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Ryan Blaney celebrates in victory lane after winning the NASCAR Cup Series Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway on June 01, 2025 in Lebanon, Tennessee. (Photo by Sean Gardner/Getty Images)Getty Images Race car driver Ryan Blaney has been on a tear the last few seasons, bagging top honors and a NASCAR Cup Series championship in 2023, followed by another excellent season last year as runner-up for 2024. But the laid-back 31-year-old racing star said in an interview this week that he’s always wanted to launch a business outside of racing. Ideally, he said, he wanted his new venture to be…

If I were buying a camera today, this is the body I would get, travel or otherwise. The A7C R is one of the smallest full-frame, interchangeable-lens cameras on the market. This is why it’s our top pick for travelers in our guide to the Best Mirrorless Cameras. The 61-MP sensor offers amazing detail and very good dynamic range (14.7 EV). The autofocus is among the best you’ll find in mirrorless cameras, and there’s great subject tracking as well, making it perfect for shooting fast-moving scenes on the go.The video specs here are top-notch as well, with support for 4K/60…

A male tarantula looks for a mate on the plains near La Junta, Colo., Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. Thomas Peipert/AP hide caption toggle caption Thomas Peipert/AP Each year, male brown tarantula trek across Colorado to look for ladies. From mid-September to mid-October, they leave the safety of their burrows to go on journeys that will take interesting turns as they face rejection, predators and fatigue. Why they’re on the move Cara Shillington, a biology professor at Eastern Michigan University, doesn’t consider the trek a migration because “this is not a one-way movement from one location to a different location.” Arachnid…

From the time he first met Chuck D at a Public Enemy concert nearly 40 years ago, director Janol Ture was on his way to befriending and working with the members of the groundbreaking hip-hop collective, including a stint as president of Chuck D’s SLAMJamz label. But when he saw Straight Outta Compton, the dramatized 2015 version of N.W.A’s story, something clicked for him and others in that camp. “It was a phenomenal movie, and we thought, ‘That’s a great story,’” he says. “But we were looking at it like, ‘We have to have a Public Enemy movie.’ It has…

A ‘new’ island has appeared in the middle of a lake in southeastern Alaska after the landmass lost contact with a melting glacier, NASA satellite images reveal.The landmass, named Prow Knob, is a small mountain that was formerly surrounded by the Alsek Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. However, Alsek Glacier has been retreating for decades, slowly separating itself from Prow Knob and leaving a growing freshwater lake in its wake.A recent satellite image, taken by Landsat 9 in August, reveals that the glacier has now lost all connection to Prow Knob, according to a statement released by NASA’s Earth…

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Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk has pledged to push ahead with a “great modernisation programme” for his country’s military, a day after Polish and NATO forces shot down drones violating the country’s airspace during a Russian aerial attack on neighbouring Ukraine.The Polish Air Navigation Services Agency announced on Thursday that Poland had introduced air traffic restrictions along its eastern borders with Belarus and Ukraine. It said the step was taken at the request of the Polish army for national security reasons, but did not elaborate.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe restrictions will apply until December 9, Polish air…

US inflation rose in August at the fastest pace since the beginning of the year ahead of a key Federal Reserve meeting where it will decide whether to cut or hold interest rates.Consumer prices increased 2.9% in the year to August, up from 2.7% the previous month, according to the latest figures from the US Labor Department as the cost of cars, household furnishings and grocery staples like tomatoes and beef all rose.The US central bank has kept interest rates unchanged since last year as policymakers continued to monitor the effect of President Donald Trump’s import tariffs on consumer prices.…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETApple has announced the latest iPhone 17 lineup, including the iPhone 17 Pro with its A19 Pro processor for improved battery life and performance. And if you’re ready to upgrade your smartphone, right now at T-Mobile, you can get an iPhone 17 Pro for free when you have a qualifying trade-in and sign up for or switch to the Experience Beyond mobile plan. If you’re switching to T-Mobile on the Experience More or Go5G Plus plans, you can get a base model iPhone 17 or up to $830 off any iPhone 17 model, no trade-in required.Also: Every iPhone 17 model…

Survivor is a very serious game with very serious emotional consequences. Witness the parade of tears we’ve seen from blindsided contestants while having their torches snuffed at Tribal Council. Similarly, Jeff Probst takes his job as host and showrunner very seriously. He describes challenges with the enthusiasm and professionalism of an announcer calling the Super Bowl. He rocks a penetrating gaze as contestants file into Tribal Council. He even tries his best to keep an even expression when he has to address contestants with monikers such as “Tarzan,” “Troyzan,” “Papa Smurf,” and “Papa Bear.” Jeff Probst and the cast of…