CONCORD, N.C. — With a third-place finish and a blessing in disguise, Sammy Smith advanced to the Round of 8 in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Playoffs by one point over Taylor Gray following Saturday’s ...

“Michigan’s rich automotive and motorsports culture has long deserved a race track with a dedicated Drivers Club,” Eli Bayless, media relations manager for Motorsports Gateway, wrote in a release.

In our Inside Look stories, Herald-Leader journalists take you inside places around Lexington and Kentucky that you maybe haven't seen before. Read more. Story idea? [email protected]. It ...

We may be just six games into the college football season, but I hope we can all agree that Arch Manning, whether flippantly, accidentally or otherwise, shouldn't be mentioned as part of the 2026 NFL ...

A group of investors including Nvidia are backing Elon Musk’s xAI in an ongoing funding round that has racked up $20 billion thus far, according to a report. The financing round includes debt and ...

Mel Gibson’s “The Resurrection of the Christ,” his long-delayed follow up to 2004’s “The Passion of the Christ,” has cast Finnish actor Jaakko Ohtonen (“The Last Kingdom”) in the role of Jesus, ...

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country. * With four weeks remaining before Election Day in Virginia, the latest Washington Post-Schar School poll found the ...

No arrests have been announced in the mass shooting near downtown Montgomery. At least 14 people were shot, two fatally, including a teenage boy and a woman, at an intersection near downtown ...

The company, which leases out residential batteries as well as sells energy, is betting that it can profit from a new approach to soaring energy demands. By Michael J. de la Merced As cities around ...

"We will not fund states that allow anarchy," she told reporters. The federal government remains closed amid a bitter impasse on Capitol Hill over competing congressional spending bills. President ...

Unions have sued to block any firings, which budget experts believe are not even needed to protect essential federal services. By Tony Romm Reporting from Washington Throughout the government shutdown ...

Watford manager Paulo Pezzolano is reportedly set to become the latest Championship manager to lose his job. Watford have made an inconsistent start to the Championship season with three wins, three ...