Fernley out at McLaren after Indy qualifying debacle

    McLaren IndyCar president Bob Fernley has left the team following its inability to put Fernando Alonso on the grid of the Indy 500. Fernley, the former deputy team principal of Force India in F1, was nominated as McLaren’s project leader to guide its return to the Brickyard as an independent concern. The Woking-based outfit confirmed…

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      What it’s like to die from Covid-19

      We’ve reached half a million deaths from the coronavirus in the US. But most of these deaths — and the grueling medical ordeals leading up to them — have remained largely hidden from view. The majority of terminally ill Covid-19 patients typically spend their last days or weeks isolated in ICUs to keep the virus…

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        Gernant, Andrews claim Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher, Player of Week honors

        LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Calvin College’s Anna Gernant and Christopher Newport University’s Leah Andrews captured this week’s Louisville Slugger/NFCA Division III National Pitcher and Player of the Week honors, respectively. Junior right-hander Gernant pitched the (29-6) Knights past a pair of nationally-ranked opponents — Hope and Trine — and went 3-0 with a 0.00 earned-run average…

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          Japan executes final six members of doomsday cult behind rush hour sarin attack on Tokyo metro

          Six more members of the cult behind the deadly 1995 sarin attack on Tokyo’s subway have been executed. Japan’s public broadcaster NHK and other outlets said all six Aum Shinrikyo cult members remaining on death row had been executed on Thursday morning. There was no immediate official confirmation. The executions come after authorities hanged "guru" Shoko Asahara…

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            Ortiz Jones ends House bid against Hurd in Texas

            Democrat Gina Ortiz Jones on Tuesday ended her bid to oust Rep. Will HurdWilliam Ballard HurdHouse Republicans hopeful about bipartisan path forward on police reform legislation House GOP delays police reform bill The Hill’s Morning Report – Trump’s public standing sags after Floyd protests MORE (R-Texas), acknowledging that she had come up short in the nail-biting…

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