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The Rolls-Royce Ghost sedan has been updated Updates to Ghost include new styling, enhanced suspension, and increased connectivity U.S. pricing starts at $355,000 Rolls-Royce’s second-generation Ghost sedan has undergone a mid-cycle refresh, or a Series II update, as the automaker refers to it. The current Ghost arrived for the 2021 model year and the Series II update, unveiled on Tuesday, brings significant changes to the exterior styling, at least by Rolls-Royce standards. The interior has also been enhanced with a new digital interface and a clock complete with a Spirit of Ecstasy ornament. The exterior changes are marked by a…

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The dust has barely settled on Tadej Pogačar’s Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double this season but it’s now emerged another major GC contender could well be in the running to at least take part in both races in 2025: Remco Evenepoel.According to Patrick Lefevere, Soudal-QuickStep’s longstanding and outspoken team manager, there is a “realistic option” that Evenepoel will return to the Italian Grand Tour, prior to doubling that up with the Tour de France in July. Evenepoel last raced the Giro d’Italia in 2023, but had to abandon the race for a second time in three years after he and multiple…

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Barbara Palvin TheStewartofNY/FilmMagic/Getty Images Barbara Palvin had no problem walking in her mirrored wings at the 2024 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show — which are heavier than you’d expect. The 31-year-old Angel exclusively opened up to Us Weekly about her larger-than-life wings while getting glammed up for the show on Tuesday, October 15. “This year mine are heavy, which just means they’re bigger!” she exclaimed, noting that “some [wings] are really light.” Palvin guessed that her wings, which featured large mirrors in the shape of feathers, weighed around “40 pounds.” “They’re really well-made, so it’s not too hard [to walk in…

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Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory is out of federal prison.   The former drug lord—who gained notoriety as the co-founder of the Black Mafia Family criminal enterprise—was released from FCI Coleman Low in Florida Oct. 15, Federal Bureau of Prisons officer Scott Taylor said in a statement to E! News.   Following Flenory’s release, the 56-year-old was transferred to community confinement—which consists of either home confinement or a halfway house—the officer told E! News. His projected release date is now January 27, 2026.   Flenory co-founded his drug dealing business alongside his younger brother, Terry Lee “Southwest Tee” Flenory, in Detroit…

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article FILE-A prisoner’s hands are seen inside a jail cell. (Photo by Giles Clarke/Getty Images) The Brief Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, the co-founder of the Black Mafia Family, has been released from jail and is slated to finish his sentence at a halfway house.Flenory was arrested in 2005 and later sentenced to 30 years in prison after he was convicted on charges related to drug trafficking and money laundering.He is expected to be released on Jan. 27, 2026, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory, the infamous co-founder of the Black Mafia Family crime enterprise, has…

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready… By Michael Miller/University of Cincinatti A retired Classics professor from Texas donated a collection of papers to the University of Cincinnati detailing the deciphering of an ancient Greek language that baffled generations of scholars. University of Texas at Austin Professor Emeritus Thomas Palaima donated boxes of documents, correspondence, files and photos chronicling the coordinated effort to translate the script called Linear B used in the Mycenaean language. “I’m delighted these invaluable materials have found a home in UC Classics,” said Sean Gurd, chairman of the Department of Classics at the University of Texas at Austin.…

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The CNN report claimed that Robinson made controversial statements on a pornographic website more than a decade ago. ADVERTISEMENTNorth Carolina’s Republican Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson has filed a lawsuit against CNN, accusing the network of defamation over a report that claimed he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board. The CNN report first aired on 19 September alleged that Robinson posted inflammatory remarks on a pornographic website over a decade ago, including calling himself a “black Nazi” and praising Adolf Hitler over former US President Barack Obama. CNN linked the message board account to Robinson by comparing…

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ALONG INTERSTATE 25, N.M. —  In New Mexico, nothing is a straight line. Roads curve when they’re not undulating. Agricultural communities pop up like emeralds in a landscape of brown. Brilliant blue skies worthy of an Instagram filter open up in seconds, unleashing torrential rains.“Latino” in New Mexico is daily life, not a concept. It’s the state with the highest percentage of Latinos — nearly 49% — many with roots here going back centuries. Seven days. Seven states. Nearly 3,000 miles. Gustavo Arellano talks to Latinos across the Southwest about their hopes, fears and dreams in this election year. The L.A.…

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Beta Film has released a swashbuckling, pulse-pounding trailer for “Rise of the Raven,” its epic 10-part drama series based on the bloody 15th-century battle that changed the course of Europe. The show will world premiere at Mipcom in the Grand Auditorium of Cannes’ Palais des Festivals on Oct. 22. Adapted from author Bán Mór’s bestselling novels, the series tells the story of the Hungarian warrior Janos Hunyadi, who defeated the Ottoman army in 1456 at the Battle of Belgrade, halting its march across Europe and marking a turning point in the history of the continent. The series is produced by…

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