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FORT WORTH, Texas — Six-time national sprint car champion Brad Sweet has retired from full-time racing. Sweet made the announcement during Sunday’s High Limit Racing banquet. The California native, who co-owns High Limit with Kyle Larson, won five consecutive World of Outlaws championships before winning the 2024 High Limit title. Sweet finished second to Rico Abreu in this year’s High Limit chase and struggled at times throughout the season, including missing some time with a concussion suffered at Eldora Speedway. It was an emotional Sweet, who addressed the gathering. “As many of you know, this is going to be harder...

A group of archaeologists excavating the doomed city of Pompeii found quite the surprise earlier this week: a banquet hall complete with paintings inspired by the Trojan War. The discovery was announced earlier this week, The Associated Press noted. The banquet hall and its mosaic floor were uncovered during a project to help prevent further demise of the ruins of Pompeii.

Just Stop Oil's 'Beyond F***ed Banquet' was derailed today by counter-protestors, who set off alarms suspended in balloons. The divisive climate activism group held an event in London to 'step back, grieve for what will die and disappear but also to celebrate what we have achieved', offering campaign updates, stories from people 'in resistance', plant based food and music. But the banquet was thrown off course when 'Just Stop P***ing Everyone Off' protestors crashed the event with deafening 'personal safety alarms'. The group - which this week clashed with JSO as they prepared to march on London - was revealed...

And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord...

BOISE -- The Riverside Hotel canceled the Idaho Freedom Foundation's annual banquet, citing concerns for guest safety surrounding the keynote speaker. But the foundation says the left is trying to stifle free speech and ideas. The "Faces of Freedom Banquet" was supposed to happen at the Riverside Hotel August 26. But after hearing of possible protests online - and in the wake of the violent incidents in Charlotesville - hotel owners told the conservative group that could no longer happen. The Idaho Freedom Foundation touts conservative principles, limited government, free markets and self-reliance. Their stated mission is to "hold public...

April 13 (UPI) -- North Korea and Syria reconfirmed friendly ties on Wednesday, according to Pyongyang's state media. KCNA reported Thursday Syria's top diplomat to North Korea, Ambassador Tammam Sulaiman, held a banquet to commemorate the upcoming birth anniversary of North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. "On the occasion of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung's birthday, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Syria Arab Republic, Tammam Sulaiman, held a banquet at his embassy," Pyongyang stated. [snip] "Goodwill established between the past leaders of Syria and North Korea continue unchanged for generations," the Syrian diplomat reportedly said. "We...

The King of kings is about to call ! Unilateral agreements are now coming into play , The Bride of Christ coming together all in one day , So break out the confetti and raise your voice and sing , For the King of Glory and his banquet are about to ring \o/ , The sound of unity across his Body and Bride , For The Kingdom of God is moving in leaps and strides , No longer will hindering spirits be allowed to stand , For The Lord himself is coming with an army to take back all his...

VICTORIA, British Columbia (NNS) -- Guests from Victoria, British Columbia, as well as visiting Sailors from Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Calgary (FFH-335) were welcomed to a reception in the hangar bay of USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Oct. 3. “The U.S. and Canadian Navies have had a long-standing tradition of mutual support and cooperation in the defense of our homelands,” said Capt. Patrick D. Hall, Lincoln’s commanding officer. “This relationship has sustained our two countries through exercises, military exchanges, and helped tremendously in humanitarian efforts and the preservation of peace and stability around the world.” Lincoln stopped in Victoria...