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Tesla's Cybertruck gets military makeover with tactical twist

The future of apocalypse-ready vehicles is here, thanks to a collaboration between Archimedes Defense and Unplugged Performance. Together, they have unveiled the STING package for Tesla’s Cybertruck. This package transforms the Cybertruck into an impressive machine equipped with advanced features tailored for survival and resilience. Let’s explore how these enhancements make the Cybertruck not just a means of transportation but …

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My government job taught me amazing lessons. I wish Kamala Harris had learned them at McDonald’s

Vice President Kamala Harris claims she worked at McDonald’s as a teenager, but that job is missing from her early resumes and memoir. I sympathize with her since I also omitted from resumes my teenage summer job sloughing on the payroll of the Virginia Highway Department. But that job taught me more about the nature of government than any high …

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Travelers could face new penalty for exceeding baggage limit on trains

Vacationers traveling on a railroad in Europe may be subjected to fines if they exceed the baggage limit as some countries grapple with overtourism. In February, French National Railways (SNCF)announced there would be new limits on the amount and size of luggage on trains with the enforcement beginning on Sept. 15. GREECE TO IMPOSE TAX FOR CRUISE VISITORS ON POPULAR …

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Train collides with military mobile artillery vehicle being hauled on a semi-truck

An oncoming freight train smashed into a semi-truck carrying what appeared to be an M109 Paladin Howitzer mobile artillery vehicle and damaged the street crossing Thursday afternoon in Goose Creek, South Carolina. CALIFORNIA MAN CHOKED, ATTACKED FRONTIER AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANTS AFTER WEEKEND AT DISNEYLAND, DOJ SAYS Jennifer Clinton and her son captured the crash on video while they were in …

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Jet missing since 1971 found submerged in Vermont's Lake Champlain, experts say

Experts believe that they have found the wreckage of a corporate private jet 200 feet below the surface in Lake Champlain in Vermont that fatefully crashed more than 50 years ago. The private plane, with the registration N400CP, disappeared shortly after taking off from Burlington en route to Providence, Rhode Island, on Jan. 27, 1971. Pilots Donald Myers and George …

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Port of Baltimore fully reopened after $100M cleanup of collapsed Francis Scott Key bridge

Authorities anticipate commercial shipping traffic through the Port of Baltimore will soon return to normal levels since the channel fully reopened earlier this week for the first time since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. “They are back open for business, ready to bring in the largest container ships that call there,” U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath said …

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Atlanta hijacker who led police on wild chase in crowded public bus identified

Atlanta police have identified the alleged hijacker who they say held a bus driver at gunpoint and held the remaining 17 commuters hostage as he led police on a 15-mile chase through multiple jurisdictions, along with the passenger he shot dead. Joseph Grier, 39, was taken into custody without incident after a chase that spanned multiple jurisdictions and involved multiple …

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Over 80 dead in latest Congo boat accident

A boat carrying more than 270 passengers has capsized on a river near Congo’s capital of Kinshasa, leaving more than 80 dead, President Félix Tshisekedi said Wednesday. It was the latest deadly boat accident in the central African country where overloading is often blamed, including in February when dozens lost their lives after an overloaded boat sank. AT LEAST 49 …

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Malawi vice president, 9 others killed in a plane crash, president says

Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine others aboard a small military plane were killed when the aircraft crashed in a mountainous area in the southern African nation, the country’s president said Tuesday. Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera announced in a live address on state television that the plane was found after more than a day of searching the dense forests …

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Bullet train-looking giant semitruck to hit US highways

Kenworth has unveiled its latest innovation, the SuperTruck 2, at the Advanced Clean Transport expo in Las Vegas. This sleek and aerodynamic truck is the result of a six-year collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy aimed at improving freight efficiency without abandoning diesel as the primary energy source. GET SECURITY ALERTS, EXPERT TIPS – SIGN UP FOR KURT’S NEWSLETTER …

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