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Lewis Hamilton has the most Grand Prix wins ever at 103, has the most Formula 1 poles ever at 104, and is tied with Michael Schumacher for the most F1 driver's championships at seven. Scuderia Ferrari has 242 wins, 249 poles, and 16 constructor's championships of its own. In 2025, the most successful driver and most storied team in the history of single-seat racing are teaming up.
As if New Jerseyans don't already have a love/hate relationship with E-ZPass, the automatic toll collection company is making some drivers' lives even more difficult. Some Jersey drivers have found that, within the past year, they were incorrectly charged the same tolling rate as big-rig trucks despite driving normal passenger cars while crossing the George Washington Bridge. What's the difference in that fee, you ask? Instead of maximum off $14.75—which is already a lot—it could be as much as $140.
Well, that didn't go as planned. Ahead of this weekend'sFormula 1 Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka, the Mercedes F1 team revealed a life-sized Lego recreation of last year's «W14» car. In addition to the inherent strangeness of making a life-sized Lego version of a car that only took second place in the constructor's championship last year, F1 fans absolutely ridiculed the Lego recreation on social media. And, unfortunately for Mercedes, the team couldn't silence the ridicule at Suzuka.
Brace yourselves, Illinoisans: A truly shocking number of cicadas are about to live, make sweet love, and die in a tree near you. Two broods of periodical cicadas—Brood XIX on a 13-year cycle and Brood XIII on a 17-year cycle—are slated to emerge together in central Illinois this summer for the first time in over two centuries. To most humans, they’re an ephemeral spectacle and an ear-splitting nuisance, and then they’re gone. To many other Midwestern animals, plants, and microbes, they’re a rare feast, bringing new life to forests long past their death.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky firefighter who rappelled off a bridge to rescue the driver of a tractor-trailer as it dangled precariously over the Ohio River says he played just a small part of the successful rescue.
A semi truck driver has cheated death after a crash left her big rig dangling from the side of a bridge in Kentucky. The driver has been recovered, but the aftermath of the crash remains grim, with multiple people hospitalized in serious condition, and the bridge remaining closed until further notice.
Google has admitted that its Gemini AI model “missed the mark” after a flurry of criticism about what many perceived as “anti-white bias.” Numerous users reported that the system was producing images of people of diverse ethnicities and genders even when it was historically inaccurate to do so. The company said Thursday it would “pause” the ability to generate images of people until it could roll out a fix.
History will note that George Washington drives a Dodge Challenger, even though they're built in Canada. (Full Dodge commercial below) ...
This marks an end to an 11-year long run with the Mercedes works team in Formula One. “I have had an amazing 11 years with this team and I'm so proud of what we have achieved together. Mercedes has been part of my life since I was 13 years old”, said Lewis.