Elvis Presley’s Private Jets Were Caught Up In An FBI Sting To Catch Money Launderers An abandoned jet that once belonged to Elvis Presely captured our hearts here at Jalopnik over the past year. After laying to rust in the desert for decades, the aging Lockheed Jetstar was saved and has been transformed into a luxurious RV by a budding mechanic who has now uncovered some of the jet’s dark secrets. Read more…

206-Year-Old Bridge Uncovered In Pennsylvania Because Of Drought If you live in the northeastern-ish United States, you’ve probably realized it’s barely rained in a very long time. Well, you’re not imagining things because it has been so dry in western Pennsylvania that a 200-year-old bridge under the Youghiogheny River Lake has been revealed by a low water line. In the past 80… Read more…

2024 Hyundai Elantra N Is A Bargain Store BMW M3 No matter what you think of the car’s styling or the Hyundai brand itself, you gotta give credit where it’s due: the Hyundai Elantra N is fantastic. For its fourth model year on the market, Hyundai has tweaked the sport compact with new styling and slight performance enhancements. In this case, minor changes are… Read more…

These Are The Discontinued Off-Roaders That Deserve A Modern Revival Earlier this week I asked you all to pick your favorite discontinued off-road vehicles that you think deserve a modern revival, inspired by the recent reveal of the electric Scout Traveler and Terra. My personal choice was the AMC Eagle, one of the first true crossovers that came in six body styles. Your picks ran the… Read more…

Satellite Damage Spotted Using Selfie Footage Space might be a vacuum, but it certainly isn’t empty. Kongsberg NanoAvionics revealed on Wednesday that one of its MP42 satellites was struck by a tiny unidentified object, speculated to be either space debris or a micrometeoroid. A quarter-inch hole was punched into a solar panel. How did the smallsat company… Read more…

At $6,750, Is This 1980 BMW 635CSi A Criminally-Good Bargain? An automatic transmission makes today’s Nice Price or No Dice 635CSi more like a cruiser than a sports coupe. Let’s see what we make of this privately-imported classic Bimmer’s price tag. Read more…

Texas nuns in battle with Fort Worth bishop are dismissed from religious life (RNS) — The nuns have ‘reverted to a lay state’ after a sometimes bizarre yearlong tussle with Bishop Michael Olson. The post Texas nuns in battle with Fort Worth bishop are dismissed from religious life appeared first on RNS.

Catholic voters are suffering a barrage of fake ‘Catholic’ news (RNS) — Mock Catholic media outlets support Republican victories up and down the ballot, reporting only the ways Democratic policies digress from, not how they agree with, church teachings. The post Catholic voters are suffering a barrage of fake ‘Catholic’ news appeared first on RNS.

In a time of change, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry says, he kept his eye trained on love (RNS) — His electrifying sermon on the power of love at the 2018 royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may be the highlight. But Michael Curry may also be remembered for a capacity to keep the main thing the main thing. The post In a time of change, Presiding Bishop Michael Curry says, he kept his eye trained on love appeared first on …

Phil Lesh was good for the Jews (RNS) — The Grateful Dead bass player was not Jewish. But … The post Phil Lesh was good for the Jews appeared first on RNS.

Authoritarian movements depend on political religions — not least in America (RNS) — On Election Day 2024, one is on offer. The post Authoritarian movements depend on political religions — not least in America appeared first on RNS.

These Latina Christians are shaping the future of abortion in Florida (RNS) — Latina Floridians told RNS their faith has guided them as they work to engage their communities to vote for or against Amendment 4. The post These Latina Christians are shaping the future of abortion in Florida appeared first on RNS.

Black churches and ‘Divine Nine’ fraternities and sororities partner to boost Black vote (RNS) — Theologian Candice Marie Benbow said, ‘We live at this intersection of being Black faith people and Black people who are in Greek letter organizations who are committed to communal uplift.’ The post Black churches and ‘Divine Nine’ fraternities and sororities partner to boost Black vote appeared first on RNS.

Toyota Goes Old School With A Two-Door 4Runner Concept That’s A Tribute To California’s Surf Culture The redesigned 2025 Toyota 4Runner has yet to arrive at dealerships, but that hasn’t stopped Toyota from doing up a rad concept for this year’s SEMA show that kicks off in just a couple weeks. Called the 4Runner TRD Surf, it calls back to the Hilux Surf that was offered in Japan back in the 1980s, and we have a… Read more…

What Car Has The Coolest Logo Or Badge? The logos that represent car brands and models often act as a proxy for an otherwise ever-evolving and amorphous concept, so they had better be good ones. When someone thinks about Mercedes-Benz, what do they envision in their head? One of the first things that comes to mind is likely the brand’s iconic three-pointed… Read more…

Elon Musk’s X Posts Are Showing Up On Your Feed Whether You Want Them To Or Not When Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44 billion back in 2022, we all sort of thought he did it so he could promote his own shitty memes and lame jokes on the social media site. Now, a few years later, he’s proven everybody right, but instead of those jokes and terrible memes, it’s right-wing MAGA propaganda and hate… Read more…

Elon Musk, Who Has Tweeted Over 109 Times Today, Is Too ‘Busy’ For Illegal Lottery Court Appearance Elon Musk and his America PAC are being sued by Philadelphia’s district attorney over the allegation that the PAC’s million-dollar-a-day giveaway constitutes an illegal lottery. Musk was set to appear in court for the case today, but his attorneys argued that he’s too “busy” for trivialities like violations of state… Read more…

Voyager 1 Reconnects With Earth Over Radio Transmitter That Hasn’t Been Used In 47 Years Voyager 1 remains humanity’s furthest outpost, hurtling across interstellar space at 38,210 miles per hour. However, NASA lost communication with the beloved space probe on October 19. The space agency reconnected with Voyager 1 five days later using a radio transmitter that the probe hadn’t used since 1981. Read more…

Here’s How To Protect Your Car From Halloween Shenanigans Halloween is always fun for the kids who don’t get run over, but the “trick” part of trick-or-treating isn’t always so fun for the parents who come out to find their car has been vandalized. Those rascals. Instead of being the kind of loser who calls the cops over a little silly string, why not be prepared? Here’s the… Read more…

Now Bankrupt Radford Motors Sued By Customers Over Cars And Refunds They Never Received Radford Motors, the company founded by English automotive TV personality Ant Anstead and Formula 1 driver Jenson Button, promised to build 12 road-going examples of its Lotus-basedPikes Peak racer, the Type 62-2, for $1 million a pop. Instead, the company has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy and customers are coming after… Read more…