The 76th running of the Southern 500 will open the NASCAR Cup Series playoff as Darlington Raceway shifts back to begin the 10-race run to the championship for the fifth time. “The Track Too Tough To Tame” has produced a long roster of winners recently. Denny Hamlin, who won at the 1.366-mile oval in April, is the only repeat winner …
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One of the world’s biggest movie stars is feeling under the weather on the eve of his Venice Film Festival world premiere. The Hollywood Reporter has learned that George Clooney unexpectedly had to scale back his festival itinerary Wednesday by cutting short a press junket for his competition film Jay Kelly from Noah Baumbach and skipping a dinner with the …
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LAS VEGAS — Mother Nature has not been a friend to this year’s Burning Man festivalgoers so far. From this weekend’s ferocious dust storms to high heat and humidity to the possibility of rain and flooding in the coming days, it has been an eventful start to the annual event in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert. Strong dust storms and 50 …
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SpaceX called off the planned 10th test flight of its Starship megarocket for the second day in a row on Monday (Aug. 25), this time because Mother Nature wouldn’t cooperate. SpaceX originally aimed to launch Starship Flight 10 from its Starbase site in South Texas on Sunday evening, during an hourlong window that opened at 7:30 p.m. EDT (2330 GMT), …
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The 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoff field will be set Saturday night in the regular season finale at Daytona International Speedway. With 14 winners through 25 races this season, there are two berths remaining in the 16-driver playoff field with Tyler Reddick (plus-89 points on the cutline) and Alex Bowman (plus-60) in the final two provisional spots. At least one …
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Donald Trump Immigration National security Immigration politics See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The wall along the southern border will be painted black in an effort to make the structure too hot to climb, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday, saying the suggestion came from President Donald Trump. “It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult …
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Evacuation orders were issued in North Carolina Tuesday as Hurricane Erin continued to swirl upward across the Atlantic Ocean and two disturbances followed behind it. While Erin was downgraded to a Category 2 hurricane Tuesday morning, the storm is expected to continue growing in size, with its “considerably larger than average” wind fields nearing the North Carolina coast, forecasters with …
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Astronomers have used the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to uncover two groundbreaking findings: strong evidence of a potential Saturn-sized planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A, our closest Sun-like neighbor, and the discovery of a climate system on Pluto unlike anything else in our Solar System. The Alpha Centauri findings are detailed in two papers accepted by The Astrophysical Journal Letters, …
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Severe thunderstorm watch; multiple severe weather warnings for Twin Cities MPR News FORECAST FIRST ALERT: Strong storms and heavy rain overnight and early Saturday 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Severe thunderstorm watch in Twin Cities FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul Humid air, stalled front setting the stage for heavy rainfall risk MPR News Severe storms possible this afternoon and evening KEYC News Now Source link
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With two races remaining in the regular season, Richmond Raceway will play host to its only Cup race this season Saturday night. The 16-driver playoff field essentially has three open spots with 13 winners essentially having locked into berths. Tyler Reddick (plus-117 points on the cutline) likely will secure a spot Saturday at the 0.75-mile oval regardless of his finish. …
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