Funerals and memorial services
Bubba Wallace, right, pours a drink on Ryan Blaney in Victory Lane after Blaney won the NASCAR All-Star auto race at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, Sunday, May 22, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Hot Ticket: NASCAR hub gets sellout for Memorial Day weekend

By Steve Reed May. 28, 2022 02:12 PM EDT

Competitors make a turn during a heat race ahead of a NASCAR exhibition auto race at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
NASCAR scores win with successful race inside LA Coliseum

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 06, 2022 08:22 PM EST

Competitors race around the track during a practice session at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Los Angeles, ahead of a NASCAR exhibition auto race. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
NASCAR celebrates ahead of radical race in LA Coliseum

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 05, 2022 07:53 PM EST

Airplanes fly over Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum before an NCAA college football game between San Jose State and Southern California Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
NASCAR shifts season-opening exhibition to L.A. Coliseum

By Jenna Fryer Sep. 14, 2021 06:56 PM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2020 file photo, Michael Annett (1), Ryan Sieg (39), and Ross Chastain (10) compete in a NASCAR Xfinity Series auto race at Dover International Speedway, in Dover, Del. On Friday, May 14, The Associated Press reported on stories circulating online incorrectly claiming gas shortages resulting from the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack have led NASCAR to postpone this weekend’s race in Dover. (AP Photo/Jason Minto, File)
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

By The Associated Press May. 14, 2021 01:34 PM EDT

The King Henry VIII gate at Windsor Castle Windsor, England, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, guarded by armed police and casket wardens. Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died Friday April 9 aged 99. His funeral service will take place on Saturday at Windsor Castle. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Grand Prix timetable altered due to Prince Philip's funeral

Apr. 13, 2021 02:48 PM EDT

This April 3, 1997, file photo, shows an aerial view of Texas Motor Speedway on its first day of operation in Fort Worth, Texas. IndyCar has gotten the green flag to finally start its season in Texas. The race will be run June 6, 2020, without spectators at Texas Motor Speedway. (Allison C. Smith/Star-Telegram via AP)
IndyCar drivers cope with strange Memorial Day weekend

By Michael Marot May. 22, 2020 05:14 PM EDT

FILE - This May 26, 2019, file photo shows Simon Pagenaud, of France, celebrating after winning the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis. The Indy 500 has been rescheduled for Aug. 23, 2020, and won't be run on Memorial Day weekend as scheduled for the first time since its return in 1946. Pagenaud passed Alexander Rossi on the penultimate lap to win last May. That gave Roger Penske his 18th win at Indy on the 50th anniversary of his arrival at the Brickyard and before he became the series and track owner. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File)
What Would Have Been: Indianapolis 500, MLB scandal series

By Stephen Hawkins May. 18, 2020 01:37 AM EDT

A car drives past the entrance at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Saturday, March 28, 2020. Roger Penske, at 83 and considered high risk to the coronavirus as a 2017 kidney transplant recipient, still makes the daily three-minute commute to his Bloomfield Hills, Mich, office. He works 12 or more hours a day from his conference room at Penske Corp., which has a skeleton crew all practicing social distancing. Penske also had the small matter of planning his first Indianapolis 500. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
AP Interview: Roger Penske talks postponing Indianapolis 500

By Jenna Fryer Mar. 28, 2020 04:38 PM EDT

Austin latest Texas city to ban large gatherings amid virus

Mar. 15, 2020 06:24 PM EDT
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Austin became the latest Texas community to prohibit large gatherings as a way to help stop the spread of the new coronavirus. ...

Eintracht fans have taped letters at a wall of the stadium during a Europa League round of 16, 1st leg soccer match between Eintracht Frankfurt and FC Basel in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, March 12, 2020. The match was played in an empty stadium because of the coronavirus outbreak. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough. For some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
The Latest: Raptors say all of travel party tested negative

Mar. 13, 2020 08:49 AM EDT

Birgit Lauda, center, widow of the former formular Formula One driver Niki Lauda, attends a funeral service for Lauda in Vienna, Austria, Wednesday, May 29, 2019. Three-time Formula One world champion Niki Lauda, who won two of his titles after a horrific crash that left him with serious burns and went on to become a prominent figure in the aviation industry, has died on May 21, 2109. He was 70. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)
Family, fans to attend requiem for F1 great Niki Lauda

May. 29, 2019 02:57 AM EDT