state. That s the purchase price, but what are the total costs involved in owning a car? The study shows the variable cost to own a car in each state. These include sales tax, registration fees, insurance premiums, fuel and maintenance and repair costs. The vehicle was assumed to be a Toyota Camry weighing 3,300 pounds, with a 14-gallon gas tank that is filled up once per week. These add up to the total cost of ownership of a new car for the first year, on average. Now, do you know how much is costs to own a car in your state ? 50. California   $23,011.58 Total sales tax paid: $3,500.09 Yearly car registration fee : $57 Annual car insurance premium : $1,518 Annual gas expenses: $2,984.07 ($4.10 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $385.42 California drivers pay the most to operate their vehicles and the reason boils down to two things: gas and taxes. Gas in California averages $4.10 per gallon   by far the highest of any state. In fact, it's 46 cents per gallon more than the next priciest state. And the state and local sales tax rates add up to 9.5% in Los Angeles, the third-highest of any state. See: Tired of Heavy Traffic and High Gas Prices? Move Here 49. Washington   $22,405.03 Total sales tax paid: $3,684.30 Yearly car registration fee: $30 Annual car insurance premium: $1,191 Annual gas expenses: $2,571.30 ($3.53 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $368.43 Gas and taxes are the culprits for the high cost of operating a car in Washington as well. If you live in Seattle, or anywhere in King County, you'll pay 10% sales tax on your new car. Washington also has the third-highest gasoline cost of any state in the country. 48. Nevada   $22,250.61 Total sales tax paid: $2,984.28 Yearly car registration fee: $33 Annual car insurance premium: $1,746 Annual gas expenses: $2,540.72 ($3.49 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $372.36 Nevada ranks in the bottom 10 states for sales tax, insurance and gas, and in the top half for repair costs. The only place you get a break is on the annual registration fee. But you will need to pay a title fee of $29.25. Find Out How: Haggle Your Way to a Better Deal With These 11 Insider Tips 47. Michigan   $21,911.02 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $228 Annual car insurance premium: $2,484 Annual gas expenses: $2,095.18 ($2.87 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $333.26 Michigan has the highest insurance cost of any state. Offsetting this a little is the lowest cost for repairs and maintenance. Finding a good mechanic must be pretty easy in Michigan. 46. Missouri   $21,544.97 Total sales tax paid: $3,566.03 Yearly car registration fee: $21.25 Annual car insurance premium: $1,154 Annual gas expenses: $1,889.89 ($2.60 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $357.80 If you live in St. Louis County, you'll pay the second-highest rate of sales tax on your new vehicle. The combined state and local sales tax rate in that county is 9.679%. Don't Miss: The Cost to Own 2020's New and Redesigned Cars, Trucks and SUVs 45. Colorado   $21,526.12 Total sales tax paid: $3,061.65 Yearly car registration fee: $71 Annual car insurance premium: $1,404 Annual gas expenses: $2,061.70 ($2.83 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $375.57 Colorado state sales tax is only 2.9%, but add on regional transportation district (RTD) tax of 1.1% and Denver city tax of 4.31%, and the cost of your new car in Denver goes up by 8.31%. It's the fourth-highest tax rate on car sales in the country. 44. Rhode Island   $21,383.30 Total sales tax paid: $2,579.01 Yearly car registration fee: $45 Annual car insurance premium: $1,688 Annual gas expenses: $2,095.18 ($2.88 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $379.61 Rhode Island is in the top 10 states for sales tax, insurance premiums and maintenance and repair costs. These combined costs make the smallest state pretty expensive for car owners. 43. Connecticut   $21,344.97 Total sales tax paid: $2,339.53 Yearly car registration fee: $80 Annual car insurance premium: $1,771 Annual gas expenses: $2,191.28 ($3.01 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $393.16 Connecticut has the second-highest costs for auto maintenance and repairs. It has also the fourth-most expensive auto insurance premiums. 42. Florida   $21,260.61 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $225 Annual car insurance premium: $1,823 Annual gas expenses: $2,015.10 ($2.77 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $366.68 Florida lands in the middle of the pack for sales tax and gas prices but has the third-highest insurance rates in the country. The annual registration fee is steep, too   only five states have a higher fee. Save Up: 20 Most Expensive Cars to Insure 41. New Jersey   $20,972.45 Total sales tax paid: $2,440.85 Yearly car registration fee: $59 Annual car insurance premium: $1,346 Annual gas expenses: $2,136.68 ($2.94 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $384.92 New Jersey is about average for sales tax, insurance premiums and gas, but has the fifth-highest repair costs in the country. This, combined with a 6.625% sales tax, bumps the Garden State into the bottom 10 for combined costs. 40. Illinois   $20,954.84 Total sales tax paid: $2,671.12 Yearly car registration fee: $101 Annual car insurance premium: $1,004 Annual gas expenses: $2,186.18 ($3.00 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $352.54 Residents of Illinois pay relatively high sales tax and registration fees   both of these costs are among the 10 worst for all states. And you'll pay a $95 title fee on top of the annual registration when you buy your car. But low insurance premiums and gas prices help offset these costs and keep Illinois out of the bottom 10 overall. Consider: 30 Biggest Do's and Don'ts When Buying a Car 39. Pennsylvania   $20,949.34 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $38 Annual car insurance premium: $1,522 Annual gas expenses: $2,221.13 ($3.05 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $359.63 Pennsylvania drivers pay more in sales tax than drivers in more than half of all states. Insurance is also on the high side, ranking the 11th-highest on the list. While gas prices are the 10th-highest of any state, Pennsylvanians get a little break on repairs and maintenance, as only 15 states pay less. Did You Know? The Best and the Worst Time of the Year to Buy a New Car 38. Kansas   $20,926.03 Total sales tax paid: $2,818.49 Yearly car registration fee: $42.50 Annual car insurance premium: $1,242 Annual gas expenses: $1,915.37 ($2.63 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $352.67 If you live in Topeka, Kansas, you'll pay 6.5% state sales tax plus 1.15% Shawnee County sales tax when you buy your new car. That's what places Kansas so low on the overall rankings since insurance, gas and repair costs are all in the cheaper half nationwide. 37. Minnesota   $20,879.24 Total sales tax paid: $2,394.80 Yearly car registration fee: $386 Annual car insurance premium: $1,187 Annual gas expenses: $2,004.91 ($2.75 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $353.28 Minnesota has the highest registration fee of any state in the country, and they also charge a title fee of $8.25. The state does have insurance premiums, gas and repair costs that are in the less expensive half of all states, however. 36. Georgia   $20,872.12 Total sales tax paid: $2,579.01 Yearly car registration fee: $20 Annual car insurance premium: $1,340 Annual gas expenses: $1,975.06 ($2.71 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $395.05 Georgia has the highest repair costs of any state in the country. Gas is relatively cheap, however, and insurance premiums are about average. Annual registration is a bargain at just $20, but you'll also pay an $18 title fee. Look: These 19 Cars Cost the Most to Maintain 35. Kentucky   $20,862.80 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $21 Annual car insurance premium: $1,752 Annual gas expenses: $1,956.86 ($2.69 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $368.36 Kentucky drivers pay around the average for sales tax, repairs and maintenance, but their insurance premiums are the sixth-highest in the country. Only 11 states pay less for gas. 34. Maryland   $20,809.39 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $135 Annual car insurance premium: $1,390 Annual gas expenses: $2,049.32 ($2.82 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $379.49 The sales tax charged by the state of Maryland puts it near the middle of the pack at 6%, but insurance is relatively high. The $135 registration fee is among the 10 priciest, and when you factor in the $100 title fee, it starts to add up. Maintenance and repair costs are also some of the most expensive in the nation. 33. Utah   $20,797.32 Total sales tax paid: $2,247.42 Yearly car registration fee: $150 Annual car insurance premium: $1,199 Annual gas expenses: $2,275.73 ($3.13 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $374.17 In Utah, state and local sales tax rates total 6.1%, putting the state around the mid-point comparatively. Only eight states pay more for gas. 32. New York   $20,691.33 Total sales tax paid: $1,657.94 Yearly car registration fee: $138.50 Annual car insurance premium: $1,759 Annual gas expenses: $2,163.62 ($2.97 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $377.28 New York has a relatively low sales tax rate of 4.5%. The registration fee varies by county, but Albany County charges $138.50, plus there's a $50 title fee. Insurance is the fifth-most expensive of any state. 31. Wyoming   $20,668.31 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $30 Annual car insurance premium: $1,494 Annual gas expenses: $2,007.10 ($2.76 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $366.63 Wyoming has a state sales tax of 4%, and counties can impose their own tax as well. The sales tax in Teton County, for examples, is 2%, bringing the total for that area to 6%. Insurance premiums and repair costs are costlier than in most other states. Related: This is How Much a $100,000 Car Will Depreciate Over the Years 30. Tennessee   $20,643.15 Total sales tax paid: $2,579.01 Yearly car registration fee: $26.50 Annual car insurance premium: $1,214 Annual gas expenses: $1,892.80 ($2.60 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $372.84 Tennessee drivers pay higher-than-average sales tax and repair costs but lower-than-average car insurance premiums. Only five states pay more for gas. 29. Arizona   $20,640.49 Total sales tax paid: $2,063.21 Yearly car registration fee: $9.50 Annual car insurance premium: $1,356 Annual gas expenses: $2,301.94 ($3.16 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $360.85 Arizona has the lowest registration fee of any state in the country at just $9.50, as well as the lowest title fee at just $4. The insurance premiums and sales tax are about average, but gas prices are the seventh-highest. 28. Massachusetts   $20,619.48 Total sales tax paid: $2,302.69 Yearly car registration fee: $60 Annual car insurance premium: $1,191 Annual gas expenses: $2,082.08 ($2.86 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $363.71 Massachusetts drivers pay slightly more than average in sales tax at 6.25% but lower than other states in insurance premiums. Registration fees are a bit above average at $60, but there's also a $75 title fee. Also See: We Tracked Our Daily Commutes to Find Out How Much They Really Cost 27. West Virginia   $20,610.00 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $51.50 Annual car insurance premium: $1,375 Annual gas expenses: $2,054.42 ($2.82 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $358.50 West Virginia drivers pay just about average rates of sales tax and insurance premiums. Gas is a little higher than the average, and repairs are a little less expensive. 26. North Carolina   $20,605.14 Total sales tax paid: $2,671.12 Yearly car registration fee: $36 Annual car insurance premium: $960 Annual gas expenses: $1,965.60 ($2.70 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $375.42 North Carolina state sales tax is 4.75%, but if you live in Mecklenburg County, which includes Charlotte, you'll pay a total of 7.25%. Low insurance premiums offset this somewhat, as they are the fourth-lowest of any state. Compare: Pros and Cons of Rent-to-Own Cars 25. Indiana   $20,588.50 Total sales tax paid: $2,579.01 Yearly car registration fee: $21.35 Annual car insurance premium: $964 Annual gas expenses: $2,103.19 ($2.89 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $360.95 Indiana's relatively high state sales tax of 7% is offset by low insurance premiums, which are the sixth-lowest of any state. The registration fee of $21.35 is moderate, as is the $15 title fee. Gas prices are above average, but repair and maintenance costs are below average. 24. Arkansas   $20,567.21 Total sales tax paid: $2,394.80 Yearly car registration fee: $25 Annual car insurance premium: $1,370 Annual gas expenses: $1,859.31 ($2.55 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $363.10 Arkansas has the fifth-lowest gas prices of any state in the country. The cost to maintain and repair a vehicle in Arkansas is just about in the middle of the pack. The $25 registration fee and $10 title fee are among the lowest. 23. Hawaii   $20,560.83 Total sales tax paid: $1,473.72 Yearly car registration fee: $40 Annual car insurance premium: $1,458 Annual gas expenses: $2,649.92 ($3.64 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $389.19 The cost to own a car in Hawaii is not as steep as you might think. Although the islands have the second-highest gas prices and third-highest repair costs of any state, the sales tax is the fifth-lowest, tied with Louisiana, South Dakota and Alabama. 22. Louisiana   $20,557.44 Total sales tax paid: $1,473.72 Yearly car registration fee: $74 Annual car insurance premium: $2,190 Annual gas expenses: $1,839.66 ($2.53 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $366.56 Louisiana has the fifth-lowest gas prices in the country and is tied for fifth-lowest sales tax. What's keeping it in the middle of the pack is the fact that it has the second-highest insurance premiums of any state. 21. Texas   $20,491.50 Total sales tax paid: $2,302.69 Yearly car registration fee: $51.75 Annual car insurance premium: $1,300 Annual gas expenses: $1,897.17 ($2.61 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $361.89 Just eight states pay less for gas than Texas. The sales tax rate, registration fee, insurance premiums and maintenance and repair costs are right around average. 20. Idaho   $20,425.56 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $69 Annual car insurance premium: $941 Annual gas expenses: $2,283.74 ($3.14 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $362.24 Idaho has the second-lowest average rates for auto insurance premiums. Sales tax and repair costs are about average, but only seven states pay more for gas. 19. Wisconsin   $20,286.60 Total sales tax paid: $1,842.15 Yearly car registration fee: $75 Annual car insurance premium: $1,351 Annual gas expenses: $2,066.06 ($2.84 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $337.89 Wisconsin's sales tax rates, insurance premiums and gas costs are about average. Drivers pay the fourth-lowest prices in the country for repairs and maintenance, however. See: Why Doing These Things Can Hurt Your Car's Value 18. Delaware   $20,205.58 Total sales tax paid: $1,565.83 Yearly car registration fee: $40 Annual car insurance premium: $1,646 Annual gas expenses: $1,999.82 ($2.75 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $373.94 Delaware drivers pay just 4.25% sales tax, the ninth-lowest of any of the states that charge it. This savings is offset by the ninth-highest car insurance premiums, however. 17. Vermont   $20,202.16 Total sales tax paid: $2,210.58 Yearly car registration fee: $76 Annual car insurance premium: $963 Annual gas expenses: $2,015.10 ($2.77 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $357.48 Vermont drivers pay 6% sales tax, which is about average. They do have the fifth-least expensive insurance costs, however, and repair and maintenance costs are below average. 16. North Dakota   $20,130.69 Total sales tax paid: $1,842.15 Yearly car registration fee: $49 Annual car insurance premium: $1,315 Annual gas expenses: $2,034.76 ($2.80 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $339.78 In North Dakota, sales tax is 5%, which is a little lower than average. Insurance premiums and gas prices are around the national average, but repair and maintenance costs are the fifth-lowest of any state. 15. Iowa   $20,128.14 Total sales tax paid: $1,842.15 Yearly car registration fee: $382 Annual car insurance premium: $1,015 Annual gas expenses: $1,979.43 ($2.72 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $339.93 Sales tax in Iowa is 5%, which is lower than average. Car insurance premiums are also low, with just eight states paying less. Iowa does have the second-highest registration fee, however, at $382, and they tack a $25 title fee on top of that. 14. Nebraska   $20,077.13 Total sales tax paid: $2,026.37 Yearly car registration fee: $15 Annual car insurance premium: $1,113 Annual gas expenses: $2,018.02 ($2.77 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $349.75 Nebraska has lower than average costs for everything, including the third-lowest registration fee at just $15 (plus a $10 title fee) and the eighth-lowest costs for repairs and maintenance. 13. Ohio   $19,991.31 Total sales tax paid: $2,118.47 Yearly car registration fee: $34.50 Annual car insurance premium: $952 Annual gas expenses: $1,991.08 ($2.74 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $335.26 Ohio has the third-lowest insurance premiums and second-lowest repair and maintenance costs of any state. Sales tax is high, however, with the state charging 5.75% and Franklin County, which includes Columbus, tacking on another 1.75% for a total of 7.5%. 12. Maine   $19,965.26 Total sales tax paid: $2,026.37 Yearly car registration fee: $35 Annual car insurance premium: $925 Annual gas expenses: $2,063.15 ($2.83 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $337.74 Maine has the lowest average insurance premiums of any state and the third-lowest costs for vehicle repairs and maintenance. Its state sales tax of 5.5% is about average. Find a New Ride: Great Cars You Can Own If You Make $80K a Year or Less 11. Mississippi   $19,937.04 Total sales tax paid: $1,842.15 Yearly car registration fee: $14 Annual car insurance premium: $1,323 Annual gas expenses: $1,833.83 ($2.52 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $370.06 Mississippi has the second-lowest cost of gas and the second-lowest registration fee of any state. Sales tax is 5%, a little lower than average. 10. Oklahoma   $19,743.97 Total sales tax paid: $1,197.40 Yearly car registration fee: $96 Annual car insurance premium: $1,643 Annual gas expenses: $1,893.53 ($2.60 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $358.04 Oklahoma has the third-lowest tax of any state that charges one at 3.25%, which is a significant contributor to its placement as the tenth-least expensive state to own a car. It also has lower-than-average repair and maintenance costs. 9. South Dakota   $19,551.26 Total sales tax paid: $1,473.72 Yearly car registration fee: $72 Annual car insurance premium: $1,059 Annual gas expenses: $2,026.75 ($2.78 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $364.79 South Dakota is tied for the fifth-lowest sales tax among the states that charge one, and also has the tenth-lowest auto insurance premiums. 8. Virginia   $19,403.88 Total sales tax paid: $1,528.98 Yearly car registration fee: $40.75 Annual car insurance premium: $972 Annual gas expenses: $1,920.46 ($2.64 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $381.68 Drivers in Virginia pay the seventh-lowest car insurance premium rates in the country. Virginia also charges a moderate sales tax of 4.15%, the ninth-lowest of any state that charges sales tax. 7. Alabama   $19,323.91 Total sales tax paid: $1,243.45 Yearly car registration fee: $23 Annual car insurance premium: $1,299 Annual gas expenses: $1,824.37 ($2.51 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $374.09 Alabama drivers enjoy the lowest average cost of gas anywhere in the country, as well as the fourth-lowest sales tax of any state that charges it. Related: The Cost of a Car in The Year You Were Born 6. New Mexico   $19,314.30 Total sales tax paid: $1,105.29 Yearly car registration fee: $27 Annual car insurance premium: $1,253 Annual gas expenses: $2,018.02 ($2.77 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $360.99 New Mexico drivers have to pay sales tax, but they pay the second-lowest tax rate of any state that charges one at just 3%. Insurance, gas, and repair and maintenance costs are around the national average. 5. Oregon   $19,011.23 Total sales tax paid: $0 Yearly car registration fee: $248 Annual car insurance premium: $1,264 Annual gas expenses: $2,494.86 ($3.43 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $366.37 Oregon is one of four states that does not charge sales tax, which is why it comes in at No. 5 on the list. Not having to pay sales tax helps since other costs in Oregon are quite high. Gas is the fifth-most expensive of any state, registration fees are fourth-highest and title fees are third-highest. Learn: The True Cost of Owning an Electric Vehicle 4. Alaska   $18,775.25 Total sales tax paid: $0 Yearly car registration fee: $250 Annual car insurance premium: $1,109 Annual gas expenses: $2,494.13 ($3.43 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $362.12 Alaska is another state with no sales tax, and it also has relatively low insurance rates, with only 11 states paying less. It does, however, have the third-highest registration fee of any state and the sixth-highest gas prices. 3. South Carolina   $18,577.01 Total sales tax paid: $500.00 Yearly car registration fee: $40 Annual car insurance premium: $1,260 Annual gas expenses: $1,846.94 ($2.54 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $370.07 South Carolina doesn't charge a car sales tax per se, but it does levy an infrastructure maintenance fee. This fee is 5% of the cost of the vehicle but no more than $500. South Carolina also has the fourth-lowest gas prices. 2. Montana   $18,321.91 Total sales tax paid: $0 Yearly car registration fee: $87.50 Annual car insurance premium: $1,224 Annual gas expenses: $2,081.35 ($2.86 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $373.76 Montana has no sales tax, and insurance premiums are slightly lower than average. But the average price of gas is higher here than the nationwide average. 1. New Hampshire   $18,075 Total sales tax paid: $0 Yearly car registration fee: $43.20 Annual car insurance premium: $1,101 Annual gas expenses: $2,015.10 ($2.77 per gallon) Annual car maintenance and repair costs: $345.70 New Hampshire is the least expensive state in which to own a car, primarily due to its lack of sales tax. Unlike some of the other tax-free states, however, New Hampshire also has low insurance rates and relatively low gas prices. It even costs less to repair and maintain your vehicle in New Hampshire   only seven states have lower costs. How to Keep Your Car Costs Low While there may not be a lot you can do about the price of your new car or the sales tax you have to pay, there are ways to spend less to get around. Here are some tips on cutting down the cost of owning a car: Buy the right car for your budget. Consider the total cost of car ownership, including all of the factors above, when you are deciding what car to buy. Drive safely. Driving at a constant speed, within the speed limit, will improve your gas mileage as well as reduce wear and tear on your vehicle. Make sure you have the right insurance coverage. You may be paying for coverage you don't need, especially if you have an older car that you own outright. Check your owner's manual for the correct maintenance schedule. You want to keep your car running well, but you might be spending more than you should. Most cars no longer need an oil change every 3,000 miles, for example. Keep reading to discover ways to slash your car costs . More on Saving Money and Cars This Is How I Slashed Auto Insurance Costs by Nearly $400 Expert Tips for Getting the Best Car Insurance Rates How I Was Scammed When I Bought My First Car How to Buy a Car Methodology: To generate these rankings, GOBankingRates surveyed and totaled the cost of buying and owning a car for one year in all 50 states. This total included six key car expenses: (1) car sales tax , based on rates provided by individual state and, where applicable, county and local websites; taxes were based on the average car transaction amount of $36,843 in April 2019 as reported by Kelley Blue Book; (2) registration fees, as reported by the individual state and, where applicable, county and local websites; (3) title fees, sourced from individual state and/or county/local websites; (4) average annual car insurance premiums, sourced from CarInsurance.com's 2018 report; (5) average annual gas expenses, based on an average of historical regular gas prices in each state sourced from AAA's Fuel Gauge Report on May 7, 2019; the expense was calculated based on the assumption of a driver filling up a 14-gallon tank once a week; (6) average annual car maintenance and repair costs, sourced from CarMD's 2018 State Repair Cost Rankings. These expenses were combined with the cost to finance a new vehicle   based on $36,843 MSRP, 20% down payment of $7,369, good credit and 60-month loan, which equals $598 per month or $7,176 per year   to determine the cost to own a car for a year. For title and registration fees, GOBankingRates assumed a car value of $36,843, an average weight of 3,300 pounds and a 2019 model, where applicable.


Curious just how far your dollar goes in Westwood? According to Walk Score, this Los Angeles neighborhood is friendly for those on foot, is convenient for biking and boasts excellent transit options. Data from rental site Zumper shows that the median rent for a one bedroom in Westwood is currently hovering around $2,900. So, what might you expect to find if you've got $3,600/month earmarked for your rent? Read on for a roundup of the latest rental offerings, via Zumper. (Note: prices and availability are subject to change.) Hoodline offers data-driven analysis of local happenings and trends across cities. Links included in this article may earn Hoodline a commission on clicks and transactions. 10717 Wilshire Blvd. Listed at $3,540/month, this one-bedroom, one-bathroom condo is located at 10717 Wilshire Blvd. In the unit, you can expect air conditioning and stainless steel appliances. When it comes to building amenities, anticipate a rooftop deck, a fitness center and garage parking. Pet owners, inquire elsewhere: This spot doesn't allow cats or dogs. (Check out the complete listing here .) 10535 Wilshire Blvd. Next, there's this two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo situated at 10535 Wilshire Blvd. It's listed for $3,600/month for its 1,088 square feet. The building has an outdoor space, concierge services, a swimming pool and a fitness center. You can also expect in-unit laundry and air conditioning in the unit. Pet owners, inquire elsewhere: This spot doesn't allow cats or dogs. (Check out the complete listing here .) 1424 Greenfield Ave. Last but not least, here's a 1,500-square-foot two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit at 1424 Greenfield Ave. that's going for $3,600/month. The listing promises a dishwasher in the unit, while the building offers assigned parking, on-site laundry and secured entry. Pet owners, take heed: Cats and dogs are both welcome. Be prepared for a $250.00 pet deposit. (See the full listing here .) This story was created automatically using local real estate data from Zumper and Apartment Guide , then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Oakland Oakland will start off the week with a high of 67 degrees today and 70 degrees Tuesday, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Temperatures will turn warmer Thursday, with a high of 75 degrees. The coming days will also bring partly cloudy skies, due to stick around through Wednesday. Skies will start to clear up on Thursday. Winds will continue to be light in the course of the week, with the highest speeds on Wednesday at just 11 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


New York-based mobile apps company Button has secured $30 million in Series C funding, according to company database Crunchbase , topping the city's recent funding headlines. The cash infusion was announced June 24 and led by Icon Ventures. According to its Crunchbase profile, "Through higher-converting technology, Button embeds commerce inside publisher apps, so that brands can grow their mobile business, publishers can increase their mobile revenue, and consumers have a better buying experience on mobile. Intent is changing." The five-year-old company has raised four previous funding rounds, including a $20 million Series B round in 2017. The round brings total funding raised by New York companies in software over the past month to $733 million. The local software industry has produced 538 funding rounds over the past year, yielding a total of $9.2 billion in venture funding. In other local funding news, organic food and dietary supplements company The Nue Co. announced a $9 million Series A funding round on June 25, led by Waldencast. According to Crunchbase, "The Nue Co. was born after a trip to Copenhagen inspired us to create a supplement brand founded on two Danish principles, simplicity and creativity. Their lab has over 20 years experience and is based in Cambridge, England. Rather than working with harsh, isolated vitamins, they choose to work with powerful organic foods high in specific vitamins or minerals." The company also raised a $1.5 million seed round in 2017. Meanwhile, therapeutics and fitness company Alma Health raised $8 million in Series A funding, announced on June 21. The round's investors were led by Tusk Ventures. According to the company's Crunchbase profile, "Alma is pioneering a new practice model for therapists to elevate the therapy experience and simplify access to care. Alma builds copracticing communities powered by shared technology and services." Alma Health last raised $4.5 million in seed funding in 2018. This story was created automatically using local investment data, then reviewed by an editor. Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


Los Angeles will see a return of last week's cloudy skies today, according to drone-powered weather forecasting service Saildrone . Skies will become partly cloudy starting on Thursday. There's no rain expected this week. Temperatures will be warm today, with a high of 72 degrees, and highs remaining above 65 for the rest of the week. Winds will continue to be light, with the highest speeds on Saturday at just 9 mph. This story was created automatically using Saildrone's local weather forecast data, then reviewed by an editor. We also incorporate historic weather data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Click here for more about what we're doing. Got thoughts? Go here to share your feedback.


INDIANAPOLIS   It's fitting Damon Bailey returned to Indianapolis for one more award. It's the site of where he won a basketball state title in front of 41,096 people jammed into the Hoosier Dome and 1 1/2 hours north of Bedford North Lawrence, where he set the Indiana boys basketball scoring record. It's an hour northeast of where he was a four-year starter for Indiana, climbing to sixth on the all-time scoring list and leading the Hoosiers to the 1992 Final Four. It's the home of the Pacers, the team he was drafted to play for in a career that never came to be. It's home. On Saturday, Bailey and 11 other athletes, coaches, officials and administrators were inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame. Bailey is the 15th person from the state of Indiana to be inducted, joining Larry Bird, Oscar Robertson and John Wooden. "It's a great honor," Bailey said. "Anytime you can have a season, a career that would merit this type of recognition, it's a great honor. As I said earlier, I never started playing basketball so I could be here today. I never started playing basketball to make a lot of money. I started playing basketball because I loved it." Bailey made headlines when former IU coach Bob Knight watched him play as an eighth grader. The interest sparked state and national intrigue in Bailey, with thousands coming to watch him play throughout his career at Bedford North Lawrence High School. His popularity even provided positive benefits to other schools, despite Bailey's game negatively impacting them when he took the court. Seymour High School, in particular, reaped the benefits of hosting Bailey in its sectional and regional tournaments because it had the largest gym in the area. "(Seymour's) athletic director said, 'Bob, come out back, I want to show you what Damon bought me,'" fellow inductee Bob Gardner said. "So we went out the back door of the gymnasium and there sat a brand new Greyhound (bus). With the concession money of the sectionals and regionals and everybody that came to see Damon play, Seymour drove a new Greyhound bus." Insider: 10 free agent targets for the Pacers More: Pacers working on new, longer-term contract for Edmond Sumner Bailey won National Player of the Year and IndyStar Mr. Basketball his senior year, the same year he won his first and only state championship. He scored the final 11 points for his team as Bedford North Lawrence won 63-60 over Concord High School. Gardner was the only other Indiana-native to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He served as the executive director for the National Federation of State High School Associations for eight years. Since his playing career ended, Bailey has served in multiple coaching roles for Bedford North Lawrence and recently resigned from his position as assistant coach of the Butler women's basketball team. Support our journalism Become an IndyStar subscriber today to support stories like this one. Get unlimited digital access here! This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana's Damon Bailey inducted into National High School Hall of Fame


A pack of golden retrievers are helping staff members at a Texas hospital heal following the El Paso shooting.


Remember Jon Voight's LeBaron? The Monkeemobile The Monkeemobile still holds cachet among boomers but other generations won't have the same connection to The Monkees . Dean Jeffries, a famed car designer, fabricator and pinstriper, created the Monkeemobile from a 1966 Pontiac GTO 389 four-barrel. There were two cars built at the time and each had a 6-71 supercharged engine. The second car never appeared on television. Instead it appeared at trade shows and events. After the show ended the car that appeared on television ended up in Australia and Puerto Rico. It served as a hotel courtesy car. Later it sold at a government auction to the Norris family, which lives in New Jersey. Are you a classic car expert? Could you guess all the old makes and models? Step by Step Ford Explorer The early '90s television show Step by Step became a staple of ABC's TGIF lineup and helped revive the careers of Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers. The show was similar to The Brady Bunch in that it brought together blended families. The opening credits featured the combined family spilling out of a Ford Explorer to run around an amusement park. But it also gave us Cody, one of the most annoying characters on television. If you've got an annoying car issue out, we've got the solution to 100 annoying car problems. Urkelmobile Speaking of annoying television characters, Cody and Steve Urkel remain in a dead heat for the title of most annoying. Urkel gave us years of nasally incantations of "Did I do that?" He also introduced the BMW Isetta to a wider audience when he introduced it as his vehicle. It became known as the Urkelmobile. The Isetta debuted in 1953 and reportedly got around 50 miles per gallon but it took around 30 seconds to get up to 30 miles an hour. The Isetta isn't real iconic and neither is Urkel but these cars that appeared in films are iconic. Miami Vice 1986 Ferrari Testarossa It might be hard to believe but if some uttered Crockett and Tubbs, not everyone would get the reference but maybe the original Miami Vice and the reboot captured enough imaginations. The cars of Miami Vice added to the popularity, especially the 1986 Ferrari Testarossa. Ferrari loaned the vehicle to the television show but had to be painted white so it appeared better in night shots. The A-Team Van Perhaps people recall the van from the film, The A-Team , but it first appeared in the television series that aired on NBC for four years. The van the team of mercenaries rode around in became a character in itself. A 1983 GMC Vandura served as the original vehicle but the red stripe, rooftop spoiler, along with the black and red turbine mag wheels made it stand out. The van held a number of surprises throughout the years. Your car likely has a few functions you don't know about. Check out the 13 weird car features you didn't know you had. Magnum PI Boy, the '80s were a supercharged decade because here's another Ferrari that appeared in a TV show where Tom Selleck played a private investigator, which seems like a hop and a skip away from Miami Vice . Instead of an east coast seaside setting, Magnum PI used Hawaii. The two shows also had a similar car, except Selleck drove around in a Ferrari 308 GTSi. We should probably note that Magnum PI appeared on the air first. Take a break and check out some of the whackiest cars ever built. That '70S Show   1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser The 1969 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser became the place for many conversations on That '70s Show after Red handed Eric the keys to green machine. The car was part of the opening credits and plenty of other great scenes. You probably wouldn't want to drive the Vista Cruiser around but you might want to drive one of these famous cars that appeared in movies. 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Alpine 260   Get Smart Mel Brooks have given us many great comedy vehicles and he gave us the 1965 Sunbeam Tiger Alpine 260 that appeared on his television series Get Smart. Max Smart drove around in the car that had crazy features like a machine gun, smoke screen, radar tracking and an ejection seat. These 20 really cool car tech add-ons will make you feel a little like Max Smart. 1989 Chrysler LeBaron   Seinfeld Maybe we should call this one Le George . Even when George Costanza could feel proud about something it never really quite worked out. George thought he'd purchased a 1989 Chrysler LeBaron once owned by the actor Jon Voight and found a pencil left behind by Voight in the glovebox. No problem, except Jon was spelled John and John Voight was a periodontist. Some cars, like the LeBaron, haven't aged well and neither have these car ads. Mazda Miata   Saved By the Bell Who would've thought Mr. Belding would have a cool convertible but he did. Lisa and Eric, Jessie's stepbrother, crashed the car. The gang had to scramble to fix it before Mr. Belding found out. The boys couldn't take the car to the shop to get fixed but Eric figured out how to fix it, just like one of these 100 car fixes you don't have to go to the shop for.


Paris Saint-Germain have unveiled their new away kit for the 2019/20 season and have once again partnered with the Jordan brand. PSG partnered with Jordan last season for their third kit, but this time have put the 'Jumpman' logo on their away jersey. 朗 @Jumpman23 Il est là ! Découvrez le nouveau maillot extérieur du Paris Saint-Germain pour la saison 1⃣9⃣/2⃣0⃣ ! #PSGxJordan   #ICICESTPARIS pic.twitter.com/Zufx8EYGQx   Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) July 25, 2019 The French side announced the new kit on Twitter, with star striker Kylian Mbappe taking centre stage in the video shoot. Nike were to quick to point out on their official website that Jordan had a huge influence on the jersey, stating: "The kit is flooded in the iconic infrared shade first introduced on the Air Jordan VI back in 1991. This results in a blistering away look, with head-to-toe infrared giving all of PSG's teams an audacious change of colours. "The jersey is framed by a black trim on the collar and sleeves. The same black also details the shorts and appears on the socks in the shape of a double horizontal hoop just below the knee. Turn up the heat in Infrared  Bolder than ever before, the @PSG_inside x @Jumpman23 collab is back with the 2019/2020 Paris Saint-Germain Away kit. #icicestparis  Available at https://t.co/7ST1mEkLYI on Saturday. #psg #jordan #nikefootball pic.twitter.com/J2Rc7pjPZb   Nike Football (@nikefootball) July 25, 2019 "On the reverse of the collar there is an ode to Paris, a city now synonymous with Jordan and set to be illuminated by an infrared glow in 2019-20." The reaction to the kit on social media has been largely positive, with PSG fans unable to contain their excitement. pic.twitter.com/qoYQBXcjuL   Mathieu Faure (@matfaure) July 25, 2019 pic.twitter.com/Hh6BhqvICc   Kylian Mbappé  (@KMbappeeee_) July 25, 2019 The French side will be hoping that it brings them more luck in the Champions League after shock capitulations year after year - most notably last season's defeat at the hands of Manchester United. The kit will be debuted on July 27 in China, when PSG take on Inter in a pre-season friendly.


The chief executive for the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews explained Tuesday why there is still a large pay gap between The Open Championship and the Women's British Open Martin Slumbers said it will take time for a "sustainable" women's game once R&A takes full control of the Women's British Open next year and added that the prize money has increased substantially since last year. "We're as ambitious for the Women's British Open as we are for The Open," Slumbers told reporters, via ESPN . "But as I have said previously, we want to grow the women's game. We're passionate about growing the women's game, but we need to build a sustainable women's game, and that means building a bigger amateur game right from the very beginning up to the top. "To build the economics of the Women's British Open, to be able to keep raising the prize money we need to do it as a sustainable business model. It needs to be a long-term business model, and that is what we are spending a long time doing. How do we build a better model to have a more financially successful Women's British Open that will flow then down into the prize money? Where it ends up, I don't know. But my ambition is to keep growing the overall performance of it and keep enhancing the status of the event." In 2019, the purse for the men's tournament is $10.75 million, with the winner taking home $1.935 million. For the women's tournament, the total purse is $4.5 million, netting the female winner $675,000. According to ESPN, that's a 40 percent increase from last year's winnings, which saw winner Georgia Hall take home $490,000. "As we're looking at the Women's British Open, how we attract more people to watch the championship, to watch it live or watch it on TV, it may be that only being on links courses might not be the right answer," Slumbers said. "I wouldn't be surprised to see with the Women's British Open a mix of some of the great inland courses and the great links courses, but all aimed at trying to make the championship more engaged with by the public." Slumbers also addressed the notion of moving the British Open away from the British Isles   the decision to have this year's Open at Portrush in Northern Ireland, instead of in Scotland or England, made many wonder if tournament officials would move the competition elsewhere. MORE : British Open betting tips: Odds favor Rory McIlroy, but Royal Portrush field is wide-open | Rory McIlroy: 2019 British Open in Northern Ireland 'is bigger than me' | British Open 2019: Jon Rahm feels at home at Royal Portrush "There's been a lot of talk about (taking The Open outside England) and I think that's because of the success of bringing it to Royal Portrush," Slumbers said. "But we have 10 courses in the pool that we use and we think they're the best links courses in the world, and we're happy with those courses. "If we think about the past few years, going back to Carnoustie, going back to Hoylake and coming back to here, they've been great successes. We are not looking, at the moment, beyond those 10 courses."


CHICAGO (AP) Zac Gallen tossed the first true gem of his young career, and it seemed as if the Miami Marlins' rookie right-hander would have nothing more than another no-decision to show for it. That all changed with one swing of the bat by Cesar Puello. Gallen pitched seven innings of two-hit ball for his first major league win and Puello hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning as Miami won its second straight game, beating the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Wednesday night. Puello launched his fourth homer deep to left on the first pitch from Reynaldo Lopez, making a winner out of Gallen (1-2) in his sixth start since joining the Marlins rotation on June 20. ''I jumped right off the bench and threw my hands up in the air,'' Gallen said. ''It was pretty cool that he crushed that one. I was happy for him to get a good pitch to hit and he smashed it.'' The 23-year-old Gallen struck out nine, walked one and hit two batters in his longest outing to date as he lowered his ERA to 2.76. He threw 95 pitches and 68 strikes before being replaced by Nick Anderson in the eighth. ''I didn't feel the best, but I had good stuff,'' Gallen said. ''Today it kind of all came together and it was nice.'' Jon Jay singled off Anderson with two outs before Jose Abreu sent a deep drive to center that Puello caught at the wall. Sergio Romo worked around two singles in the ninth for his 17th save in 18 chances. Lopez (5-9) allowed four hits and struck out 10 in eight innings, matching the longest outing of his career. The right-hander walked one and hit one batter in his third straight solid outing. Only one Miami player advanced as far as second base on Lopez before Puello went deep. ''He threw the ball great,'' manager Rick Renteria said. ''Obviously one pitch. ''I think you can clearly see the trust and the confidence in his stuff. He has conviction in everything he's doing. He's attacking.'' Lopez threw 76 of 97 pitches for strikes on Wednesday and retired 21 of 25 Miami batters through seven innings before hitting Harold Ramirez to lead off the eighth. After Jorge Alfaro struck out, Puello connected on a breaking pitch. ''I cannot tell you if it was a curve or a slider, I just reacted,'' Puello said. ''I had a hitting coach tell me just see the ball and hit it.'' Gallen was in trouble in the third when he hit Adam Engel and Abreu with pitches and gave up a single to Leury Garcia, loading the bases with two outs for the White Sox. Yoan Moncada flew out to center on a 3-0 pitch to end the threat. ''I felt like once I got through that, I could navigate through the rest of the lineup,'' Gallen said. Ryan Goins lined a double to the wall in left to lead off the seventh, but Gallen struck out James McCann and A.J. Reed before his final hitter, Yolmer Sanchez, grounded out. QUICK FIX Gallen made a minor mechanical adjustment that paid off on Wednesday. ''I turned my foot in a little more,'' he said. ''It kind of helped me keep my direction toward home plate.'' BETTER SINCE THE BREAK Lopez is 1-1 with a 1.71 ERA in three starts since the All-Star break. MOVING UP The White Sox promoted Nick Hostetler, the team's director of amateur scouting, to special assistant to general manager Rick Hahn. Hostetler will focus on major league scouting. TRAINER'S ROOM Marlins: Rojas was back in the starting lineup at shortstop for the first time since leaving Saturday's game against the Dodgers in Los Angeles with a right shoulder strain. White Sox: SS Tim Anderson (right high ankle sprain) was scheduled to begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte on Wednesday in the DH slot. There's still no timetable for his return, but manager Rick Renertia hopes ''it won't be an extended rehab.'' ... OF Eloy Jimenez (right ulnar nerve contusion) hit off a tee and played catch to 90 feet on Wednesday. Taking batting practice will be a next step. UP NEXT Marlins: Following an off-day Thursday, RHP Sandy Alcantara (4-9, 4.25) faces Arizona ace RHP Zack Greinke (10-4, 2.93) on Friday in Miami. White Sox: All-Star RHP Lucas Giolito (11-4, 3.12) takes the mound against Minnesota RHP Jose Berrios (8-5, 2.96) on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series. Giolito hasn't won since June 30 and is 0-2 with a no-decision in his last three starts. Berrios is 0-3 with four no-decisions in his last seven outings, despite a 2.62 ERA during the span. --- More AP MLB coverage: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports


Tomka Antonio McDowell asked the question repeatedly to police who arrested him in connection with the fatal shooting of a 71-year-old woman in her north Charlotte home. "Why me?" he wanted to know. Police never answered, McDowell told The Charlotte Observer in a telephone interview Friday. Police, according to McDowell, told him only that he was being charged with first-degree murder and other offenses in the death of Santa Rodena Acevedo and the shooting of her husband. Police found the couple shot in their home in the 1900 block of Newland Road on April 4, the Observer previously reported. Acevedo was pronounced dead in the home, police said in a news release at the time, and her husband was hospitalized. McDowell was arrested the next day. After a month in jail, however, the 51-year-old Charlotte resident was freed, with prosecutors dismissing all of the charges against him, court records show. Video surveillance footage was the key, McDowell's lawyer with the Mecklenburg County Public Defender's Office told The Charlotte Observer on Friday. Video footage proved McDowell's innocence, lawyer says The footage, obtained by Percy Wilson, an investigator with the public defender's office, showed that McDowell was 5.5 miles from the shootings, according to Michael Kabakoff, first assistant public defender with the office. Kabakoff said that in mid-April, he subpoenaed surveillance camera footage at a Charlotte Housing Authority property where McDowell told Kabakoff his boss, a contractor, had dropped him off the night of the shootings. McDowell and his boss spent the day repairing a house in Wadesboro, Kabakoff told the Observer. Wadesboro is about 50 miles southeast of Charlotte in Anson County. The footage showed McDowell's boss dropping him off and McDowell walking about the housing authority property, Kabakoff told the Observer. In late April, Kabakoff said, he shared the footage on a USB drive with a Mecklenburg County assistant district attorney. On May 3, court records show, prosecutors dismissed all of the charges   first-degree murder, attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, and possession of a firearm by a felon. "Though he never deserved to be charged with these terrible crimes, Mr. McDowell was fortunate to have video documentation that he was nowhere near the scene of the crime when it happened," Kabakoff said in an emailed statement to the Observer Friday. . "In a perfect world, detectives would have found the video evidence before charging him with such serious crimes." In their April news release announcing McDowell's arrest, police did not say what evidence or information led to the charges. Police have not responded to a request for comment emailed by the Observer to CMPD's public information office on Thursday. Prosecutor cites 'new evidence' for dropping charges In court filings dismissing each charge, prosecutor Brett Few said that after McDowell's arrest, "additional evidence was collected and reviewed by CMPD and the District Attorney's Office. The review of this new evidence revealed that there is insufficient evidence to believe that the defendant committed the above captioned crime." In his interview with the Observer Friday, Kabakoff said police told him a witness placed McDowell at the scene. He said police have yet to arrest anyone else in the case. In his statement Friday, Kabakoff said the case "reveals an overlooked part of criminal defense, and the work of public defenders in particular, which is that we investigate cases, whether to defend them at trial or, as here, to bring indisputable proof of innocence to the prosecutor. McDowell grateful for his public defenders "A1 job," McDowell told the Observer of Kabakoff. "If not for him, I'd still be sitting in jail." "I'm still trying to figure out how to get my life back on track," he said, adding that a repair shop junked his car after seeing his mug on TV. Someone else junked his other car, he said. At least, he said, "I can get an apple or a pear out of the refrigerator. I'm free again."     ©2019 The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) Visit The Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, N.C.) at www.charlotteobserver.com Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.


Republican-run state governments are clearly aiming for a Supreme Court showdown over Roe v. Wade. Georgia recently passed a law banning most abortions after six weeks, and Alabama just passed a near-total abortion ban. Both efforts are part of more than a dozen such successful and unsuccessful attempts this year. Not surprisingly, the blowback has been stiff from abortion rights groups and politicians. Some have even called for a boycott of Georgia. The collision between the two sides might make you believe that we have two well-defined sides when it comes to the issue of abortion. And while there is clearly some consistency, abortion is a rather tricky issue because it's not clear how many in the middle actually feel about it. Depending on how you ask about abortion rights, Americans are either overwhelmingly in favor of them or they are split down the middle. So if you're left a little confused about where Americans stand on abortion rights, that's understandable. The clearest takeaway is that there are some Americans who are clearly on either side of the divide, while for many it isn't as clearly defined. How the question is phrased definitely matters. It's not entirely clear that Democrats or Republicans have the upper hand in the abortion debate. Every single recent poll indicates that Americans are more likely to be in favor of abortion rights than not. A Pew Research Center poll from late last year found that 58% of Americans say abortion should be always or mostly legal, compared with 37% who say it should be always or mostly illegal. This mostly lines up with 2018 Gallup polling that discovered that 60% of Americans think first trimester abortions should generally be legal and 64% don't want Roe, which guaranteed the right to an abortion in the first trimester, to be overturned. Indeed, anti-abortion ballot measures have at best a mixed history in recent years. Personhood ballot measures have gone down in defeat in many states. Even in the deep red state of West Virginia, an amendment that said women didn't have the right to abortion barely passed in 2018. These data points might suggest Democrats and abortion rights activists have the upper hand in the abortion debate. But other polling and Republicans' ability to continue passing anti-abortion laws suggest that it's not a clear-cut win. At least part of the problem for Democrats and abortion rights activists has to do with something that dogs liberals in general. Many people will say they support liberal issues , while, at the same time, culturally identifying themselves with conservative causes and politicians who believe the opposite. Republican Mitt Romney, for example, won 40% of voters in 2012 who said abortion should mostly be legal. By the time Romney ran for president, he was opposed to most types of abortion. Another way to think about the abortion debate is to declare oneself as either "pro-choice" (i.e. pro-abortion rights) or "pro-life" (i.e. anti-abortion). This is the way politicians will often label themselves, as will groups on the different sides of the abortion debate. It's the pro-abortion-rights group "NARAL Pro-Choice America" and the anti-abortion "March for Life." When asked whether they're "pro-choice" or "pro-life," Americans are much more divided. The same 2018 Gallup polling that discovered that 60% of Americans were for abortion rights in the first trimester found an even split between the 48% of Americans who called themselves pro-choice and the 48% of Americans who called themselves pro-life. Indeed, take a look at recent polling from Georgia when it came to the state Legislature bill on banning most abortions after six weeks (1.5 months) of pregnancy. This was an issue in which Democrats and Republicans in the state government had clearly defined their positions, with Republicans passing the law and most Democrats knocking it. In other words, the legislation had become identified with the conservative cause. About 49% were against the bill and about 44% were for it in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll, which was done as the bill was debated and passed by the Legislature, but ended before it was signed into law. That split fell within the margin of error and is generally reflective of a state in which President Donald Trump is unpopular, though not overwhelmingly so. Respondents in that same poll, however, were against overturning Roe by nearly 3 to 1. This was even though respondents were told that Roe allowed abortions during the first three months of pregnancy. These two views are, at first glance, incongruent with each other. You'd expect more opposition to a ruling that allowed for fewer restrictions on abortion. Yet it's pretty clear looking at the polling that the shift was in large part driven by Republican voters reacting positively to their party pushing and passing the law. Opposition to Roe was about 27 points lower among Republicans (43%) than support for the new abortion law ban (70%). Among Democrats, opposition to Roe was only about 13 points lower than support for the new law. Another issue is for abortion rights activists nationwide is that it's not entirely clear what the about 35% of Americans who say abortion should "mostly be legal" mean by "mostly." Does that mean they believe abortion is a choice always left up to a woman and her doctor? Perhaps not. When Gallup asked Americans about whether a first trimester abortion should be allowed for "any reason," support dropped from 60% to 45%. Now, obviously, "any reason" is the loosest definition. Still, it shows that even first trimester abortion support is subject to the wording of the question. When asked whether abortions should be allowed for pregnancy resulting from "rape or incest," Americans' support goes up to 77%. The Georgia bill allows for this exception, which could explain partially why opposition to it drops compared with opposition to Roe. (Alabama's new law does not.) Questions about Roe generally say it's a constitutionally given right, though they usually don't say that women can have an abortion "for any reason." The high support for rape and incest exceptions might be why a lot of Republican presidential candidates ( like Romney ) say they are against abortion except in the cases of rape or incest. If the abortion debate is defined by the law passed in Georgia, Republicans and anti-abortion groups stand a better chance of winning in the court of opinion. If, however, it is defined by the law passed by the Alabama Legislature, it will hurt their chances.


The DragonSpeed LMP1 team will race in the iconic colours of oil company Gulf in this weekend's Le Mans 24 Hours. DragonSpeed's customer Gibson-powered BR Engineering BR1 will be making its swan song outing at La Sarthe, as the American outfit switches its primary focus to its fledgling IndyCar programme for 2020 . During scrutineering on Monday, the #10 machine was revealed in the striking light blue-and-orange colours made famous by Gulf in the 1960s and 1970s. The livery pays homage to the three years Gulf-backed cars won Le Mans outright: 1968, 1969 (both with the Ford GT40) and 1975 (with the Mirage GR8). DragonSpeed joins fellow LMP1 outfit Rebellion Racing in competing at Le Mans in a special livery, after the Swiss team revealed a pair of garish neon-themed designs on Sunday . Gulf livery Photo by: Nikolaz Godet Hanley: Electrical issues have masked DragonSpeed potential Le Mans will mark the conclusion of a torrid season for DragonSpeed, which has registered only two finishes in the five races it has started - coming home 11th overall at Silverstone last year and then sixth at Shanghai, its best finish of the 2018/19 campaign. The team withdrew its LMP1 from the previous WEC race at Spa due to being unable to source the spare parts it needed to resolve the problems that prevented the car from finishing at Sebring. Hanley, who shares driving duties at Le Mans with Renger van der Zande and gentleman racer Henrik Hedman, said that merely finishing at La Sarthe would represent an achievement in light of the issues the team has faced all season. "It's no secret we've had a lot of issues on the electronic side of things, which have been the main issue for the programme," Hanley told Motorsport.com. "All the issues seem to arise from electrical issues, we've struggled to get on top of that. "We've been working tirelessly to fix the faults, but every time we fix one we find another one. It's been challenging that respect and what happened at Spa last year [with Pietro Fittipaldi's heavy qualifying crash], having to get a new car, that delayed everything. "It's been a challenging year, so we're just looking to have a solid run at Le Mans and end on a decent note. First and foremost is finishing the race, getting the car in a happy window, trying to get it reliable." Hanley said Shanghai was the only WEC round where DragonSpeed has enjoyed a largely clear run so far, and that its pace at the Chinese track can give it some optimism heading to Le Mans. "At Shanghai we were pretty competitive, and at Sebring considering the issues we had with the electronics, we were happy with the pace," Hanley continued. "Unfortunately at Sebring, we had issues in every session, we thought we'd managed to get on top of them for the race, and then literally as the pitlane opened, as we went onto the grid, the issue was still there. I think we ran for six hours with gearshift problems. "We were happy with the performance of the car but these electrical issues keep holding us back considerably. It's really masked our potential." DragonSpeed ended up seventh of the eight LMP1 runners in this month's Le Mans test day , van der Zande setting the car's best time of 3m25.211s - a little under four seconds slower than the non-hybrid LMP1 benchmark established by Rebellion driver Andre Lotterer. #10 Dragonspeed BR Engineering BR1: Henrik Hedman, Ben Hanley, Renger Van der Zande, James Allen Photo by: Rainier Ehrhardt


You've probably heard more and more people are taking solo trips in the U.S. and around the world. YouGov RealTime wanted to take a closer look at this phenomenon, and its newest research found that 57 percent of Americans would be interested in taking a solo trip to another U.S. city. In fact, 66 percent of Americans have either done a solo trip or would consider taking one. It seems that people are interested in solo traveling because they want the freedom to make their own itinerary and not be swayed by the whims of others, or at least that's what 47 percent surveyed said. Another 37 percent said that traveling alone makes it easier for them to unwind and enjoy their vacation. Solo travel is also a big confidence booster for Americans. Thirty-two percent said it improves their sense of self-confidence and independence, which is why it has become a more common practice for women . Forty-one percent of millennial women and 39 percent of Gen X women say that confidence is one of the main reasons they want to travel solo. Of those surveyed, it seems that millennial women (23 percent) are more likely to solo travel than Gen X women (15 percent) or Baby Boomer women (10 percent). They even outpace millennial men, 16 percent of whom are open to the idea of traveling alone. An interest in solo travel is directly related to destinations. Over half of Americans would take a trip to a U.S. city alone, while only 37 percent would visit a foreign city solo. One in five millennial women has traveled internationally alone, followed by 16 percent of Gen X women and 13 percent of female Baby Boomers. Twenty-one percent of millennial men have traveled alone overseas. In terms of types of vacations, camping was the solo trip that received the least interest with only 25 percent of Americans saying they would consider it. Forty percent would be open to taking a beach vacation alone. For those not interested in solo travel, it comes down to safety and a fear of loneliness. Over half of those surveyed say that feeling unsafe and being lonely are the biggest detractors to solo travel, with 23 percent saying that friends or family don't want them to travel alone. Women are more concerned with solo travel safety (76 percent) and have higher rates of concerned families compared to men (30 percent). Related video: The Introvert's Guide to Enjoying Solo Travel (Provided by Travel + Leisure)


A recording recovered from the cockpit of a plane that crashed Sunday in Addison revealed there was confusion less than a minute after takeoff, officials with the National Transportation Safety Board announced Monday. The tower at the Addison Municipal Airport cleared the 2017 twin-engine Beechcraft BE-350 King Air for takeoff one minute before the end of the cockpit recording. There was "crew comment consistent with confusion" 12 seconds before the end of the recording and a comment about a problem with the left engine 8 seconds before the recording ended, NTSB officials said during a news conference Tuesday. The plane crashed into a hangar at the airport shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday. Ten people   including two crew members   were killed. RELATED: Here are the victims of the Addison plane crash The investigation into the cause of the crash could take up to 18 months to complete, according to the NTSB. The plane's cockpit voice recorder will be fully analyzed and transcribed. The transcription won't be released until closer to the time the NTSB releases full investigative details, officials said. RELATED: What we know about the Addison plane crash


A former Chicago police officer -- who risked her own safety to help nab a corrupt officer extorting money from the city's poorest and planting drugs on those who refused to pay -- will have her story featured Friday on the CBS series "Whistleblowers." Shannon Spalding says she's had her tires slashed and was repeatedly threatened while she helped build the case against a corrupt team of officers run by former Sgt. Ronald Watts. THREE ARRESTED IN MURDER OF CHICAGO WOMAN, 19, WHO WAS 9 MONTHS PREGNANT, COPS SAY "Someone was trying to kill me," Spalding said. "When I signed up for this job, I knew I might have to lay my life down, but I never thought I'd have to worry about it being a fellow officer doing that to me." Spalding, who joined the Chicago Police Department in 1996, said she spent time in some of the city's most violent neighborhoods. To survive, she recalled leaning on veteran cops like Watts. "I thought he was battling crime and he was doing it with finesse and grace," she said. But about a decade later, while on an undercover assignment in the narcotics division, she began to see Watts in a different light. CHICAGO CITY LEADER ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY FILING FALSE POLICE REPORT Spalding said she began troubling rumors as she and her partner would make an arrest, with a suspect saying something along the lines of: "I can't believe you're going to arrest me when one of your own is actually running the narcotics side," Spalding said. After some digging, Spalding learned the charge was true: Watts and his group would threaten and plant drugs on residents of the Ida B. Wells projects who didn't go along with their rules -- and that type of intimidation had gone on for years. Spalding was faced with a decision. "If we don't report this criminal conduct we're absolutely no better than Watts or any of these other corrupt officers. And if we do, we may just be ending our careers and putting ourselves in real danger," she said. In the end, she and her partner went to the FBI. "My greatest fear was that because this was such a long-running...criminal enterprise...I felt that we would be set up for dead," she said. Eventually, though, Watts and one of his officers, Kallat Mohammed , were arrested after they were caught stealing $5,200 from a drug courier -- who also happened to be Spalding's informant and was wearing a wire at the time. Watts was sentenced to 22 months behind bars while Mohammed received an 18-month sentence. CLICK HERE FOR THE FOX NEWS APP Since their arrest, 60 Chicagoans who were wrongfully arrested by Watts and his team have been exonerated.


The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Tyson Barrie , Alexander Kerfoot and a 2020 sixth-round pick from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for Nazem Kadri , Calle Rosen and a 2020 third-round selection. The Avalanche will also be retaining 50% of Barrie's contract, which results in the Maple Leafs only being responsible for a $2.75M cap hit for the offensive defenseman. For some time now, the Maple Leafs have been looking for an upgrade on the right side of their blue line, and will get it in Barrie who is coming off another incredible offensive season. The 27-year old had 14 goals and 59 points for the Avalanche and has been one of the league's top puck-movers since entering the league back in 2011-12. Through 484 career games, Barrie has 307 points, and could form a solid one-two punch with Morgan Rielly , who is also coming off a career-best 72-point season. The team now projects to have a brand new right side with Barrie joining Cody Ceci , who was acquired from the Ottawa Senators earlier today. The Leafs have actually cleared even more cap space with this deal for the time being, as Kadri had three years left on his contract and carried a $4.5M hit. That may change quickly however as Kerfoot is a restricted free agent coming off consecutive 40+ point seasons after signing out of Harvard University. The 24-year old decided not to join the New Jersey Devils who originally drafted him, and instead went to Colorado where he has enjoyed a healthy opportunity playing both center and wing. Kerfoot has recorded 31 of his 85 career points on the power play, but may not get quite the same chance to touch the puck in Toronto with the man advantage given their glut of talented forwards. For Colorado, this deal is all about securing a legitimate second-line center to play behind Nathan MacKinnon . Though Kadri was limited to just 16 goals and 44 points last season with the Maple Leafs, that was more about opportunity and usage than talent. The seventh-overall pick from 2009 had consecutive 32-goal seasons prior to Toronto's signing of John Tavares , which bumped him down in the lineup, and he should get close to that again if given the chance in Colorado. The fact that he is cost-controlled for three more seasons at a more than reasonable $4.5M makes him an extremely valuable piece for the Avalanche, who have added a fair amount of scoring prowess in the last few days. The biggest reason Barrie was even available is the way the Avalanche have built out their blue line, with names like Cale Makar , Bowen Byram and Conor Timmins all looking like they will be real contributors next season. The Maple Leafs meanwhile will hope that they can maintain some level of depth down the middle with the signings they made today, adding Jason Spezza and Nick Shore to the mix. William Nylander and Kerfoot also have experience at center, while Auston Matthews and John Tavares will obviously dominate the playing time and matchups.


The Kansas City Chiefs released an exciting preview for the upcoming episode of their behind-the-scenes documentary series, "The Franchise." Kahlil McKenzie was sixth-round pick by the Chiefs in 2018. He played defensive tackle at Tennessee, but the Chiefs drafted him to play guard. He spent the entire 2018 season as a virtual redshirt for the Chiefs, training his body and learning his new position. Apparently part of that training included spending time working Pro Football Hall of Fame guard Will Shields. Take a look: Next week on The Franchise, @Kahlil_Mckenzie puts in work with Chiefs legend and Pro Football Hall of Famer, @Wshields68 . pic.twitter.com/tO6n8wr4k2 - Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) June 21, 2019 Shields spent 14 seasons with the Chiefs and started 223 consecutive games. He's one of the greatest offensive lineman to ever play the game and perhaps the greatest right guard to ever play the game. Now, he's spending his free time honing the talents of a promising developmental player with the Chiefs. "He's so great knowing what we kind of do and then applying his knowledge to it and giving his little nuggets," McKenzie said in the clip . McKenzie seems to be incredibly thankful and excited about working with and getting to know a legendary Chief. Without a doubt! Awesome to be able to get to know and work with him! https://t.co/AAXJT1HEwt - Kahlil McKenzie Jr. (@Kahlil_Mckenzie) June 21, 2019 With all of the competition along the offensive line for the Chiefs, pointers from Shields could potentially give McKenzie an edge over the competition. The Chiefs can't afford to have McKenzie on the roster for another 16 games without him playing a single snap. If he makes the team in 2019, it'll be because he's made some positive strides and put that elite athleticism to work. You can catch the next episode on the Chiefs' YouTube channel on Wednesday, June 26 at 6 p.m. CT. MORE: Kyle Kuzma is already trash-talking his former Lakers teammate NBA Free Agency 2019: The top players The story of the Steelers helmet logo News: Elliott holdout concern re-emerges from Bristol, Cowboys new DE impresses Bleacher Report names Oakland a potential trade destination for CB Jalen Ramsey


The Rays' decision to option Nate Lowe back to Triple-A Durham following the trade deadline was a "very tough call," manager Kevin Cash tells Marc Topkin of the Tampa Bay Times . With the acquisition of Jesus Aguilar , however, the Rays had three first basemen on the roster and Ji-Man Choi 's lack of minor league options once again came into play. Tampa Bay seems loath to risk losing Choi on waivers, but Lowe has handily outperformed him at the plate so far, hitting .294/.362/.510 to Choi's .265/.361/.423. Choi has shown better knowledge of the strike zone, but Lowe nevertheless appears to be the better offensive option between the two (even if he's had some good fortune in terms of a .362 average on balls in play). Cash expects that Lowe will be back up with the club "soon," but that redundancy will eventually be an issue the Rays need to address. More out of the AL East… Trey Mancini remains in Baltimore after the trade deadline, but the decision not to move him doesn't mean an extension is the next step for the slugger. "Looking at contract extensions is just not at the forefront of my plate right now," Orioles general manager Mike Elias tells MASNsports.com's Roch Kubatko , "but certainly he's an attractive guy to have here for a while." It's not the first time that Elias, hired to spearhead the Orioles' rebuild this offseason, has suggested that he views Mancini as a potential long-term piece. But Mancini is already controlled through 2022   his age-30 season. Given that he won't even reach arbitration until this winter, there's simply not much urgency to extend Mancini, even if he's in the midst of the best season of his young career. Through 443 plate appearances, Mancini has posted a robust .282/.343/.539 slash (130 OPS+) with a career-high 25 home runs. Elias also praised the recent play of outfielder Anthony Santander the manner in which he has begun to establish himself as a viable big league hitter. The Blue Jays have a crowded outfield mix, but newly acquired Derek Fisher is going to get regular playing time and an opportunity to establish himself as a fixture in the Toronto outfield, Shi Davidi of Sportsnet writes . Most of Fisher's reps will come in center or right field, as Toronto doesn't want to disrupt Lourdes Gurriel Jr. 's transition to left field (or his offensive breakout). That leaves Fisher, Teoscar Hernandez , Randal Grichuk and Billy McKinney vying for playing time between center, right and occasional reps at DH. Hernandez has been on an otherworldly tear, clubbing seven homers and three doubles in his past 15 games, which should help to keep him in the lineup. If there's to be an odd man out, McKinney seems the likeliest candidate, given that he has minor league options remaining. But the semi-logjam also serves as a reminder that Randal Grichuk hasn't performed anywhere near as well as hoped in the first season of the head-scratching extension to which the Jays signed him back in April. He's played solid defense, but Grichuk hasn't exactly seized an everyday role with his .232/.290/.418 batting line.


GRAND HAVEN, Mich. - Calling all art lovers, Grand Haven is the place to be this weekend. The 58th annual Grand Haven Festival starts up Saturday morning downtown Grand Haven, right on Washington Avenue turning the city into an outdoor art gallery. The festival is free and gives the community and visitors to Grand Haven the chance to purchase one-of-a-kind art directly from local artists or others who hail from all over the country or world. Hundreds of vendors will be at the festival with all kinds of different mediums, sculptures, paintings, ceramics, woodwork, jewelry, handbags and more. The Chamber of Commerce, producers of the festival, offer free art guides for visitors. The guide lists all the artists' art mediums, where they're from and contact information. The festival opens to shoppers early Saturday morning and closes at 5 p.m. It will start back up at 10 a.m. on Sunday and end at 5 p.m. as well. Attendance and parking are both free. For even more information, visit the Grand Haven Art Festival Facebook page or the website . ►Make it easy to keep up to date with more stories like this. Download the 13 ON YOUR SIDE app now . Have a news tip? Email news@13onyourside.com , visit our Facebook page or Twitter .


LOS ANGELES (AP)   Lamar Odom is believed to have overdosed on cocaine and other drugs before he was found unconscious in a Nevada brothel, according to search warrant records. The court document includes testimony to a Nevada state judge from Michael Eisenloffel, a Nye County sheriff's detective, on Oct. 13 after the former NBA star was found at the Love Ranch in Crystal. "I believe that Mr. Odom may be -- or may have been -- under the influence of a controlled substance," Eisenloffel told Fifth Judicial District Judge Robert Lane. The document was obtained Thursday by The Associated Press. Odom was hospitalized in Las Vegas and transferred to Los Angeles, where his family said Thursday he was undergoing therapy and is showing improvement. "He is beginning to gradually flourish both mentally and physically," said a statement from Alvina Alston, publicist for Odom's aunt JaNean Mercer. "His use of speech has increased, and he's more cognitively responsive." Alston called Odom's therapy regimen "aggressive" but did not elaborate. On Wednesday, Odom and reality star Khloe Kardashian filed a court petition dismissing a divorce filing from December 2013. A clerk granted the request in such a way that the divorce papers can be refiled at a later date. Kardashian has been by Odom's side since he was found in extremely critical condition at the brothel. Brothel officials have said workers saw Odom drink alcohol and take supplements sold as "herbal Viagra" but no employees saw him take illegal drugs. The Food and Drug Administration issued a warning in 2013 against one brand of supplement they said he took, Reload, after it was found to contain sildenafil, the active ingredient in prescription Viagra. A six-page transcript of the detective's request for the search warrant said Odom was seen by witnesses and on security video taking an unidentified pill from an unmarked plastic bag in his pocket, and two prostitutes told police they had "vague knowledge" that Odom was using illicit narcotics. The court document said the women told police they believed Odom snorted cocaine in a bathroom while they were in the adjacent bedroom. Love Ranch owner Dennis Hof has said Odom arrived Oct. 10 for a four-day stay and spent $75,000 on two women who accompanied him in a VIP suite. The Nevada judge issued a search warrant authorizing police to obtain a blood sample from Odom after he was taken to the Las Vegas hospital but test results are pending. Authorities have not ruled out the possibility of taking action against the brothel or Odom. Odom spent most of his 14-year NBA career in Los Angeles with the Lakers and Clippers. ------ AP Entertainment Writer Anthony McCartney in Los Angeles and writer Sally Ho in Las Vegas contributed to this report.


MotoGP championship leader Marc Marquez dominated the Catalan Grand Prix at Barcelona, after a crash for his Honda teammate Jorge Lorenzo took Andrea Dovizioso and the two factory Yamahas out of the race. Lorenzo, who had charged from 10th on the grid to join the lead battle, fell at the sharp Turn 10 left-hander while trying to pass Maverick Vinales, taking down his compatriot, as well as Dovizioso and Valentino Rossi in the process. Marquez overtook pole-sitter Fabio Quartararo off the line, but yielded to a fast-starting Dovizioso at Turn 1, and was soon also briefly overtaken by Vinales. Having regained second place, the championship leader pressured Dovizioso, and snuck past the Ducati man on the second lap at Turn 10. At that same corner, Lorenzo committed down the inside of Vinales for third place but hit the deck on corner entry. His bike clattered into Dovizioso's rear, and the resulting crash removed both Vinales and Rossi   who had gone wide to avoid the pile-up - from the race. The crash left Marquez on his own up front, and promoted Ducati's Danilo Petrucci to second place, the Italian unable to keep pace with the Honda man but managing to fend off both Suzuki's Alex Rins and Quartararo, who had been as low as ninth after the opening lap. On the 10th lap, Rins launched his bike down the inside of Petrucci at Turn 1, briefly getting ahead but running wide on exit, allowing Petrucci to sweep around the outside of Turn 2. The same sequence of events was repeated two laps later, and it was another two laps before Petrucci opened the door at the sweeping Turn 4 right-hander and allowed Rins to barge past. But Petrucci then slipstreamed back ahead of Rins at Turn 1 on lap 17, and when the Spaniard tried another Turn 1 move next time by, he came in too hot, just avoided collecting Petrucci and nearly highsided off his GSX-RR, tumbling down the order. Thus had unsettled Petrucci enough to allow Quartararo to get past just a few corners later with a move at Turn 4, but by that point Marquez was already more than five seconds clear. The Honda man eased off for the final laps, taking the chequered flag 2.7s ahead of Quartararo, who celebrated his and his Petronas Yamaha team's first podium in MotoGP. Rins recovered to fourth, passing the fading Pramac Ducati of Jack Miller on the final lap, with Miller keeping the other Suzuki of Joan Mir at bay at the line. Pol Espargaro was the lead KTM in seventh, while his works teammate Johann Zarco rounded out the top 10, the pair split by LCR Honda's Takaaki Nakagami and Avintia Ducati's Tito Rabat. Aprilia's Andrea Iannone, Tech 3 KTM's Miguel Oliveira and Suzuki wildcard Sylvain Guintoli completed the list of 13 finishers. Nakagami's LCR teammate Cal Crutchlow crashed out after a failed overtaking attempt on Miller with six laps to go, falling off in the gravel at Turn 4. Italian riders Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha) and Francesco Bagnaia (Pramac Ducati) also crashed, as did Karel Abraham (Avintia Ducati) on the opening lap   which also saw Hafizh Syahrin (Tech 3 KTM retire). The two Aprilias of Aleix Espargaro and tester Bradley Smith were too among the retirements, seemingly coming together in a big opening-lap crash. Marquez leaves Barcelona with a 37-point lead over Dovizioso, with Rins and Petrucci a further two and five points behind the Ducati man respectively. Race results Cla#RiderBikeLapsGap 1 93 Marc Marquez Honda 24 2 20 Fabio Quartararo Yamaha 24 2.660 3 9 Danilo Petrucci Ducati 24 4.537 4 42 Alex Rins Suzuki 24 6.602 5 43 Jack Miller Ducati 24 6.870 6 36 Joan Mir Suzuki 24 7.040 7 44 Pol Espargaro KTM 24 16.144 8 30 Takaaki Nakagami Honda 24 17.969 9 53 Tito Rabat Ducati 24 22.661 10 5 Johann Zarco KTM 24 26.228 11 29 Andrea Iannone Aprilia 24 32.036 12 88 Miguel Oliveira KTM 24 44.666 13 50 Sylvain Guintoli Suzuki 24 51.363 35 Cal Crutchlow Honda 18 21 Franco Morbidelli Yamaha 16 63 Francesco Bagnaia Ducati 5 55 Hafizh Syahrin KTM 3 46 Valentino Rossi Yamaha 2 4 Andrea Dovizioso Ducati 2 12 Maverick Viñales Yamaha 1 99 Jorge Lorenzo Honda 1 41 Aleix Espargaro Aprilia 1 17 Karel Abraham Ducati 38 Bradley Smith Aprilia View full results


Video by KTLA-TV It was a typical Friday night at Costco. The cavernous Corona store was packed, and customers waited in line for food samples   the quintessential Costco experience. An off-duty Los Angeles police officer, his wife and their baby were among those in the tasting queue. So was 32-year-old Kenneth French and his parents, who were shopping for a Father's Day barbecue. An attorney for the officer told The Times it was in this sample line that a lethal confrontation began. It is still unclear what incited the dispute. But the attorney, David Winslow, said the officer was knocked to the ground by a large man later identified as French. The officer then fired his gun several times, sending scores of frightened Costco members fleeing. French's injuries were fatal. His parents, Paola and Russell French, were also shot and taken to the hospital in critical condition. The officer   who was identified by multiple sources as Salvador Sanchez, a patrol officer in the Southwest Division   suffered minor injuries. Los Angeles investigators are assessing whether Sanchez, who has yet to be officially identified by the force, violated any department policies in the shooting. Sanchez has been employed with the LAPD since May 2012, according to department records. Family members of the Frenches are challenging police accounts of the event. Kenneth French was nonverbal and had the mental capacity of a teenager, said his cousin Rick Shureih. Kenneth had no history of being violent, he said, and his parents are kind and gentle people. Russell, 58, and Paola, 59, had dedicated their lives to taking care of Kenneth, who lived with them in their Riverside home, Shureih said. Kenneth's condition had worsened in recent years and he rarely spoke. He required constant monitoring. In a Facebook post addressed to the Corona Police Department on Monday morning, Shureih said that his family is "pro police." "We need justice to prevail!" Shureih wrote. "Please review the surveillance tape!" The incident was captured by Costco surveillance cameras, according to the police source. Sanchez could not be reached for comment. A woman who answered a cellphone registered to Sanchez hung up Monday after a reporter identified himself. Winslow, Sanchez's attorney, said the officer was getting food for his son when he was attacked and briefly knocked out. "His son was in his arms and he was feeding his son some samples when within seconds he was on the ground and woke up from being unconscious and he was fighting for his life," Winslow said in an interview with The Times. Sanchez's work status with the LAPD has not been made clear. A police source, however, told The Times that Sanchez was with his family and had not been placed on leave. Corona Police opted not to arrest Sanchez based on the initial statements of witnesses, the source said. Sanchez was holding his 1-year-old when the fight broke out and feared for his life, the source said. His gun was the only weapon involved in the incident. Shureih said that witnesses have contacted the family to tell them what they saw, and that their accounts do not match those of police. He would not go into further detail for fear it would compromise the investigation. The family plans to hire an attorney, he said. Russell and Paola French were still being treated in an intensive care unit as of Sunday night. Sandra Serrao, who lives in the Toronto area and has been friends with the French family for more than a decade, said the couple and Kenneth moved to California from Mississauga, Canada, a few years ago to help care for Paola's elderly parents. The couple, Serrao said, has relatives in Canada and spent years living in Kuwait. Both are from India. The Costco shooting garnered television headlines in Canada, but Serrao was shocked to learn who had been shot. She and her husband said they'd just spent more than an hour last week on FaceTime with the Frenches discussing the NBA finals. She said Kenneth French was not the type of person to provoke anyone, which is why the situation is so difficult for her to understand. "We're still trying to wrap our heads around this," she said. "They are such good people. We thought this was just another shooting in the U.S. We didn't know it was them. This is horrible." LAPD Chief Michel Moore is expected to be briefed on the shooting in the coming days, and the officer probably will meet with a department psychologist, according to the source. The Riverside County district attorney will ultimately decide whether the officer will face criminal charges. An administrative investigation is standard protocol whenever an officer fires his or her gun. The five-person Police Commission ultimately decides whether officers are justified in opening fire and whether they followed department rules before pulling the trigger. In 2018, the Police Commission determined that Officer Kevin Ferguson violated the department's rules when he fired his gun while off duty during a clash with a group of teenagers in Anaheim a year earlier, a caught-on-camera dispute that went viral and triggered days of protests. A spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Protective League   the union that represents rank-and-file officers in the department   declined to comment on the Costco shooting. Experts say it's not uncommon for officers to carry their firearms in public while off duty. Off-duty police, like private citizens with firearm permits in California, are legally allowed to fire their guns in self-defense in the event of an imminent attack if they're unable to retreat from the situation, said Jody Armour, a law professor at USC. "The real question will be whether a reasonable person in the situation of the shooter would have believed he was under attack, threatened with death or serious bodily injury," he said. "The shooter has to feel like they're about to be attacked and there was no less drastic alternative." Seth Stoughton, a law professor at the University of South Carolina and a former police officer, noted that off-duty officers usually do not have other tools for de-escalation at hand. "On-duty officers have other weapons: batons, Tasers, not to mention radios to call for backup," he said. The facts that the officer's child was in his arms and that the Frenches were not armed will be major factors in determining whether the level of force was justified, said Ed Obayashi, a Plumas County sheriff's deputy and use-of-force advisor to the California Assn. of Police Training Officers. "Even when an officer is off duty, the understanding by law enforcement and prosecuting authorities is that the officer knows what they are doing," Obayashi said. "Just because you're off duty doesn't mean your training and experience goes away." Obayashi said the officer's justification for the shooting might be that he could not protect his 1-year-old without deploying his firearm. In a phone interview with The Times, Shureih said the officer involved should have been able to defuse the situation without weapons. "They're taught not to discharge a firearm in crowded places, to de-escalate and try to take a suspect down without using deadly force," Shureih said. "For him to shoot that many shots   that's excessive."


More than 100 people were arrested on charges ranging from minor in possession of alcohol to burglary at the 'Go Topless' event on Crystal Beach last week, according to the Galveston County Sheriff's Office. Of the 113 people arrested between Wednesday and Sunday, most people faced low-level misdemeanor charges, such as driving without a seat belt or possessing alcohol as a minor. More than a dozen people were charged with drunken driving, and at least one person was charged with resisting arrest. The event, which is named after the Jeep Wrangler's removable upper body, attracts hundreds of Jeep owners to Crystal Beach annually. After reports of nonstop police activity this year, thousands of people signed a petition calling for the end of 'Go Topless' weekend. PETITION: Petition calls to end 'Go Topless' Jeep event on Crystal Beach after reports of arrests, injuries The petition said the event was becoming more dangerous for the public. However, some groups that attended the festival responded to the backlash on Facebook, saying they enjoyed their time responsibly. "We do not drink and drive, had no minors with us, do not move the mega trucks (only use for advertisement), and we bring our own trash bags and clean up every morning!" according to a post from the Rednecks with Paychecks Offroad. Julian Gill is a digital reporter in Houston. Read him on our breaking news site , Chron.com , and on our subscriber site, houstonchronicle.com . | julian.gill@chron.com | NEWS WHEN YOU NEED IT: Text CHRON to 77453 to receive breaking news alerts by text message | Sign up for breaking news alerts delivered to your email here.


JOLIET, Ill.   For the vast majority of Saturday's Camping World 300 at Chicagoland Speedway it looked like another non-too-subtle reminder of how good the NASCAR Xfinity Series triumphant trio has been   championship leaders Cole Custer, Christopher Bell and Tyler Reddick showed the way. Ultimately it was Custer's time to celebrate this weekend, leading a dominant 151 of the race's 200 laps to take his fourth Xfinity win of the season in the No. 00 Stewart-Haas Racing Ford and the sixth Xfinity victory of his career. RELATED: Race results | Chicagoland schedule He earned a solid 2.917-second triumph over reigning Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Joey Logano, who was making his first Xfinity start of the season. Bell was third and Reddick ended up 10th, losing positions only in the waning laps. Michael Annett, who led 25 laps late in the race playing a pit stop strategy, finished fourth. Brandon Jones was fifth. "I think we're going to hit it this summer, we have some awesome cars,'' Custer excitedly told the front grandstands. "I don't know how to get the car any better, I'm just lucky to drive it.'' At times   especially following a restart   the affectionately well-worn Chicagoland Speedway surface helped sustain four and five-wide racing in a free-for-all that set the tone of the race behind Custer. The SHR driver never seemed to have a problem retaking the lead   he passed polesitter Logano only three laps into the race, en route to the Stage 1 victory. Logano, who started from the pole position, retook the lead late in Stage 2 and held on to claim that stage victory. But Custer's No. 00 Ford was just too much for the field, losing the lead only briefly at times but then forcefully and easily retaking it at every opportunity. He passed Michael Annett on a restart with 22 laps to go and never looked back. It's Custer's second win in the last four weeks (also including Pocono) and he was runner-up to Bell in the last race at Iowa. The effort in the oppressive 90-degree heat was impressive even to Custer's competitors. When asked where he was getting beat by Custer on track, Logano grinned and deadpanned, "At Chicagoland.'' "They did a good job. They had the fastest car in practice and Cole did an amazing job.'' Custer, Bell and Reddick have now combined to win 11 of the season's 15 races, including the last nine consecutively. Custer and Bell have a series best four wins apiece. Bell, who failed to lead a lap for the first time in a race this season, kept the championship competition honest and seemed to consider the race a good learning experience for the championship finale on the 1.5-mile Homestead-Miami Speedway finale   a venue similar to Chicago. "Our car was really good, really balanced,'' Bell said. "Felt really good in practice, just lacking a little bit on that double zero car (Custer). They were the class of the field at Homestead (a similar track to Chicagoland) and were here today too.'' The Xfinity Series' next race is the Circle K Firecracker 250, scheduled Friday night (7:30 p.m. ET, NBCSN, MRN, SiriusXM) at Daytona International Speedway. Contributing: Staff reports