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Luigi Mangione is accused of stalking United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson and shooting him to death on Dec. 4, 2024.

Summary

• Volkswagen beat Tesla in European EV sales across the first three months of 2025, data shows.
• Registrations for VW EVs are up more than 150%, while Tesla lost huge ground.
• However, the Model Y and Model 3 remain Europe's top two most-registered EVs.

While streaming, the rapper performed a Nazi salute and said: ‘Heil Hitler’

"If you raise the fucking hot dog, I will kill you. Figure it out."

In quotes and attributed, in a conversation about the Costco hot dog. But apparently I'm threatening violence. Lol

Range

• Small battery range: 240km
• Big battery range: 385km

Motor

• Motor: Single motor, rear wheel drive
• Power: 150kW
• Torque: 264Nm
• 0-100km: 8s
• Top speed: 145km/h

Dimensions

• Bed length: 1.5m
• Vehicle length: 4.4m
• Vehicle height: 1.8m
• Vehicle width: 1.8m

Comparison

• 2025 Kia Niro length: 4.4m
• 2025 Ford Maverick length: 5.1m
• 1985 Toyota Pickup/Hilux length: 4.7m

Weights

• Curb weight 1634kg
• Max payload 650kg
• Max towing 454kg

Charging

• Port: NACS
• Onboard charger: 11kW
• Level 1 AC, 3.6kw, 20-100%: 11h
• Level 2 AC, 11kW, 20-100%: under 5h
• Level 3 DC, 120kW, 20-80%: under 30m

Safety

• Traction Control
• Electronic Stability Control
• Forward Collision Warning
• Automatic Emergency Braking
• 2-stage Driver/Passenger Airbags
• Full Length Side Curtain Airbags (Truck 2) (SUV 4)
• Seat Side Airbags (2)
• Backup Camera
• Pedestrian Identification
• Auto High Beam

More info

• https://www.slate.auto/en/faq
• https://www.slate.auto/api/contentful/download?entryId=qvGTtGysiBEP2JW8jM7GR

Experts warn of slowing economy after score based on Americans’ financial outlooks fell by 32% since January

US consumer sentiment plummeted in April after Donald Trump’s trade war threw the global economy into chaos, according to a new report.

The index of consumer sentiment, a score based on a monthly survey asking Americans about their financial outlooks, fell by 32% since January – the largest drop since the 1990 recession, according to the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research.

“Expectations worsened for vast swaths of the population across age, education income and political affiliation,” said Joanne Hsu, director of the surveys of consumers, in a statement. “Consumers perceived risks to multiple aspects of the economy, in large part due to ongoing uncertainty around trade policy and the potential for a resurgence of inflation looming ahead.”

Michael Gloss, 21, was the son of CIA Deputy Director for Digital Innovation Julianne Gallina Gloss, and Iraq war veteran Larry Gloss.

Before arriving in Russia on August 13, 2023, Gloss was travelling around Europe. On his Vkontakte page bio, he wrote: "I ran away from home (and) traveled the world. I hate fascism."

On April 4, 2024, he was killed, likely during a Russian offensive near Bakhmut, however, his burial in the U.S. did not take place until December 2024, Important Stories reports.

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Nap time is nap time, no matter where he is.

A new poll shows that about 4 in 10 Americans say Trump has been a “terrible” leader in his second term.

The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also found that about 2 in 10 think he has done an average job in his presidency and 3 in 10 says he’s been a great or good president.

44% say Trump’s focused on the wrong priorities in the AP-NORC poll, 21% said an even mix and 10% don’t know