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Thieves have stolen four ancient artifacts, including an approximately 2,500-year-old gold helmet, after using explosives to break into a museum in the Netherlands. The daring heist took place at Drents Museum in Assen during the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Dutch police, who said they received a report of an explosion at 3:45 a.m. local time. CCTV footage released by police shows the suspects opening an exterior door before a blast sends sparks and smoke into the air. The thieves made off with three gold bracelets, dating from around 50 BC, as well as the 5th-century BC Helmet of Cotofenesti, a historically important artifact on loan from the National History Museum of Romania in Bucharest.The items were part of an exhibition about the Dacians, an ancient society that occupied much of present-day Romania before being conquered by the Romans. On show since July, “Dacia: Empire of Gold and Silver” featured treasures borrowed from institutions across Romania. In a press release on its website, Drents Museum described the Helmet of Cotofenesti — which was discovered in a Romanian village almost a century ago — as a “masterpiece.” Its design features mythological scenes and a pair of eyes, located above the wearers’, that were thought to deter enemies during battle while protecting against the “evil eye.”The exhibition was set to conclude Sunday, though Drents Museum remained closed through the weekend due to the robbery. Its premises were damaged by the explosion, though no injuries were reported, the museum said. Dutch police announced that they are working with global police agency Interpol and had, as of Sunday, received more than 50 tip-offs. Investigators are currently looking for information about a gray car that was stolen from the nearby city of Alkmaar earlier in the week and was discovered around four miles from the crime scene, on fire, shortly after the overnight heist. Police believe the suspects abandoned the vehicle, which had stolen license plates, and fled in a different getaway car. In a press statement, Drents Museum’s general director Harry Tupan, described the incident as a “dark day” — both for his institution and the National History Museum of Romania. “We are intensely shocked by the events last night at the museum,” he added. “In its 170-year existence, there has never been such a major incident. It also gives us enormous sadness towards our colleagues in Romania.” SURSA

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Former UN Ambassador Andrew Young rode his scooter alongside Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock, Martin Luther King III and a fervent crowd of marchers on a recent Sunday through a southwest Atlanta neighborhood. The group stopped at an early polling location to vote, forming a line with some waiting as long as one hour to cast their ballots. At the age of 90, Young says he is selective about public appearances but felt the “Souls to the Polls” event was one where he could motivate Black voters in Tuesday’s hotly contested US Senate runoff between Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker – a historic matchup between two Black men. Community leaders and political observers say the Black vote has consistently played a pivotal role in high-stakes races for Democrats, including in 2021, when Warnock defeated then-Sen. Kelly Loeffler in a runoff. Black voters likely to cast a ballot are near unanimous in their support for the Democrat (96% Warnock to 3% Walker), according to a CNN poll released last week that showed Warnock with a narrow lead. A second runoff victory for Warnock could once again hinge on Black voter turnout in a consequential race. If Warnock wins, it would give Democrats a clean Senate majority – one that doesn’t rely on Vice President Kamala Harris’ tie-breaking vote and allows Majority Leader Chuck Schumer more control of key committees and some slack in potentially divisive judicial and administrative confirmation fights. Voting, Young said, is the “path to prosperity” for the Black community. He noted that Atlanta’s mass transit system and economic growth have been made possible by voters. “Where we have voted we have prospered,” Young said. The rally led by Young, King and Warnock seems to have set the tone for many Black voters in Georgia. Early voting surged across the state last week with long lines reported across the greater Atlanta area. As of Sunday, more than 1.85 million votes had already been cast, with Black voters accounting for nearly 32% of the turnout, according to the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office. The early voting period, which was significantly condensed from 2021, ended on Friday. Billy Honor, director of organizing for the New Georgia Project Action Fund, said the Black turnout so far looks promising for Democrats. “When we get Black voter turnout in any election statewide that’s between 31 and 33%, that’s usually good for Democrats,” Honor said. “If it’s between 27 and 30%, that’s usually good for Republicans.” Honor added: “This has an impact on elections because we know that if you’re a Democratic candidate, the coalition you have to put together is a certain amount of college-educated White folks, a certain amount of women overall, as many young people as you can get to turn out – and Black voters. That’s the coalition. (Former president) Barack Obama was able to smash that coalition in 2008 in ways we hadn’t seen.” Likeability Young said he believes that Black voters are more likely to show up for runoff elections, which historically have lower turnout than general elections, when the candidate is likeable and relatable. Warnock is a beloved figure in Atlanta’s Black community who pastored the church once led by Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. He grew up in public housing and relied on student loans to get through college. Young said Warnock’s story is inspiring. “He is an exciting personality, he’s a great preacher,” Young said. “He speaks from his heart and he speaks about how he and his family have come up in the deep South and developed a wonderful life.” Young said some Black voters may also be voting against Walker, who has made a series of public gaffes, has no political experience and has a history of accusations of violent and threatening behavior. Last week’s CNN poll showed that Walker faces widespread questions about his honesty and suffers from a negative favorability rating, while nearly half of those who back him say their vote is more about opposition to Warnock than support for Walker. Views of Warnock tilt narrowly positive, with 50% of likely voters holding a favorable opinion, 45% unfavorable, while far more likely Georgia voters have a negative view of Walker (52%) than a positive one (39%). Still, Walker is famous as a Heisman Trophy-winning football star from the University of Georgia. And among the majority of likely voters in the CNN poll who said issues are a more important factor to their vote than character or integrity, 64% favor Walker. He campaigned on Sunday with, among others, GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina, one of just three Black senators currently serving in the chamber. Scott tried to tie Warnock to President Joe Biden – who, like former President Donald Trump, has steered clear of the Peach State – and reminded voters in Loganville of the GOP’s losses in the 2021 runoffs. At the event, which began with prayers in Creole, Spanish and Swahili from speakers with Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, Walker encouraged getting out to vote more than he typically does. “If you don’t have a friend, make a friend and get them out to vote,” Walker said. A ‘civic duty’ Back at the “Souls to Polls” march, some Black voters said they were excited to show up and cast their early votes in the runoff race. Travie Leslie said she feels it is her “civic duty” to vote after all the work civil rights leaders in Atlanta did to ensure Black people had the right to vote. Leslie she does not mind standing in line or voting in multiple elections to ensure that a quality candidate gets in office. “I will come 12 times if I must and I encourage other people to do the same thing,” Leslie said Thursday while at the Metropolitan Library polling location in Atlanta. “Just stay dedicated to this because it truly is the best time to be a part of the decision making particularly for Georgia.” Martin Luther King III credited grassroots organizations for registering more Black and brown voters since 2020, when Biden carried the state, and mobilizing Georgians to participate in elections. Their work has led to the long lines of voters in midterm and runoff races, King said. King said he believes Warnock also appeals to Black voters in a way that Walker does not. “Rev. Warnock distinguishes himself quite well,” King said. “He stayed above the fray and defined what he has done.” The Black vote, he said, is likely to make a difference in which candidate wins the runoff. “Black voters, if we come out in massive numbers, then I believe that on December 6 we (Democrats) are going to have a massive victory,” King said. SURSA

Reports of a "gorgon" mass extinction at the end of the Permian period were greatly exaggerated, new research finds. These bizarre paleo-beasts were thought to have died out along with most other life on Earth at the time, but scientists recently found that some of these so-called gorgons survived into the Triassic period. However, they didn't survive long, making them a "dead clade walking," the team said. An analysis of three specimens found in the Karoo Basin in South Africa reveals that this saber-toothed group, known as gorgonopsians, the dominant predators during the late Permian period, managed to survive the "Great Dying." During this event, which took place around 251.9 million years ago and was also known as the end-Permian extinction, about 90% of all species went extinct. Gorgonopsians were an exception — but despite their survival, their prospects weren't great. "'Dead clade walking' is a term used in extinction studies that refers to when a group of organisms technically survives a mass extinction, but is so damaged by it that they never recover, and linger on for a little bit before finally disappearing," project co-researcher Christian Kammerer(opens in new tab), the research curator of paleontology at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh, told Live Science in an email. Dead clades walking may last millions of years after a mass extinction "but never re-diversify or attain substantial abundance in ecosystems, so they are effectively already 'dead' from a macroevolutionary perspective," he explained. The research was presented Nov. 3 at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology's annual conference in Toronto and has yet to be published in a peer-reviewed journal. Related: Ancient saber-toothed 'gorgons' bit each other in ritualized combat A late Permian Cyonosaurus specimen displayed in the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. A late Permian Cyonosaurus specimen displayed in the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa. (Image credit: Christian Kammerer) Gorgonopsians — named after the mythical and monstrous Greek gorgons, whose looks could turn people to stone — existed long before the dinosaurs emerged during the Triassic about 240 million to 230 million years ago. The researchers were aware of a partial gorgonopsian skull from the Karoo Basin dating to the Triassic period's Induan age (251.9 million to 251.2 million years ago). Other researchers had dismissed that skull, thinking it had been misidentified or incorrectly dated. But a new investigation revealed that it was "definitely a gorgonopsian," possibly from the genus Cyonosaurus, said Kammerer and lead author Julien Benoit(opens in new tab), a senior researcher of paleontology at the Evolutionary Studies Institute of the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. Then, the duo analyzed two additional specimens, likely also members of Cyonosaurus, from the Karoo Basin. Of the three gorgonopsian specimens, two are from sites spanning the Permo-Triassic boundary, and the third is from an early Triassic layer. The fossil remains of a Cyonosaurus gorgonopsian at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa Fossil remains of Cyonosaurus at Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa (Image credit: Christian Kammerer) It's possible that Cyonosaurus survived the mass extinction due to its small size, abundance and flexible diet. The fox-size carnivore — which sported a snout that was narrow, elongated and packed with teeth — was one of the smallest known gorgonopsians on record. Small, generalist predators typically adapt better to changing ecosystems than large, specialist predators do and are therefore more likely to weather catastrophic events, Kammerer said. "So if there was any gorgonopsian that we would expect might survive into the Triassic, it would beCyonosaurus," he said.After the mass extinction, biodiversity crashed in the Karoo Basin, and an herbivorous, tusked animal called Lystrosaurus, which lived during parts of the Permian and Triassic, skyrocketed in numbers, "So, Cyonosaurus likely did not run out of preys," Benoit told Live Science in an email. Research is ongoing, and "further scrutiny of these sites is necessary," the team said. But the data indicate that gorgonopsians survived into the earliest part of the Triassic, which is about as surprising as a tyrannosaur surviving the asteroid slamming into Earth, the scientists joked in their conference abstract. That said, Triassic gorgonopsians were rare and from a single genus, so this dead clade walking "should still be considered a victim of the end-Permian mass extinction," the researchers said. SURSA

The high-end supercar segment is a little like Formula 1 racing—it's a club that doesn't include many Americans. Of the nearly 800 drivers who've ever competed in the series, fewer than 7 percent have been Americans, and a pitiful number of them have won many races, with the last to do so being Italian-born Mario Andretti—in 1978. Perhaps not coincidentally, of all the hyper- and supercars available globally, just a meager handful are built here in pickuptruckland—mostly at boutique shops like Hennessey, Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus, and SSC North America—and mostly at seven-figure prices. Into the breach comes the 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 with Z07 package from the decidedly un-boutique house of General Motors, seemingly meeting all the qualifications for membership in the fraternal order of supercars. Should buyers contemplating purchase of an Olde World supercar from the likes of McLaren (eight F1 constructors' championships) or Lamborghini (seven GT3 championships) also be kicking the tires of the mid-engine Corvette Z06, developed by Corvette Racing (eight LeMans class wins)? To find out, we rounded up a Z06 and two of the hottest new supercars available—the 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider and the 2023 Lamborghini Huracán LP 640-2 Tecnica—and spent a week flogging them in our initiation trials. And let us state right here at the top that these cars enjoy parity on performance—not price, as the cost difference between each is roughly the price of this Corvette. 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Z07 vs 2023 Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica vs 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider 8 filterSEE ALL 77 PHOTOS Supercar Engine? The Corvette Stingray and Z51 are dynamically brilliant, but their pushrod muscle car engine precludes them from supercar consideration. So Chevy tapped its Corvette Racing team partners Pratt & Miller for assistance co-developing a road car engine alongside its GTLM engine. Together, they've developed what seemed impossible: a 5.5-liter naturally aspirated flat-plane-crankshaft V-8 that doesn't shake itself to pieces. Without racing restrictor plates, it churns out 670 hp at 8,400 rpm and 460 lb-ft at 6,300 rpm, ranking it as the world's largest and most powerful V-8 of this configuration. And prior to road car production, the design survived three grueling years of endurance racing. The icing on the cake is its delightful engine bark, which sounds like a Ferrari 458's tenor aria being sung by a barrel-chested baritone—much more supercar than muscle car. Lamborghini's high-strung 5.2-liter V-10 produces almost precisely as many horses per liter as the Corvette but fewer lb-ft, so it feels noticeably less torquey. But oh, what a joyful noise those 631 horses and 417 lb-ft make! Extremely exotic and far more mellifluous than most production 10-bangers—think Lexus LFA as opposed to SRT Viper V-10. And it makes a lot of it. McLaren's wee 4.0-liter V-8 leans on two twin-scroll turbos to deliver 56 percent more horsepower and 80 percent more torque per liter than the two naturally aspirated engines can manage. And as the current top-dog offering in McLaren's mid-tier "supercar" lineup, it produces a whopping 755 horses' worth of right-now power and 590 lb-ft torque. Drop the hammer in any corner exit, and the shove against your back feels considerably stronger than that of the free breathers, but the engine sound is vastly less pleasing. Supercar Transmission Combustion-powered supercars mostly use twin-clutch automatic transmissions, and each of these cars puts its own spin on the concept. Lamborghini's Doppia Frizione and McLaren's Seamless Shift Gearbox (both built by Graziano) employ seven ratios, while the Corvette's Tremec box features eight. That's because the Corvette is aiming for both 0-60-mph bragging rights at the low end and quiet cruising with decent highway fuel economy at the top end. Hence it features the shortest first gear ratio (by 3-7 percent) and the tallest top gear ratio (by 42-84 percent). The Lamborghini gets the closest and most evenly spaced ratios, designed to maximize leverage across the entire speed range and to hit its 200-mph top speed at redline. (The Corvette's eighth gear could theoretically hit 370 mph in a vacuum.) The McLaren's gearing slots somewhere in between, imperiously disinterested in 60-mph sprinting, comfort, noise, or fuel economy. 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Z07 vs 2023 Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica vs 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider 4 filterSEE ALL 77 PHOTOS Each offers automatic and paddle-actuated manual shifting, with paddles mounted to the wheel on the Corvette and 765LT and to the column on the Huracán. The Corvette's automatic shift strategy is most ideally pegged to the drive modes, with Track mode being the most aggressive at holding gears or preemptively downshifting, prompting features editor Scott Evans to declare: "They've cracked the Porsche PDK code. This thing shifts as well as any Porsche I have driven." The McLaren box was nearly as astute and also permits auto shifting in all drive modes. In the Lamborghini's top Corsa mode, there's no automatic shift option, but at least its shift warning system is brighter and more obvious than the one in the Chevy's head-up display, and it's more comprehensible than the McLaren's three-segment green-red-blue indicator system. However, Evans found fault with the shift "quality" of the Lamborghini in Corsa mode, which he likened to "a shovel to the back of the head." Chassis And Aero This particular Corvette contending for supercardom comes fully optioned with the Z07 Ultimate Performance package ($8,995), which buys slightly stiffer springs, unique tuning of the Magnetic Ride Control suspension, plus carbon-ceramic brakes and Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2R tires. Its $11,995 carbon-fiber wheels shave about 10 pounds of both unsprung mass and rotational inertia per corner. Finally, there are $10,495 worth of carbon-fiber aero enhancements, including a high wing, dive planes, and a more aggressive splitter, diffuser, and ground effects. (Note, skinflints can shave $2K off both those latter prices with painted instead of visible-weave carbon.) But the Corvette's structure is still mostly aluminum, and our 3LZ test model is decked out with lots of creature comforts, so it weighs the most of this trio by 216 to 463 pounds. Meanwhile, our Tecnica slots into the rear-drive Lamborghini Huracán lineup between the EVO and STO performance versions, with its suspension softened a bit and its aero downforce and drag reduced slightly relative to the most extreme STO. It shares that model's rear-wheel steering and Bridgestone Potenza Race tires, however. The carbon-tub McLaren is by far the lightest and most extreme car here, with its titanium exhaust and thinner, lighter glazing paring away precious ounces. The Spider's roof mechanism adds 130 pounds without altering the structural rigidity, but tuning revisions to the Spider's hydraulically cross-linked suspension actually improve the overall behavior of the car, potentially making this the preferable version even if you don't lower the top. The splitter and rear wing create substantial downforce, and the wing flips up nearly vertical when braking for added stability. Brakes are borrowed from the mighty Senna, and lightweight forged alloys are shod in Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires. 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Z07 vs 2023 Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica vs 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider 6 filterSEE ALL 77 PHOTOS Trial 1: Acceleration We doubt supercar owners drag race their cars very often, but each of these cars comes equipped with a launch control mode just in case. The Corvette and Lamborghini systems dumped the clutch at about 4,500 rpm, while the torquier McLaren only dialed up 3,000 revs. The Corvette alone benefited from a pre-launch burnout to warm and soften the treads. It should be noted that testing the Lamborghini triggered an Apple Watch loud-noise warning, so wear ear plugs on track days. The Corvette's gearing gambit pays off with the quickest sprint to 60 mph (2.8 seconds, a tenth ahead of the others), but taller gearing from there on blunts the Corvette's acceleration enough to let the others pull away from 80 mph on up. By the quarter mile, the Huracán is 0.2 second ahead, the McLaren 0.5, with trap speeds telling the real weight-to-power story—the McLaren hits 142.6 mph, the Lambo 134.5, and the heavier, aero-drag-bedeviled Chevy just 128.2. Trial 2: Braking You'd expect three mid-engine cars with 40/60-ish percent weight distribution and carbon brakes averaging 15 inches in diameter all around to stop similarly, and you'd be right: They each need 93-96 feet to stop from 60 mph. But here again the braking systems demonstrate unique personalities. The McLaren's pedal barely moves, but response to pressure is linear and predictable, and our team quickly acclimated to the system's seemingly bottomless reserves of whoa. By contrast, senior features editor Jonny Lieberman described the Lamborghini's non-linear brakes as its fatal flaw. "Up in the canyons, the fact that there's almost no travel whatsoever kills the experience," he said. "Jumpy is the best way to describe it." Meanwhile, the Corvette's stoppers felt plenty linear, but their brake-by-wire pedal-force transducer lacked feedback, disappointing executive editor Mac Morrison. "I found myself figuring out my braking distances almost by vision alone rather than a normal combination of vision and feel," he said. The Corvette's brakes were also the only ones to squeal upon initial application, which saps some psychological confidence. But there's no debating their capability, which is even more impressive from 100 mph, where the Corvette stops in just 252 feet—2 feet shorter than the 463-pound-lighter McLaren with its Senna stoppers and air brake (254 feet) and 6 feet better than of the Lamborghini (258 feet). 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider 5 filterSEE ALL 77 PHOTOS Trial 3: Turning Let's face it, this is where seven generations of front-engine Corvettes really came up short relative to supercars. They could generate a competitive lap time or lateral grip number but only by leaning heavily on the tires, causing lap times to plunge as tires heated up and wore down. The C8 Corvette's inherent eagerness to turn allows the Z06 to maintain a competitive pace longer—especially with the Z07 and Aero packages. In fact, our Z06/Z07's acceleration, braking, and stout 1.16 g lateral grip helped it string together MotorTrend's second-best figure-eight performance ever: 21.9 seconds at 0.99 average g. Wanna guess our number one? This very McLaren 765LT Spider, which managed 1.17 g lateral grip and charged harder out of the corners to finish its lap 0.05 second ahead of the 'Vette, in 21.8 seconds at 1.01 g average. The comparatively lumbering Lambo's 22.6-second, 0.94 g (avg) lap ranks way down in 31st place. For a change, these numbers accurately represent what the cars are like to drive on the road and the track. Our "accomplished amateur" editors all reported building confidence surprisingly quickly and easily in both the McLaren and Corvette on the track, swiftly developing trust in each car's exceptionally high cornering and braking limits, with each communicating grip levels clearly and behaving commendably at the limit. This was a welcome surprise in the McLaren Spider. Its fixed-roof sibling has struck us as a bit too extreme, but Lieberman lauded the softened front-end spring rates and damping for making this "one of the best cars I've ever driven on the street—up there with Paganis and Bugattis, for millions of dollars less." Meanwhile, the Huracán's Corsa mode damping was deemed too extreme for anything but pristine pavement, and many felt it just seemed less confident and planted than its STO sibling, let alone these other two high-limit smooth operators. The cockpits contribute to driver confidence, too, with the McLaren's canopy-style windshield affording the best visibility, its wheel and pedals positioned ideally, and its hard-shell seat and shoulder wings resisting the most extreme lateral forces. By contrast, the Lambo is hard to see out of in any direction, and its cramped footwell compromised the driving position for some. The Corvette strikes a reasonable middle ground with good visibility, the most comfortable seating, and reasonably placed controls (though many fault its "squircle" steering wheel). Chevy also enhances the driving fun with features like a g-meter in Sport mode's head-up display, which retains peak g figures long enough for the driver to note them after the road straightens out, and a performance data recorder that captures video of a track session or back road run, overlaid with speed, tach, g-meter data, and more for subsequent study or to share with friends. How They Work As Cars There's only one car here that sane adults would contemplate driving for more than an hour, and that's the Corvette. Its Tour mode is far and away the quietest and most comfortable by several orders of magnitude, its comfy seats are heated and cooled, you can hear and enjoy its Bose sound system, and there's room to carry up to 12.6 cubic feet of luggage (or the roof panel plus a carry-on suitcase). The Lamborghini interior looks the most upscale exotic, but the din at highway speeds is (perhaps literally) deafening, and the frunk can barely accommodate a helmet. And comfort was obviously absent on the priorities list for those designing the McLaren. Its seat becomes a borderline torture device about 10 minutes after the lateral g forces subside, controls for things like the cruise control and mirror switches are inscrutable, the B&W sound system is hopelessly outmatched by the V-8, and the "automatic climate control" simply isn't. 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider 2 filterSEE ALL 77 PHOTOS Bottom Line Our week with these three cars suggests the Corvette does indeed have the chops to run with the supercar crowd. We wish its design was a bit less busy and juvenile, and we hope an over-the-air update might improve the brake feel, but the car's dynamics and visceral appeal earn it legit supercar status as far as we're concerned. To wit: It earns a solid second-place finish among these two establishment supercars. So yes, we're crowning the McLaren the superior supercar, owing to its mesospheric performance limits and the ease with which we mere mortals were able to probe them. Now let the Corvette's unofficial supercar-club initiation ceremonies commence at track days, rallies, and Cars & Coffee events everywhere. 3rd Place: 2023 Lamborghini Huracán LP 640-2 Tecnica Pros Exotic design Natural V-10 power Killer engine note Cons Grabby brakes Transmission shift strategy/harshness Dangerously loud Verdict: Changes made to the STO reduce performance more than they improve livability, compromising its supercar mission. 2nd Place: 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Z07) Pros Approachable supercar dynamics Exotic engine Corvette comfort Cons Wooden brake feel Study-hall styling Could lose 200 pounds Verdict: America's sports car—in Z06/Z07 guise—is now America's supercar. 1st Place: 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider Pros Spaceship style Stellar steering/brake feel Can-Am sucker-car grip Cons Spanish inquisition seat Obtuse ergonomics Truckish engine note Verdict: A hypercar at supercar pricing.POWERTRAIN/CHASSIS 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 (Z07) Specifications 2023 Lamborghini Huracan Tecnica Specifications 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider Specifications DRIVETRAIN LAYOUT Mid-engine, RWD Mid-engine, RWD Mid-engine, RWD ENGINE TYPE Direct-injected DOHC 32-valve 90-degree V-8, alum block/heads Port- and direct-injected DOHC 40-valve 90-degree V-10, alum block/heads Twin-turbo port-injected DOHC 32-valve 90-degree V-8, alum block/heads DISPLACEMENT 5,463 cc/333.4 cu in 5,204 cc/317.6 cu in 3,994 cc/243.7 cu in COMPRESSION RATIO 12.5:1 12.7:1 8.7:1 POWER (SAE NET) 670 hp @ 8,400 rpm 631 hp @ 8,000 rpm 755 hp @ 7,500 rpm TORQUE (SAE NET) 460 lb-ft @ 6,300 rpm 417 lb-ft @ 6,500 rpm 590 lb-ft @ 5,500 rpm REDLINE 8,500 rpm 8,500 rpm 8,500 rpm WEIGHT TO POWER 5.5 lb/hp 5.5 lb/hp 4.3 lb/hp TRANSMISSION 8-speed twin-clutch auto 7-speed twin-clutch auto 7-speed twin-clutch auto AXLE/FINAL-DRIVE RATIO 5.56:1/1.83:1 4.89:1 (1,4,5,R), 3.94:1 (2,3,6,7)/3.31:1 3.73:1/2.56:1 SUSPENSION, FRONT; REAR Control arms, coil springs, adj shocks, anti-roll bar; control arms, coil springs, adj shocks, anti-roll bar Control arms, coil springs, adj shocks, anti-roll bar; control arms, coil springs, adj shocks, anti-roll bar Control arms, coil springs, adj shocks, adj anti-roll system; control arms, coil springs, adj shocks, adj anti-roll system STEERING RATIO 15.7:1 13.4:1 14.7:1 TURNS LOCK-TO-LOCK 2.5 2.4 2.5 BRAKES, F; R 15.7-in vented, drilled, carbon-ceramic disc; 15.4-in vented, drilled, carbon-ceramic disc 15.0-in vented, drilled, carbon-ceramic disc; 14.0-in vented, drilled, carbon-ceramic disc 15.4-in vented, drilled, carbon-ceramic disc; 15.0-in vented, drilled, carbon-ceramic disc WHEELS, F;R 10.0 x 20-in; 13.0 x 21-in carbon fiber 8.5 x 20-in; 11.0 x 20-in forged aluminum 9.0 x 19-in; 11.0 x 20-in forged aluminum TIRES, F;R 275/30R20 97Y; 345/25R21 104Y Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2 R ZP 245/30R20 90Y; 305/30R20 103Y Bridgestone Potenza Race 245/35R19 93Y; 305/30R20 103Y Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R MC1 DIMENSIONS WHEELBASE 107.2 in 103.2 in 105.0 in TRACK, F/R 66.3/66.1 in 65.7/63.9 in 65.2/64.0 in LENGTH x WIDTH x HEIGHT 185.9 x 79.7 x 48.6 in 179.8 x 76.1 x 45.9 in 181.0 x 76.0 x 47.0 in TURNING CIRCLE 36.4 ft 37.7 ft 40.4 ft CURB WEIGHT (DIST F/R) 3,686 lb (40/60%) 3,470 lb (41/59%) 3,223 lb (41/59%) SEATING CAPACITY 2 2 2 HEADROOM 37.9 in 37.0 in 37.6 in LEGROOM 42.8 in 40.9 in 42.4 in SHOULDER ROOM 54.4 in 57.9 in 51.1 in CARGO VOLUME 12.6 cu ft 3.5 cu ft 5.3 cu ft ACCELERATION TO MPH 0-30 1.2 sec 1.3 sec 1.4 sec 0-40 1.6 1.8 1.9 0-50 2.1 2.3 2.4 0-60 2.8 2.8 2.9 0-70 3.4 3.4 3.4 0-80 4.3 4.2 4.0 0-90 5.2 5.0 4.7 0-100 6.3 6.0 5.5 0-100-0 9.8 9.6 9.0 PASSING, 45-65 MPH 1.2 1.1 1.0 QUARTER MILE 10.8 sec @ 128.2 mph 10.6 sec @ 134.5 mph 10.3 sec @ 142.6 mph BRAKING, 60-0; 100-0 MPH 95 ft 96 ft 93 ft LATERAL ACCELERATION 1.16 g (avg) 1.09 g (avg) 1.17 g (avg) MT FIGURE EIGHT 21.9 sec @ 0.99 g (avg) 22.6 sec @ 0.94 g (avg) 21.8 sec @ 1.01 g (avg) TOP-GEAR REVS @ 60 MPH 1,300 rpm 2,500 rpm 1,800 rpm CONSUMER INFO BASE PRICE $132,540 $244,795 $389,700 PRICE AS TESTED $164,805 $332,095 $490,810 AIRBAGS 4: Dual front, front side/head 6: Dual front, front side, front knee 6: Dual front, front side/head, front knee BASIC WARRANTY 3 yrs/36,000 miles 3 yrs/Unlimited miles 3 yrs/Unlimited miles POWERTRAIN WARRANTY 5 yrs/60,000 miles 3 yrs/Unlimited miles 3 yrs/Unlimited miles ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE 5 yrs/60,000 miles 3 yrs/Unlimited miles 3 yrs/Unlimited miles FUEL CAPACITY 18.5 gal 21.1 gal 19.0 gal EPA CITY/HWY/COMB ECON 12/19/14 mpg 13/18/15 mpg 14/18/16 mpg EPA RANGE, COMB 259 miles 317 miles 304 miles RECOMMENDED FUEL Unleaded premium Unleaded premium Unleaded premium ON SALE Now Now Now SURSA

Kate Middleton has a sterling sense of fashion and she knows exactly what it is that would look good on her. The Princess of Wales, through her numerous public appearances, has proven time and again that her sartorial sense is superlative and incomparable. There have hardly been occasions where she has been spotted doing a fashion faux pas; Kate’s recent appearances from her US visit are eye-catching, too.The Duchess of Cambridge, in one of her stunning evening looks, remembered and paid tribute to her mother-in-law Princess Diana, who was the erstwhile Princess of Wales and hailed for her fashion sense and splendid accessories. Kate Middleton, Kate Middleton news, Kate Middleton in US, Kate Middleton choker, Kate Middleton tribute to Princess Diana, Kate Middleton emerald choker, Kate Middleton Earthshot Prize awards, indian express news Princess of Wales attends the second annual Earthshot Prize Awards at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, in Boston. (REUTERS/Katherine Taylor) Along with her husband Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge and the Prince of Wales, Kate attended the 2022 Earthshot Prize awards at the MGM Music Hall in Boston in an earthly colour: an off-the-shoulder mint green gown with long sleeves. SURSA

Jakarta, Indonesia CNN — Indonesia’s Mount Semeru erupted on Sunday, blanketing roads and homes in volcanic ash and prompting evacuations of nearly 2,000 residents in East Java province, according to authorities in the country. A statement Sunday from Indonesia’s disaster management agency (BNPB) said no injuries or deaths have so far been reported and evacuees have taken shelter in public facilities, including village halls and schools. More than 20,000 face masks have been handed out to mitigate respiratory health risks from volcanic ash, it added. Mount Semeru, which lies around 640 kilometers (400 miles) southeast of the capital Jakarta, began erupting at 2:46 a.m. local time Sunday (2:46 p.m. ET Saturday), according to BNPB. Videos shared by BNPB showed nearby villages covered in gray ash. © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap Improve this map Indonesia’s Center for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation, PVMBG, said in a statement the alert level of volcanic activity had been raised to the highest Level 4. The agency warned residents to stay at least 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) away from Semeru’s eruption center, adding that volcanic ash had reached as far as 12 kilometers (7.4 miles) from the epicenter. Japan’s Meteorological Agency said the plume from the eruption reached 15 kilometers (about 49,200 feet) into the air. The agency said in a statement Sunday there had been no tsunami impact following the eruption. Pyroclastic flow rolls down the slope of Mount Semeru during an eruption in Lumajang, East Java. Pyroclastic flow rolls down the slope of Mount Semeru during an eruption in Lumajang, East Java. AP Indonesia, an archipelago of 270 million people, sits on the “Ring of Fire,” a band around the Pacific Ocean that sets off frequent earthquakes and volcanic activity. Standing at 3,676 meters (12,060 feet), Mount Semeru is the tallest volcano on Java – and one of its most active ones. More than 50 people were killed and thousands more displaced when it erupted last year. People take shelter at a community hall in Candipuro village following Mount Semeru's volcanic eruption in Lumajang, East Java on December 4, 2022. People take shelter at a community hall in Candipuro village following Mount Semeru's volcanic eruption in Lumajang, East Java on December 4, 2022. Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images Compared to the 2021 eruption, PVMBG chief Hendra Gunawan said the agency saw the potential for a larger volume of magma from the eruption Sunday. “Therefore Semeru’s hot clouds could reach further (this year) and at that distance there are many residences,” he said. Rescue workers monitor the flow of volcanic materials from the eruption of Mount Semeru, in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, on December 4, 2022. Rescue workers monitor the flow of volcanic materials from the eruption of Mount Semeru, in Lumajang, East Java, Indonesia, on December 4, 2022. Hendra Permana/AP The eruption in East Java on Sunday follows a series of earthquakes on the west of the island, including one last month that killed more than 300 people. The deadly November quake that hit West Java’s Cianjur was a shallow temblor of 5.6 magnitude. A much deeper quake on Saturday in the town of Garut of 6.1 magnitude sent people running from buildings but did not cause major damage. SURSA