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01-07-2025
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Mexican driver Daniel Suárez out of NASCAR ride at Trackhouse Racing at end of 2025 season
FILE - Cars drive past the flag of Mexico placed at the fence during the NASCAR Busch series auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday, March 5, 2006.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file) FILE - Cars drive past the flag of Mexico placed at the fence during the NASCAR Busch series auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday, March 5, 2006.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file) CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Daniel Suárez, the only Mexican-born driver to win a NASCAR national series race, is out at Trackhouse Racing at the end of the 2025 season. Trackhouse and Suárez officially called the parting a 'mutual decision' that allows the driver an earlier opportunity to pursue a new ride for next season. Advertisement While Trackhouse did not name a replacement in the No. 99 Chevrolet, Suárez's departure opened the door for the team to promote teen sensation Connor Zilisch into the ride. Zilisch, who drives in the Xfinity Series for JR Motorsports, has run three Cup races for Trackhouse this season, including Saturday night at Atlanta. Suárez has just two wins in 305 career Cup starts, and is a distant 29th in the points standings this season. The 33-year-old Suarez is in his fifth season with Trackhouse Racing and was the team's first driver in 2021. He made NASCAR's playoffs two times with Trackhouse. 'We took a team nobody had even heard of in 2021 and in just a couple of years we were winning races and running upfront on a weekly basis,' Suárez wrote on social media. 'Just like the seasons in a year, sometimes things change and we have agreed to each go in our own direction.' Trackhouse founder and owner Justin Marks thanked Suárez for his contributions. Advertisement 'The role Daniel has played in the Trackhouse origin story and its first five years will remain a valued part of the company's history forever,' Marks said. 'His commitment, work ethic and dedication to the effort is one of the most impressive things I personally have seen in my career.' Trackhouse Racing also has Ross Chastain and Shane van Gisbergen under contract, along with Zilisch is its development driver. Chastain has six career wins and was the 2022 Cup Series runner-up while van Gisbergen has a win this year and is in the playoffs. Suárez, who became an American citizen last year, also has three Xfinity Series wins and one Truck Series win. His 2016 championship in the second-tier Xfinity Series made him the only foreign-born driver to win a national series title. He made a triumphant return last month to his home country when he won the Xfinity Series race in Mexico City driving for JR Motorsports at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Advertisement Yet the balance of celebrating a homecoming with looming contract negotiations weighed on Suárez. 'It's not the first time that I've been in this position. Definitely the first time with the Mexico race, but it's not the first time that I've been in the position that we have to win or in the position that we have a contract negotiation in the middle of the season,' Suárez said. 'It's definitely a distraction. I won't sit here and tell you that it doesn't really matter. I'm trying to be as smart as possible and to put all this stuff on the side and just do my thing on the track.' He'll do his thing at the track in 2026 with yet another new team. Suarez started his Cup career with Joe Gibbs Racing and has raced for Stewart-Haas Racing and Gaunt Brothers Racing. He has Cup wins in 2022 at Sonoma and last year in Atlanta. ___ AP auto racing:
Newsweek
26-06-2025
- Health
- Newsweek
Hidden Danger in Drinking Water Revealed in New Study
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Low levels of nitrate in drinking water can be associated with an increased risk of preterm birth and low birthweight, according to a new study. The research published in PLOS Water by Jason Semprini, a professor at Des Moines University College of Health Sciences, Iowa, found that even a level of less than half the level considered safe by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could affect birth outcomes. Newsweek has contacted the EPA outside of regular working hours via email for comment. Why It Matters The findings address growing concerns about the adequacy of U.S. drinking water safety standards, particularly for pregnant women, joining a recent study which also said that even levels of chemicals deemed safe may be harming birth outcomes. A national study led by researchers at Columbia University found that levels of arsenic deemed safe were associated with below average birth weight and other adverse birth outcomes, and this study highlights how nitrate can have similar impacts, prompting concern that America's drinking water standards could be harming expecting mothers, and the wider population. File photo: a cup being filled from a drinking water tap. File photo: a cup being filled from a drinking water tap. Gregory Bull/AP What To Know Nitrate is a naturally occurring compound produced during the natural decay of plant matter in soil, and it can get washed by rain out of the soil and into lakes, rivers and streams, as well as seeping down through the soil into groundwater. At high levels, it is recognized that nitrate causes health problems, as the compound can impact the way the body transports oxygen. However, the new study highlights that even at low levels, below what the EPA considers safe, may still be harmful to health. Previous studies have identified risks posed to the general population, including links between drinking water nitrate and colorectal, bladder and breast cancers, and thyroid disease. In his study, Semprini analyzed 357,741 birth records from Iowa between 1970 to 1988 and linked each birth to county-level nitrate measurements taken within 30 days of conception. In that time frame, nitrate levels were discovered to have increased by an average of 8 percent a year, with a mean exposure of 4.2 mg/L across the births assessed. The study found that early prenatal exposure to greater than 0.1 mg/L nitrate, which is only 1 percent of the current EPA limit of 10 mg/L, was associated with an increase in preterm birth, where a baby was born after less than 37 weeks. Meanwhile, early prenatal exposure to greater than 5 mg/L nitrate increased risk of low birth weight babies, at less than 2,500 grams. States with higher levels of nitrate in their drinking water in some areas include Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Central California, Texas, Washington, Idaho, Delaware and Maryland, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In some parts of these states, levels of nitrate in drinking water systems were higher than the EPA's 10 mg/L safety limit. What People Are Saying Jason Semprini, a professor at Des Moines University College of Health Sciences, Iowa, said, per medical news outlet "There is no safe level of prenatal nitrate exposure. The estimated impact from prenatal exposure to nitrates reflects 15 percent of the harm from prenatal exposure to smoking cigarettes. I do not want to diminish the importance of efforts to prevent smoking during pregnancy ... but, I must ask, do we give nitrates 15 percent of the attention we give to smoking?" He added: "The regulatory threshold for nitrates in public water does not consider prenatal exposure and has not been updated since established in 1992. Ignoring the potential harm from lower levels of prenatal nitrate exposure, the current regulatory standards are not adequately protecting America's mothers or children." What Happens Next As the study was limited to one state, making it limited in scope, national and further research is needed to determine the full impact of low-level exposure to nitrate in drinking water systems on public health. Reference Early prenatal nitrate exposure and birth outcomes: A study of Iowa's public drinking water (1970–1988): Semprini J (2025). PLOS Water 4(6): e0000329.
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23-06-2025
- Sport
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Atlético Madrid bounced from Club World Cup despite 1-0 win over Botafogo on Griezmann's late goal
Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente jumps over Botafogo's Alexander Barboza during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Botafogo's Igor Jesus, left, and Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente battle for the ball during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann reacts after missing a chance to score during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Botafogo's Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth, back, heads a ball challenged by Botafogo's Jair Cunha during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth, back, heads a ball challenged by Botafogo's Jair Cunha during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente jumps over Botafogo's Alexander Barboza during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Botafogo's Igor Jesus, left, and Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente battle for the ball during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Atletico Madrid's Antoine Griezmann reacts after missing a chance to score during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) Botafogo's Marlon Freitas, bottom, heads a ball next to Atletico Madrid's Marcos Llorente during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth, back, heads a ball challenged by Botafogo's Jair Cunha during the Club World Cup Group B soccer match between Atletico Madrid and Botafogo in Pasadena, Calif., Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Atlético Madrid was eliminated from the Club World Cup on goal differential Monday despite beating Botafogo 1-0 on Antoine Griezmann's dramatic late goal. Botafogo advanced from Group B along with Paris Saint-Germain. All three clubs finished group play with two wins and a loss, but Atlético's 4-0 thrashing from PSG in its tournament opener eight days ago came back to haunt the Spanish giants. Advertisement Atlético kept steady pressure in the second half, and Julián Alvarez finally spun away from two tackle attempts in the 86th minute and fired a long pass across the penalty area to halftime substitute Griezmann, who banged it home for his first goal of the tournament. Atlético knew that goal wasn't enough and kept up the pressure, but couldn't break through again. Botafogo, the current champions of South America, did what was necessary to advance, limiting Atlético to one late goal despite a 23-7 disadvantage in shot attempts. Goalkeeper John made five saves. PSG beat the Seattle Sounders 2-0 to win the group on goal differential, even though Botafogo stunned Champions League winners PSG 1-0 at the Rose Bowl four days earlier. Advertisement Botafogo had a strong counterattack all afternoon and nearly stole an early lead, but Jan Oblak stopped Jefferson Savarino's breakaway in the 10th minute. Oblak also made a fingertip save on Igor Jesus' exceptional deflection on net in the 67th minute. Key moment Alvarez was involved in two clashes in the Botafogo box in the first half, but neither resulted in a penalty. He fell when tackled by Jair Paula in the 25th minute, and he went down again near halftime when Gregore stepped on his foot at the top of the penalty area. Takeaways Botafogo was a few minutes away from winning all three matches in what might be the toughest group in the tournament, but Griezmann's late goal didn't undeservedly ruin an impressive tournament for the Brazilian giants and their raucous supporters. Advertisement Atlético got off to a slow start in the U.S., and Diego Simeone's group couldn't rally quickly enough at the end. It's a disappointment, but it also means an extra week or more of rest before the sport's grind begins again in early August. ___ AP soccer:
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09-06-2025
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NASCAR goes south of the border to grow fan base with its 1st Cup Series race in Mexico City
FILE - Fans cheers as Mexico's Adrian Fernadez of the Lowe's Hatachi Powertools Chevrolet team takes the lead during the Nascar Busch series race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Mexico, Saturday, March 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, file) FILE - Cars drive past the flag of Mexico placed at the fence during the NASCAR Busch series auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday, March 5, 2006.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file) FILE - Cars drive past the flag of Mexico placed at the fence during the NASCAR Busch series auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday, March 5, 2006.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file) FILE - Fans cheers as Mexico's Adrian Fernadez of the Lowe's Hatachi Powertools Chevrolet team takes the lead during the Nascar Busch series race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Mexico, Saturday, March 6, 2005. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, file) FILE - Cars drive past the flag of Mexico placed at the fence during the NASCAR Busch series auto race at the Hermanos Rodriguez racetrack in Mexico City, Mexico, on Sunday, March 5, 2006.(AP Photo/Gregory Bull, file) NASCAR's first international Cup Series race of the modern era is all about the eyeballs, specifically new fans in the Mexico City market. NASCAR will be on the track Friday for the first of three days of racing at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez, one of the most popular stops on the Formula 1 calendar and Ben Kennedy's newest project. Advertisement The great-grandson of NASCAR founder Bill France Sr., Kennedy has taken the family business beyond its comfortable confines before. Kennedy in 2022 moved the preseason exhibition Clash from its longtime home at Daytona International Speedway in Florida to a temporary track built inside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Kennedy this year moved the Clash to The Madhouse — the historic Bowman Gray Stadium, which had last hosted a Cup race in 1971, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. NASCAR under Kennedy also returned to North Wilkesboro Speedway in North Carolina for the first time since 1977 when the All-Star race was moved there three years ago. He allowed dirt at Bristol Motor Speedway, a hybrid road course and oval at Charlotte Motor Speedway, alongside his biggest undertaking: NASCAR's first street race, held in downtown Chicago. He also had his eyes set on expanding internationally, which will come Sunday with the first points-paying international race in the Cup Series since 1958. It is only third time in 77 years that NASCAR's top series will run an event that counts in the championship outside the United States. The last two times were in Canada; the Cup Series also has held exhibitions in Japan and Australia. Advertisement 'Our biggest opportunity to grow as a sport is international,' Kennedy said when he announced Mexico City was replacing one of the two races on the schedule allocated to Richmond International Raceway. 'The U.S. is always going to be our mainstay and our next opportunity was to expand internationally," he said. "We said we've wanted to do this for a long time, but also needed to make sure it was the right time, the right partners and the right location. Mexico City checked every box. To be in one of the biggest cities globally — over 20 million people that live in the city — is a massive opportunity for us to bring the sport.' The weekend includes the second-tier Xfinity Series and the NASCAR Mexico Series. It's a strong return to a market that devours the entire F1 weekend ticket package within an hour of them becoming available. Mexicans have proven to be rabid motorsports fans but haven't gotten a chance to see NASCAR's big names since 2008, the final year of a four-year run of Xfinity races. Kyle Busch, Denny Hamlin and Martin Truex Jr. were winners during the four-year stretch. Advertisement Daniel Suarez, the former Xfinity champion and native of Monterrey, is NASCAR's face of the event. He raced the circuit 13 times with a different layout in the NASCAR Mexico Series, and three of Suarez's starts were wins. 'I'm super excited for the event. I'm super excited to live the moment because the first time is going to only happen once,' Suarez said. "I'm really trying to be as present as possible, enjoy the moment and try to execute the best possible weekend that we can. We know that we are capable of winning the race, but that's not the goal. The goal is the execution of the entire weekend, and hopefully the win is the result of the execution part.' The planning that has gone into Mexico City, one of 38 events on the Cup schedule, began about a year ago. NASCAR has worked on myriad details, beginning with how to get nearly 200 trucks hauling race cars and equipment from Michigan International Speedway into Mexico City. NASCAR official Tom Bryant has spearheaded the organizational logistics and made multiple trips to the border crossing in Laredo, Texas, to meet with customs officials from both nations. Advertisement The drive from Michigan to Mexico City is about 40 hours, not including the tedious customs crossing, where all the equipment and tools on every NASCAR hauler must be documented on an exhaustive manifest. Cup Series teams cars were scheduled for a Monday night arrival at Laredo, with crossing scheduled for Tuesday and arrival at the track on Thursday. 'It's been a ton of coordination moving lots of people and lots of stuff safely and efficiently across a great distance and an international border,' Bryant said on the 'Hauler Talk' NASCAR podcast. 'There is a lot to it, but the key to it is you just have to define the problem. We've got to get these people and these things from this point to that point within a certain time period," he said. "How do we do it in a way that's going to best position us to be ready to go to work as soon as we hit the ground down there? Because this is a pretty tight window.' ___ AP auto racing:
Japan Today
23-05-2025
- Japan Today
Federal investigators comb site of San Diego plane crash in neighborhood of military housing
at the site of a plane crash Friday, May 23, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) By JULIE WATSON and JOSH FUNK Federal investigators on Friday were combing a San Diego neighborhood a day after a private jet carrying a music executive and five others crashed there and are presumed dead. Miraculously, everyone on the ground escaped safely, officials said, including a family of four who fled with their dogs after the aircraft tore off their home's roof and engulfed it in flames. Music talent agent Dave Shapiro, and two unnamed employees of the music agency he co-founded, Sound Talent Group, were among the dead along with the former drummer for metal band The Devil Wears Prada. Shapiro, 42, had a pilot's license and was listed as the owner of the 1985 Cessna 550 Citation that plowed into the neighborhood of U.S. Navy housing shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday. The crash added to a long list of aviation disasters this year. They include a midair collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., in January, an airliner that clipped another plane in February while taxiing at the Seattle airport and a sightseeing helicopter that broke apart and crashed into the Hudson River between New York City and New Jersey last month, killing six people. Federal officials have tried to reassure travelers that flying is the safest mode of transportation, which statistics support. But a cascade of aviation mishaps has drawing increasing attention. Shapiro's aircraft was trying to land in foggy weather at Montgomery-Gibbs Executive Airport when it struck power lines about 2 miles (3.2 kilometers) southeast of the airfield, Elliot Simpson of the National Transportation Safety Board. The flight took off from Teterboro, New Jersey, near Manhattan, at about 11:15 p.m. Wednesday and made a fuel stop in Wichita, Kansas, before continuing on to San Diego. That overnight schedule wouldn't be allowed for an airliner under federal crew rest rules, but those regulations don't apply to private planes. Former NTSB and FAA crash investigator Jeff Guzzetti said he thinks the dense fog and fatigue after Shapiro flew all night long were likely factors in the crash. 'This accident has all the earmarks of a classic attempt to approach an airport in really bad weather and poor visibility,' Guzzetti said. 'And there were other airports that the crew could have gone to.' Fragments of the plane were found under power lines that are about a half block from the homes. It then lost a wing on the road directly behind the homes. The crash site shows more damage on the front side of those homes, including a smashed stone landscaping wall and an incinerated truck that was parked across the street and shoved into the living room of its owner's home before catching fire. Ben McCarty and his wife, who live in the home that was hit, said they felt heat all around them after being woken up by an explosion. 'All I could see was fire. The roof of the house was still on fire. You could see the night sky from our living room,' McCarty, who has served in the Navy for 13 years, told local ABC affiliate KGTV. Flames blocked many of the exits so they grabbed their children and dogs and ran out the back but the burning debris blocked the gate so neighbors helped them climb over the fence to escape. 'We got the kids over the fence and then I jumped over the fence. They brought a ladder and we got the dogs,' McCarty said. Meanwhile, fiery jet fuel rolled down the block igniting everything in its path from trees to plastic trash containers to car after car. McCarty's home was the only one destroyed, though another 10 residences suffered damage, authorities said. Eight residents were taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and injuries that were not life-threatening, including a person who was hurt climbing out a window, police officer Anthony Carrasco said. McCarty said his family used to enjoy living under the flight path so they could watch the planes pass overhead. 'Us and our kids would sit on our front porch and we'd look up and my sons would always be excited saying 'plane plane' watching the planes go by and ironically right where we were sitting is where that plane hit,' McCarty said. Now, he wants to move. "I'm not going to live over that flight line again — it's going to be hard to sleep at night,' McCarty said. NTSB investigators are gathering evidence to determine what happened. 'Given it happened in a densely populated suburban area and the time of day when most people are asleep at home, it is surprising there were no deaths on the ground," Rod Sullivan, a transportation expert, said. But Guzzetti said in his experience there often aren't deaths on the ground when a plane crashes in a residential area unless people are right where the plane hits. The crash of a medical transport flight into a Philadelphia neighborhood in January shows what can happen when there is a direct hit in a populated area. Two people on the ground died and about two dozen others were hurt when that plane slammed into the ground and caught fire. Six people abord that plane also died. At least 100 residents in the San Diego neighborhood were evacuated and officials said it was unclear when it would be safe for people to return. On Friday, some residents were escorted back to their homes to get essentials, like their military IDs to get back on bases after they left them in the rush to escape. Thursday's crash comes only weeks after a similar one in Southern California. A small plane crashed into a neighborhood in Simi Valley on May 3 killing both people and a dog aboard the aircraft and igniting two homes, but no one was reported hurt on the ground despite residents being inside the residences at the time. The community is located nearly 50 miles (80 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles. In October 2021 a twin-engine plane plowed into a San Diego suburb, killing the pilot and a UPS delivery driver on the ground and burning homes. © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
