Sinead O’Connor Decried Abuse. America Wasn’t Ready To Listen. In Ireland, Ms. O’Connor spoke out about abuse and the complicity of religious institutions. When she came to the United States, many were not ready to hear her — yet.

Chinese Automakers Want To Sell Cheap EVs In America Fully-electric cars have a price problem in the U.S.; they simply cost too much. The high price of EVs is hurting adoption, and cheap Chinese EVs could exploit this problem, according to Axios. Chinese EVs could end up being the budget alternatives that the U.S. needs in order to accelerate the EV transition in the… Read more…

Anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to the internet – and one determined preacher (The Conversation) — A professor who has researched the Universal Life Church unpacks why many couples now prefer to hand-pick loved ones to perform their ceremonies. The post Anybody in America can officiate a wedding, thanks to the internet – and one determined preacher appeared first on Religion News Service.

Parking Laws Are Strangling America | Climate Town submitted by /u/BuddhistSagan

Sudden onslaught of abandoned checkouts from South America (I’m based in California) with mostly bogus emails and names Today and yesterday, I’m suddenly getting a deluge of abandoned checkouts from South America. The orders are pretty random, and the names don’t match the emails and seem very spammy. What would be the purpose of this type of bombardment? I highly doubt these are real customers. submitted by /u/joyousjoyness

Looking for adventurous Central America recommendations for an active traveler TIA for your help! I’ll try to provide as much detail as possible. I’m traveling to Costa Rica at the end of August for a 11 day dive trip but then planning to spend ~3 weeks somewhere in Central America during the month of September. I’ve done a lot of research for best places in September, to best hikes, to best diving spots, to towns with bes…

Seven Automakers Just United To Fix The EV Charging Hell That Is North America If seven automakers decide to join forces on something, you’d figure it’s got to be for a good reason. Today, it’s the need for a functional, accessible electric vehicle charging network that has united BMW, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz and Stellantis. On Wednesday, the manufacturers announced a… Read more…

Big Board: Who’s primed for 2024 Copa America? The USMNT’s summer of soccer is over; who have positioned themselves to feature at next year’s big event?

The SEC wants corporate America to tell investors more about cybersecurity breaches and what’s being done to fight them

south/central america recommendation for relax hostels with nice people by the beach and teal water ? south/central america recommendation for relax hostels with young people by the beach and teal water ? ​ i jsut want to go spend 10 days in a hostels with nice people (im 31m) with whom i can share diner and drink beer and laugh and maybe organize a few excursion together, like a hike or visiting town or jungle. ​ but mostly just want to relax b…

What the Joe Manchin-No Labels Fantasy Gets Wrong About America For as long as Americans have had partisan political competition, they have hated partisanship itself.

The “Paris” of South America — Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷 My new favorite city in the world. submitted by /u/rohanmen

Implications of Ripple-SEC Court Ruling for Wider Crypto Industry Are Unclear: Bank of America Ripple’s XRP offerings are unique, and the implications of the court’s ruling are difficult to determine, the report said.

Watching the World Cup at America’s first all-women’s sports bar The Sports Bra in Portland, Oregon, isn’t just a bar. It’s a community.

Bank of America tries to get customers in the habit of helping hackers hack their accounts They sent me an email whose subject line was “You have important information ready to view” and which included a link that would require you to enter your login information. Trying to get around that link by logging in to Bank of America directly, it was very hard to find the “important information.” And it turned out to be non-sensitive informa…

America White Christmas 2024 Hey, some friends and I are planning to travel to America for Christmas 2024 but the country is absolutely massive and I cannot decide what is the best place to go. What are the best places in America to go for a white Christmas, we would be going from 18th to 31st of December. submitted by /u/Unfair_Poetry1527

The Risks of Sanctions, the Tool America Loves to Use Punishing countries with harsh sanctions rarely works as intended without clear goals for lifting them.

Casper ter Kuile sees America’s religious decline as an opportunity (RNS) — Casper ter Kuile’s spiritual entrepreneurship has compelled him to seek ways people can find belonging and community outside traditional houses of worship. The post Casper ter Kuile sees America’s religious decline as an opportunity appeared first on Religion News Service.

President Joe Biden wanted Gigi Sohn to fix America’s internet — what went wrong? ‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission. Continue reading…

Vermont Is No Longer America’s DMV What happened to you, Vermont? You used to be cool. You were America’s DMV, handling vehicle registrations nationwide without regard for pesky things like “titles” or “really any sufficient proof of ownership, honestly.” You let folks ignore inspections, pay reasonable fees, and slap extremely cool green plates on… Read more…