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Christopher Bell took the win over the weekend by winning both the Xfinity and Cup races Saturday-Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. It was the first time this season that a driver won multiple times in NASCAR National Series races on the same weekend. The move moved Bell from third to second in the standings, and this analysis seemed like a good time to take a look at whether these ranked drivers have ever won a Cup race and another NASCAR National Series race in a weekend and how many times they won. This year I did double duty. Cup…

The forced conscription of ultra-Orthodox Jews into the Israeli army has become a controversial issue that has the potential to fracture the ruling coalition. This order, aimed at integrating the ultra-Orthodox community into military service, has sparked heated debate within Israeli politics. Conscription policy has long been a point of contention, as ultra-Orthodox Jews have historically been exempt from compulsory military service. This exemption has its roots in a long-standing agreement between the Israeli government and ultra-Orthodox religious leaders, who argued that their community's religious studies were of paramount importance. However, this agreement has faced growing criticism from secular and…

Mike Tyson's fight with Jake Paul is now set for November 15 after the former world heavyweight champion fell ill on a flight last month. The game was originally set for July 20 in Arlington, Texas, home of the NFL's Dallas Cowboys, and will be broadcast on Netflix. Tyson felt nauseous and dizzy during the last hour of the flight from Miami to Los Angeles. His plane was met by first responders, while Tyson's camp attributed the episode to an ulcer problem and said he would need to do light training for several weeks. Tyson will turn 58 on June…

“I don't like 'aww,'” he told me, referring to the audience's worried expression. “I just want to laugh. “Aww” bothers me. 'Aww' grates on my spirit. Robinson doesn't just brag. He's worried enough about getting cheap approval for making jokes intended to alienate, he said. If an audience member doesn't laugh, he points the cane at them and says, "Don't you like black handicapped people?" Once a woman responded by bursting into tears. The club paid for her ticket. With changes in movement and speech, Robinson's stand-up has a new gravitas and rhythm. After extensive speech therapy, she can tell…

The implementation of President Joe Biden's new student loan repayment plan, known as the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan, has been temporarily halted by federal judges in Kansas and Missouri. These rulings have put debt relief for millions of Americans at risk. The injunctions prevent the U.S. Department of Education from implementing significant provisions of the SAVE plan. As a result, the Biden administration is currently unable to forgive additional debt under the new income-driven repayment plan or reduce borrowers' payments as expected in July. Since its launch in August, more than 8 million borrowers have enrolled in…

Weddings, anniversaries, holidays – the family reunion is a dramatic gift that keeps on giving both on screen and stage. Crystal Finn's new play, “Find Me Here,” at the Wild Project, falls into a subcategory of the funeral subgenre: the opening of a will. In this case, a patriarch's last wishes are discovered by his three daughters and their families. Truths and conflicts emerge cautiously, almost tentatively, because Finn is less interested in confrontation than in gentle nudges and nudges. Unfortunately, “Find Me Here,” the third and final installment of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks 2024, is also unwilling to commit to…

The disease shows no respect for even the most revered figures in pop music In “I Am: Celine Dion,” a documentary about the global singer on Amazon Prime Video, it quickly becomes clear that Dion can't even move her body, let alone perform a soaring ballad with all the strength she has, right from the start. adolescence onwards. , she raised millions. The film, from director Irene Taylor, records the singer's painful reality as she battles the rare neurological condition called stiff person syndrome. In an Instagram post in December 2022, Dion tearfully revealed her diagnosis to her fans, but…

A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 lands at JFK Airport as Delta and United compete for luxury fliers A Delta Air Lines Boeing 767 passenger plane from Dublin arrives at New York's JFK International Airport, with the iconic Manhattan skyline in the background on February 7, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Delta Air Lines, the country's most profitable airline, faces the challenge of maintaining its top position. The airline's unit revenue, the amount earned per seat flown one mile, surpassed that of its competitors last year. In 2024, Delta's stock price increased nearly 23%, outperforming other airlines…

Associated media - Associated media Each class would include around 15 fighters each, allowing top talent to face off against each other regularly. The move would effectively create a single boxing entity that would replace the sometimes chaotic and frustrating system of warring fight promoters and sanctioning bodies. The new entity would have the resources and fighters to stage high-profile cards around the world. And unlike many of the sports that Saudi Arabia has previously attempted to revolutionize, professional boxing may be ripe for reinvention. The sport has lost its luster and some of its allure in recent decades and…