Author: Alfredo Fletcher

Wilson’s Dreyer and Reinbold Racing-run car was hit from behind by Katherine Legge’s Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing machine after cars ahead of them stacked up at Turn 1. Both cars spun and subsequently hit the wall at differing angles at high speed. While Legge’s struck the wall side-on, allowing her to escape unhurt, Wilson’s hit the SAFER barrier head-on. As the AMR safety crew attended to him, they immediately called for a back brace and stretcher before he was extricated from the car in a carefully-executed procedure that took over 10 minutes. He gave a thumbs up as he was loaded…

The water came in a rush – tearing through planted rows of cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower before crashing into the tractors and farm equipment. Within hours, much of María Inés Catalán’s 41-acre (17-hectare) organic farm in Hollister, California, had disappeared under several feet of water. She had escaped just in time, as the flood waters gurgled into her trailer home. Now, three months after a series of storms, Catalán and her family are still counting their losses. Their dog, Flor, didn’t make it, nor did the bees that Catalán had been tending for two years. The farm’s entire spring harvest –…

Ассоrdіng tо Рrіnсіраl Аgrісulturе Оffісеr аnd Nаtіоnаl Dіrесtоr оf Lіvеѕtосk Веlаrmіnо Еѕquіvеl іn thе Міnіѕtrу оf Аgrісulturе, Fооd Ѕесurіtу, аnd Еntеrрrіѕе (МАFЅЕ), 301 hеаd оf саttlе wеrе ехроrtеd оn Тuеѕdау аnd 225 аrе bеіng ѕеnt tо thе ЅuКаrnе соmраnу оn Wеdnеѕdау. Аt аn аvеrаgе оf 600 роundѕ реr аnіmаl аnd $2.25 реr роund thе 526 аnіmаlѕ hаvе а vаluе оf јuѕt оvеr $710,000. Durіng thе fіrѕt quаrtеr оf 2023, Веlіzеаn lіvеѕtосk рrоduсеrѕ hаd ехроrtеd 1092 hеаd оf саttlе tо ЅuКаrnе аt а vаluе оf $1,474,200. Wіth thеѕе twо ѕhірmеntѕ, 1628 lіvеѕtосk wіll hаvе bееn ехроrtеd ѕо fаr thіѕ уеаr wіth…

Before Utah had fully realized its potential as a dynamic, robust economy, it was known as the cultural home of mommy blogging in the 2000s and 2010s. And as Utah’s economy has continued to cement itself as the top-ranked state economy for 15 years and counting, so has, well, the influence of the state’s digital content creators. Influencers and “momfluencers” — women who commoditize their motherhood online —have long evolved past the days of mommy blogging. The global influencer market was worth more than $16 billion last year. These highlighted, filtered influencers are not so different from the business leaders and tech founders who have come…

Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs Michele Sison is on an official visit to Azerbaijan, Azernews reports, citing the US embassy in Baku. During the visit, the official is scheduled to hold meetings with counterparts to discuss the US commitment to collaborative multilateral engagement in addressing collective global challenges. While in Azerbaijan, Sison will address areas of current and potential multilateral cooperation, including in the context of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and tackling transnational challenges, such as climate change, food insecurity, and global health security. Besides, she will also advocate for the US candidate for Director General of the…

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo plans to visit Ukraine on 3 April. The sources spoke about the planned visit by Pompeo, who headed the US State Department during the presidency of Donald Trump, on condition of anonymity. Pompeo will have to navigate the security risks, as did his predecessors. It is unclear whether he will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy or precisely what his itinerary is. Pompeo is one of several leading Republicans seen as potential challengers to former President Trump for the 2024 GOP nomination. According to Politico, this is an opportunity for Pompeo, a potential…

Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council also warned against cloak of national security to ‘mask inadequate radiation safety protection’ Labor and the Coalition have been accused of taking a “deeply unsettling approach” to transparency around Aukus after the major parties blocked the publication of documents about nuclear safety and waste issues. The government cited national security concerns when it rejected a Senate order to produce documents, including those about options to manage operational waste from the nuclear-powered submarine program. The move comes just months after the Radiation Health and Safety Advisory Council warned against allowing a cloak of national security to “mask inadequate radiation safety protection of…

Salt Lake City: For those who worry about state officials’ vulnerability to Chinese Communist Party influence, the case of the US state of Utah, where China’s global campaign to win friends has blossomed, is instructive. Utah, is a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful communist country. Yet an investigation by The Associated Press has found that China and its US-based advocates spent years building relationships with the state’s officials and lawmakers. Those efforts have paid dividends at home and abroad, the AP found: Lawmakers delayed legislation Beijing didn’t like, nixed resolutions that conveyed…

Blinken confirmed the fact of the conversation, however, said that he could not share its details. The US government has held talks with businessman Elon Musk regarding the use of Starlink satellite internet in Ukraine. This was announced on Saturday, February 18, by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Reuters reports . SpaceX recently said it had taken steps to prevent the Ukrainian military from using Starlink to control drones in the region. When asked if the US had asked Musk, the company’s chief executive, not to limit the Ukrainian military’s use of Starlink capabilities, Blinken only confirmed the talks. “Well, I can’t share any…

Joint military exercises between South Korea and the United States will be held next week in the American capital. North Korea on Friday threatened to respond with “unprecedented” force to joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea, describing them as preparations for war. The two allies will discuss, during these exercises which will take place next week in the American capital, the responses to be made in the event of the use of nuclear weapons by Pyongyang. If Washington and Seoul implement these drills, “they will face strong and unprecedented countermeasures,” a North Korean foreign ministry spokesperson…