West Bank Christian woman leads resistance to settlers’ seizure of family’s land (RNS) — Alice Kisiya leads an interfaith effort to defend her family’s land against encroachment by Jewish settlers in the West Bank. The post West Bank Christian woman leads resistance to settlers’ seizure of family’s land appeared first on RNS.

7 ways Americans who leave religion are basically pretty boring (RNS) — Here are some facts you may not know about the nonreligious. The post 7 ways Americans who leave religion are basically pretty boring appeared first on RNS.

We’re ignoring the power of religion to resolve conflicts (RNS) — Religion is here to stay. Rather than dismissing it as a hindrance to peace, we should consider it a potential catalyst for reconciliation. The post We’re ignoring the power of religion to resolve conflicts appeared first on RNS.

Buy This Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato Shooting Brake, Or You’ll Never Know True Happiness Most cars are little more than practical transportation that gets people from point A to point B. Far fewer cars could be considered rolling works of art, and only a handful combine the two into rolling art that’s also practical enough that you could conceivably drive it daily. The 2019 Aston Martin Vanquish Zagato… Read more…

You Shouldn’t Power An E-Bike With Disposable Vape Batteries, But Companies Probably Should As far as I can tell, Gen Z is all about two things: Suckling from disposable vapes and riding newfangled electronic bicycles. Now, thanks to a YouTuber, those two generational pastimes can now be combined into one by powering an e-bike with batteries reclaimed from disposed vapes. Read more…

After Hertz Workers Abandon Their Location, Customers Show Up And Take Whatever Rental Cars They Want After dealing with things like arrests over false complaintsof rental thefts and a bad EV bet that’s seen a massive sale of a bunch of cheap Teslas, Hertz has another problem on its hands, at least at one of its locations. Workers at a Hertz in Syracuse, New York, abandoned their posts, resulting in customers… Read more…

The WRC Hybrid Era Is Over Way Too Soon The World Rally Championship has always positioned itself as the pinnacle of international rally competition, and the move to hybrid powertrains for the 2022 season was indicative of its desire to be a technology test bed for the manufacturers in the sport while increasing the power, speed, and spectacle of the top… Read more…

China Unveils New Space Shuttle That Totally Doesn’t Look Familiar At All A common saying often attributed to Oscar Wilde is that “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness,” and the latest example of that comes from the space race. China unveiled a new space shuttle last week to keep the Tiangong station supplied as the nation expands its space… Read more…

RIP Roadkill After 13 seasons, MotorTrend’s Roadkill will reportedly come to an end. The popular show was cohosted by former Hot Rod editors David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan and featured exactly what enthusiasts actually wanted to see in a car show: real people doing awesome stuff with cool cars without all the manufactured… Read more…

Racing-Inspired Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition Has A Huge Swan-Neck Rear Wing It’s impossible to overstate how good Hyundai’s Elantra N is. The model just fot a facelift last year, and for 2025 Hyundai is making an already good thing even better by adding some motorsport-inspired bits to a new special-edition Elantra N. Called the Hyundai Elantra N TCR Edition, it’s inspired by the Elantra N… Read more…

Jorge Martin’s MotoGP Championship Is The First For An Independent Rider In 24 Years 26-year-old Jorge Martin Almoguera, nicknamed The Martinator, became the fifth Spanish-born MotoGP champion in history and the first to win a title for an independent squad since Valentino Rossi took the 2001 laurels for Nastro Azzurro Honda. It was clear that the Ducati was the bike to have for 2024, as the Italian… Read more…

Letters from the Future (of Learning): Across the United States, A New Form of Education System Starts to Spread Letters from the Future (of Learning): Across the United States, A New Form of Education System Starts to Spread Recently, from the rooftop balcony of a hotel in Brooklyn, I looked down on the borough that hosted my twenties. Back then, at street level, everything around me felt like a mad frenetic swirl — chaotic and inchoate. Se…

Pope asks Church of Rome to help address housing crisis ahead of Holy Year in 2025 ROME (AP) — Francis has written to the city’s church leaders and religious order priests for any available church properties to be used for the homeless or residents facing possible eviction because of rising rents. The post Pope asks Church of Rome to help address housing crisis ahead of Holy Year in 2025 appeared first on RNS.

Oklahoma schools superintendent mandates students watch announcement of new religious department EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — In the video, the superintendent says religious liberty has been attacked and patriotism mocked “by woke teachers unions,” then prays for the leaders of the U.S. after saying students do not have to join in the prayer. The post Oklahoma schools superintendent mandates students watch announcement of new religious department a…

Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide ROME (AP) — It’s the first time that Francis has openly urged for an investigation of genocide allegations over Israel’s actions in the Gaza Strip. The post Pope Francis calls for investigation to determine if Israel’s attacks in Gaza constitute genocide appeared first on RNS.

Riding A Motorcycle Cuts Travel Time Through Notorious Los Angeles Traffic Nearly in Half Around 83 percent of Americans live in urban areas, and in many parts of the country traffic is worse than it has ever been. For the sake of convenience and reducing traffic, it would be in all of our best interest to promote the legalization of motorcycle lane-splitting in every single state. Adding protected bike… Read more…

TikToker Turns The O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle Into Something Beautiful We all know the O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle. It’s been around since the 1990s and it’s just undeniably catchy, but what if it was more than that? What if the O’Reilly Auto Parts Jingle was beautiful, melancholy, thought provoking and even inspirational? Well, one TikToker made it just that. Read more…

Rats Love Revving Engines Say Scientists Who Taught Them To Drive Tiny Cars Not all lab rats have the most exciting lives, but a few lucky rats got the job of a lifetime when they were chosen to participate in a University of Richmond Lambert Behavioral Neuroscience Laboratory study where they teach rats to drive. As it turns out, rats are pretty good at driving. In fact, as Futurism reports,… Read more…

Check Your Engine Bay For Giant Snakes The owner of a Chevrolet Silverado truck got a fright last week when they found an enormous boa constrictor snake hiding in their engine bay last week. Firefighters in Arizona were called to the scene to remove the snake, which had reportedly slithered into the engine bay looking to warm up. Read more…

Traffic Jams: The Avalanches – ‘Because I’m Me’ Hey there. Life isn’t always going to go your way. Sometimes you’ll be down, out, or even some combination of the two, and you might start wondering what to do with this hand you’ve been dealt. Well, here’s your advice: Play it. Put on your best pair of shoes. Because you’re you. Read more…