Used Toyota 4Runners And Ford Mustang Mach-Es Are Not Cheap To Buy From Hertz If you’re in need of cheap transportation you can score a deal on a used car from Hertz Car Sales, which sells certified pre-owned cars, the majority of which are sourced from rental fleets. I did it years ago as a broke college student when I picked up a Chevy Sonic hatch for under $10,000. Unfortunately, not every… Read more…

A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The legal recognition acknowledges the mountain’s theft from the Māori of the Taranaki region after New Zealand was colonized. The post A New Zealand mountain is granted personhood, recognizing it as sacred for Māori appeared first on RNS.

A fashion designer, Italian singer and Icelandic illustrator team up on Vatican exhibition VATICAN CITY (AP) — The exhibition, titled “En Route,” is the sixth in a series of events intended as a dialogue between the Vatican library’s heritage, dating to the 4th century, and contemporary art. The post A fashion designer, Italian singer and Icelandic illustrator team up on Vatican exhibition appeared first on RNS.

A Supreme Court decision on a Catholic school in Oklahoma could redraw lines around church and state in education (The Conversation) — For years, the Supreme Court has been expanding the boundaries of government aid to religious schools. St. Isidore’s case pushes the debate into new territory. The post A Supreme Court decision on a Catholic school in Oklahoma could redraw lines around church and state in education appeared first on RNS.

Musk spotlights federal funds for Lutheran aid groups, calls them ‘illegal payments’ WASHINGTON (RNS) — Bishop Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, accused Musk and others of spreading ‘misinformation’ and casting baseless doubt on longstanding federal funding agreements, including to resettle refugees. The post Musk spotlights federal funds for Lutheran aid groups, calls them ‘illegal…

In new book ‘Believe,’ Ross Douthat makes a case for old-time religion (RNS) — The New York Times columnist and best-selling author hopes to convince spiritual seekers that faith in God might actually be true. The post In new book ‘Believe,’ Ross Douthat makes a case for old-time religion appeared first on RNS.

When are we allowed to yell at God? (RNS) — Protesting God is not irreligious. It is a form of intimacy with the divine. The post When are we allowed to yell at God? appeared first on RNS.

What’s The Better Tokyo Car: A Lifted Hummer H2 Or A Lowered Hummer H2? Living in Los Angeles I often feel spoiled by how varied and fantastic the car culture is here. On a simple drive to the grocery store you can see something rare or weird or both; cars and coffee meets would be world-class car shows anywhere else. But LA pales in comparison to Tokyo, which I believe has the greatest… Read more…

Medical Jet Was In The Air For Less Than A Minute Before Crashing, Killing 7 A medical plane crashed in Pennsylvania on Friday just moments after it had taken off from the Northeast Philadelphia Airport. The Jet Rescue Air Ambulance reportedly hit a gas line when it crashed in the Castor Gardens neighborhood, killing all six people onboard and one person on the ground. Read more…

Risk Of Falling Space Junk Hitting A Plane Is Only Increasing Scientists predict that there are currently more than 30,000 pieces of space junk orbiting above the Earth, and some are large enough to make their way back down to dry land with little warning. On average this happens about once every day, but that rate could rise as private space travel ramps up. Aviation safety… Read more…

China Creates Rocket Fuel In Orbit With Just Carbon Dioxide, Water And Electricity Space is the only place where rocket fuel could be more precious than water. The China Manned Space Agency announced last month that taikonauts on the ongoing Shenzhou-19 mission successfully produced oxygen and ethylene, a key ingredient for rocket fuel. The process was the first-ever in-orbit demonstration of… Read more…

Ford Wants An Off-Road ‘Standalone Supercar’ Raptor Ford CEO Jim Farley wants to turn the company into “the Porsche of off-road.” What does that actually mean? Well, that plan might start with the latest concept Farley floated to reporters: An off-road Raptor supercar, not based on any existing Ford model. Read more…

Audi Already Gives Up On Naming Structure That Confused Everybody Not every idea is a winner, and that’s exactly what Audi realized with its last naming scheme. EVs were represented by even numbers and everything else got an odd number. It confused people and nobody wants to be more confused than they already are. That’s why the automaker has thankfully decided to dump the whole… Read more…

This Brave Soul Is Using A Fisker Ocean As A New York City Taxi Driving a Fisker Ocean in 2025 is a risky proposition. When the cars were new, they were hideously unreliable from the factory. Now, Fisker has gone away and, for the most part, owners are on their own when it comes to repairs and maintenance. Because of that, you’d think they’d try to really take care of their… Read more…

1950s Mercedes F1 Car Becomes Most Expensive Grand Prix Machine Sold At Auction, Second-Most Expensive Car Ever History is priceless only if no one can afford it or it’s not for sale. The first publicly-available 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for $53.9 million at auction on Saturday after spending decades in the hands of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. The streamlined Mercedes became the most valuable… Read more…

Josh Cowen’s Newsletter: Thoughts on the Election, Answering Questions from My Recent PFPS Webinar, and a Renewed Opposition Josh Cowen’s Newsletter: Thoughts on the Election, Answering Questions from My Recent PFPS Webinar, and a Renewed Opposition Dear Friends, Quick Election Reactions There is a lot to be said and done about public education in the weeks, months, and years ahead. For now, I want to just call your attention to the fact that school vouc…

Can Religion Save Democracy? Maggie Siddiqi on Pluralism, Policy, and Resistance State of Belief host Rev. Paul Brandeis Raushenbush talks with Maggie Siddiqi, a veteran of the US Department of Education Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, now a senior fellow at Interfaith Alliance The post Can Religion Save Democracy? Maggie Siddiqi on Pluralism, Policy, and Resistance appeared first on RNS.

Annoying Car YouTubers, Perfect Features On Awful Cars And Weird Cop Cars In This Week’s QOTD Roundup We all love finding automotive diamonds in the rough. However, sometimes that diamond can be embedded inside a massive lump of coal. Earlier this week we asked what are the standout unique features of cars that aren’t worth aspiring to own. The comments had various answers ranging from basic automated operations to… Read more…

A Half-Priced Polestar 1, A Mid-Engine Toyota Van And A Basically New 22-Year-Old Dodge Viper In This Week’s Car Buying Roundup The idea of a high-powered hybrid-electric personal luxury grand touring coupe is strangely appealing to my sensibilities. The Polestar 1 served as both the capstone and the launching point for Volvo’s electric Polestar brand spinoff, and it was the absolute pinnacle of what the brand was capable of at the time. With… Read more…

500 Cordless Drill-Powered Lada, Why Turbocharged Cars Don’t Need Hoodscoops And An Actual Faraday Future FF91 In The Wild In This Weekend’s Car Culture Roundup Taking an old car and making it run on electricity is so hot right now, with startups the world over popping up with the aim of electrifying everything from old Jaguar E-Types to lovely little Miatas. Now, a rusting Lada has been given the EV upgrade, but instead of cribbing its power from a Tesla or Cascadia Motion,… Read more…