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On a sweltering afternoon in Dallas, Kelly Neidert stood alone on a busy corner near the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. She waved a handwritten sign reading "Dr. Lopez is transitioning little kids" as drivers passed, her eyes shielded from the summer sun by colorful 80s-style shades. Neidert's sign took aim at Dr. Ximena Lopez’s work as the leader of UT Southwestern’s Genecis Clinic, which focuses on gender-affirming medical care, offering mental health services and hormone treatments for transgender youth. The clinic won praise from UT Southwestern when it opened in 2015 and Lopez participated in a host of interviews to discuss her team’s work with trans youth . However, in recent years, UT Southwestern began to shift away from publicly lauding the clinic and eventually moved to shut it down last November, suggesting “Media attention and political and scientific controversy, as well as UT Southwestern’s status as a state agency, were considered in the months … [Read more...] about Anti-transgender activist Kelly Neidert’s group is expanding into Houston, she says

Twenty years ago today, in the middle of one of the most frantic final laps a Formula One race has ever seen, a cool-headed Michael Schumacher found the time to help out his little brother. Advert | Become a Supporter & go ad-free He did it while winning the race for himself, inflicting another surprising defeat on Williams and Jacques Villeneuve . 1997 French Grand Prix qualifying Two weeks on from his humiliating defeat at home, Villeneuve arrived in France trailing Schumacher in the championship. But the home race for engine builder Renault, who had won the last two races on the French track, promised to be a strong venue for Williams. His weekend got off to a troubled start, however. Villeneuve crashed ahead of qualifying, meaning he had to begin the session in his spare car. He eventually switched to his regular race chassis but was held up by Mika Hakkinen spun at the Lycee chicane. “We just stuck it on the car and I honestly don’t know how much … [Read more...] about Inspired Schumacher takes ’11-point win’ at Magny-Cours · RaceFans

A bizarre incident involving an ambulance almost cost a NASCAR driver a shot at the championship. Also last weekend two prominent F1 juniors enjoy successful weekends in their series and the DTM title battle closed up again. NASCAR Cup Race 26: Richmond Matt Kenseth was one of the 16 drivers to qualify for NASCAR’s title-deciding play-offs despite retiring from Saturday’s 300-mile race at Richmond after a strange incident involving an ambulance. The safety vehicle’s driver failed to stop when instructed during a caution period which forced several drivers to take avoiding action. They included Kenseth, who ran into the back of Clint Bowyer. Championship leader Martin Truex Jnr described the incident as “inexcusable”. Truex lost a healthy lead when another caution period was called with four laps to go in the race. He was then beaten out of the pits by Kyle Larson and Denny Hamlin delivered the coup de grace by sticking Truex into the wall. Nonetheless Truex … [Read more...] about Weekend Racing Wrap: Ambulance disrupts NASCAR race – F1 Fanatic

Listen to this article Amid ongoing debate among grand prix racing’s chiefs about how best to address problems triggered by rising inflation and the cost of living crisis, teams are reluctant to keep spending on upgrades until they know there is no risk of them potentially being in breach of the spending rules. With McLaren having already admitted that it is on course to break the current $140 million cost cap limit , it is more mindful about the risk of further over-spend until it knows what F1 is doing to address the problems teams face. And that is why team principal Andreas Seidl has revealed that McLaren has stopped for now work on any more major developments to its MCL-36. “Hopefully it is not just us who had to pull the handbrake in terms of further developments, due to the restrictions we're having mainly from the cost cap side,” explained Seidl, speaking about the work on improving the team’s current challenger. “But there are also the restrictions you have … [Read more...] about McLaren: Budget cap uncertainty has put handbrake on F1 upgrades

Listen to this article The two Acura ARX-05s entered by Wayne Taylor Racing and Meyer Shank Racing were untouchable out front in the third Michelin Endurance Cup event on the 2022 IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship calendar, scoring a comprehensive 1-2 victory for the Honda-owned brand. Bourdais and teammate Renger van der Zande finished third in the best of the five Cadillac entries, the #01 Ganassi DPi-V.R, but were never in a position to upset the Acuras in a race punctuated by several caution periods and a long red flag due to thunderstorms. Acura has now won four of the seven races in the DPi class so far, moving to the top of the manufacturers’ standings, while WTR and MSR lock out the top two spots in the teams’ championship. Bourdais said being the top Cadillac at Watkins Glen was little consolation, as he had no chance to mix up with the leading two Acuras given the pace difference between the two cars at the 3.4-mile road course. "We were trimmed out, but … [Read more...] about Bourdais ‘frustrated’ Cadillac no match for Acura at The Glen

Under fire 3-time F1 world champion, Nelson Piquet Sr has issued a statement apologising for the racist comments he made in a podcast against Lewis Hamilton. His comments were from a podcast in December 2021, but they received global coverage only recently as F1 approaches the British GP weekend. His comments were regarding Hamilton's crash with Verstappen at last year's British GP which caused the Dutchman to be hospitalised and turned the championship battle to be extremely acrimonious. He wanted to "clear up the stories circulating in the media about a comment I made in an interview last year." He added that the comment was "was ill thought out, and I make no defence for it." That being said he also clarified that he had no racial intent as the word he used is colloquially used in Brazilian Portuguese as a synonym for guy or person. The 7-time world champion is the only black driver in the history of the sport "I would never use the word I have been accused of in some … [Read more...] about F1: Nelson Piquet Clarifies & Apologises For Racist Comments Against Lewis Hamilton

Listen to this article The Hinwil-based squad has faced some challenging weekends recently where it has been forced to bounce back from especially tricky first days of practice. As well as losing track time because of niggling reliability issues, its drivers Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu had to prepare for races with older specification developments. That was because the team had been tight on spare parts and it did not want to risk a crash on Friday leaving it without its newest components for the rest of a race weekend. But having finally caught up with the production of spares at its factory, Alfa Romeo will be able to fit both its cars with its latest developments from this weekend’s race at Silverstone. Alfa Romeo’s head of trackside engineering Xevi Pujolar said about the situation: “On Fridays we still have some problems with reliability, and it is something we are working to get better. “But also in terms of performance on Friday, we have been … [Read more...] about Alfa Romeo F1 no longer limited on spares from British Grand Prix

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 The Supreme Court's overturning of Roe v. Wade has set off a frenzy of activity in courthouses around the country, with judges asked to decide when or if state-imposed bans or other far-reaching restrictions on abortion can go into effect. Some of the disputes involve bans that have been on the books, unenforced, for generations. Some involve “trigger laws” that were specifically designed to take effect if Roe were to fall. Some entail prohibitions on abortion that were held up while the ruling on Roe's fate was awaited and are now moving forward. To complicate matters, some states have multiple abortion bans in play, and the measures conflict, overlap or are set to take effect at different times. Here's a look at some of the key legal issues. WHAT HAPPENED? The Supreme Court last week struck down the landmark 1973 ruling that legalized abortion nationwide, ruling that the … [Read more...] about EXPLAINER: Abortion ruling sparks wave of new legal issues

Listen to this article United Autosports made its fourth appearance at the annual Rolex Monterey Motorsports Pre- and Reunion events in California (12-21 August) and came away with three podiums including a victory and lots of positive memories from competing in one of the world’s largest and most prestigious historic racing events. Zak Brown scored his second consecutive triumph in the 962 when he won, unchallenged, the 11-lap race from pole-position around the 11-turn, 2.238-mile Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca during the Pre-Reunion event. Brown, having swept the ex-Dyson Racing 1986 Porsche to victory at the Le Mans Classic recently, repeated the feat in California to replicate his 2014 Monterey win – Stefan Johansson having also won in the same car in the corresponding event in 2012. It looked as though United Autosports would have two cars on the podium in the race, Richard Dean a solid third until he pitted the Mustang on the last lap with a broken third gear. In the … [Read more...] about United Autosports in victory lane again at Monterey’s Fabulous Rolex Double-Header event