What: Kobalt 400, Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Race is 267 laps, 400.5 miles. When: Green flag 3 p.m. ET. TV coverage on Fox begins at 2:30 ET. Average race time just under three hours. Who: Joey Logano leads the field as fastest qualifier. He and Penske teammate Brad Keselowski have their Fords on the front row. Matt Kenseth won last year’s race. Kevin Harvick won last week at Phoenix, and Earnhardt won the season-opening Daytona 500....

What’s not to like about JGR in the short Saturday night special format? They’ve got thing things figured out at Daytona, winning three of the past four Sprint Unlimited’s. It’s the longer race the following week that has somehow eluded them. “Yeah, it seems like we’ve won just about everything under the sun when it comes to those exhibition races or the duel races or the unlimiteds, and we just haven’t won the 500....

All the drivers were waiting to run their final lap in the third round of qualifying and no one wanted to be the first off the line. With the new system of qualifying, drivers can be on the track in close proximity, and they like to use that to their advantage to gain a draft. MORE: NASCAR VP says driver made a ‘mockery’ of qualifying But in hopes of getting a draft, no one wanted to get off the line, and by the time they started to try to make their runs with less than a minute on the clock, they were too late....

He put himself in great position to get a win Sunday, though, as he won the pole Thursday at Charlotte Motor Speedway. It was Busch’s 30th career Cup Series pole. “It was pure talent all the way around, all these guys, this whole team,” the 2018 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series points leader joked to Fox Sports 1 after his run (a reference to his recent harsh criticism of his pit crew)....

Anthony Quinn Warner, 63, was identified by officials on Sunday as the man responsible for the explosion that injured three people and damaged dozens of downtown buildings. But officials have thus far not provided any information on what may have driven Warner to blow up his RV outside the AT&T transmission building. On Monday, David Rausch, director of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, told TODAY that because Warner died in the blast the “exact reasoning” for the bombing may never be known....

Amanda Kail, president of the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association and an English as a second language teacher at Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS), encouraged community members to do the same in one of several social media posts shared over the weekend. An earlier message posted to Kail’s Facebook account, in which she advocated for school-reopening policies that prioritize public health during the coronavirus pandemic, sparked an adverse response from MNPS Board of Education member Fran Bush....

The Hammoud case is among a handful of money scams uncovered across the country in recent years bearing Hizbullah’s fingerprints. Though the revenues are not huge, the cases together underscore a daunting reality: one of the most proficient terrorist groups in the world has at least a small web of operatives in America who, prosecutors believe, are loyal to Hassan Nasrallah. Hizbullah has not targeted Americans since the 1980s, when attacks on a Marine barracks in Lebanon and on the U....

That news comes on heels of Kareem Walker, the top-rated running back prospect in the country, rescinding his commitment to Ohio State. MORE: Playoff drama just beginning | Breaking down the unbeatens “At this point the relationship has changed,” a Tuesday tweet from Walker read in part. “… However I do not think it is fair to Ohio State or myself to remain committed when my heart is telling me otherwise....

Check out our list of the best handbags 2019 reflecting fall trends: Croc EffectStructured LookChain straps Croc Effect The croc effect is a fall handbag trend seen on designer runways like Chloe and Givenchy. The textured print gives fall outfits a perfect pop and looks great in dark, warm tones. While designers typically use real croc skin, we’ve opted for some cruelty-free, faux options that are just as stylish....

How to make vegan maple syrup You may assume that maple syrup is inherently vegan, but this may not always be the case. The Cedarvale Maple Syrup company says on its website that sometimes butter is used in the filtering process to reduce foaming and make the cooking more even. While Cedarvale says it completely filters out the fat, some vegans don’t eat any foods that have been processed using animal products....

In a sweeping move after barely taking over office as the new Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) president, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim (TMJ) made the announcement that Mario Gomez will be install as the new national team head coach of Malaysia while Datuk Ong Kim Swee will take charge of the national U-23 side. Speaking at the press conference immediately after the 53rd FAM Congress, TMJ confirmed the worst kept secret in Malaysia as he puts his former employee in charge of the national team....

“It’s really been great just because of where we’ve had to come from,” Strasburg said. The Nationals right-hander — who struck out 12 Cardinals in seven innings, during which just one unearned run crossed the plate — was referencing the 2019 season. As has been well documented, his team struggled out of the gate and was just 19-31 at one point in late May, a low point punctuated by getting swept in four games by the Mets....

Girardi, manager of the 34-36 Phillies, requested the umpires to check Max Scherzer for a third time during Philadelphia’s 3-2 loss on Tuesday, amidst MLB’s new sweeping rules barring pitchers from using foreign substances to improve grip. The rules are forcing umpires — and managers — into tough situations to check on pitchers, but Nats GM Mike Rizzo isn’t buying Girardi’s explanation that he was concerned starter Max Scherzer had something in his hair on Tuesday night, leading to the Girardi request....

Now, the baseball world knows what it takes to land the next Ted Williams. It takes two of a team’s top three prospects and two of their most recent top prospects who have since graduated to MLB rookie status, along with a young sleeper prospect with plenty of potential. For the Nationals, it was always going to be difficult to find the perfect Soto trade. Perhaps even impossible. Prospects are all gambles, and Soto is as valuable a player as any ever traded in MLB history....

No, not the Anthony Rendon gnome, though that was an easy choice after last year’s Jayson Werth gnome lovefest (there are only three listed on eBay, the cheapest is $165). This season’s best Nationals giveaway is another Werth gem. This time, it’s a Jayson Werth Chia-Pet. Yep, a Chia Pet. In place of Werth’s signature facial hair, you can sprout greenery. How great is that? “The gnome was so fantastic, and we felt like we had to push the envelope,” Valerie Camillo, the team’s chief revenue and marketing officer, told the Washington Post....

Clean, green and more expensive, with security implications for European allies who will be increasingly reliant on unreliable Russian gas. But hey, it’s for the environment. Unless… Hochstein was recently in Lebanon and Israel, trying to resolve a long-standing maritime border dispute to enable Lebanon to take part in the natural gas drilling and exploration revolution in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Yes, that would be the same Lebanon that is occupied by U....

There are different types of natural treatments for nasal polyps that you may want to consider. Nasal Rinses A nasal rinse, wash, or spray uses sterilized saline water to moisturize and clean the nasal passages. Nasal rinses may help with the symptoms and some causes of polyps. For example, using a nasal rinse may help prevent polyps caused by allergies. By washing the sinuses, you may be able to flush out allergens and irritants....

There are two main types of scleroderma: localized and systemic. While localized scleroderma only affects your skin, systemic scleroderma affects not only your skin but also your blood vessels and internal organs (such as your heart and lungs). Natural Remedies for Scleroderma There’s little scientific evidence to support the use of alternative medicine in the treatment of scleroderma. However, the following remedies may be useful for individuals looking to manage this condition....

“Diva” bird Mike shot to fame in 2018 after a video of him squawking “Merry Christmas” went viral, with him striking up an unlikely bond with his owner’s whippet. But Janine MacLean, 53, has now revealed the troublesome magpie has spent the last 3 years locked up after his unruly behavior got out of hand. Her partner, Steve Rostron, came across the “distressed” magpie when he was 4 months old while out walking with his whippet, called Boo Radley....

The group of students who study and train at the Academy requested a space where they can hold such study sessions while following the religion of the Satanic Temple. The email sent from midshipmen to brass within the academy was posted on an Instagram account labeled drunkoldgrad. Academy spokeswoman Cmdr. Alana Garas said the Satanic Temple is a tax-exempt religion, and the academy’s followers of the religion were just merely looking for a “group study space” on campus, and not so much as a place to “burn a pentagram into Ingram Field or to erect a giant horned icon in front of the Zimmerman Bandstand,” as the Military Times noted....