Forget about Teslas: Converting vintage muscle cars into electric vehicles is now a thing

When Kevin Erickson fires up his 1972 Plymouth Satellite, a faint hum replaces what is normally the sound of pistons pumping, gas coursing through the carburetor and the low thrum of the exhaust.

Even though it’s nearly silent, the classic American muscle car isn’t broken. It’s electric.

Erickson is among a small but expanding group of tinkerers, racers, engineers and entrepreneurs across the country who are converting vintage cars and trucks into greener, and often much faster, electric vehicles.

Despite derision from some purists about the converted cars resembling golf carts or remote-controlled cars, electric powertrain conversions are becoming more mainstream as battery technology advances and the world turns toward cleaner energy to combat climate change.

“RC cars are fast, so that’s kind of a compliment really,” said Erickson, whose renamed ”Electrollite” accelerates to 0-60 mph (0-97 kph) in three seconds and tops out at about 155 mph (249

Strep A is on the rise in children amid a growing shortage of common medication

A dangerous form of strep A may be on the rise in children, adding another infection for pediatricians to worry about this winter.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was notified in November of a possible increase in cases among children in a Colorado hospital, according to a Thursday health advisory. Other states are also reporting cases of invasive Strep A. The UK has been hit by the infection as well, and more than 20 children have died from it.

Invasive strep, caused by the same bacteria as typical step infections, is less frequent and more severe, and can lead to death in some cases. Strep A is a bacterial infection caused by the Group A Streptococcus bacteria, and is most often seen in the winter months. 

Additionally, increased rates of infection have been noted when influenza is also prevalent. Cases of seasonal influenza are currently high

A former Twitter Trust and Safety Council member says ‘the platform isn’t safe any more’

The loosening of Twitter’s content standards by new owner Elon Musk has made the service unsafe for users, according to a former member of the company’s group of outside advisors for trust and safety. 

Eirliani Abdul Rahman, who resigned from the Twitter council earlier this month, just before Musk disbanded the group, told Insider on Wednesday that “the platform isn’t safe any more.” 

Since his $44 billion acquisition in October, Musk has made a number of changes to Twitter’s policies that he says are aimed at increasing free speech on the service. Additionally, he has reinstated previously banned users, including far-right figures and people accused of being white supremacists, while firing employees in charge of policing the service. 

At the same time, Twitter has experienced an increase in hate speech, according to the Center for Countering Digital Hate and the Anti-Defamation League. 

“I think we can see the friction

Sam Bankman-Fried moves closer to U.S. extradition after FTX’s multi-billion-dollar collapse

FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried, who has been in jail in the Bahamas, has agreed to be sent to the U.S. to face multiple criminal charges.

Bankman-Fried had been expected to drop his fight against extradition. A hearing had been set for Wednesday in Nassau to consider the matter. A representative for the former FTX chief executive officer did not immediately return a request for comment.

By signing his extradition papers, Bankman-Fried moves a step closer to facing a range of criminal charges in the US related to the collapse of the FTX, which he co-founded. 

The development, which was first reported by ABC News, was confirmed by Bahamas Acting Commissioner of Corrections Doan Cleare.

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Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to Tesla’s board accusing Elon Musk of ‘unavoidable conflicts’ after his Twitter takeover

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has sent a letter to Tesla’s board that accuses CEO Elon Musk of “unavoidable conflicts,” and potential “misappropriation of corporate assets” related to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter.

Warren expressed concern over how Tesla’s board is dealing with Musk since becoming Twitter’s CEO, claiming that his actions may not be in the “best interests” of Tesla and its shareholders. It’s the board’s “legal responsibility” to address the situation, she said. 

“That responsibility includes ensuring that Mr. Musk is an effective CEO and that he fulfills his legal obligation to act in the best interests of Tesla and all of its shareholders, not just himself,” she wrote in a letter to Tesla chair Robyn Denholm, on Sunday. 

In the first weeks of his Twitter takeover, Musk’s leadership prompted concerns over whether he’s “funneling Tesla resources into Twitter,” Warren wrote, citing reports that claim Musk used Tesla

Elon Musk reinstates suspended journalists, cites Twitter poll

Elon Musk’s abrupt suspension of several journalists who cover Twitter widens a growing rift between the social media site and media organizations that have used the platform to build their audiences.

Individual reporters with The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN, Voice of America and other news agencies saw their accounts go dark Thursday.

Musk tweeted late Friday that the company would lift the suspensions following the results of a public poll on the site. The poll showed 58.7% of respondents favored a move to immediately unsuspend accounts over 41.3% who said the suspensions should be lifted in seven days.

The company has not explained why the accounts were taken down. But Musk took to Twitter on Thursday night to accuse journalists of sharing private information about his whereabouts, which he described as “basically assassination coordinates.” He provided no evidence for that claim.

Many advertisers abandoned Twitter over content

The top robo-advisor offerings for 2022

When you’re looking for a hands-off way to invest, robo-advisors can be a good choice. These online investment platforms typically provide automated investment management and often do so for minimal cost and little effort on your part. Simply answer a questionnaire about your financial goals, timeline, risk tolerance, and other preferences and the platform selects assets and designs a portfolio for you.  

But not all robo-advisor platforms are created equal. Some are more expensive than others or require a steep minimum balance to get started. Some offer one-on-one guidance from a financial professional, while others may offer no human support at all.

To help make the selection process a little easier, the Fortune RecommendsTM editorial team reviewed nearly two dozen robo-advisor platforms and came up with a list of our top 10 picks. When conducting our review we considered the minimum required deposit to open an account, commission fees,

Shaquille O’Neal distances himself from failed FTX crypto exchange after appearing in its commercials

Basketball legend turned businessman Shaquille O’Neal is attempting to distance himself from crypto after being a paid spokesperson for failed exchange FTX and targeted with a lawsuit for it.

“A lot of people think I’m involved, but I was just a paid spokesperson for a commercial,” O’Neal told CNBC Make it this week.

In that commercial, O’Neal said he partnered with FTX to help make crypto “accessible to everyone.” It was an unexpected alliance considering that a year earlier he told CNBC that he was avoiding the crypto craze. 

“I don’t understand it,” O’Neal said at the time. “So I will probably stay away from it until I get a full understanding of what it is.”

His reasoning? He was skeptical of all the stories of people making big money quickly. 

“Every time somebody tells me one of those great stories, I like it,” he said. “But from my

Inflation won’t fall significantly until the unemployment rate is almost double what it is now, billionaire David Rubenstein says

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates seven times this year in its attempt to lower inflation that hit a four-decade high of 9.1% in June, before slowing to 7.1% in November.

Although the Fed’s rate hikes seem to be slowing the overheated economy, billionaire David Rubenstein said it will take something else to really reduce inflation. 

“The Fed cannot say publicly what I can say, and what others have said, which is that until we get unemployment to about 6%, we’re not likely to get inflation down appreciably,” Rubenstein, the co-founder of investment firm The Carlyle Group, said in an interview with LinkedIn that was published on Tuesday.

The latest jobs report released earlier this month by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.7% in November—which equates to six million people being unemployed. From March to November the unemployment rate hovered between

Inflation has risen the most in these 5 cities

The latest consumer price index report on Tuesday showed that year-over-year inflation in the U.S. slowed to 7.1% in November from 7.7% a month earlier. But inflation is rising more quickly in some cities than in others because rising prices for goods and services, along with housing, varies by geography.

In Phoenix, local annual inflation of 12.1%—or a 1.4% gain in the latest month versus two months prior—is higher than in any other major city in the country, according to personal finance website WalletHub’s new report

To determine its rankings, WalletHub looked at the consumer price index for 23 metropolitan areas to track the change in inflation from the latest month of available data versus two months earlier, and from the latest month to 12 months earlier.

In Miami inflation rose to 10.1% versus a year before. As for the latest month versus two months earlier, inflation was up