内容摘要：Pope Francis waves faithfuls after celebrating over New Year’s Eve Vespers and Te Deum, in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Francis waves faithfuls after celebrating over New Year’s Eve Vespers and Te Deum, in St.Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Dec. 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Busch has one top-5 finish this season. He is 17th in the point standings.“I think we will win a race with him this year,” Childress said. “We have to work smarter and that is what we are trying to do. We have a lot of good things going.”

The polarizing Busch, known for his outbursts and rants, called the losing streak “a little humbling.”“I’m excited for the next win whenever that is,” Busch said. “I feel like there are times where it gives you that motivation and gives you that itch to get back to victory lane.”Childress said there is hope that he can sign Busch to a long-term extension at some point in the future.

“There is a big future for Kyle,” Childress said.Busch said he has not considered retiring from racing, He said that is something he will reconsider once his 10-year-old son, Brexton, is old enough to get into racing on the national circuit.

Busch will run Sunday in the Coca-Cola 600, a race

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A rookie driver for a brand new team won the pole for the Indianapolis 500 on a strange day at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, whereKedian was diagnosed with a rare laryngeal cartilage cancer about a decade ago. The Haverhill, Massachusetts, man underwent more than a dozen surgeries, eventually needing a trach tube to help him breathe and swallow — and struggled even to muster a raspy whisper through it. He had to retire on disability.

Still the once gregarious Kedian, known for long conversations with strangers, wouldn’t let doctors remove his entire larynx to cure the cancer. He desperately wanted to read bedtime stories to his granddaughter, with his own voice rather than what he called robotic-sounding speech devices.Then Kedian’s wife Gina tracked down the Mayo study. Lott decided he was a good candidate because his cancer wasn’t fast-growing and -- especially important -- Kedian already was taking antirejection drugs for an earlier kidney transplant.

It took 10 months to find a deceased donor with a healthy enough larynx just the right size.Then on Feb. 29, six surgeons operated for 21 hours. After removing Kedian’s cancerous larynx, they transplanted the donated one plus necessary adjoining tissues – thyroid and parathyroid glands, the pharynx and upper part of the trachea – and tiny blood vessels to supply them. Finally, using new microsurgical techniques, they connected nerves critical for Kedian to feel when he needs to swallow and to move the vocal cords.