A thorough sweep of the 29 tracks and 1,684 garage stalls at the speedway, authorities found 11 pull-down ropes tied in a knot -- but only one noose: "The one discovered on Sunday in Bubba Wallace's…
Mike Hembree, Special to USA TODAY Sports Published 1:24 p.m. ET June 25, 2020 | Updated 2:59 p.m. ET June 25, 2020CLOSEAutoplayShow ThumbnailsShow CaptionsLast SlideNext SlideNASCAR said Thursday its investigation into the discovery of a noose in a Talladega Superspeedway garage stall did not reveal information about how it was placed there or who was…
The FBI has determined that a noose found in NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace's garage at Talladega Superspeedway on Sunday had been there since at least last year, according to the bureau.A statement issued by U.S. Attorney Jay E. Town said that an investigation has concluded that no federal crime was committed."The FBI learned that garage…
Michelle R. Martinelli, USA TODAY Published 11:19 p.m. ET June 21, 2020 | Updated 1:07 a.m. ET June 22, 2020CLOSE SportsPulse: Bubba Wallace wasn't afraid to address NASCAR fans who may have been irked by the organizations ban on Confederate flag, reminding them to put themselves in the shoes of others. USA TODAYA noose was…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…