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From flying a plane to wearing a welding helmet: How NASCAR is taking in the eclipse

Chase Elliott may be up in his plane. Trevor Bayne joked that he may ride around wearing “a welding helmet.” Monday’s solar eclipse is big news among scientists, astronomers and others interested in what goes on in the universe. It has its place among folks in NASCAR as well. “I didn’t know about it until about a week and a half ago,” Elliott, driver of the No. 24 Chevrolet for Hendrick Motorsports said Friday at Bristol Motor Speedway. “I was at a friend’s house and he was telling me about it and telling me what he was going to do. He’s like ‘This is this huge deal.’ I’m like ‘What is?’ I didn’t know anything about it.” Now that he’s been brought up to speed about the celestial occurrence, Elliott thinks he might have just the solution to avoid the crowded highways and eclipse-watching spots in the northeast corner of Georgia where the total solar eclipse can be seen. Those outside the path of totality will see varying portions of a partial solar eclipse, depending o
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Aly Raisman Says USA Gymnastics Needs Change Amid ‘Horrible’ Sex Abuse Scandal

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Aly Raisman is ready to talk about “the elephant in the room.” And the six-time Olympic medal-winning gymnast thinks it’s time USA Gymnastics joins in a conversation she feels is long overdue. The 23-year-old is calling for sweeping change in the organization in the wake of dozens of allegations of sexual abuse by former national team doctor Larry Nassar, a scandal that has left one of the U.S. Olympic movement’s marquee programs scrambling and Raisman shaken. Nassar spent nearly 30 years as an osteopath with the USA Gymnastics program and is now in prison in Michigan after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography. He is awaiting trial on separate criminal sexual conduct charges, in addition to being sued by more than 125 women who claim he sexually assaulted them under the guise of treatment. Nassar has pleaded not guilty to the assault charges, and the dozens of civil suits filed in Michigan are currently in mediation . Raisman, w
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Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition Pre-Orders Are Nearly Sold Out

If you want to get your hands on an Xbox One X, you'll probably have another chance before the fall. If you want to order an Xbox One X "Project Scorpio Edition," however, you'll likely have to act fast. The Project Scorpio Edition is a special collector's edition that harkens back to the console's longtime code name and comes with a slightly different texture and an exclusive vertical stand. Amazon sold out of its initial allocation pretty quickly, and other retailers have been following suit ever since pre-orders went live yesterday afternoon. Right now, I'm still seeing them at Target  and Best Buy ,  so move quick. We'll update if they turn up elsewhere. An important note that may not have been entirely clear to the casual observer: if you are ordering an Xbox One X right now, you are ordering the Xbox One X Project Scorpio Edition, even if the art or text on some retail websites doesn't reflect that. That's according to Micro
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Game of Thrones season 8 filming date revealed

Season seven of Game of Thrones has raced by, only one episode remaining before another long, cold wait. As first revealed by Jaime Lannister actor Nikolaj Coster-Waldau in an interview with Collider , with confirmation from Entertainment Weekly , we know when season eight will begin filming. According to the publications, we can expect the next episodes of Game of Thrones — which will be the show’s last — to begin filming this October. Season six started filming in September last year, later than previous seasons, primarily thanks to Winter not coming soon enough in the real world to represent the frozen realm of Westeros.
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WWE SummerSlam 2017 live results: Winners and highlights

SummerSlam 2017 features a staggering 13 matches, on a show went over four hours long with a two-hour pre-show. That’s a lot of wrestling to sit through, and there were certainly some low moments, but the good stuff was really dang good. The main event was a phenomenal slobber-knocker, easily the best match of the night and probably one of the best Fatal Four-Way matches WWE has ever done. Brock Lesnar, Braun Strowman, Samoa Joe, and Roman Reigns all brought their A-game and delivered something special. The rest of the show was fairly uneven, with a couple of excellent tag team matches and a real stinker between Big Cass and Big Show. There were also a ton of title changes, some more questionable than others. But ultimately, there was more good than bad and the bad stuff didn’t linger long enough to really drag down the show. Here’s my match-by-match recap and reactions as the show went along. Brock Lesner (c) def. Roman Reigns, Braun Strowman, and Samoa Joe to retain
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Jerry Lewis, a Jester Both Silly and Stormy, Dies at 91

Jerry Lewis, the comedian and filmmaker who was adored by many, disdained by others, but unquestionably a defining figure of American entertainment in the 20th century, died on Sunday morning at his home in Las Vegas. He was 91. His death was confirmed by his publicist, Candi Cazau. Mr. Lewis knew success in movies, on television, in nightclubs, on the Broadway stage and in the university lecture hall. His career had its ups and downs, but when it was at its zenith there were few stars any bigger. And he got there remarkably quickly. Barely out of his teens, he shot to fame shortly after World War II with a nightclub act in which the rakish, imperturbable Dean Martin crooned and the skinny, hyperactive Mr. Lewis capered around the stage, a dangerously volatile id to Mr. Martin’s supremely relaxed ego. After his break with Mr. Martin in 1956, Mr. Lewis went on to a successful solo career, eventually writing, producing and directing many of his own films. Continu
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Libraries joining opioid addiction fight through Narcan training, access to online resources

Three local library systems are training staff in the use of the opioid overdose antidote naloxone and others are considering the move, as more government agencies are joining the fight against Maryland’s opioid epidemic. Library staff in Harford, Carroll and Anne Arundel counties have begun to offer training in administering naloxone, also known by its brand name, Narcan. Meanwhile, library systems across the region are giving patrons to a database of ebooks, audio books and other resources on addiction, recovery and the opioid epidemic, part of an effort to make libraries a greater resource for people confronting drug abuse. Carroll County libraries director Lynn Wheeler authorized naloxone training after two employees who had learned how to use the drug through the county health department administered it to a woman they believed was suffering an overdose in a restroom of the Westminster library. The woman recovered. Wheeler said 121 library employee
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