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NASCAR, Hendrick Motorsports celebrate finishing 24 Hours of Le Mans

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

LE MANS, France (AP) — They started lining up the champagne glasses inside the Hendrick Motorsports garage with 30 minutes remaining in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.The No. 24 Chevrolet Camaro wasn’t going to win the most prestigious endurance race in the world — the specialized “Garage 56” entry wasn’t eligible for any class victories — but simply completing a full 24 hours was good enough to declare NASCAR’s massive effort to return to Le Mans for the first time since 1976 a smashing success.“How’s it feel to take the checkered flag at Le Mans?” team owner Rick Hendrick radioed seven-time NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson as he completed the 285th lap for the Camaro around the Circuit de la Sarthe.“Awesome,” Johnson replied.Anticipation had built all week for the car dubbed “Le Monster,” in part because it was so different than the rest in the 62-car field, its V8 engine had a distinct rumble that drowned out the competition, and because few had any expectations fo...

Dale Whitnell holds nerve to win Scandinavian Mixed

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) — Dale Whitnell held his nerve to win the Scandinavian Mixed event on Sunday for his first career win on the European tour.The 34-year-old English player, whose sole appearance at a major was 11 years ago, shot a 2-under 70 in the final round to finish at 21-under 267 overall — three shots clear of American Sean Crocker in second place.Whitnell set the tone for the men and women’s tournament at Ullna Golf with a closing 96-yard hole-out eagle in the opening round and he maintained that momentum with a second-round 61 for a six-shot lead at the halfway stage.Crocker finished with a 7-under 65 to cut that lead to two with two to play, but Whitnell birdied the 17th to ease the pressure and see out the win.Yannik Paul of Germany and Anne Van Dam of the Netherlands — widely considered one of the biggest hitters on the Ladies European Tour — tied for third at 15 under, followed by Richie Ramsay, Gabriella Cowley, Paul Waring and Søren Kjeldsen on 14 under.The co-san...

Novak Djokovic wins his men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam title by beating Casper Ruud in the French Open final

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic wins his men’s-record 23rd Grand Slam title by beating Casper Ruud in the French Open final.Source

Want to see the Nuggets play in Game 5? Get ready to spend

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) -- The Denver Nuggets are up 3-1 in their NBA Finals matchup against the Miami Heat, with the team coming home for Game 5 at Ball Arena.With the Nuggets only one game away from winning the series, there is a chance that Monday's game could win it all. Nuggets now in full command of NBA Finals, top Heat 108-95 for 3-1 lead That hype could be the reason tickets are currently being sold for prices leagues higher than any game prior.How much are tickets being sold for?If you're in the market to attend Monday's game, you'll need to be prepared to fork out some decent change.That's because the cheapest tickets on the market are going for $936 each before fees. However, there are only two tickets at that price point. This is what Nuggets players listen to before a game The vast majority of tickets are being sold for over $1,000 before fees. Because the fee levied by Ticketmaster changes depending on the ticket price, the higher the price, the higher the fee.A ticket being...

What to know about Scottish National Party police probe after Nicola Sturgeon questioned

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

Nicola Sturgeon was released without charge pending further investigation Sunday night after being questioned by police probing the finances of the Scottish National Party she once led. The arrest of Scotland’s former first minister marked the latest dramatic twist in a story which has dominated Scottish politics for months and plunged the pro-independence party into bitter infighting.Here’s POLITICO’s guide to the investigation so far.What is the investigation about?To answer that, we have to go back to early 2017, and the fight for Scottish independence.The Sturgeon-led SNP were in fine fettle — with senior party figures believing Brexit, which was opposed by a majority of Scottish voters in 2016, gave them cause to pursue a fresh referendum on breaking up the United Kingdom.In that spirit, the SNP opened a new channel for donations to help drive their campaign for a new vote.Around £482,000 was raised in just a couple of months. But Westminster’s own wild ...

Nicola Sturgeon released after arrest in Scottish National Party funding probe

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

The former first minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, has been released from police custody pending further investigation after being arrested amid an investigation into the finances of the Scottish National Party.According to Police Scotland, Sturgeon, 52, was arrested “as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.” She was questioned by detectives after being arrested at 10.09 a.m Sunday, and was released from custody at 5.24 p.m. without charge, pending further investigation.Sturgeon — who led Scotland’s government from 2014 until 2023 — is the third senior SNP figure to be arrested in connection with the probe, which started interviewing witnesses this year.Police Scotland launched their inquiry in 2021 after complaints were made about the SNP’s use of a £600,000-plus fund raised by activists which was intended to be ring-fenced for campaigning towards Scottish independence.Her husband,...

Rail review: Feds to examine safety at major freight lines

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

OMAHA, Neb. — The Federal Railroad Administration recently completed a review of Norfolk Southern’s safety culture in the wake of the February’s fiery derailment in Ohio, and officials plan to follow up with similar investigations of all the major freight railroads over the next year.A report will be released soon on what investigators found at Norfolk Southern after the Feb. 3 derailment — which prompted the evacuation of half of East Palestine, Ohio — and several other recent derailments. That crash near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border sparked intense interest in railroad safety nationwide and prompted proposed reforms in Congress.The head of the FRA, Administrator Amit Bose, said in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently that in addition to individual reports on Union Pacific, BNSF, CSX, Canadian National and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, the agency will also produce an industrywide report on common issues and trends.Railroad unions have been raising c...

Ex-Scottish leader Nicola Sturgeon released after arrest by police in party finance probe

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

By JILL LAWLESS (Associated Press)LONDON (AP) — Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who dominated politics in Scotland for almost a decade, was arrested and questioned for several hours on Sunday by police investigating the finances of the governing, pro-independence Scottish National Party.Police Scotland said a 52-year-old woman was detained Sunday morning “as a suspect in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.”She was “released without charge pending further investigation” about six hours later, the force said. British police do not identify suspects until they are charged.A spokesperson for Sturgeon said the former first minister voluntarily attended an interview with police and would cooperate with the force’s investigation.The SNP said the party had been “cooperating fully with this investigation and will continue to do so. However it is not appropriate to pub...

4 children who survived 40 days in Colombian jungle recover as harrowing details emerge

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The four Indigenous children who survived 40 days in the Amazon jungle after their plane crashed were recovering Sunday in a military hospital in Colombia, as new details of their harrowing story emerged in a country still mesmerized by their saga.The kids, aged 13, 9 and 4 years and 11 months, are expected to remain for at least two weeks in a hospital receiving treatment after their rescue Friday, but some are already speaking and wanting to do more more than lying on a bed, according to family members.Manuel Ranoque, father of the two youngest children, told reporters outside the hospital Sunday that the oldest of the four surviving children — 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire Mucutuy — told him their mother was alive for about four days after the plane crashed on May 1 in the Colombian jungle. Ranoque said before she died, the mother likely would have told them: “go away,” apparently asking them to leave the wreckage site to survive. He provided no more deta...

AP Sources: Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” died of suicide

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 16:54:54 GMT

Ted Kaczynski, known as the “Unabomber,” who carried out a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died by suicide, four people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.Kaczynski, who was 81 and suffering from late-stage cancer, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina around 12:30 a.m. on Saturday. Emergency responders performed CPR and revived him before he was transported to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead later Saturday morning, the people told the AP. The people were not authorized to publicly discuss Kaczynski’s death and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity.Kaczynski’s death comes as the federal Bureau of Prisons has faced increased scrutiny in the last several years following the death of wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who also died by suicide in a federal jail in 2019.Kaczynski had been held in the federal Supermax prison in Florence, Colorado, since May 1998, when...