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Starting from pole sounds like a good thing for Charles Leclerc and Ferrari, but actually this achievement tends to be a good omen for Red Bull based on the stats so far. The distinction of being on pole position varies in terms of importance from race to race, with venues like Monaco and Singapore seen as tracks where being the pole-sitter is hugely advantageous for a driver’s chances of winning. Of course, while claiming pole position is a great honour in Formula 1, it does not always mean the race win is incoming for that driver, as Leclerc found out most recently at the 2022 Singapore Grand Prix. Finishing the race P2, not only did it extend his winless run which stretches all the way back to the Austrian GP in July, but it also further boosted a particular Red Bull statistic. As Sergio Perez took the lead from Leclerc at the start, going on to take the chequered flag , it meant that out of Leclerc’s 18 pole positions in his career, Red Bull have now won 10 of … [Read more...] about How pole position for Charles Leclerc is usually good news for Red Bull

Click here to read the full article. ABC’s new drama Alaska Daily is basically three different shows lurking under the same title. One is good, one is fine, and one is terrible. Guess which one Alaska Daily spends the least amount of time on? More from Rolling Stone 'Away': Hilary Swank Spaces Out Trailers of the Week: 'The Devil All the Time,' 'Simulation Theory,' 'Robin's Wish,' and More Hilary Swank Leaves Her Family Behind to Lead Mission to Mars in 'Away' Trailer Created by Spotlight director Tom McCarthy, the show begins with Eileen Fitzgerald, a celebrated reporter played by two-time Oscar winner Hilary Swank . A big scoop, about the country’s proposed new secretary of defense, blows up in her face when her sourcing is challenged, and soon her only employment option is to move to Anchorage to work for her former boss Stanley Cornik ( Scandal alum Jeff Perry). Like most newspapers across the country, Stanley’s operation has seen better … [Read more...] about ‘Alaska Daily’ Review: Hilary Swank Series Is Yesterday’s News

A construction worker drowned in the Texas Gulf after falling from an offshore platform on Saturday, October 1, according to a Facebook post from San Patricio County Sheriff Oscar Rivera. The man fell from a Kiewit Offshore Services platform, Rivera noted. Coast Guard officials in Corpus Christi responded to the call around 1:45 p.m. The construction worker was wearing a manually inflatable life jacket as well as a safety harness and tool belt. However, officials said the man did not resurface once he hit the water, according to a report from the Charlotte Observer. The Coast Guard, Corpus Christi Police Department, Ingleside Police Department, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and a dive team from Aransas Pass all searched for the man once the call came in. Aransas Pass Police Marine Division recovered the man's body around 5:30 p.m. The worker was a scaffolding subcontractor, a Kiewit Offshore Services spokesperson told the publication in an email. Kiewit has … [Read more...] about Texas construction worker drowns after falling off platform on Gulf coast

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 12 RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil has a major role to play in addressing climate change as home to the world's largest rainforest, but after Sunday's election, the subject is less likely to come up than ever. In the country's lower house of Congress, the Liberal Party of President Jair Bolsonaro increased its share by 30%, jumping from 76 to 99 seats. The Liberal Party has one of the worst environmental records among the country’s many parties, according to two Congress watchdogs. One of the new lawmakers is former Environment Minister Ricardo Salles, a fierce agribusiness ally who has dismissed climate change as a “useless debate.” On his watch, Brazil’s environmental agencies were weakened and Amazon deforestation spiked to its highest rate in 15 years. Salles was the subject of two investigations by Brazil's federal police and … [Read more...] about New Brazilian Congress not likely to address climate

Ukrainian troops on Tuesday accelerated their military advances on two fronts, pushing Russian forces into retreat in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions to the east and Kherson region to the south. The gains showed Kyiv continuing to recapture occupied territory on the same day that President Vladimir Putin and his rubber-stamp parliament sought to formalize their increasingly far-fetched annexation claims of four Ukrainian regions. "The Ukrainian armed forces commanders in the south and east are throwing problems at the Russian chain of command faster than the Russians can effectively respond," said a Western official who requested anonymity to brief reporters about sensitive security information. "And this is compounding the existing dysfunction within the Russian invasion force." Ukraine has been pushing to take back as much of its occupied territory as it can before Russia potentially sends hundreds of thousands of reinforcements to the battlefield, following a recent … [Read more...] about Ukraine hammers Russian forces into retreat on east and south fronts

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The snail darter, a tiny Southeastern fish at the center of an epic battle over Endangered Species Act protection in the 1970s, is no longer considered imperiled, officials announced Tuesday. The fish held up construction of the Tellico Dam in Tennessee for more than two years as biologists and others fought to protect its only known habitat, the free-flowing Little Tennessee River. The battle, which went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court and beyond, is still sometimes cited as an example of environmental excess, although the reality is much more complicated. The dam eventually was built, with snail darters collected and transplanted into other rivers. They were also later discovered in several additional streams. Snail darters went from being considered an endangered species to a threatened species in 1984. Three years ago, the Center for Biological … [Read more...] about Snail darter, focus of epic conservation fight, is recovered

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July as businesses grow less desperate for workers, a trend that could cool chronically high inflation. That is good news for the Federal Reserve in its efforts to bring down high prices without plunging the economy into a recession. The government jobs report released Tuesday also showed that layoffs remained historically low, even after a modest increase in August. And overall hiring was essentially unchanged that month. Altogether, the data suggested that even as companies take down job postings, they aren't cutting workers or slamming the brakes on adding jobs. “Employers are thinking about who they don’t need to hire, but not thinking about who they need to lay off,” said Layla O’Kane, a senior economist at labor analytics firms Lightcast. There were 10.1 million advertised jobs on the last day of August, the government said Tuesday, down a huge 10% from 11.2 million openings in … [Read more...] about US job openings sink as economy slows, cost to borrow rises

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 Aides who had worked in Donald Trump's White House were not surprised this summer when the FBI found highly classified material in boxes at Mar-a-Lago, mixed with news clippings and other items. They'd seen such haphazard collections before. During his four years in office, Trump never strictly followed the rules and customs for handling sensitive government documents, according to 14 officials from his administration, most of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss what they called Trump's mishandling of classified information. He took transcripts of his calls with foreign leaders as well as photos and charts used in his intelligence briefings to his private residence with no explanation. He demanded that letters he exchanged with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un be kept close at hand so he could show them off to visitors. Documents that would ordinarily be kept … [Read more...] about In Trump White House, classified records routinely mishandled, aides say

Listen to this article The Toyota RAV4 becomes a bit more rugged in Japan with the newly launched Offroad Package II. It's somewhat similar to the RAV4 TRD Off-Road available in the United States but with additional powertrain and color options. The Offroad Package II gives the Japanese-market RAV4 a 0.39-inch (10-millimeter) suspension lift. It also outfits the crossover with a set of 18-inch wheels with a matte black finish and 225/60 all-terrain tires. Gallery: Toyota RAV4 Off-Road Package (JDM) 11 Photos Toyota adds textured trim to the body, and it calls the shade for these pieces Gori Gori Black. With the monotone paint option, this trim appears on the lower front fascia, wheel wells, mirror caps, side sills, and rear bumper. Picking the two-tone body color adds this accent to the upper portion of the nose. In monotone, the Offroad Package II is … [Read more...] about Toyota RAV4 Off-Road Package Debuts As More Rugged Model For Japan