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“He just keeps setting the bar higher,” his brother tweeted. “Keep Julia & the girls in your prayers.” MORE: Notable sports deaths of 2015 The 37-year-old died Monday night from a head injury he suffered one day earlier when a large piece of debris from another car made contact with his helmet during a crash in the final laps of the ABC Supply 500 at Pocono Raceway. He was unconscious when he was transported by helicopter after the crash to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest in Allentown, Pa....

Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America marks the series’ return to road-course racing after the oval race at Texas a couple weeks ago. The noon ET start time is the first such start time of the season. Road America, located between Milwaukee and Green Bay, will also host Indy Pro 2000 and Indy Lights races this weekend in addition to Sunday’s IndyCar race. MORE: Watch the IndyCar race at Road America live with fuboTV (7-day trial)...

According to figures released by the Labor Department on Tuesday this week, inflation in the United States has reached its highest point in more than 40 years. The department’s monthly report on the Consumer Price Index states that inflation in the U.S. hit 8.5 percent for the 12 months that ended in March. The figure surpassed that of 7.9 percent in February, which itself was a four-decade high. The rise could mean a squeeze for many ordinary people across the U....

Each episode of Wife Swap follows the same general premise: two families, often exhibiting drastically different lifestyles or beliefs from one another, would “swap” their household’s wife/mother for a two-week period. For the first week, the wife would try to live by her new family’s rules—and during the second week, she could implement changes as she saw fit. The show originally aired from 2004 to 2010 and spawned several spin-offs....

Although they can sometimes look similar, genital herpes and ingrown hairs have different causes and treatments. Read on to learn how to tell the difference between these two conditions, what to do to ease your symptoms, and when you should call your healthcare provider. Herpes Sore Genital herpes is a common sexually transmitted infection (STI) that’s usually caused by the herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), which spreads through sexual contact....

‘We can’t afford to lose again!’ - Suarez warns Barcelona The 32-year-old has been part of the Spanish club for over 20 years, joining the youth academy, La Masia, as a youngster before making his first-team debut in October 2002 at 18 years old. Iniesta has gone on to enjoy an iconic career in the Blaugrana jersey as well as with the Spain national team. The midfielder has won eight league titles, four Copa del Reys, four Champions League crowns and the Club World Cup three times....

The midfielder, 32, came up through the ranks at La Masia and has been a crucial part of the Catalans’ incredible success story over the last decade. But his contract expires in June 2018 and when asked if he would end his career at his boyhood club, Iniesta preferred not to answer. Hazard ahead in Player of the Year race “You have caught me out with that question right now,” he told reporters ahead of Wednesday’s crunch quarter-final return clash against Juventus....

A speedster who averaged 10.8 yards per touch last season, Love suffered what has been described only as a lower-body, although he reportedly was seen in a walking boot 10 days ago. “He’s making progress, it’s just not as quick as we had hoped,” Shaw said. Love’s typical touches will likely to go to 220-pound redshirt freshman Cameron Scarlett. MORE: Ranking the 30 hottest rivalries in college football “You’ve got to crack the egg sometime, and that’ll be this Friday night for him,” Shaw said of Scarlett....

Wade sat out Miami's game Saturday night against the Milwaukee Bucks at the Bradley Center, where he played in college for Marquette. Miami also was without Mario Chalmers, Ray Allen and Greg Oden. The quartet also missed Friday night's game against Detroit — though it mattered little after LeBron James notched a triple-double in leading the Heat to a 110-78 victory. Wade has played in 51 of 72 games this season, having missed action for ailments including a sore knee, a sore ankle and back spasms....

The centre-back pulled up in discomfort in the 38th minute at the Benito Villamarin after chasing down Sergio Leon near the halfway line. Vermaelen was replaced by Samuel Umtiti, who came on for his first La Liga appearance since December 2 after recovering from a hamstring problem of his own. Barca later tweeted to say Vermaelen would undergo further tests on Monday to determine the severity of the problem....

Here’s a drinking game for the last-minute Christmas holiday parties. Drink every time a Michigan fan says “Harbaugh.” You’ll run out of egg nog in less than an hour. “Harbaugh? Harbaugh! Harbaugh, Harbaugh, Harbaugh …” That’s going to continue until San Francisco’s season ends next Sunday. We’re a long way from Dec. 30. NFL writers will continue to speculate that Harbaugh is leaning toward the NFL. College writers will speculate Harbaugh is coming home....

Vincent Kompany, Kyle Walker, Fabian Delph, John Stones and Bernardo Silva gathered at the Railway, around 30 minutes from Manchester city centre, shortly after the Blues were confirmed as champions thanks to United’s shock defeat at the hands of West Brom. City captain Kompany watched the United match with friends and family in nearby Irlam, and was responsible for organising the celebrations. After Facetiming Kevin De Bruyne, who was out of the country with his family, Kompany roused a number of nearby team-mates and took them to the Railway....

NEWSWEEK: When did you first go to the Arctic, and what did it look like then? Robert Corell: I started going to the Arctic in the late ’60s, when we were starting to ask questions about climate change in high-latitude areas. We were coring beneath the sea ice to obtain a long-term climate record. At that stage we were not aware that there were likely to be the big changes we see today....

Last season, Shirley was named the best forward of the 2017 IIHF World Women’s U18 Championship. She brought home a silver medal and led her country in scoring. It seemed like a big freshman year at Wisconsin was all but inevitable. But that isn’t what happened. Shirley chose to delay her NCAA career so that she could seize a unique opportunity to develop her game in the CWHL, where she could play with and against some of the best players in the world....

To FBI officials, who caught their own man through an elaborate sting operation last year, greed is enough to explain why Pitts sold out the bureau and his country for $224,000 during the seven years he was secretly spying for the Russian intelligence service. In the clannish FBI, whose motto begins with the word ““fidelity,’’ Pitts is only the second agent to be convicted for cold-war espionage. But for Pitts, who calls his own crime ““loathsome,’’ greed is a ““simplistic’’ and ““insulting’’ explanation....

Is the veteran quarterback a must-sign and essential ingredient for the Jets, at least in 2016? Or is all the discussion about his contract much ado about nothing? Should New York continue to be wary with its offer or simply move on? I need to put on two hats to dissect the offseason story that won’t go away — my hat as current consultant for an NFL agent, and my hat as a former NFL general manager....

The company was founded in 2012 but grew in popularity amidst the height of the COVID-19 pandemic because of the flexibility and earnings promised to workers. Unhappy Instacart employees, known as shoppers, formed the Gig Workers Collective which consists of nearly 13,000 of 500,000 employees. There have been a number of walk-offs at Instacart since 2016, but the collective has primarily been focused on bringing back incentives Instacart has dropped like the commission pay model, paying shoppers per order rather than by bundle, a 10 percent default tip instead of the current 5 percent, transparency about how orders are assigned and a rating system that doesn’t hurt workers for issues beyond their control....

On August 27 between 1 and 2 p.m. local time, Angelo and her boyfriend, Matthew England, ate at Merry Piglets, a Tex-Mex restaurant in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Angelo and England were in town for a wedding, Fox News reported. In an Instagram Story, Angelo claimed that she witnessed Laundrie yelling at the restaurant’s hostess. “We were at this restaurant, you guys—sitting right next to them!” Angelo said in her video....

Not necessarily, according to insurance industry experts. So far, the California fires have destroyed more than 1,500 homes, causing an estimated $1 billion in damages. But that’s just a fraction of the $41 billion toll that Katrina exacted. Insurance industry representatives say they don’t expect this week’s devastation to result in increased premiums or dropped policyholders. “Basically, events like these, as dramatic as they are and as tragic as it is for thousands of homeowners, are already factored into the rates,” says Robert Hartwig, president of the Insurance Information Institute, an industry group....

Get 11/1 for Inter to win Serie A The Croatia international is set to make a £40m (€45m) move to the Premier League after a lengthy pursuit from Jose Mourinho’s side. Perisic has made clear to the Inter board that he wants to leave and they will now turn to 22-year-old forward Keita as another reinforcement. The Nerazzurri are willing to pay €20m for him, but will add more in bonuses to get closer to Lazio’s €25m asking price, while the Spain-born Senegal international is ready to make the switch to San Siro....