Photos of the Week: Panama pilgrims; Presidential push (RNS) — This week’s photo gallery includes pilgrims to Panama’s Black Christ statue, Harris and Trump making final appeals to voters and more. The post Photos of the Week: Panama pilgrims; Presidential push appeared first on RNS.

Ralph Fiennes talks about papal thriller ‘Conclave,’ women’s ordination (RNS) — While conservatives seemed to think the film’s ending raised the question of women’s ordination, for Ralph Fiennes, it is the marginal role of women in the film that raises that question. The post Ralph Fiennes talks about papal thriller ‘Conclave,’ women’s ordination appeared first on RNS.

Champ, America’s Loch Ness Monster ‘spotted’ in drone footage from filmmakers Eternal Grace The post Champ, America’s Loch Ness Monster ‘spotted’ in drone footage from filmmakers appeared first on RNS.

One-Off Rolls-Royce Phantom Inspired By ‘Goldfinger’ Has A Real Gold Bar On Display In The Center Console While far from my favorite installment in the franchise, there’s no doubt that the most iconic James Bond film is 1964’s “Goldfinger.” The third film in the series saw Sean Connery’s Bond going after villain Auric Goldfinger, a gold magnate that wants to infiltrate Fort Knox. It’s well known for introducing Bond’s… Read more…

Multiple Sports Games And Concerts Will Make LA Traffic A Special Kind Of Hell This Weekend You might have heard Los Angeles traffic is bad, but special events make it so much worse. Multiple events happening at the same time? You’re going nowhere in a hurry in the city of Angels. This weekend, Los Angeles may see some of the worst traffic its seen in a long time thanks to a bunch of events happening at once. Read more…

Chevy Installed Phone Microphone Backwards On Some Blazer EVs, Making Calls Nearly Impossible Chevrolet sent out a service bulletin in September stating that the microphone on the 2024 and 2025 Blazer EV may have been installed backward. With handheld cellphone use being illegal in 30 states, the in-car microphone is vital for making calls while behind the wheel. Thankfully, the fix is simple for technicians:… Read more…

‘Super Rat’ Spotted On Spirit Airlines Flight Inside Light Fixture Nearly every airline requires animals to be confined inside a carrier when they fly. However, passengers on a Spirit Airlines flight last week were startled to see a rodent scurrying above them inside a cabin light fixture. It’s not clear how the “super rat” got onboard, but the unusual passenger had far more legroom… Read more…

Scout’s Direct-Sales Plans Are Making Volkswagen Dealers Sad We’ve known for a while that Volkswagen had plans to revive the Scout name, and this week, we finally got to see the first two vehicles planned for the new electric automaker — an SUV and pickup truck. It still remains to be seen whether or not Scout will be a success once production begins in 2027, but aside from… Read more…

Elon Musk Found A Way To Make His Illegal Voter Drive Legal: Don’t Actually Pay Anyone Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, set up a questionably-legal lottery to drum up swing state support for Donald Trump — a lottery that’s already fallen under regulatory scrutiny for its wanton use of cash. According to folks who have signed up, however, Musk may have found a way around those pesky laws: Simply not… Read more…

Hyundai’s RN24 Drift Kart Is My Favorite New Car Drift karts rock. The Hyundai Ioniq 5 N rocks. Hyundai, in its infinite wisdom, decided to combine the two into this: The RN24, a tube shell with the barest bits of body wrapped around it. Oh, and the full 640 horsepower of the Ioniq 5 N. Read more…

Exposing soft Christian nationalism (RNS) — An exploration of how soft Christian nationalism, hiding within the broader sympathies of everyday Americans, fuels support for authoritarian leaders and political violence. The post Exposing soft Christian nationalism appeared first on RNS.

Subaru Baja Turbo, Dodge Coronet, Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4: The Dopest Cars I Found For Sale Online Happy Friday, folks. It’s so unbelievably Autumn here in New York, with leaves crunching underfoot and the smell of what Google tells me is fungi and bacteria digesting those leaves. It was a nicer thought before I knew that, I’ll be honest. Read more…

What’s The Worst American Car Ever Made? America has a long history building cars, with the first American automobile rolling onto the roads way back in 1893. Since then, automakers across the country have built some iconic cars like the Ford Mustang, Willys Jeep and the Corvette. Not every American automobile has such pedigree, however. Read more…

Kentucky Man Breaks Into Car Dealership To Cosplay As A Salesman Typically when we hear stories about people breaking into car dealerships, their goal was to steal cars and take off with them. A strange break-in case inKentucky is a situation we’ve never heard of before: A man broke into a dealership, and rather than steal any of the cars, he decided to try and sell one of them. Read more…

‘Fast & Furious’ Star Dame Helen Mirren Is Sad Kurt Cobain Never Got To Experience GPS Dame Helen Mirren, most known for her roles in the “Fast and Furious” franchise if you ignore everything else she’s done, recently did an interview with the Standard. It was a wide-ranging conversation that covered everything from fashion and Catholic convent schools to science and Israel-Palestine. She even found… Read more…

Elon Musk ‘Has Been In Regular Contact With’ Vladimir Putin For Years: Report SpaceX CEO Elon Musk may be a U.S. citizen, but we’ve known for a while that he was at least sympathetic to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin after he refused to allow Ukraine to use Starlink to attack Russian ships in the Black Sea with drones. Then, as if there was any doubt, he went all-in on Trump. As it turns out,… Read more…

These Are The Best Tires For Your Car, Truck Or SUV, According To Consumer Reports 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…

AAA Study Shows New Automated Braking Systems Are Twice As Effective As They Were Just A Few Years Ago Modern cars beep, ding at you, and flash warnings across their various screens in ways that would send someone from the early 2000s into a coma. Sure that can get annoying, but these warnings and the automatic emergency braking system that engages soon after are getting much better at preventing crashes altogether. AAA Read more…

Be The Absolute Coolest Person Ever And Buy This U.S. Titled Renault Sport Spider Even if you don’t know what this wacky looking metallic pee-colored topless two-seater is, you can instantly tell it’s something special. The late ’90s Renault Sport Spider is an incredibly hardcore, ultra-lightweight mid-engine track attack beast; think something similar to the original Lotus Elise, or Ariel Atom. Per… Read more…

San Francisco Is Spending $212 Million To Ditch Floppy Disks In Light Rail Control System The only thing that ages worse than integral computer technology is milk. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency board approved a $212 million contract earlier this month to develop a new control system for the Muni Metro light rail trains by 2028. The new system will replace the original 1998 system, which… Read more…