Andrea Kimi Antonelli: Mercedes driver passes driving test
Mercedes driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli has passed his driving test just six weeks before he makes his Formula 1 debut at the season-opening Australian Grand…
Lewis Hamilton: Ferrari driver continues F1 testing in Barcelona
Lewis Hamilton is continuing his preparations for the Formula 1 season by testing for his new Ferrari team at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya this week.The…
Large sinkhole opens near Tokyo; truck driver trapped inside
Jan. 28 (UPI) -- Japanese emergency crews worked through Tuesday to free a man driving a dump truck that fell through a large sinkhole that…
Josh McErlean: Northern Ireland driver preparing for ‘Formula 1 of rallying’
When Josh McErlean first stepped into a rally car at the age of 11, his dream was to reach the World Rally Championship.Now, he is…
Watch moment cop accidentally shoots driver with the man’s own gun during body search in nightmare traffic stop
THIS is the horrifying moment a cop accidentally shot a driver with his own gun during a traffic stop gone shockingly wrong.Jason Arrington's leg was…
Incarcerated firefighters offer aid battling L.A. blazes, find career
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Watch as Chinese supercar jumps 20ft across pothole & spikes with no driver – but it costs an eye-watering sum
THIS Chinese supercar can leap over a 20ft pothole and a row of spikes without anyone in the driving seat.A fully autonomous motor has been…
Girl, 8, airlifted to hospital and horse she was riding killed after ‘hit and run’ horror as driver, 61, arrested – The Sun
AN eight-year-old girl has been airlifted to hospital after a van crashed into her while horse riding. The horror smash, involving a white Ford Transit…
Sobering advice from two experts on how to prevent similiar fires
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Formula 1: Franco Colapinto joins Alpine as reserve driver after Williams release
Colapinto made his debut at the Italian Grand Prix in early September and impressed Williams and rival teams with the speed of his adaptation to…
Two dead, several more injured in Pasadena wrong-way driver crash
Two people were killed and several more injured after a wrong-way driver caused a multiple-car collision early Sunday on the 134 Freeway in Pasadena, according…
2024 was brutal for Los Angeles restaurant closures
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Driver of exploding Cybertruck left letters of anguish
A Green Beret who drove an explosives-laden Tesla Cybertruck to Las Vegas and detonated its payload at Trump International Hotel left a suicide note saying…
FBI investigating deadly Cybertruck explosion at Trump hotel
One person was killed and seven others injured after a Cybertruck burst into flames Wednesday morning just outside the glass entrance doors of Trump International…
Have some down time? Check out the revamped L.A. Times games
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Driver who killed 35 in China car ramming sentenced to death | Crime News
Court in southern China’s Zhuhai that sentenced Fan Weiqiu, 62, said his ‘criminal motive was extremely despicable’.A court in China has sentenced a man to…
Hudson Meek, ‘Baby Driver’ child actor, dies at 16
Hudson Meek, an actor who appeared in “Baby Driver” and voiced Bada in the preschool-age series “Badanamu Stories,” has died after falling from a moving…
Florida pizza delivery driver accused of stabbing pregnant $2 tipper
Brianna Alvelo is accused of returning to a motel and stabbing a pregnant woman 14 times after being tipped $2 for a pizza delivery Sunday…
Woman, 74, killed after lorry driver speeds through red light and knocks her down as family pay tribute to ‘devoted’ mum
HEARTBREAKING tributes have been paid to a 74-year-old woman who died after a lorry driver sped through a red light and knocked her down.Dariusz Meczynski,…
FedEx contract driver charged for alleged package dumping in Florida woods
Latavion Lewis is charged with several crimes after allegedly dumping FedEx packages in a wooded area in the Florida Panhandle while recently running late on…