Monterey Auctions Day 3: Ferraris Rule Again, Joined By McQueen’s 930 and Ickx’s 956
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Beyond the Usual: 8 Favorites from Concorso Italiano 2015
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2016 Ford Mustang Galpin Rocket Speedster: Fisker’s Dream Mustang Loses Its Lid
-At the 2014 L.A. auto show, Henrik Fisker made big news as he showed a sexy, carbon-fiber-bodied Ford Mustang–based concept called the Rocket, which became a production reality with the help of Galpin Auto Sports of Van Nuys, California. Now, roughly nine months later—surprising no one—Fisker and Galpin have announced that the Rocket coupe (which we drove already) will be joined by a rather more extroverted variant, the topless Rocket
2016 Ford Mustang Galpin Rocket Speedster: Fisker’s Dream Mustang Loses Its Lid
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Bomb in Thai capital kills 16, wounds 81 in bid 'to destroy economy'
By Amy Sawitta Lefevre and Andrew R.C. Marshall BANGKOK (Reuters) – A bomb planted at one of the Thai capital’s most renowned shrines on Monday killed 16 people, including three foreign tourists, and wounded scores in an attack the government called a bid to destroy the economy. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast at the Erawan shrine at a major city-center intersection. Several media outlets had
Civilians and soldiers die in east Ukraine fighting, Putin in Crimea
By Richard Balmforth KIEV (Reuters) – Fighting flared between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed rebels in separate parts of eastern Ukraine overnight, killing at least two Ukrainian soldiers and several civilians, Kiev’s military and separatist sources said on Monday. The clashes, near the port of Mariupol in the southeast and at rebel-held Horlivka, further frayed an increasingly tenuous ceasefire as Ukraine prepared to mark its Independence Day next week. Kiev accused
Iran still closed to U.S. influence after nuclear deal: Khamenei
By Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Sam Wilkin DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran will remain closed to U.S. influence and continue to oppose U.S. policies in the Middle East after its nuclear deal with big powers, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday, noting either country can still block the accord. The 76-year-old cleric, Iran’s highest authority, has refrained from making decisive statements on the July 14 nuclear agreement, but gave President
Live: Explosion rocks central Bangkok, killing 27, police say
An explosion rocked central Bangkok on Monday, killing at least 27 people and wounding dozens more, officials there say.
Where the 2016 presidential candidates stand on climate change
Some laugh off man-made climate change as a hoax; others accept the scientific consensus.
US Army skydiver dies from Chicago air show injuries
CHICAGO (AP) — A U.S. Army skydiver who had served five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan died Sunday from injuries suffered in a midair collision with another jumper during a stunt at the Chicago Air & Water Show, authorities said.