Diwali brings light to Unitarian Universalist congregation BETHESDA, Md. (RNS) — Diwali’s transcendent message of good over evil comes at the perfect time, say Unitarian Universalist congregants, who celebrated the festival of lights in the DC area just days before a critical presidential election. The post Diwali brings light to Unitarian Universalist congregation appeared first on RNS.

On Tuesday, look for the poll chaplains and the peacekeepers (RNS) — Their presence has proven effective in the last two elections. The post On Tuesday, look for the poll chaplains and the peacekeepers appeared first on RNS.

As a Sikh American, I want a president who won’t help hate (RNS) — On so many fundamental issues, Kamala Harris represents and advocates for a better and more inclusive America for the 21st century, and not for a return to nativism, a politics of exclusion and perpetual strife.  The post As a Sikh American, I want a president who won’t help hate appeared first on RNS.

Four Gateway elders removed over pastor’s sexual abuse scandal DALLAS (RNS) — The removals are latest fallout at one of the country’s largest evangelical Christian churches from allegations made in June against Gateway’s founding pastor, Robert Morris. The post Four Gateway elders removed over pastor’s sexual abuse scandal appeared first on RNS.

Toyota Is Sending A $13,600 Pickup Truck Racing Truck racing out in Thailand is extremely cool, with its production-based pickups that make our American NASCAR trucks look like Le Mans prototypes. Yet Toyota has found a way to up the coolness ante, by offering a Gazoo Racing-backed race-ready version of its cheapest pickup: The Toyota Hilux Champ. Read more…

Suzuki’s First Electric Car Looks Like Moo Deng A huge milestone in Suzuki’s 115-year-history just occurred: the Japanese automaker revealed its first electric production car. Called the E Vitara (stylized as e Vitara, but that looks annoying) it’s a small crossover that will be built in India and sold there as well as in Japan and Europe. Based on the eVX concept… Read more…

Buy Yourself An Oshkosh NGDV Diecast Because Life Is Short And Happiness Is Fleeting Wake up, babe! GreenLight Collectibles just announced a 1:64 scale diecast release of the USPS Next Generation Delivery Van! From the moment I saw this ridiculously proportioned underbite machine, I knew it had changed the very fabric of my being. If the United States Postal Service can be whimsical enough to drive… Read more…

Toyota’s Turbocharged AWD GR86 Rally Legacy Concept Is (Almost) Exactly The Sports Car I Want To Own I love sports cars, but no company out there makes the exact kind of sports car that I would want to actually buy and live with in Los Angeles. Toyota just got extremely close, though with its latest SEMA show car, the GR86 Rally Legacy Concept. It has the turbocharged engine and all-wheel-drive system from the GR… Read more…

Red Bull Accuses Its F1 Rivals Of Using Water Trick In Tires Amid a close title fight with McLaren, Red Bull Racing is accusing several of its F1 rivals of injecting water into their tires to gain a competitive advantage. Pirelli, F1’s sole tire supplier, found no evidence to back Red Bull’s claims but the FIA’s investigation is still ongoing.Before Max Verstappen’s brilliant… Read more…

Building democracy at, and beyond, the ballot box (RNS) — The work of creating a more just, peaceful and inclusive democracy will be needed far beyond Nov. 5. The post Building democracy at, and beyond, the ballot box appeared first on RNS.

Tesla Cybertruck Lead Engineer: ‘The 11,000lb Tow Rating Isn’t Absolute’ Tesla has faced a lot of criticism over the Cybertruck due to it being a rolling disaster with a list of issues so long, it’s hard for even people trying to pay attention to keep up. Aside from the five recalls, the most infamous issue with the Cybertruck has to be when YouTuber WhistlinDiesel tried to pull out a… Read more…

Porsche Built The LMP2000 To Win Le Mans And Killed The Program Before It Could Ever Race For 25 years Porsche has kept its LMP2000 in the deep dark caverns of its private museum collection, rarely showing the car to anyone outside the company’s payroll. In recent weeks, for the anniversary of its first test, Porsche Heritage had the car recommissioned and returned to the track for open lapping with one of… Read more…

To those Jews who are still undecided (RNS) — A last-chance plea. It’s about fascism. The post To those Jews who are still undecided appeared first on RNS.

Mysterious Banging Forces Boeing 777 To Return To Airport When an airline flight returns to its departure airport, it’s typically for a mechanical issue. An American Airlines flight from Buenos Aires to New York diverted back to the Argentine capital after passengers heard a mysterious banging noise coming from the cargo hold. However, police couldn’t find a single soul… Read more…

Elon Musk’s America PAC Shuttled Canvassers In U-Haul Vans, Then Abandoned Them Across State Lines With No Way Home Elon Musk and his America PAC have run much of Donald Trump campaign’s ground game in Michigan, running the classic election strategy of door-to-door canvassers seeking votes from that huge market of people who open their homes up to strangers. Despite how rote the playbook is, it seems Musk’s approach to… Read more…

Cybertruck Driver Uses Giant Truck To Ram Package Thief’s Car Into Tree More than 1.7 million packages go missing in America every day, whether they get lost in transit or are swiped from your stoop while you’re out and about. Not wanting to add to that stat, a Tesla Cybertruck driver chased after a porch pirate who allegedly swiped one of their packages, forcing them off the road and… Read more…

Max Verstappen’s Incredible Performance At The Brazilian Grand Prix May Have Been The Best In F1 History Flawless. Unimpeachable. Masterclass. There are so many words you could use to describe Max Verstappen’s run from 17th to the race victory on Sunday, but somehow none of them are enough. This was, I believe, the defining race of Max Verstappen’s career in Formula 1, and possibly the defining race of F1 history. I’ve… Read more…

Janresseger: Voucher Programs Prove Again and Again What We Already Know Janresseger: Voucher Programs Prove Again and Again What We Already Know As we all know,  state legislators across the country originally justified passing small, experimental voucher programs as a way to help poor kids escape from their so-called “failing” public schools. A year ago, at the end of The School Voucher Illusion: Expo…

2025 Ram 1500 Recalled For Broken Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring Halloween is over, which means we’re marching inexorably towards the holidays and their barrage of themed media. It seems Ram has gotten in the spirit of the season, because it’s recalling nearly 34,000 1500 trucks for breaking Ralphie’s Little Orphan Annie decoder ring — sorry, for breaking the front wheel bearing… Read more…

What’s The Most Irrelevant Automaker? It can be challenging to gauge the relevance of any automaker, but you can generally feel it. For example, how many recent Jaguars do you see on the road? When was the last time you’ve seen anyone get excited for a Chrysler that wasn’t a 300? You know,the Chrysler 300, the vehicle famous for resembling a car… Read more…