Max Verstappen Needs To Be Benched For His Dangerous Driving Max Verstappen has long been the heel of the Formula 1 paddock, and in the latter half of the 2024 season it seems young Lando Norris is playing the face. Unlike a rehearsed professional wrestling bout on a padded ring, Max Verstappen’s aggressive moves are happening at a hundred miles per hour on asphalt, and instead… Read more…

Hypocrite Elon Musk Reportedly Worked In The U.S. Illegally Elon Musk has been a hypocritical son of a bitch for a long time now, but now that fact is being turned up a notch. A recent report from the Washington Post says Musk worked illegally in the United States while he was here on a student visa in the 1990s. Read more…

Takeaways from AP’s report on the past and present of two historic Philadelphia churches PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Congregants remain proud of Christ Church’s crucial role in America’s freedom. But they also grapple with contradictions. Some church members traded slaves and are buried in the church yard near signers of the Declaration of Independence. Franklin’s tomb is in the nearby Christ Church burial ground. The post Takeaways from AP…

For many Latter-day Saints, America has a special bond with God − but Christian nationalism is too far (The Conversation) — America holds a unique place in the faith’s teachings, but awareness of the church’s often precarious place in US culture has made it wary of mixing religion and state. The post For many Latter-day Saints, America has a special bond with God − but Christian nationalism is too far appeared first on RNS.

Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations blend Indigenous customs and European thinking in surprising ways (The Conversation) — The Aztecs deliberated on how to continue their traditions and preserve their group identity following the Spanish invasion. The post Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations blend Indigenous customs and European thinking in surprising ways appeared first on RNS.

What’s The Best Car For Fall Foliage Sightseeing? Folks, welcome to autumn. It’s finally cooling down outside, the leaves are changing, it’s just absolutely gorgeous outside. It’s time to go sightseeing, to make that pilgrimage to the Northeast that clogs up our roads every year, but that means it’s also time to answer an important question: What are you making that… Read more…

Volkswagen To Close Plants And Lay Off Thousands Of Workers To Save Itself Good morning! It’s Monday, October 28, 2024, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

These Mundane Cars Deserve Sporty Trims These days, it seems like just about every car out there has some sort of sporty trim level. To be honest, it’s not something I totally love, but folks seem to be into it, so what do I know? Still, despite all of these sporty trims, there are plenty of cars that don’t get the same treatment, and that’s a bit of a… Read more…

2025 Audi RS3 Gets A Transformative Injection Of Fun At Circuit Parcmotor Castellolí outside of Barcelona, Audi has set up a tight chicane made from cones on the back straight, and every time I attack it in the 2025 RS3 I start cackling as I dive in, zip through and power out, going faster with each lap. In fact, ripping through every section of the fabulous track makes… Read more…

At $16,900, Is This 1994 Jaguar XJS The Cat’s Pajamas? While still nowhere near as popular as its XKE predecessors, Jag’s XJS is gaining in fandom. The crazy-rare manual versions like today’s Nice Price or No Dice convertible are among the most desirable. Let’s see how popular its price proves around here. Read more…

In Vatican summit’s final document, delegates call for more lay and female church leaders (RNS) — Pope Francis signed the final document of the synod, suggesting that it constitutes official church teaching. The post In Vatican summit’s final document, delegates call for more lay and female church leaders appeared first on RNS.

Democracy and Faith Hit The Road Host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush checks in with values-driven bus tours this election season: The Revolutionary Love Tour with Valarie Kaur; Vote Common Good Tour with Rev. Doug Pagitt; The Convocation Unscripted Faith and Democracy Tour with Kristin Du Mez; and The Vote is Sacred Tour from Interfaith Alliance with Guthrie Graves-Fitzimmons T…

Worst Car Selling Experience And Best Used Cars In This Week’s QOTD Roundup We asked you last week to think about the best value on the used market is right now. Finding good deals on used cars is tough; it’s a balancing act between something that you want to drive and something that you trust not to go wrong and create a landslide of expensive repair bills. Often the more exciting choices don… Read more…

Boeing-Built Satellite Blows Up, Airport Hugs Get Time Limits And ‘Gate Lice’ Get Bug Sprayed In This Week’s Beyond Cars Roundup Boeing seemingly can’t catch a break between the endless problems with the 737 Max and the Starliner’s failed crewed test flight. Intelsat announced on Monday that one of its satellites, built by Boeing, broke up in geostationary orbit. Multiple organizations are tracking the debris to avoid collisions and a potential… Read more…

Best Tires And New Car Deals In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup Outside of enthusiast circles, most people don’t think about tires all that often. You have to have them to drive, they’re expensive to replace, and then they’re mostly forgotten until you get a flat. The thing is, tires are important. Really important. They’re the only thing that connects your car to the ground, and… Read more…

Secret CVTs, Serious Safety Issues And A Lifetime Air Filter That Wasn’t In This Week’s Car Culture Roundup CVT is an acronym short for continuously variable transmission, so for anyone who refers to them as CVT transmissions, you’re wrong and just as annoying as people who say ATM machines. Now that’s out of the way, you may be surprised to learn that each of the vehicles on this list came available with a continuously… Read more…

VW Exec Has Great Vacation, Dealership Owner Carjacks Customer And Tesla’s Illegal Light Bar In This Week’s News Roundup Despite recent push here in the U.S. to legalize it, using the marijuana plant as a recreational or even medicinal substance is still very much illegal around the world. One Volkswagen exec recently found that out the hard way when he was detained and later deported from China for failing a drug test, Reuters reports.… Read more…

From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity (RNS) — Hair flying, war banners waving, a Mongolian heavy metal band sings of shamanist spirituality and their devotion to the chief embodiment of the sky-deity Tengri. The post From the steppes with shamanism: The Hu makes hits with praises to the sky deity appeared first on RNS.

Spokane’s historic West Central Abbey receives $50,000 grant for essential renovations (FāVS News) — Built in 1895, the Episcopal church was one of 24 houses of worship across the country to receive funding from the National Fund for Sacred Spaces. The post Spokane’s historic West Central Abbey receives $50,000 grant for essential renovations appeared first on RNS.

If you wanted to change the world, would you start with laundry? (RNS) — In 2019, Sawhney left a comfortable job to move to South India to start a new life and career, grounded in a vision of meaning and service. We talked with him about his choice. The post If you wanted to change the world, would you start with laundry? appeared first on RNS.