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FILE - A sign is posted during a demonstration outside a General Motors facility in Langhorne, Pa., on Sept. 23, 2019. Reform-minded candidates won several races Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022, as members of the United Auto Workers union voted on their leaders in an election that stemmed from a federal bribery and embezzlement scandal involving former union officials. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Reformers take 6 of 14 UAW board seats, could win majority

By Tom Krisher Dec. 04, 2022 11:58 AM EST

More arrests announced in September pop-up car rally in NJ

Oct. 15, 2022 11:54 AM EDT
WILDWOOD, N.J. (AP) — Authorities have announced more arrests in connection with chaos during a pop-up car rally in southern New Jersey last month. ...

A blue Honda is loaded onto a flatbed tow truck in Wildwood, N.J., late Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022. Authorities say at least two people were killed amid multiple crashes at a pop-up car rally. (Dave Hernandez/NJ Advance Media via AP)
2 charged in pair of crashes amid pop-up car rally in NJ

Sep. 27, 2022 04:54 PM EDT

Bent parking meters are seen in front of Bagel Time Cafe in Wildwood, N.J., where an accident occurred the night before, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022. At least two people were killed Saturday night during a pop-up car rally. (Tim Hawk/NJ Advance Media via AP)
Official: 2 killed amid crashes during pop-up NJ car rally

Sep. 25, 2022 03:22 PM EDT

Lawsuit filed over man killed in Portland protests dismissed

Sep. 03, 2022 12:49 PM EDT
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A judge has dismissed a federal lawsuit filed against the city of Portland, the mayor and the Multnomah County district attorney by the estate...

Former Formula One boss, Bernie Ecclestone, leaves Westminster Magistrates Court, in London, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022. Bernie Ecclestone has been charged with fraud by false representation over an alleged failure to declare £400 million of overseas assets to the Government. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Ex-Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone denies fraud charge

Aug. 22, 2022 06:16 AM EDT

Kyle Busch watches during NASCAR Cup Series auto race qualifying at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich., Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
NASCAR's Kyle Busch thankful family escaped mall shooting

By Larry Lage Aug. 06, 2022 05:12 PM EDT

Kyle Busch sits on pit wall during qualifications for the NASCAR Cup Series auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Saturday, July 30, 2022, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
NASCAR's Kyle Busch, family escape Mall of America shooting

Aug. 04, 2022 10:59 PM EDT

Champion driver Bobby East fatally stabbed at gas station

Jul. 16, 2022 05:16 PM EDT
WESTMINSTER, Calif. (AP) — Bobby East, a three-time U.S. Auto Club national champion driver, has died after being stabbed this week at a Southern California gas...

Climate activist Lina Schinkoethe, left, and her mother Solvig Schinkoethe, second from left, sit with their hands glued to the ground during a protest with the group Uprising of the Last Generation in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. The group claims the world has only a few years left to turn the wheel around and avoid catastrophic levels of global warming. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
German climate activists aim to stir friction with blockades

By Frank Jordans Jul. 15, 2022 02:00 AM EDT

FILE - Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone walks in the paddock during the first free practice at the Yas Marina racetrack in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Friday Nov. 23, 2018. British prosecutors say former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone will be charged with fraud by false representation following a government investigation into his overseas assets. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, File)
Ex-F1 boss Ecclestone to be charged with fraud over assets

Jul. 11, 2022 09:25 AM EDT

Protesters from "Just Stop Oil" climate protest group glue their hands to the frame of a copy of Leonardo da Vinci's, 'The Last Supper', inside the Royal Academy, London, Tuesday July 5, 2022. The protest came after “Just Stop Oil” activists targeted other art galleries in the U.K. last week and disrupted the British Grand Prix race on Sunday by sitting down on the track during a halt in the Formula One race. (James Manning/PA via AP)
UK climate protesters glue themselves to gallery paintings

Jul. 05, 2022 07:27 AM EDT

FILE - Former Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone stands at the starting grid prior to the start of the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix at the city circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan, April 29, 2018. Ecclestone, who has family in Brazil, was arrested in the South American nation on May 25, 2022 for having a gun while boarding a plane, police said Thursday, May 26, 2022, and released on bail. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Ecclestone arrested in Brazil for carrying pistol on plane

By Mauricio Savarese May. 26, 2022 10:04 AM EDT

Bubba Wallace (23) heads down pit road before going out on the track to run laps during NASCAR auto race practice at Daytona International Speedway, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Daytona Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
Wallace grudgingly relives 2020 turmoil in new Netflix doc

By Jenna Fryer Feb. 16, 2022 01:51 PM EST

Ex-Boston Grand Prix CFO gets 4 years on fraud, tax charges

Feb. 15, 2022 04:08 PM EST
BOSTON (AP) — A former top executive with the organization that tried to bring IndyCar racing to Boston was sentenced Tuesday to four years in prison in connection...

French anti-terrorism prosecutors probe Dakar Rally blast

Jan. 04, 2022 04:06 PM EST
PARIS (AP) — The French national anti-terrorism prosecutor’s office launched an investigation Tuesday into a car explosion last week ahead of the Dakar Rally in...

FILE - Atlanta Braves' Hank Aaron holds aloft the ball he hit for his 715th career home in Atlanta. Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Jan. 22, 2021. He was 86. (AP Photo, File)
Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021

By Bernard Mcghee Dec. 10, 2021 01:48 PM EST

Canadian pop star Justin Bieber performs at a concert marking the end of Formula One, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Dec. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Saudi prince's tour, reforms eclipsed by Khashoggi case

By Aya Batrawy Dec. 08, 2021 11:23 AM EST

Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain arrives at the Formula One corniche circuit, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. The F1 race, which will take place from Dec. 3-5, will be the first time Saudi Arabia hosts the premier sporting event. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Sister of man imprisoned in Saudi Arabia writes to Hamilton

By Jerome Pugmire Dec. 02, 2021 10:58 AM EST

Man convicted in Virginia rally death in 2017 loses appeal

Nov. 16, 2021 07:54 PM EST
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The Ohio man sent to prison for driving his car into a crowd of counterprotesters during a white nationalist rally in Virginia four years...