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CBS News
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Pennsylvania man driving go-kart on street dies in crash
A Pennsylvania man driving a go-kart on the street died after hitting another vehicle last week, authorities said. According to a release report from Pennsylvania State Police, 30-year-old Kolbe Straw was killed in the crash on June 26 in Spring Township, Snyder County. Spring Township is about 60 miles north of Harrisburg. State police said first responders were called to the intersection of Middle Creek Road and Sanhill Road at around 7:45 p.m. due to the two-vehicle crash. Investigators, according to the report, said that Straw was driving a "low riding go-kart" on Sandhill Road before turning onto Middle Creek Road, where he drove into the path of a Chevrolet Express driving south on Middle Creek Road. Straw's go-kart and the passenger van collided, throwing the 30-year-old man from Beaver Springs about 100 feet from the crash site, state police said. The four people in the passenger van were not injured. Authorities said Staw was not wearing a helmet or seat belt. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to his obituary, Straw leaves behind his wife, Paige, and their daughter, Izzy. Paige is 28 weeks pregnant with a baby girl, the obituary said. "Kolbe Hunter Straw lived loud, loved big, and left a mark on everyone lucky enough to know him," it read. "He's not gone. He's just out ahead of us—scouting the next ridge, saving us the best view," it added. According to the obituary, Straw was an outdoorsman, marksman, archer and the "life of the party."
CBS News
26-06-2025
- Politics
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Howard County man defends his go-kart track in latest hearing as neighbors continue fight
A Howard County man who built a go-kart track for his son on his property defended his case on Thursday, while residents continue to push back. During the nearly seven-hour-long Howard County Board of Appeals hearing, Chris Siperko argued for his conditional use application for the track. Earlier this month, the board gave him the green light to keep the track on his property. Siperko started construction on the race track in December 2023 and finished the work by January 2024. The go-kart track is about a half-mile long and approximately 24 feet wide. Ever since then, his neighbors have wanted him to get rid of the track. Experts testify on Siperko's behalf Sang Oh, Siperko's attorney, called up two experts -- Robert Vogel, a civil engineer, and Jeffrey Straw, a vibration and acoustic consultant based out of Florida. In both of their testimonies, Vogel and Straw explained why Siperko's application should be approved -- with Oh going over the standards under Howard County code. Vogel testified that what's proposed in the application won't have much adverse effects, like odors or add intensity like traffic. Straw, meanwhile, testified that the noise from the race track will likely be able to meet the 65 or lower decibel threshold required. Neighbors continue fight against the race track During Siperko's cross-examination, his neighbors' lawyer, G. Macy Nelson, honed in on the environmental impact, noting part of the existing track is on wetlands. He also noted the potential encroachment on neighboring properties in what's proposed in the application. Vogel and Oh acknowledged Nelson's criticisms, also saying they will be able to adjust down the line. Vogel said he's been consulting with the Maryland Department of the Environment. "In no event will we go bigger or radically different than what was approved. The approval of a plan that varies in some way from what is approved by the board is what's known as a minor modification," Oh said. Nelson called up two neighbors to testify against the application. Both complained about hearing loud noises from the track, as well as echoing environmental concerns. "I believe the quality of life for us and other neighbors will be diminished by the continued use of a race track," Joe Quill said. More witnesses will be called at the next hearing scheduled for July 10 at 6:30 p.m. The board is expected to make a decision then.
Fox News
16-06-2025
- Entertainment
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Brad Pitt still 'bitter' about decades-old competition with Tom Cruise
Brad Pitt is ready for a rematch. During a recent interview with Extra, the 61-year-old actor shared that he and actor Tom Cruise used to race against each other in go-karts when working together in the '90s. "Tom and I gotta get back out there. The last time we went there, he pit me," he said. "He took me on the last corner and I'm still bitter about it 30 years later. Nah, he had my number." The two famously worked together on the 1994 film, "Interview with a Vampire." When asked if he has any plans to work with Cruise again, Pitt jokingly shared that he'll "consider it" if he doesn't "have to hang from biplanes and, like, swim through submarines." Cruise is known for doing his own stunts when making his films, most recently hanging off a biplane and then jumping onto another biplane, all while in midair, in his latest film, "Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning." While Pitt said he didn't want to participate in any crazy stunts, he did drive at dangerously fast speeds when filming his upcoming movie, "F1: The Movie." "It was such a pleasure to get in those cars. It was such a high. It was like nothing I've ever experienced before. I've gotta figure out a way to do it again," he explained. "So the lines are secondary. You're worried about your braking points, the lines, not so much." In "F1: The Movie," Pitt portrays an up-and-coming Formula 1 race car driver in the 1990s whose career comes to a halt after an accident on the track. Thirty years later, he is brought back to the racing world with a chance at redemption. Much of what is seen on camera was filmed at real-life Formula 1 racing events, with Pitt sharing "we've embedded ourselves into the racing schedule, into the actual sporting event." "And so we would have, like, five minutes, we'd be on the grid, the race is gonna start in 10, and we would have these two takes to do a scene on the grid with all the great production value of the real race drivers and the real cars in front of us," Pitt said. "It was just great energy, the whole thing." During an interview with GQ in May, Pitt reflected on his life in the public eye, telling the outlet, "some version of my personal life" has been in the news for 30 years. "It's been an annoyance I've had to always deal with in different degrees, large and small, as I do the things I really want to do. So, it's always been this kind of nagging time suck or waste of time, if you let it be that. Mostly I feel pretty…. My life is fairly contained. It feels pretty warm and secure with my friends, with my loves, with my fam, with my knowledge of who I am, that, you know, it's like this fly buzzing around a little bit," he said. He later elaborated on his comments when speaking with Entertainment Tonight in June, saying the older he gets, the more he realizes the importance of surrounding "yourself with the people you know, the people you love, the people that love you back." "F1: The Movie" is set to premiere on June 27.
BBC News
13-06-2025
- Science
- BBC News
Jersey students say new programme is gateway to dream jobs
A new programme is helping pupils progress towards their dream jobs, say students in 17, and Lucy, 15, from Hautlieu School have been on the STEM On Track programme which taught students to build a go-kart before they learnt to ride and race in were selected from the course to go to the UK where they earned their racing is part of work to get more girls studying subjects like science, technology, engineering and maths which are traditionally dominated by male students. Chlodie and Lucy are both fans of Formula 1 and the course involved them training with the Alpine FI Team in the said: "It's been really exciting because every week we've been able to see more and more, progress with our go-kart as it's been built and then going to the UK for the racing was really fun."So I'm a big fan of F1 and this is a really good gateway into that."Lucy added: "I think a lot more people are going to try to do it as my friends have seen me doing it and really enjoying it plus I'm a big Formula 1 fan so this is very exciting for me."The STEM On Track works with Alpine F1 Team to help train students and teach them about engineering and racing. Hautlieu physics teacher Carl Bowen-Price, who worked to bring the project to the school, said "I was very focused on bringing exam success" but wanted "to focus on delivering opportunities Jersey students don't normally get".Mr Bowen-Price added: "I want to work closely with the government and I'm hoping to have some talks soon to get this spread across all schools."The school will be able to continue with the project for the next three years after it secured funding from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). The school is also hoping to encourage more people from different backgrounds to study science at A-level with a new STEM project which sees students learn how to extract DNA from University of Dundee runs the program which schools across the British Isles take part in and the class is almost split evenly between boys and 16, said "it's nice to see so many girls here" and "it's important to challenge those barriers and it's an exciting opportunity that all girls should go for".Johana, 17, added: "It's been one of the most interesting projects I've been a part of because finding ways to sequence DNA could change the world of medicine and help people with diseases..." The project is being led by biology teacher Jon Hale who started the project at Beaulieu Convent School where he is the assistant head said: "The University of Dundee saw potential in our work and have supported us so we can go bigger which is how we've now got schools in Jersey all the way to Orkney involved."Mr Hale added that "there are close to 30 schools across the UK working on this" and "it would be great to have every secondary school in Jersey have its own project like this".
CBS News
05-06-2025
- Sport
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Howard County go-kart race track wins first appeal, neighbors vow to keep fighting it
A Howard County resident cleared a big hurdle to keep the go-kart race track he built on his property despite complaints from neighbors. The Board of Appeals unanimously agreed Chris Siperko's race track falls under their jurisdiction on Thursday, after a hearing that lasted more than five hours. This opens the door for Siperko to again try for a conditional use permit for the race track. Meanwhile, neighbors who have been against the race track from the start vow they'll keep fighting it. Defining an athletic field When Siperko first built the race track at his Highland home, all he thought of was his son, Achilles. "My son wants to be a professional driver, so there was nowhere local to practice," Siperko said. When he started construction for it in December 2023, Siperko thought he had done his due diligence -- not finding anything online to suggest he couldn't build the race track on his property. Siperko also consulted with a paving company. "They said if it does not touch your driveway and go to the road, it's your own property. You don't need [a permit]," Siperko said. He's now been fighting to keep it ever since. The battle to stop the go-kart track It didn't take long for his neighbors to start complaining about the go-kart track. The Howard County Department of Planning and Zoning also cited Siperko. DPZ also dismissed his conditional use application for it, citing that go-karting isn't a permitted activity under the county code. Under county code for outdoor athletic facilities, it notes conditional use permits may be granted in residential zones for athletic fields, swimming pools, tennis courts, disc golf courses, ropes courses, and archery ranges. But in front of the four-member Board of Appeals on Thursday, Siperko's lawyer, Sang Oh, argued the race track is qualified to be an athletic field under county code -- even if it's not specifically listed. G. Macy Nelson, the lawyer for Siperko's neighbors, said the Board of Appeals needs to refer only to the code's wording. "Go-kart race track is not on that list, that was [DPZ's] rationale," Nelson said. However, in the end, the Board of Appeals sided with Siperko. Several board members also said DPZ didn't give enough information as to why Siperko couldn't have the race track. Nelson said he and his clients are ready to keep fighting this. The next hearing for this case is set for June 26.
