A driver died Sunday after he crashed while he was trying to set a land speed record at an annual event on the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, event organizers said. Chris Raschke, 60, died after the crash at around 3:03 p.m. MT, officials with the Southern California Timing Association, which runs the event, said in a statement. Organizers said …
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WENDOVER, Utah — A driver trying to set a speed record during a racing event at Utah’s famed Bonneville Salt Flats died Sunday after losing control of his vehicle, organizers said. Driver Chris Raschke was treated by medical professionals at the scene, but died from his injuries, according to the Southern California Timing Association, which organizes the popular land-speed racing …
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It took less than a week for Jhoan Duran to etch his name into the Phillies’ record books. The flamethrowing closer has made just two appearances for Philadelphia since he was dealt from the Twins ahead of last week’s trade deadline, but he’s already unleashed the fastest pitch in Citizens Bank Park history. The record-setting toss was a 103.3 mph …
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The days are getting shorter and not just because summer is waning in the Northern Hemisphere. On Tuesday, Aug. 5, Earth’s solar day will be ever so slightly shorter than usual 24 hours, according to Timeanddate.com, making it not only one of the shortest days of 2025, but also since records began. At just 1.25 milliseconds under the 86,400-second mark, …
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — In the final moments of a life defined by violence, 60-year-old Edward Zakrzewski thanked the people of Florida for killing him “in the most cold, calculated, clean, humane, efficient way possible,” breathing deeply as a lethal drug cocktail coursed through his veins. With his last breath, strapped to a gurney inside a state prison’s death chamber, Zakrzewski …
Read More »SINGAPORE (AP) — The United States, which had a frustrating swim world championships, ended on a high note Sunday with a world record in the women’s 4×100 medley relay in the last event of the eight-day championships. The Americans swam a time of 3 minutes, 49.34 seconds, breaking their own old mark of 3:49.63 set a year ago in the …
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Summer McIntosh, the 18-year-old Canadian swimming star, rolled to victory Sunday in the women’s 400-meter individual medley, setting a world-championship record and winning her fourth individual gold medal of the event. McIntosh entered the meet in Singapore hoping to equal Michael Phelps’ record of five individual golds, which he achieved in 2007. She came up just a few seconds short, …
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A challenging week for the United States swimming team ended with one of the most electric races at the world championships. The U.S. women’s 4×100-meter medley relay team on Sunday let out all the frustration from a meet hampered by a stomach illness, setting a world record to beat the Australians and clinch the gold-medal title in the final race …
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