What to know about Mackenzie Shirilla, the Ohio teen who killed her boyfriend and his friend in 100 mph crash

The judge said Shirilla made a calculated decision to take that obscure route out of her routine, at a time when not many people would be around. Russo said: “She had a mission, and she executed it with precision. The mission was death.” One week later, on Aug. 21, 2023, Shirilla was sentenced to life … Read more

Other countries have 200 mph passenger trains. Why has high-speed rail not tracked here?

It’s hard to exaggerate the role of the train in the American story or the romance of train travel, those iron horses galloping down tracks of steel. Why, then, has high-speed rail — so common in other countries — not tracked in the U.S.? An ambitious state-run project connecting L.A. and San Francisco has lurched, … Read more

Police video shows Vince McMahon’s 100 mph car crash in Connecticut

Newly released police video shows former WWE CEO Vince McMahon’s high-speed car crash in Connecticut last summer and reveals that a state trooper was trying to catch up to him to pull him over at the time. McMahon, now 80, was driving his 2024 Bentley Continental GT on the Merritt Parkway in Westport on July … Read more