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World Superbike: Kawasaki signs Bassani to replace Rea in 2024

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As reported by Motorsport.com earlier this month, Bassani will leave Motocorsa Ducati after three seasons to join Alex Lowes at Kawasaki next year. It follows Rea’s decision to end his deal with Kawasaki with a year left on his contract and move to rival Japanese marque Yamaha. Bassani has been selected to take the place of six-time champion Rea on the back of three stellar seasons in WSBK on a satellite Ducati, which has seen him score six podiums and two front row starts so far. The Italian currently sits a strong fifth in the standings, one position ahead of Michael Ruben Rinaldi, and was in contention to re place his countryman at the factory Ducati squad for 2024 until being passed over in favour of Nicolo Bulega. He will now leave the Ducati camp altogether and move to Kawasaki, which had been left scrambling for a re place ment for Rea since the Ulsterman announced earlier this month that he would leave KRT amid frustrations over the team’s c...

Verdict reached in trial of cop who placed woman in patrol car hit by train

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A Colorado police officer on trial for placing a woman in a patrol car parked on train tracks that was struck by a freight train was found guilty of two misdemeanors. A Colorado police officer on trial for placing a handcuffed woman in a patrol car parked on train tracks that was then struck by a freight train was found guilty of two misdemeanors. Fort Lupton police officer Jordan Steinke was charged with attempted reckless manslaughter, a felony, and two misdemeanors -- reckless endangerment and third-degree assault -- in connection with the September 2022 incident, which left the woman severely injured. Judge Timothy Kerns found Steinke not guilty of attempted reckless manslaughter, saying the court did not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer "knowingly intended to harm" Yareni Rios-Gonzalez, the victim. But Kerns said Steinke did disregard "what she consciously observed," citing the presence of railroad tracks and signs on the highway, in explaining...