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Ford is retiring three internal combustion engine models – the Escape, Edge and Transit Connect – to make room for new electric vehicles. Legacy automobile companies that have been producing internal combustion engine vehicles for decades have been addicted to their gas-powered models as electric vehicles began to make their mark over the past dozen or so years. Those companies have slowly begun to make commitments to transition to all-electric, but some have been changing at a snail's pace.

The London native was the right-hand man on sets for Rian Johnson, James Gunn, David Yates and others in a career that spanned three decades.Jamie Christopher, the valuable first assistant director whose work spanned such films as Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars: The Last Jedi and all eight Harry Potter movies, has died. He was 52. Christopher died Tuesday from heart complications in Los Angeles. Hailing from a filmmaking family — his father was a production manager on Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon and his mother a production coordinator — Christopher rose to become an in-demand crewmember for studio franchises...

Planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions pose a direct threat to the survival of polar bears — by limiting their access to the sea ice that serves as their hunting grounds, a new study has found. During ice-free summer months, the bears must fast, which in worst-case scenarios mean adults could die and, before then, lose the ability to successfully raise cubs, according to the study, published Thursday in the journal Science. The first-of-its-kind research quantifies the amount of ice-free days caused by specific amounts of emissions, as well as associated polar bear survival rates and declining trends in some subpopulations.

Some boycotts garner a lot of attention. Yet people generally move on, leaving even the hottest-button issues of consumer umbrage in the past. F For the first time in six years, Target announced a sales drop: a decline of 5% in the April to June 2023 period, compared with the same time in 2022. During that time, the big-box retailer was also embroiled in a controversy over their collection of merchandise for Pride Month, which spurred consumer backlash and boycotts from some politically conservative shoppers. Coincidence? Perhaps not, said Christina Hennington, Target's executive vice president, on the company's Q2 2023...

What Is Salt? Salt is a seasoning that can flavor food and act as a preservative. It’s about 60% chloride and about 40% sodium. Nearly all unprocessed foods -- think veggies, fruits, nuts, meats, whole grains, and dairy foods -- are low in sodium. The salt that we do eat helps relax and contract muscles, lends a hand with nerve impulses, and balances the minerals and water we take in. How Much Salt Do You Need? Our body needs only a small amount of sodium. We should get about 1,500 milligrams of it every day. But the average American takes...

On Wednesday, leading 2024 presidential candidate and 45th President Donald Trump posted 31 videos on his top-rated social media platform, Truth Social, and other social media platforms and has amassed over 42 million views.As of Thursday morning, Trump's videos received 42,300,000 views across Instagram, X (formerly Twitter), and Truth Social.Trump's personal Instagram page posted 28 videos and received over 25.9 million views.The leading Republican candidate's campaign Instagram page, @TeamTrump, posted two of Trump's videos and received over 101,500 views.Meanwhile, his campaign X page, @TrumpWarRoom, posted 12 videos and received over 1.2 million views.Trump's other campaign X page, @TeamTrump, posted 13...

It has been described as one of the world's top 50 "must-do" experiences Hundreds braved the cold waters at the World Bog Snorkelling Championships which took place in Wales over the August Bank Holiday weekend. Competitors were dressed in all sorts of silly costumes as they tried to snorkel across a bog. Taking place Llanwrtyd Wells, the event featured people from all over the word taking to the Waen Rhydd bog, with the gruelling Bog Triathlon, which includes an eight-mile run, a 12-mile mountain bike ride and the 60-yard bog trench. The competition has been described by the travel guide...

Donald Trump’s indictment at the hands of District Attorney (DA) Fani Willis in Georgia has done less than nothing to aid the former president’s GOP rivals, with his lead over Ron DeSantis in the state now standing at 42 points.A poll taken days after the Democrat official indicted Trump puts him at 57 percent, with the Florida Governor a distant second on just 15 percent.The also-rans in the race for the Republican noimination barely register in the Peach State, with Mike Pence having the best showing on a mere four percent. The most vocally anti-Trump candidates, Chris Christie and WEF-linked...

Governor Jared Polis (D-CO) said Wednesday on “CNN Primetime” that school children should be able to display a “Gadsden flag” or a “Pride flag” because “that’s what it’s all about, to be an American.” Discussing a child in Colorado initially being told he can not have a Gadsden symbol on his backpack, anchor Abby Phillip said, “You’ve called the Gadsden flag a proud symbol of the American revolution. What do you make of why this incident happened in the first place?” Polis said, “Well, look, I call it a teaching moment. You know, Abby, we all remember high school, college,...

RINO Georgia Governor Brian Kemp on Thursday rejected a state lawmaker’s effort to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from office. The Georgia Freedom Caucus on Thursday held a press conference on Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s RICO and conspiracy indictment against Trump. Earlier this month Fani Willis hit President Trump and 18 others with RICO and conspiracy charges for daring to challenge the 2020 election.

The Gateway Pundit has been doing yeoman’s work covering the story of discovered voter fraud in Michigan and the state/fed level coverup that has followed. [SEE HERE]The short version is that election fraud, discovered and put on blast by a clerk from Muskegon, Michigan, was happening under the same process throughout the state. The group “GBI Strategies”, that was at the center of the Muskegon fraud, was operating a fraudulent voter registration submission process throughout Michigan.The thousands of fraudulent registrations (Muskegon example) were part of a process to generate hundreds of thousands of fraudulent ballots (statewide). Those fraudulent ballots were...

How A Papal Trip Is ChosenLet’s say you are the Pope. Not any Pope. A very “special” one. You hate Catholics, all of them. They remind you that they have a faith that you don’t have; that you have entered the seminary only to scrounge a comfortable, privileged existence; that they are better human beings, in every sense of the word, that you ever were. In short, you hate Catholics because they are good, that is: the contrary of you. You also notice that they avoid you. St Peter’s Square has become a desert. People just tune you out. Those...

As the sun goes down, the sound of bagpipes echoes in the air at Carmel Beach. With what originally began as a way to bring joy during a vulnerable time for people during the COVID-19 pandemic, Greg Freeman has made playing his bagpipes at sunset, a weekly ritual. “The early days of the pandemic, my community had a lot of anxiety and concern about things, about life. And I decided to come down and try to cheer people up and spread some good vibes,” said Freeman. Advertisement Based on the responses he received, those good vibes seemed to work. Now,...

the rock oprah Getty Image Entertainment The Rock And Oprah Launched A Fund To Help Those Impacted By The Maui Wildfires Josh Kurp Josh KurpSenior Pop Culture Editor Twitter August 31, 2023 Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Oprah Winfrey have joined forces to raise money for those affected by the devastating wildfires in Maui, Hawaii. “We’re honored to announce the People’s Fund of Maui, a fund putting money directly in the pockets of those who were affected by the recent wildfires,” the Moana star tweeted. “As @Oprah and I have seen firsthand, the impacts of these wildfires have been devastating,...

The number of NHS patients dying while waiting for treatment has doubled in five years, new figures suggest. More than 120,000 people died while on waiting lists last year, according to an analysis of health service data. The total is even higher than it was in lockdown, with health leaders saying the pandemic and NHS strikes have made clearing backlogs more difficult. Waiting lists are at an all-time high despite Rishi Sunak’s pledge to cut them as one of his five priorities ahead of a general election. Matthew Taylor, the chief executive of the NHS Confederation, said: “These figures are...

A woman who was born without a womb has described current fertility treatment guidelines as "full of inequality and discrimination" after she was unable to have her eggs frozen through the NHS.Taelor Shand, 27, has Mayer-Rokitansky-Küster-Hauser Syndrome (MRKH). She has had a privately-funded egg collection procedure to facilitate future IVF (In Vitro Fertilisation). The Scottish government said guidance to standardise access to fertility preservation was expected next year.

An armed gangbanger slammed his car into an Uber while speeding through Los Angles at up to 100 mph, killing two sisters and a friend — while he was free on a sweetheart probation deal for attempted murder. Gregory Black, 31, allegedly blew through several red lights early Saturday before he T-boned the Honda rideshare — which was hit so hard it spun five times before coming to a stop, police said. Videos showed the “well-known gang member” effectively “playing roulette” in his Mercedes-Benz by speeding at up to 100 mph in a 35-mph zone, Detective Ryan Moreno said. “Just...

The past six months has brought a stream of bad news for China's economy: slow growth, record youth unemployment, low foreign investment, weak exports and currency, and a property sector in crisis.US President Joe Biden described the world's second-largest economy as "a ticking time bomb", predicting growing discontent in the country. China's leader Xi Jinping hit back, defending the "strong resilience, tremendous potential and great vitality" of the economy. So who is right - Mr Biden or Mr Xi? As is often the case, the answer probably lies somewhere in between.

A super PAC set up to back Ron DeSantis with $50 million is closing as donors backed out - while its founder said the Florida governor's campaign was guilty of 'rookie s**t' mistakes and he will now back Donald Trump. John Thomas, a Republican strategist known as the 'Billy the Kid of Political Battles' set up 'Ron to the Rescue' in November and had secured financial commitments from mega-wealthy donors. But he said the donors began having second thoughts after the botched DeSantis campaign launch on Twitter Spaces in May.

The Mar-a-Lago IT director who flipped on Donald Trump in the classified documents case is a part-time DJ and registered Democrat with a history of money troubles, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. Yuscil Taveras, 45, managed to rack up debts of nearly $750,000 despite holding down a string of well-paid tech jobs and moonlighting as 'DJ Juicy.' The dad-of-two battled back from bankruptcy but now finds himself a pivotal figure in Special Counsel Jack Smith's efforts to convict Trump of mishandling top secret government material.