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NASCAR has dropped the hammer on the crew that jumped, attacked, and beat two-time Cup Series winner Corey Heim in front of a Martinsville hot dog shack last weekend.The series issued several major penalties and suspensions to both Chad Bryant and Steve Civatarese, suspending both indefinitely from NASCAR events — as well as the 2027 event at Martinsville. Both are also on probation for a year.Bryant, the team owner at the center of last Saturday's confrontation, was fined $2,000 and must attend anger management through a NASCAR-approved program. Civatarese was fined $1,000. Five others were also fined and put on

PLYMOUTH, Mass. — Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyer made a surprise shift in strategy Tuesday, according to legal analysts — shifting gears from his argument at trial that she was not criminally responsible because she suffered from postpartum psychosis."Where’s the evidence that she did this?" Clancy's defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, asked Judge William Sullivan in court Tuesday. "Where is the evidence she did this?"Reddington made the argument while asking Sullivan to enter a not-guilty finding after the jury deadlocked.LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR ASKS FOR ONE THING IN NEW VIDEO AFTER MISTRIAL DRAMA"I submit to the court there is no evidence she

An Ohio woman is suing after her surgeon allegedly amputated the wrong leg when she underwent a below-the-knee amputation that the lawsuit says was required because of cancer in her right leg.Sharon Jacks, who is now a double amputee, was scheduled to have a below-the-knee amputation of her right leg at Selby General Hospital in Marietta, Ohio, on Sept. 19, 2025, but she woke up to her left leg missing, according to the lawsuit, WBNS reported."She went into surgery, and when she woke up, the wrong leg had been taken off," Jacks’ attorney Brad Layne told the outlet. "It defies

A Utah man who has spent decades on death row after he was convicted of killing a police chief's aunt has been released after prosecutors said newly analyzed DNA evidence excluded him as the source of DNA recovered from key pieces of evidence in the case.Douglas Stewart Carter, 71, was let out on bail late Monday over objections from the victim's family. He must wear a GPS monitor while he awaits a new trial in the killing of Eva Olesen, who was found tied up, stabbed and shot inside her Provo home on Feb. 27, 1985, during what investigators suspected

The Houston Astros entered the 2026 Major League Baseball playoffs as the worst team, by win-loss record, to ever reach the postseason. On Tuesday evening at Daikin Park, they played like it.Needing a win in game 162 to reach October baseball, the Astros delivered, winning 9-0 behind a bullpen game and the 29th homer of the season from Christian Walker. On Tuesday, they tried to run that same formula back again, starting long reliever A.J. Blubaugh, backed up by Bryan King and Miguel Ullola.Against the most powerful offense in the American League, it didn't work. Two first inning walks for

John Goodman and his wife, Anna Beth Goodman, had a rare date night out at the Los Angeles premiere of "Digger."The "Roseanne" actor wore a simple black suit, with a stripped-collared shirt and a grey tie. Anna Beth was photographed wearing a deep plum gown with a black clutch.John and Anna Beth have been married since 1989, after meeting at a Halloween party in New Orleans. The couple welcomed their daughter, Molly Evangeline, in 1990 and chose to raise her in New Orleans away from the Hollywood spotlight.NICOLE KIDMAN, RACHAEL RAY, TED DANSON KEEP MARRIAGES HOT WITH UNCONVENTIONAL RULESThe "Digger"

The NCAA defended its record on women’s sports after a federal judge dismissed Riley Gaines’ Title IX lawsuit against the organization, emphasizing its current compliance with President Donald Trump’s executive order without directly addressing the allegations underlying the case."The NCAA is proud to continually invest in and expand women’s sports and the NCAA is in full compliance with the Trump administration’s executive order on women’s sports," the organization said in a statement.The Independent Council on Women's Sports (ICONS) responded to the NCAA statement in a social media post later on Tuesday."No promises to women. No assurances. No accountability. The weakest

"The View" co-host Sunny Hostin addressed reporting about her identifying herself as a holdout juror in a gruesome murder case in the 1990s during the show's podcast Monday after resurfaced reports from multiple outlets said it was a man who was the holdout juror."Someone on the internet dug up a Daily News article from 1991 that profiled another, different person that was a holdout juror. You were quoted in this article too, but they were talking about a man that other people pointed to as saying this is the reason we couldn't come to a verdict," Brian Teta, the producer

An Oxford, Mississippi vape store clerk told a confidential informant that "people were dying" from the kratom being sold there, according to court records showing that one of the two Ole Miss students found dead had bought products from the same store.Ole Miss students Aidan Hamilton, 18, and Robert Strang, 20, were found dead on Sept. 21, both with similar packages of kratom or synthetic kratom found to be in their possession, according to the court documents. Officials detailed that Hamilton "could have died due to a Pulmonary Edema," which would be consistent with a drug overdose. Strang was found