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The battery pack is the most important and expensive part of all-electric cars. Teslas are no exception. The last thing you want is for your new battery to break after you’ve just started driving your pristine Tesla Model X, S, Y, or 3. While incidences of battery failure are rare, they do happen. In addition, the battery modules in electric vehicles degrade over time. Tesla battery modules are no exception. Understanding EV battery technology and lifespan are among the top questions new Tesla shoppers have. Whether you’re in need of a battery pack replacement or are curious about what a...

In an interview with NBC News’ Lester Holt, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky suggested World War III “may have already started.” Holt asked Zelensky if he understood President Joe Biden’s hesitancy to escalate tension with Russian President Vladimir Putin during his invasion of Ukraine.

Human Rights Watch has urged Ukraine to stop posting videos of captured Russian prisoners under duress, saying such treatment violates Kyiv’s international obligations. Ukraine has paraded captured Russian soldiers before the media at news conferences in Kyiv, and these images have been spread via official accounts on social media and messaging apps. Such actions violate the Geneva Conventions that aim to provide a framework for humanitarian law in conflict, the US-based group said in a statement late Wednesday.

This past Monday, March 14, 2022, a jury was picked and ready to hear testimony for a high profile murder case here in Kenosha. Zachariah Anderson was ready to stand trial for 1st degree intentional murder, hiding a corpse, and two counts of stalking. He is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend, Rosalio Gutierrez, Jr on or about April 1, 2020. He is also accused of disposing of Rosalio’s body.Zachariah Anderson Rosalio’s body has not yet been recovered, but almost two years later, the jury was hearing opening statements by DA Michael Graveley and Anderson’s defense attorneys on Tuesday....

Elderly adults who napped at least once a day or more than an hour a day were 40% more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who did not nap daily or napped less than an hour a day, according to the study published Thursday in Alzheimer's and Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. The results echo the findings of a previous study by Leng that found napping two hours a day raised the risk of cognitive impairment compared with napping less than 30 minutes a day. The new study used data gathered over 14 years by the Rush Memory...

As promised, here's how much a Model 3 Performance's battery has degraded after 100,000 miles. How much range will it have left? As we previously shared, Kyle Conner is in the midst of a new video series highlighting a Tesla Model 3 with over 100,000 miles on it. More specifically, it's a 2019 Model 3 Performance that's been put through the paces from day one. Conner has certainly taken care of the electric sedan, but he isn't one to baby it or take it easy, to say the least. In the first video (linked below), Conner took us on a...

TASHKENT -- Uzbekistan says it does not recognize the pro-Russian separatist-controlled districts in Ukraine's Donbas, known as the Donetsk and Luhansk "people's republics," and has called for a "peaceful solution" to end Russia's unprovoked attack against Ukraine... "Firstly, the military actions and violence must be stopped right away. The Republic of Uzbekistan recognizes Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. We do not recognize the Luhansk and Donetsk republics," Komilov said, adding that his country had historic ties both with Ukraine and Russia... Uzbekistan is the second country in Central Asia -- a region often allied with Russia -- to break...

Rate hikes are projected to help reduce inflation -- but don't expect high prices to drop any time soon. In response to accelerating inflation, the Federal Reserve announced Wednesday that it will raise interest rates by 0.25 percentage points for the first time since 2018. The Fed also projects six additional rates hikes throughout 2022. Raising interest rates is a key step to combatting skyrocketing inflation, which is at a 40-year high, and will jumpstart the process of rate increases for credit cards, mortgages and other loans. Although raising rates is designed to curb inflation, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell acknowledged...

SPOFFORD, Texas — Illegal migrants crossing the border to evade apprehension frequently cause damage to property just north of the southern border, brazenly breaking into properties on ranches, causing some in the community to live in fear. Brad Whitaker took the Daily Caller News Foundation to a property he’s managed for 21 years, located a few dozen miles from the nearest border town. During the past several years, Whitaker has felt the effects of the border surge with his property sustaining costly damage that has compromised his safety and the safety of hunters who frequent the ranch.

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.

The footage is just getting crazier and crazier every single day.

The bodies of coronavirus victims in Hong Kong are being stored in refrigerated shipping containers as a deadly Omicron surge pushes morgues past capacity, harrowing photos show. Photos obtained Wednesday by AFP show workers in full personal protective equipment putting corpses into a refrigerated container at a mortuary in Hong Kong, where more than 4,600 deaths and nearly 1 million infections have been tallied in the past three months. The rising death toll has pushed local morgues to the brink and exhausted Hong Kong’s supply of coffins. Just 300 remain and those are expected to be depleted by this weekend,...

The world has been ruled by the ultra-rich, for many centuries, for millennia, stretching back to the legendary Croesus. They are at the top of the heap, of layers of economic classes, each with their own peculiar characteristics. You know those already, even if you’ve never considered them individually as such; they were described by cultural Marxist Abraham Maslow as "the hierarchy of class values". (What you already know about this, is enumerated below.) The greediest classes, are those at the very top of the heap, and, strangely, those at the very bottom. There are two stories told below, that...

In a video interview Wednesday with WND, a former Wall Street executive whose analysis of CDC data shows an alarming rise in deaths among Millennials over the past year amid the COVID vaccine rollout said he's hoping to start a national conversation that will penetrate an establishment media "blackout" by emboldening people across government and private industry to speak out. "That's my goal, to just change the conversation, to give people cover," said Edward Dowd, a former portfolio manager for the multinational investment firm BlackRock. "Once the subject is broached, you don't sound as crazy, if some other guy said...

On Thursday, Russian news agency TASS provided an update on Brittney Griner’s situation. It turns out her detention in Russia has been extended until May 19. Griner was initially detained for the possession of vape cartridges containing hash oil. A criminal case has been opened for this incident.

His commission’s work vindicated hours earlier by judges of the state’s highest court on both sides of the aisle, University of Pittsburgh chancellor emeritus Mark Nordenberg said Wednesday evening that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s unanimous decision to uphold the newly drawn state legislative maps — the work of his reapportionment commission — made for a “very satisfying moment.” In an exclusive interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Mr. Nordenberg, chair of the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, said after an “intense and grueling process” that included 10 months of work and a touch of partisan fury over the results, he hopes his commission’s...

When Joe Biden was elected he immediately attacked the American energy industry. He canceled the Keystone pipeline project, that was being developed to bring millions of barrels of oil to the U.S. He made it harder to develop natural gas resources. He had a go at making the oil permitting and well drilling processes much harder – or even impossible. The result was a surge in gasoline prices that contributed to an inflation rate measured at 7.5% for consumers. Then Russia invaded Ukraine, further destabilizing the world's energy industries, and pushing that inflation rate in America up to 7.9%. Voters...

This is one of those stories I meant to write about at the time, but didn't get the chance to before it got overwhelmed in our ever shorter news cycles. Back in November, Project Veritas (PV), and specifically James O'Keefe's home, was raided by the FBI. It was the typical predawn / multiple guns drawn shock and awe raid over PV having obtained what was allegedly the diary of Ashley Biden, the daughter of President* Biden. Veritas had been given the diary after being told that it had been abandoned by her at a rehab facility. For all that Veritas...

VIDEOS AT LINK............ Companies like Michelin, Bridgestone, and even Hankook have been demonstrating and promising puncture-proof airless tires for almost two decades now, but their actual rollout has been limited at best. If you’re tired of waiting, maybe it’s time to just build your own like these brave Brits did using a bunch of PVC piping. If you’re a driver, there’s good reason to be excited about airless tires. Cars are expensive and a lot can happen when you’re on the road, but tires are particularly at risk. You can drop thousands of dollars on a new set and five...

About 400 used bulletproof vests that were collected for donation to people in Ukraine have been stolen in New York City, according to reports. The vests were removed from a building in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan sometime overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday, the New York Post reported.