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Clark survives takes lead after crash, then, with a damaged car, fends off challenges from Derek Griffith and Curtis Gerry to claim his first Oxford 250 title.

Sheldon Creed dominated the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series playoff opener, the Toyota 200 presented by CK Power at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway i

Georgetown launches Racial Justice Institute Georgetown’s first university-wide racial justice effort, the Racial Justice Institute (RJI) will come into effect four years after the university committed to its creation.  The new institute, officially launched in a community-wide email on Feb. 22 by University President John DeGioia, will address issues of racial injustice and inequality across university disciplines. The RJI is intended to serve as a meeting place for activists and scholar...

MIAMI – Property owners are complaining about the advantages that squatters, who don’t have a valid lease or pay rent, seem to be enjoying in Miami-Dade County. Miami-Dade Commission Chairman Jose “Pepe” Diaz said it’s a problem that needs to be handled immediately. Miami Commissioner Raquel Regalado agrees. “This is about property rights,” Regalado said. “Every Friday, we bring this up, and every Friday we are told that ‘There are no squatters!’ that ‘Squatters are bein...

By Adam Fenwick-NASCAR Media Derek Griffith became the first driver since Pete Orr in 1994 to win back-to-back Super Late Model titles at New Smyrna Speedways World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Photo: Jim Dupont/NASCAR NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Stephen Nasse won the big race, but Derek Griffith will again wear the crown. Nasse led every lap of the annual Orange Blossom 100 that closed out the week for the Super Late Model division, allowing him to complete a sweep of the 100-lap featur...

Cape Cod Times When you walk into Mezza Luna Restaurant in Buzzards Bay, you encounter a wall of snapshots and handwritten notes — crowded together and sometimes overlapping —showing families marking occasions from christenings to weddings to bereavements.      Owner E. J. Cubellis II (Emilio John, but few know that because he has always been E.J.) took over the business in 1993 at age 21 from his father, E.J. Cubellis, also an Emilio but called Johnny. Johnny took over the business fr...

By Adam Fenwick-NASCAR Media Derek Griffith celebrates in Victory Lane after winning the Super Late Model feature at Florida’s New Smyrna Saturday on Night 2 of the World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing. Photo: Jim Dupont/NASCAR NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – Derek Griffith finished on the podium during Friday’s David Rogers Super Late Model feature that opened the 55th World Series of Asphalt Stock Car Racing at New Smyrna Speedway, but that simply wasn’t enough for the driver from New ...

When you walk into Mezza Luna Restaurant in Buzzards Bay, you encounter a wall of snapshots and handwritten notes — crowded together and sometimes overlapping —showing families marking occasions from christenings to weddings to bereavements.      Owner E. J. Cubellis II (Emilio John, but few know that because he has always been E.J.) took over the business in 1993 at age 21 from his father, E.J. Cubellis, also an Emilio but called Johnny. Johnny took over the business from his mother,...

Photo illustration source: Josep Gutierrez/Getty Images People whose sex is male have a greater risk of developing severe Covid-19 infections and ultimately dying from the disease. Not only is that a trend doctors have observed since the beginning of the pandemic, it’s also the finding of a recent study that pooled data from over 3 million people from 47 countries. The paper, published in December in the journal Nature Communications, found that males were 2.84 times more likely to be admitt...

>> remember jim, be kind today. >> reporter: the unthinkable confirmed for the family of rachel jacobs calling her a wonderful mother, daughter sister, wife and friend and said we cannot imagine life without her. grieving the family of derek griffith who recently earned his doctorate. two others are still missing in the crash including bob guilder guildersleeve. >> as one son pleads for his father another father and son are being hailed as heroes for rushing to the scene of the crash to pull sur...