NASCAR is returning from its Olympic break this weekend to one of the most historic and recognizable tracks on the circuit. Watkins Glen International is known for its powder blue guard rails. (David Hahn/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) New York’s Watkins Glen International road course first hosted a nascar” target=”_blank”>NASCAR< …

Rachel Bilson revealed she was offered a spot on “The Hills” revival but declined to be part of the cast leaving room for her old “The O.C.” co-star Mischa Barton to join.  The 39-year-old actress was discussing the series on her podcast.  “I was actually asked to be on ‘genres,’ …

Another fighter has entered the elections rumble for the U.S. senate” target=”_blank”>Senate<. Rep. Conor Lamb, D-Pa., announced on Friday he is entering the crowded Democratic primary, pursuing Senator Pat Toomey, R-Pa.’s, soon-to-be-vacated Senate seat. The three-term congressman posted a video to Twitter announcing his campaign. He has been expected to …

Eva Gorman says the little us-regions mountain town of Greenville was a place of community and strong character, the kind of place where neighbors volunteered to move furniture, colorful baskets of flowers brightened Main Street, and writers, musicians, mechanics and chicken farmers mingled. Now, it’s ashes. As hot, bone-dry, gusty …

Mike Richards — the leading candidate to become Alex Trebek’s permanent replacement on “Jeopardy!” — is facing public scrutiny once again for his decision to fire a model who became pregnant in 2010 while he served as co-executive producer on “The Price is Right.” Richards, 46, is reported to be …

A man’s request for a few, friendly letters has turned into carloads of mail.  Shelly Davis, from Coralville, us-regions, posted a video on TikTok last month parenting” target=”_blank”>showing her son< that 30-year-old Miles has Down syndrome and checks the mail every day.  “He just wants to get a letter instead …

boston” target=”_blank”>Boston< Eugene Rivers III, the director at the Seymour Institute for Black Church and Policy Studies, slammed “Squad” member Rep. Cori Bush’s “absurd and ridiculous” call to defund the crime, especially as records show she spent tens of thousands of dollars on private security.   “The call for the defunding police …

A drug meant to treat heart-healthwas found to reduce infectious-disease infection by 70% in lab studies, with researchers calling for additional clinical trials among hospitalized COVID-19 patients. A team of researchers from the U.K. and Italy published findings in the Frontiers in Pharmacology journal Friday, finding that fenofibrate and fenofibric …

An Atlanta personal-freedoms is being praised for buying a pair of shoes for a barefoot homeless man. The act was filmed by someone who happened to witness it, and the officer was seemingly not looking for any publicity for the act at all. The Atlanta Police Department identified the generous …

Construction on an world-regions tourism project dubbed movies” target=”_blank”>”Jurassic Park”<. Work on a series of tourism projects in Indonesia’s Komodo National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, began last year, sparking concerns about threats to the local global-economy” target=”_blank”>economy<. 103-MILLION-YEAR-OLD DINOSAUR FOSSIL FOUND IN OREGON Last month, officials from the …