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The busy Christmas cyclocross schedule is in full swing and another round of the UCI’s flagship series, the UCI World Cup, is on the way in Gavere on Thursday, December 26.The event is the sixth round of the 2024-25 World Cup and takes place in the Belgian town of Gavere, where Mathieu van der Poel and Puck Pieterse took victory last season.This season, all the UCI World Cup action will be streamed for free live on the UCI YouTube page, so read on for information on how to watch the races.Mathieu van der Poel will be headlining a packed men’s…
Toyota has been offering a hybrid powertrain for the Alphard shortly after the minivan was launched in the early 2000s. Currently in its fourth generation, the people hauler doubles down on electrification by getting a charging port. It’s Japan’s first PHEV minivan and is joined by the Vellfire sister model, now in its third generation. Both were fully redesigned last year and now their lineups are growing to include a PHEV as the range-topper. The plug-in hybrid minivans, offered only with six seats, share a lithium-ion battery mounted under the floor. Toyota doesn’t disclose the pack’s capacity but estimates it…
By Deidre McPhillips | CNN Whooping cough has been surging in the United States for months and the latest data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests there are no signs of slowing. There have been more than 32,000 cases reported so far this year, according to preliminary data from mid-December — about six times more than there were at this time last year and more than there have been since 2014. RELATED: Flu surges in US as vaccinations lag, and here’s where COVID, RSV infections are climbing Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a very…
Este artículo también está disponible en español. Bitcoin price started a recovery wave above the $95,000 level. BTC might continue to rise if it clears the $100,00 resistance zone. Bitcoin started a decent upward move above the $95,000 zone. The price is trading above $95,000 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $95,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair could start another increase if it stays above the $96,000 support zone. Bitcoin Price Starts Recovery Bitcoin price remained supported…
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A majority of Supreme Court justices didn’t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies before refusing to allow them to sell sweet-flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use.The conservative-majority court did raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration crackdown that included denials of more than a million nicotine products formulated to taste like fruit, dessert or candy. Teen vaping use has…
A Mexican congressman who was a member of the ruling coalition was shot dead in coastal Veracruz state on Monday, officials said, marking yet another politician being targeted by violence in the country.”Benito Aguas Atlahua has passed away as a result of wounds caused by an aggression with a firearm,” the state prosecutor’s office said in a statement.The body of a man identified as Agustin Linares was also found at the scene of the attack in Zongolica municipality, the statement added. Authorities did not say how Linares, who was an engineer, died.Authorities have not provided further information as to the…
Deploying a telescope in space is one thing. Making two of them deep under the sea is a task in a league of its own. On a ship bobbing in the Mediterranean Sea, physicists — not typically known for their sea legs — brave weeklong voyages and rough waters, working around the clock to deploy the telescopes’ detectors. The telescopes are designed to detect not light, but neutrinos. These subatomic particles are spewed at high energies from mysterious, unidentified realms of space. But such high-energy neutrinos are so rare, and so stealthy, that the detectors that study them must be…
Greenland Prime Minister Múte Egede said the island nation is “not for sale and will never be for sale,” after President-elect Donald Trump suggested the U.S. should take it over. Trump posted on social media early Monday that “for purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.” Greenland, a large icy Arctic island with over 50,000 residents, is a self-ruling territory of Denmark. Greenland’s leader responded swiftly. “Greenland is ours,” Egede wrote. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We…
Rachel and Sean are fellow Fox News personalities, and they met on a reality TV show. Learn more about Rachel, here. Image Credit: Getty Images Sean Duffy, a former Wisconsin Representative, was tapped by Donald Trump to be the new U.S. Secretary of Transportation. While nominating the cable news personality in a statement, Trump gave his wife, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a shout-out. “The husband of a wonderful woman, Rachel Campos-Duffy, a STAR on Fox News, and the father of nine incredible children, Sean knows how important it is for families to be able to travel safely, and with peace of mind,”…
How did Mercedes-Benz and McLaren build prototypes to test what would become the legendary Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren? They hacked up a pair of the coolest supercars you’ve probably never heard of and added some absolutely hideous features. In the embedded post at the end of this article are the two TVR Cerberas that were used as test mules for the SLR’s engine, including the supercharger that is the reason for the ugliest noses we’ve ever seen on any car ever. Mercedes-Benz While its roots trace back to the Benz Patent Motorwagen in 1895, Mercedes-Benz was officially founded in June 1926…