WASHINGTON — Rep. Kelly Morrison became Minnesota’s newest member of Congress on Friday on a day when politics threatened to sour the festival atmosphere...
We’re highlighting conversations from MinnPost Festival 2024, including when MinnPost’s Britt Robson went one-on-one with Minnesota Timberwolves/Lynx CEO Ethan Casson.Note: this conversation was recorded...
Once upon a time, Ford made a Thunderbird with a supercharger. We’re not talking about the porky V-6-powered T-Bird of the 1990s. No, we’re talking about the real-deal two-seater convertible built in 1957. Ford only made 200 supercharged variants, and three of them are going to cross the same auction block in January.
Mecum Auctions will offer the trio at its Kissimmee, Florida event next month, each packing a supercharged 312 cubic-inch (5.1-liter) V-8 making 300 horsepower, as advertised by Ford back in the day. They all deliver that power to the rear wheels through a three-speed manual transmission, though the blue one has the special manual with a two-speed overdrive.
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Las Vegas Metropolitan Police and Clark County Fire Department officials said a person died inside the futuristic-looking pick-up truck, which remained largely intact.Officials are also likely to consider whether Livelsberger deliberately chose a car made by Elon Musk, given the billionaire’s relationship with Donald Trump, the US president-elect.By late Wednesday afternoon, authorities were still working to get the body out of the vehicle and start processing the evidence inside.Joe Biden, the US president, was briefed on the explosion. Mr Musk said the blast “appears likely to be an act of terrorism”, adding in a statement: “We have now confirmed that the explosion was caused by very large fireworks and/or a bomb carried in the bed...