11:45 AM ET Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Churchill Downs officials expect fewer than 23,000 fans will be able to attend next month’s rescheduled Kentucky Derby under an updated health and safety plan. The plan eliminates general admission and standing room only areas, with total capacity limited to less than 14% of the 2015 attendance
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Tesla has slashed the price of its CCS retrofit — making many owners of older Model S and Model X vehicles in Europe happy, but there’s still no word on a launch in the US. With the launch of the Model 3 and its Supercharger V3 in Europe, Tesla switched its main charging standard to
The Well-Safe Guardian plug and abandonment rig, operated by Well-Safe Solutions Ltd, stands in the Port of Cromarty Firth in this aerial view in Cromarty, U.K., on Tuesday, June 23, 2020. Jason Alden | Bloomberg via Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic has exposed some hard truths to the world’s largest oil and gas majors, energy
A human rights activist from Belarus has claimed the security forces once threatened to kidnap her son when he was a month old. Olga Karatch also alleged that children have been used as leverage in an attempt to coerce other female campaigners, politicians and journalists in the country. “This is unbelievable pressure, using children and
August 12th, 2020 by Press Release SHANGHAI, Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — On August 8–10, 2020, the SNEC 14th International Photovoltaic Power Generation and Smart Energy Exhibition & Conference are held in Shanghai New International Expo Center. With the theme of “+AI, Smart PV for Future, Enabling Smart PV to Be the Main Energy Source”, Huawei showcased
Uber Technologies CEO Dara Khosrowshahi outside the New York Stock Exchange ahead of the company’s IPO, May 10, 2019. Uber would likely shut down temporarily for several months if a court does not overturn a recent ruling requiring it to classify its drivers as full-time employees, CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said in an interview with Stephanie Ruhle Wednesday
The education secretary says he won’t apologise for changing how exams are graded after he came under fire on the eve of A-level results being revealed. Gavin Williamson said by allowing pupils to use their best results from mock exams, or a moderated system or by taking exams in October, students would “benefit”. “I won’t
Jason Sudeikis says time spent working in Europe early on in his career “dispelled” all his assumptions about the UK and taught him that Americans and the British are a lot more similar than we might think. The Saturday Night Live comedian grew up in Kansas City, but spent a year-and-a-half working at a theatre
US media mogul Sumner Redstone, who took his father’s drive-in movie business and built it into an empire that included Paramount Pictures, CBS and MTV, has died aged 97. The billionaire tycoon was remembered by ViacomCBS, which he led for decades, for his “unparalleled passion to win, his endless intellectual curiosity, and his complete dedication to
Three people have died and six others have been taken to hospital after a train derailed in Aberdeenshire. Aerial shots appear to show one carriage completely overturned after the service from Aberdeen to Glasgow Queen Street came off the tracks near Stonehaven earlier. British Transport Police said formal identifications are yet to take place but
New Zealand is investigating the possibility that its first coronavirus cases in 102 days were caused by imported freight. The city of Auckland has been put back into strict lockdown by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern after four members of the same family tested positive there. But the reason behind the outbreak has baffled health officials
A large mosquito will not feature on the new state flag of Mississippi after it was wrongly included in a list of final designs, officials have said. Mississippi recently retired the last state banner with the Confederate battle emblem which has been widely condemned as racist. Officials at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History
Official figures have confirmed the extent of the UK’s recession – the consequence of lockdown restrictions to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has released reams of early data, which is subject to revision, covering the record hit to the economy. Here are seven statistics which give insight on the
Tesla has announced a 5 for 1 stock split after market close today – sending its stock (TSLA) jumping as much as 8% in after hours trading. The automaker made the announcement via its investor website on Tuesday: “Tesla, Inc. (“Tesla”) announced today that the Board of Directors has approved and declared a five-for-one split of
August 12th, 2020 by Michael Barnard For months, Kamala Harris has been appearing in the photons and sound waves of CleanTechnica. Her climate change plan was assessed when she was putting herself forward for the presidential nominee, and it was ranked #1 here on CleanTechnica after thorough analysis. More on that in a minute. She
The UK has been tipped into the “largest recession on record”, according to official figures charting the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the economy. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported that the enforced hibernation of activity through the COVID-19 lockdown meant gross domestic product (GDP) slumped by 20.4% in the second quarter of