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A number of protesters gathered outside the home of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Saturday. The demonstration was coordinated by the group “Shut Down D.C.” and was purposefully scheduled in the early morning to act as a “wake up call.”

Eli Tomac says Ken Roczen will be missed in motocross title battle NBC Sports - Motorsports

Entry list for the 104th Indy 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway NBC Sports - Motorsports

City of Oak Ridge votes to allow selling land for motorsports park Tuesday night WBIR.com

The headcount of black students at all universities stood at 84.8% in 2017 compared with 14.3% of white students. In 2005 black students comprised 74.5% of the university population while white students made up 25.3%

IMS announces official pace car, driver for Indianapolis 500 IndyStar

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James Hinchcliffe leads opening practice for the Indy 500 NBC Sports - Motorsports

Rick Ware Racing will partner on an Indy 500 entry with James Davison NBC Sports - Motorsports

Lewis Hamilton looks to win the Spanish GP for the fourth consecutive season and extend his lead at the top of the drivers' standings.

The lead singer of the veteran rock band returns with 'Fee Waybill Rides Again,' his first new solo record in almost 25 years.

Idaho State Soccer and Volleyball are optimistic on a spring season - Local News 8 LocalNews8.com

It has been a catastrophically bad year for shale, and few (if any) could have predicted the industry’s struggles this year. The most notable of those struggles came in April when the West Texas Intermediate crude benchmark plunged below zero and into uncharted territory.  The previously unthinkable price crash was spurred by a series of unfortunate events: the spread of the novel coronavirus caused a drop in global oil demand, which in turn caused the OPEC+ leaders to turn against one another, which... Читать дальше...

The HexBox Canopy is an experimental segmented timber shell, consisting of prefabricated hexagon-shaped boxes made from plywood plates. Since antiquity, arched spatial structures such as masonry vaults and domes have played a fundamental role in architecture, enabling the covering of wide spans without the use of intermediate supports as well as dramatically reducing the amount of required material.

As unemployment rises, this guide will help you make money as a freelancer.

Viwe Dalingozi’s story, like many others, is painful to read and write about. But in court it simply drags on like any other case. As we have written so many times, this cannot be the status quo.

Life may ease up if the Prez moves us to lockdown-lite soon. But Eskom could still spoil everything for us, writes Paddy Harper.

The pandemic taught us a new normal. It’s time to apply some of the learnings to our electoral system, which is overdue for an overhaul

The pattern is now well established: crisis, intervention, promises by the Zanu-PF regime to behave, and then relapse after a decent interval to the sort of behaviour that prompted the latest crisis in the first place.

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Coronavirus, Americas

It doesn’t take a sophisticated statistical model to see that the coronavirus pandemic is causing substantially more deaths than would have otherwise occurred.

The number of deaths in the United States through July 2020 is 8% to 12% higher than it would have been if the coronavirus pandemic had never happened. That’s at least 164,937 deaths above the number expected for the first seven months of the year – 16,183 more than the... Читать дальше...

During a private conversation, chief executive of a successful IPL franchise admitted to the risks. At the same time, he spoke about how time has come to live with the pandemic.

Joe Biden has picked Kamala Harris as his VP nominee. This was pretty expected. His pick is more significant than most due to the expectation (if he wins) than he would serve just one term, so she would be the front runner for the 2024 nomination. Her mother had a doctorate and her father is […]

Under the National Digital Health Mission, every citizen will get a unique health ID that will ease access to medical services.