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(CNN) James Alex Fields, who was convicted by a Virginia jury of driving into a crowd during a 2017 white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, pleaded guilty to 29 federal hate crimes Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced. The charges each carry a maximum penalty of life in prison, so Fields will avoid the possibility of the death penalty. The charges included one count of a hate crime act that resulted in the death of 32-year-old Heather Heyer, and 28 counts of hate crime acts that caused bodily injury and involved an attempt to kill other people in the crowd, the Department of Justice said. Fields had previously pleaded not guilty to those charges, as well as a charge of racially motivated violent interference with a federally protected activity. Heather Heyer's killer facing centuries in prison, but his legal saga isn't over Attorney General Bill Barr and US Attorney Thomas T. Cullen both said Fields committed an act of domestic … [Read more...] about Charlottesville car attacker pleads guilty to 29 hate crimes and avoids the death penalty

Another piece of automotive history is going up in smoke: Next year will be the last for the Hellcat, the badge that Dodge and Jeep use for models with a supercharged V8 engine rated at 707 horsepower (or more). Dodge CEO Tim Kuniskis has announced plans to end the production of the 6.2-liter V8 engine in 2023, as the brand plans to ramp up production of an electric muscle car in 2024. It’s an untimely end, if you appreciate internal-combustion mayhem. The Hellcat has been an unlikely success story since it arrived in 2016. Named after an American WWII aircraft, the Hellcat engine was from the outset, the largest factory engine in a production muscle car, and larger than one in any Dodge vehicle ever made, with integral charge coolers and an electronic bypass valve. The idea behind it was to set fire to any idea that Dodge built boring cars. It worked. Since its inception, Stellantis has sold somewhere in the high tens of thousands. Hellcat became a pop culture buzzword, dropped in … [Read more...] about The Twilight of the Hellcat

0 This post was contributed by a community member. The views expressed here are the author's own. Arts & Entertainment Multimillion-dollar 'Ford v Ferrari' exhibit opens 4th of July weekend Cynthia Wolf , Community Contributor Posted | Updated Reply By Jim Wojdyla | Volo Museum VOLO — If you know the history of Carroll Shelby and Ken Miles helping Ford dominate the 24-hour Le Mans race in the '60s, or if you're just a huge fan of the movie starring Matt Damon and Christian Bale, Volo Museum's new "Ford v Ferrari" exhibit will get your heart racing. The exciting exhibit opens to the public this Fourth of July weekend. It features four of the screen-used "hero cars" from the movie. "Hero cars" is the term used for the featured vehicles in the film that leading actors shot scenes in, and/or cars that were used in the movie's advertisements, posters and other marketing materials. Visitors can see this new … [Read more...] about Volo Museum fires up holiday fun