The Murders “Alabama Coal Giant Is Sued Over 3 Killings In Colombia,” ran the headline above a New York Times story on March 22, 2002. The lawsuit, which Collingsworth and Otero entered in federal court in Alabama on behalf of Sintramienergética and the families of Locarno, Orcasita, and Soler, was brought under the Alien Tort […]
Read MoreDid You Know BMW Made A Tiny Pickup At A Chrysler Plant In Greece? | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The Farmobil is one of five unique BMW vehicles that caught our attention at BMW CCA’s motorcycle-themed exhibit 3 hours ago <!––> <!– –> During our recent trip to Spartanburg, South Carolina, for BMW‘s Test Fest, […]
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For Tyler, the final straw was a dustup over a video he showed his class a few months after he collected his prize. The video was about the seventeenth-century English settlement in Jamestown, Virginia. It was hosted by John Green, author of the 2012 young adult novel The Fault in Our Stars. Green has engaged […]
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“The reason that North Side Milwaukee looks like it looks, with abandoned buildings and a lot of vacant commercial space … A.O. Smith started doing what everybody else did. They started making those automobile frames down in Mexico,” he says. “When they shut down [in Milwaukee], those jobs never got replaced.” “You’re starting to get […]
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These Are The 10 Shortest-Range New EVs In America | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> EVs have come a long way in the past decade, but plenty still struggle to top 200 miles on a single charge https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ <!––> by Chris Chilton 6 hours ago <!––> <!– –> Electric cars have come a long way in […]
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Robert Glennon served on a recent commission that studied using a desalination plant in the Sea of Cortez to replenish California’s rapidly evaporating Salton Sea. He said they found three major issues: energy, cost, and environmental impact. Because desalination plants operate 24/7, “that takes renewables off the table, because renewables—wind and solar—run intermittently,” and batteries […]
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Want 300+ HP And A Manual Shift? These Are Your Only New Options For 2024 | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> You can get a muscular engine and manual transmission for less than $33k, but things will be very different in 2025 https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ <!––> by Chris Chilton October 21, 2023 at 13:09 <!––> <!– –> Buying […]
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And then there is the Russo-Ukrainian War, the conflict with the most potential to escalate into a nuclear exchange. In The Clash, Huntington argued specifically that the future relationship between Russia and Ukraine would serve as a test of his theory. He rebutted John Mearsheimer’s claim that the two countries were headed for conflict because […]
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“Those who stormed this Capitol and those who instigated and incited and those who called on them to do so” acted “not in service of America, but rather in service of one man” who “has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election … because he values power over principle, because he […]
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Lawn Boy by Jonathan Evison The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie Me and Earl and the Dying Girl by Jesse Andrews Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher Crank by Ellen Hopkins The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini l8r, g8r by Lauren Myracle This Book Is Gay by […]
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Then, in 2022, something changed. Incumbent Governor Brian Kemp managed to win over some of these voters, as every Republican running for state office went on to victory in what was a disappointing midterm election nationally for the GOP. Even so, at the federal level, Warnock further improved on past Democratic performance and beat Herschel […]
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“There are two ways in which the public can benefit from any technology: They can own it, or the technology goes in a direction that then generates high wages and high employment.” –Daron Acemoglu “There are two ways in which the public can benefit from any technology: They can own it, or the technology goes […]
Read More2023 Detroit Auto Show: Hits, Misses And Mega Gallery | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The Detroit Auto Show was short on debuts, but you can check out over 300 pictures from this year’s event September 16, 2023 at 11:58 <!––> <!– –> It’s been a busy few weeks as the Munich Motor Show kicked off […]
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If only hierarchies of injury didn’t just create new opportunities to inflict pain. Some classes of people will be at the bottom—their traumas “not as bad” as others’—and our history shows that it’s the same classes of people at the bottom every time. Total access has to be the goal. Otherwise, we will stop short […]
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Besides apocalyptic visions, Torba, a self-described Christian nationalist, had a more personal motivation. For years, Gab has courted some of the most noxious personalities on the far right to participate on its platform, from Catholic antisemite E. Michael Jones to white supremacist groyper king Nick Fuentes. In October 2018, after another of its frequent posters […]
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These Small-Cube Muscle Classics Proved You Didn’t Need A Huge Motor To Haul Ass | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> Big block muscle cars get all the attention, but their small-bore brothers were fast, cheap and could even do corners https://www.carscoops.com/author/chris-chilton-cc/ <!––> by Chris Chilton 3 hours ago <!––> <!– –> When we’re talking about performance […]
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