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Danica Patrick, renowned as the sole female victor of an IndyCar race in the United States , has hinted she will continue to work for British broadcaster Sky Sports in 2025. Former NASCAR star Patrick regularly appears on Sky Sports during Formula 1 races held in North and South America, and she even ventured to report on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix recently. Although Sky Sports frequently shuffles its lineup - introducing new talent while seeing familiar faces like Johnny Herbert exit stage left in 2023 and Damon Hill bow out last month - it appears Patrick, 42, is set for a longer stay. Her end-of-season social media post carried a tinge of sentiment as she reflected on the year. She wrote: "What a fun year to be reporting on F1 and be at the last race in Abu Dhabi! So many winners and so many story lines! 2025 is going to be lit! "Most of all... I love my Sky Sports crew. They make work fun and are also incredibly talented and I learn from them every weekend!" Despite her achievements on the racetrack, Patrick has stirred controversy with her political stance. She openly supported Donald Trump , who clinched the United States Presidential Election last month, and cast her vote for the 78-year-old. In October, she moderated a North Carolina town hall event featuring J.D. Vance, Trump's running mate set to take office in January. On US TV news, she defended her choice to back the Republican ticket over Democrat Kamala Harris. She said: "It feels like voting for Donald Trump is like the vote of reason. It's like the rational, reasonable choice. There is a difference definitely between the way that men and women are voting, and I think maybe one of the reasons why women are having a harder time with the vote is just [Trump's] personality. "That's the most common answer you hear from people. 'I just can't vote for him'. I don't think that's a good enough reason. You don't have to go to dinner with him, you just have to like the country that you live in. "If he gets into office, with all the amazing, brilliant people who are supporting him, I feel like it can not only make America great again but make America greater than it's ever been."The Super Lotto jackpot has been hit for the fourth time this year. The J$162 million jackpot was hit by a lucky player in St Elizabeth who bought a J$200 ticket with the winning numbers 11, 19, 24, 25, 33 and Super Ball 5. The ticket was bought at Three Bar in Santa Cruz. Jamaicans have won three of the four jackpot hits so far this year. In March, a businessman took home J$163 million and in August a retiree won the J$236.5 million Super Lotto jackpot. The other Super Lotto jackpot hit was in St Maarten. That player won J$294 million, also in August. To begin the process of collecting their jackpot, the latest winner must present the winning ticket with their signature affixed and valid national ID at the Supreme Ventures Flagship Store located in Twin Gates Plaza at 25 Constant Spring Road in St Andrew within 90 days from the draw date. The multi-jurisdictional game is currently played in six Caribbean countries: Jamaica, Barbados, St Kitts & Nevis, Anguilla, Antigua and St Maarten. Draws take place every Tuesday and Friday at 8:30 pm. Follow The Gleaner on X and Instagram @JamaicaGleaner and on Facebook @GleanerJamaica. Send us a message on WhatsApp at 1-876-499-0169 or email us at onlinefeedback@gleanerjm.com or editors@gleanerjm.com .
Come April 1, 2025, Alberta is ending photo radar ticketing on all numbered provincial highways. The province also plans over the coming months to review “cash cows” – photo radar spots that appear to prioritize money-making over safety — with the goal of shutting down 70 per cent of the current 2,200 sites. Transportation Minister Devin said far too often photo radar penalizes drivers without improving road safety, adding the province doesn’t intend to offer extra cash to make municipalities whole from the lost photo radar revenue. “The whole point of getting rid of these cash cow locations is to make sure that photo radar is used as a traffic safety tool and not as a revenue generator,” Dreeshen told a news conference Monday. Photo radar will continue to be allowed in school zones, playground zones and construction sites, but beyond these areas, local governments will have to submit their case and show evidence of higher collision rates. At intersections equipped with cameras, running a red light could still net a driver a ticket, but speeding on green will not – starting in the spring. Kara Westerlund, president of the Rural Municipalities of Alberta, applauded the move. “Our communities have called for change, and I’m proud to say that this government has listened,” she said at the government news conference. Alberta Municipalities president Tyler Gandam said his organization supports local governments using automated traffic enforcement for safety reasons, since the data shows it reduces deaths, injuries and property damage. “It’s improving safety in the communities, no question,” Gandam said in an interview, adding the government’s decision is about political points because getting tickets is unpopular. Gandam said forcing municipalities to go through another approval process represents more bureaucracy from a government that prides itself on cutting red tape. He said photo radar revenue makes up a small portion of any municipality’s budget. For him, the issue is about safety, including that of the police officers who will need to enforce traffic safety. Dreeshen said the province has seen a “mixed bag” of data measuring photo radar’s effect on collision numbers. “There’s lots of folks that will say photo radar is needed to keep these streets safe, but we’ve also seen municipalities, when they remove photo radar, that we’ve actually seen safer streets,” he said. “We’re not banning speed limits,” he said. Opposition NDP critic Lorne Dach told reporters Dreeshen’s move doesn’t appear to be supported by evidence. “The decision-making here seems to be basically based on the minister’s decision about popularity rather than public safety data,” said Dach. NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi said the government is adding red tape, and that municipalities, including Calgary, use photo radar funding to pay for policing. “If this government wants municipalities to increase property taxes for their largest budget item, they should just say so,” he said. The announcement comes after years of the previous NDP government and current the United Conservative government placing restrictions on how municipalities use photo radar sites. In 2019, the then-NDP government introduced a freeze on new locations and banned photo radar in transition zones: spots where the speed limit changes on highways. Photo radar was also banned on high-speed, multi-lane highways unless there was documented proof of safety concerns. The freeze was then extended when in 2022, the UCP said no photo radar was allowed on residential roads with speed limits below 50 km/h. Keep in mind, many Edmonton streets are now 40 km/h. Double dipping — issuing multiple tickets within five minutes — was also banned. Photo radar vehicles now also have to be highly visible. Cities couldn’t run photo radar in construction zones except when construction workers were present and it was only allowed in school zones when classes were in session. Municipalities were also obligated to provide data on collisions and safety to justify why they are running photo radar at certain locations. A year ago, Dreeshen said photo radar is being used as a cash cow in some places across Alberta. At that time, the province banned the use of the enforcement tool on Calgary and Edmonton’s ring roads ( Stoney Trail and Anthony Henday Drive) and said it would spend the following year removing spots where there is no clear safety reason for photo radar and it’s only being done to collect money. Before the ban, Calgary’s ring road had eight photo radar sites and Edmonton’s ring road had 22. Red light intersection cameras were left out of the review process because they have been proven to prevent T-bones and similar collisions that lead to serious injuries or death. Edmonton and Calgary were given the option to redeploy the photo radar units previously used on ring roads to areas in the cities where they have a safety impact — in school, playground and construction zones. A cap on any new photo radar equipment, programs or new photo radar locations was extended to Dec. 1, 2024 while the province consulted with municipalities. Dreeshen said on Monday the ring road ban has shown good results, in part because drivers aren’t taken off guard by having to suddenly slow down and disrupt traffic. In 2019, the UCP increased the province’s share of photo radar revenue to 40 per cent from 27. That fiscal year, the revenue generated was $203 million across the province. By last year, total revenue was down to $145 million, Dreeshen said Monday. Among the top five revenue-generating sites listed by the government in 2023, four are in Edmonton and area, each collecting between $2.1 million and almost $6 million per year. Alberta’s first photo radar units were introduced in 1987 and as of last fall, there were about 2,387 photo radar sites across the province. — With files from Karen Bartko, Global NewsAnalysis: Protecting QBs from violent late hits like the one that leveled Trevor Lawrence isn't easyMANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City’s players were booed by their own fans Tuesday after blowing a three-goal lead against Feyenoord in the Champions League to extend their winless run to six games. Jeers rang around the Etihad Stadium after the final whistle of a dramatic 3-3 draw. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your browser settings.
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City’s players were booed by their own fans Tuesday after blowing a three-goal lead against Feyenoord in the Champions League to extend their winless run to six games. Jeers rang around the Etihad Stadium after the final whistle of a dramatic 3-3 draw. “They are disappointed. Of course we understand it,” City manager Pep Guardiola said. “They are completely right to express what they feel.” After five-straight losses in all competitions, City looked to be cruising to victory after going three up inside 50 minutes. But Feyenoord mounted an improbable comeback and leveled the game in the 89th to leave the home crowd stunned. While the worst losing streak of Guardiola’s managerial career was brought to an end, his wait for a first win since Oct. 26 goes on. Erling Haaland had scored twice, with Ilkay Gundogan also on target to put City in control. But goals from Anis Hadj Moussa in the 75th, Santiago Gimenez in the 82nd and David Hancko in the 89th turned the game on its head. According to stats supplier Opta, it was the first time in Guardiola's managerial career that his team had failed to win a game after leading 3-0. It said it was the first time City had failed to win from that position since 1989. “We lost a lot of games lately, we are fragile and of course we need a victory," Guardiola said. “The game was good for the confidence, we were playing a good level, but the first time something happened we had problems.” A win would have moved City up to fifth in the Champions League standings , but the draw left it 15th with three games remaining in the first phase of the competition. Story continues below video The top eight teams advance to the round of 16, while teams ranked ninth to 24th go into a playoff. City’s players, including Bernardo Silva, Josko Gvardiol and Haaland looked visibly frustrated as they left the field to cheers from the delirious traveling Dutch fans in the away section of the stadium. “If you are 3-0 up at home you can never give it away like this. It is what it is at the moment. The only thing we can do is fight back and stay strong,” City defender Nathan Ake said. City plays Premier League leader Liverpool on Sunday — defeat would leave it 11 points adrift of its title rival. “We will learn for the future. It has been and will be a tough season for us and we have to accept it," said Guardiola, who had a cut on his nose during the game. He said it had been caused when he scratched it with his fingernail. James Robson is at https://twitter.com/jamesalanrobson AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerLawyers for a voting machine company that’s suing Fox News want to question founder Rupert Murdoch about his contentious efforts to change his family trust , the attorneys told a court Monday. Election-tech company Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation suit regards Fox's reporting on 2020 voting fraud claims. But Smartmatic’s attorneys suggest the separate succession fight over Murdoch's media empire might shed light on any Fox Corp. involvement in editorial matters. It's an important, if technical, question as Smartmatic seeks to hold the deep-pocketed Fox parent company responsible for statements that the news network aired. Fox contends that there's no such liability and that it was engaging in journalism, not defamation, when it broadcast election-fraud allegations made by then-President Donald Trump 's attorneys. Rupert Murdoch may already have given a deposition — out-of-court questioning under oath — in the defamation suit. Such records aren't public at this stage, but plans for his deposition were briefly mentioned at a 2022 hearing. Smartmatic now is seeking to talk to Murdoch about his efforts to rewrite his plans for his businesses after his death. The matter is playing out behind closed doors and in sealed files in a Nevada probate court. The New York Times has reported that Rupert Murdoch wants to keep his eldest son, Lachlan , in charge of the conglomerate's newspapers and television networks in order to ensure a continued conservative editorial outlook . Smartmatic wants to get the 93-year-old patriarch on record while the probate matter plays out, company attorney Edward Wipper told a judge Monday. Fox News lawyer K. Winn Allen said the probate case “has nothing at all to do with” Smartmatic's claims and is “not appropriate” fodder for the suit. Fox Corp. declined to comment after court. Fox News' lawyers, meanwhile, want Smartmatic to provide records about a U.S. federal criminal case against people, including Smartmatic co-founder Roger Piñate, accused of scheming to bribe a Filipino election official . Piñate has pleaded not guilty. Smartmatic isn't charged in the criminal case, and Smartmatic attorneys have said the matter was irrelevant to the defamation suit. Fox lost prior bids for a court order to get the information, but a hearing on the network's renewed request is set next week. It's unclear how soon Judge David B. Cohen will decide on that request or on Smartmatic's bid to dig into the Murdoch family trust case. Both requests are part of pretrial information-gathering, and no trial date has been set. Smartmatic says it was a small player, working only with California's heavily Democratic Los Angeles County, in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. In subsequent Fox News appearances, Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani and Sidney Powell portrayed Smartmatic as part of a multi-state scheme to steal the vote from the Republican. Federal and state election officials , exhaustive reviews in battleground states and Trump’s own attorney general found no widespread fraud that could have changed the outcome of the 2020 election. Nor did they uncover any credible evidence that the vote was tainted. Dozens of courts, including by judges whom Trump had appointed, rejected his fraud claims. Fox News ultimately aired an interview with an election technology expert who refuted the allegations against Smartmatic — an interview done after the company demanded a retraction . The network is countersuing Smartmatic , claiming it violated a New York law against baseless suits aimed at squelching reporting or criticism on public issues. The New York defamation suit is one of several stemming from conservative-oriented news outlets' reports on Trump’s 2020 vote-rigging claims. Smartmatic recently settled with One America News Network and Newsmax . Fox News settled for $787 million last year with Dominion Voting Systems, another election-technology company that sued over conspiracy theories blaming its election equipment for Trump’s 2020 loss. Jennifer Peltz, The Associated PressCharlotte Crosby trebles security measures to ‘feel safe’ amid attempted robbery