Ex-F1 champ Button to enter 3 NASCAR races starting … Jenson Button will make his NASCAR debut later this month at Circuit of the Americas, the first of three Cup Series races scheduled for the former Formula One world champion. Button puts two former F1 champions in the field for the March 26 race on the permanent road course in Austin, Texas. Kimi Räikkönen announced […]
‘Boy Meets World’ star Ben Savage enters US House … LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actor Ben Savage, who starred as a child in the ABC teen sitcom “Boy Meets World,” is running for a U.S. House seat in California, marking his latest attempt to make the jump from Hollywood to politics. Savage, a Democrat, said in an Instagram post Monday that “it’s time to restore […]
Snow has been a no-show for some traditionally wintry … BOSTON (AP) — Growing up in New England, Leah Ofsevit’s most cherished childhood memories were blanketed in snow. She remembers running barefoot outside with her brother at the first sign of it, building snowmen and ice castles most winters, strapping on skis as a toddler. Ofsevit and her husband, Jeremy Garczynski, want to pass those […]
Snow a no-show for traditionally wintry cities For much of the eastern United States, winter has been a bust.
Marcus Ericsson wins rough IndyCar season-opening … ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jack Harvey was taken to a hospital and Helio Castroneves needed an ice pack and X-rays. A pair of cars went airborne, the leaders crashed each other and the entire Andretti Autosport fleet was eliminated. Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson, meanwhile, won the IndyCar season-opening race. Ericsson outlasted the carnage […]
33 Iditarod sled dog race mushers to trek across … WILLOW, Alaska (AP) — The race to Nome began Sunday for 33 mushers in this year’s Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska. Jessie Holmes. an Alabama native living in the Alaska community of Brushkana, was the first musher to leave across a frozen lake about 70 miles (112 kilometers) north of Anchorage. Holmes works […]
‘You can change your life’: Jordan chair on journey … In his 2022 book, “Jump: My Secret Journey from the Streets to the Boardroom,” Larry Miller reflects on his time spent in juvenile prison for a murder he committed as a teen to reaching the highest rungs of the corporate ladder in the Pacific Northwest.
Alaska’s arduous Iditarod kicks off with ceremonial … ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Brent Sass was just miles from fulfilling his dream of winning the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska when vicious, 60-mph (96-kph) winds whipped in from the Bering Sea, taking visibility down to about 10 feet (3 meters) and forcing him off his sled as his dogs hunkered down in […]
Grosjean leads Andretti qualifying sweep for IndyCar … ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Andretti Autosport has insisted for months that it was doing the behind-the-scenes work to recover from last year’s brutally disappointing IndyCar season. The team won only two races among its four drivers, former Formula One star Romain Grosjean was a bust in his first year with the team and Alexander […]
Carjacking suspect caught after firing at officers … A high-speed chase involving an armed carjacking suspect ended in Los Angeles Friday afternoon when the suspect crashed into a police vehicle, and then into a pole.