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My family leased a Kia EV9 and a Hyundai Ioniq 5. It shows your mileage may vary in even the most critically acclaimed electric cars. ...“Later that day” ended up taking much longer. The service center did not have the car ready until the end of the day on January 9, 2026, nearly a month after I brought it in.

The EU assumes the truth of an ideology that most Hungarians—and millions of other Europeans—reject. On April 21, just nine days after Viktor Orban’s electoral defeat in the Hungarian parliamentary elections, the Court of Justice of the European Union delivered its ruling in Commission v. Hungary, decreeing that Hungary’s 2021 Child Protection Law prohibiting the exposure of minors to LGBT propaganda is in violation of EU law and core values. Sixteen member states joined the EU Parliament in the case against Hungary, and so the outcome was, in many ways, foreordained. Mark Rutte—then prime minister of the Netherlands, now secretary...

According to WisDOT, the motorist removed a "road closed" barrier, and proceeded to drive onto the freshly-poured roadway.

Construction of Islamic worship centers funded by Turkey, Qatar, and Iran has been welcomed by Western politicians eager to court the Muslim immigrant vote. This general view taken on April 6, 2021, shows the construction site of The Eyyub Sultan Mosque in Strasbourg, eastern France, after the city council of Strasbourg approved in principle at least €2,5 million in public funding for the construction. Frederick FLORIN / AFP. Europe’s largest mosque is under construction in Strasbourg, France. The €25 million project is mostly funded by the “Islamic Community National View” (IGMG), a Turkish Islamic organization that manages 518 mosques and...

A gas explosion at a coal mine in China's northern province of Shanxi killed at least 90 people, state media reported Saturday. Official news agency Xinhua said the accident at Changzhi city's Liushenyu coal mine happened on Friday evening. Around 247 workers were on duty at the time. The agency initially reported early Saturday eight people were killed and 38 were trapped underground. Nine were still trapped as of Saturday afternoon, Xinhua said. The cause of the explosion was under investigation, Xinhua reported, and rescue work is pressing on. Among the injured, many were hurt by toxic gas, according to...

The night after The Late Show’s final episode, Stephen Colbert was back on late-night television… in Monroe, Michigan. During his final monologue on Thursday, Colbert told the audience, “Tonight is our final broadcast from the Ed Sullivan Theater. We were lucky enough to be here for the last 11 years, all right? Can’t take this for granted, though technically our first show in July of 2015 was from a public access station in Monroe, Michigan for an audience of 12 people.” Colbert was referring to his July 2015 appearance on the public access show Only in Monroe, which he used...

Milad Panjshiri, mugshot.One of the glories of diversity, which is our strength, you know, as leftists still insist on reminding us, is that it’s so… diverse. Enlightened people from all over the world, free from the encumbrances of Christianity, whiteness, and other evils of the West, come into our countries with so very, very much to teach us. And the native people of those countries, mired so long in the miasma of racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, insanityphobia, and whatnot, have so very, very much to learn. That’s why diversity deserves to be so fervently celebrated. One new arrival to...

President Trump trashed nemesis Stephen Colbert in an AI-generated video — literally. The 22-second clip shows Trump walking onto the set of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” as the host introduces his final episode. An AI-generated version of the president then man-handles his biggest basher, grabbing Colbert by the suit jacket and giving him three shakes. The president is then seen tossing Colbert into a green trash bin while the audience roars and Trump seals the lid and starts his signature dance to “Y.M.C.A.”

The government of Saudi Arabia reassured visitors on Friday that it is prepared to screen for and otherwise address any public health threats during the upcoming Hajj season, responding to growing international concern about the spread of Ebola and hantavirus. The hajj is the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest city in the religion, which Muslims are mandated to make, if possible, once in their lifetimes. Saudi Arabia typically welcomes upwards of one million Muslims to the city for the hajj on an annual basis, most coming from all over the world, including countries hostile to Saudi Arabia such as...

Very interesting video about the USS Yorktown aircraft carrier that sank in 1942 at the Battle of Midway.

We humans are disturbingly malleable and conformist, and the digital age has made it exceptionally easy to turn us into banal, evil creatures. History’s worst crimes are not usually carried out by cartoon villains. They are carried out by ordinary people who tell themselves they are only following orders, only keeping the peace, only doing what the moment requires. Jonathan Miltimore’s excellent piece The Science of Manipulation gets at a hard truth people do not like to face: evil does not usually arrive with horns. It arrives through weakness, fear, and conformity. A lot of people prefer the idea that...

When it comes to policing New York’s sprawling Medicaid program, Attorney General Letitia James has some explaining to do. As AG, James runs the state’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, which is charged with prosecuting those who rip off the taxpayer-funded program or neglect and abuse its vulnerable patients. It ought to be a busy place, considering New York spends far more per capita on Medicaid than any other state. Yet on her watch the unit has been posting metrics that range from lackluster to surprisingly low, especially when measured against the scale of a $119 billion social program. **SNIP** As...

In Norway’s highest mountains, experts are scouring perilous terrain for pieces of the past, long stored in mint condition in ice patches. As temperatures rise across the world, glacial archaeologists must find the emerging artifacts before they degrade forever This arrow with a pressure-flaked arrowhead made from gray quartzite dates to the Late Stone Age or Bronze Age and was found on Norway’s ice. The pitch and the animal sinew used to fasten the arrowhead are still preserved, which is exceptionally rare. Espen Finstad, Innlandet County Municipality ============================================================================================ A brown leather loafer came into view on a patch of ice...

America survives as a healthy, wealthy nation only if the majority of the population is willing to stand on its own two feet. Long before we Americans pick a side politically, we adopt a rhetorical stance that matches our worldview. That stance becomes the filter through which we interpret everything we see and hear, shaping our preferences and our politics. Broadly speaking, Americans fall into three groups: A. Dependents—those who believe in the primacy of the collective, where individualism is subordinated to the needs of the group. Their worldview echoes the “it takes a village” mentality. B. Individualists—those who believe...

@koshercockney Heartbreaking. Henry Nowak’s name has hardly been mentioned by anyone in the Mainstream Media. That’s why we must use our voices on platforms like X to raise awareness Henry’s friends and family posted this video of him and his sister Olivia with the caption “Henry is missed so much by so many. Henry's family have a drive and that is to keep Henry's name alive by raising money for “2Wish” the charity that continues to help them navigate their grief.” Rest in peace Henry. Sending love and prayers to his family right now. @elonmusk is already doing a great...

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The reclusive and disgraced Eric Swalwell has paid a law firm more than $313,000 so far to fend off his sexual misconduct claims, according to a recent campaign finance disclosure. In his most recent disclosure spanning from April 19 to May 16, Swalwell’s campaign paid Sara Azari’s New York law firm in two separate payments of $250,000 and $23,251, totaling $273,251, for “campaign legal compliance.” The payments came after he had already given her $40,000 to defend him publicly. Swalwell, who dropped out of the gubernatorial race and resigned his seat in Congress due to the claims, has been quiet...

A 50 year-old Florida woman was viciously mauled to death by a pair of bloodthirsty pit bulls, only to be found by her heartbroken husband who said he’ll “never get the image out of my mind.” Donnell Smith returned to his Brevard County home shortly after 1 p.m. on Tuesday — after helping neighbors across the street — and noticed his wife, Jodi Cowan, and their small dog had disappeared, according to WESH 2 News. Smith then suddenly heard Cowan’s cries for help in the distance, the outlet reported. “I saw the silhouette of the two dogs dragging my wife...

A heady and thrilling distillation of all that made the group great.By their 1981 album, Juju, Siouxsie & The Banshees were at the peak of their powers. Their classic line-up of Siouxsie Sioux (vocals), Steven Severin (bass), John McGeoch (guitar), and Budgie (drums) had developed a musical language of their own, combining disparate elements of punk, psychedelia, glam, and Krautrock. And, of course, in Siouxsie, they had a charismatic and intense frontwoman writing increasingly daring and uncompromising lyrics. Juju’s opening track, “Spellbound,” was not only a heady and thrilling distillation of all that made them great, it also achieved...

Jaakko Ohtonen replaced Jim Caviezel for the sequel to 'The Passion of the Christ,' which releases its first part in March 2027, followed by a second part in 2028.Lionsgate is shifting its plans for its two-part sequel to The Resurrection of Christ. The studio is pushing part one back a few months from March 26, 2027, to May 6, 2027. And the second part, previously set for May 6, 2027, is now moving back a year to May 25, 2028. With the news comes the first-look photo of Jaakko Ohtonen as Jesus Christ, stepping into the sandals worn by Jim...