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🚢 Is your Porsche in flames? A 60,000-ton cargo ship was floating adrift off the coast of Faial in the Azores yesterday after a fire forced its 22 crew members to evacuate. The ship is currently carrying an estimated 4,000 cars from the Volkswagen Group, including 189 Bentleys and 1,100 Porsches. It was supposed to arrive in Rhode Island on Wednesday, but we suppose it will be a minute.
Grown-ups slammed for Olympics mess. IOC President Thomas Bach lambasted the adults around Kamila Valieva after the 15-year-old figure skater who failed a doping test tumbled to a fourth-place finish Thursday. He said he was “very, very disturbed” to see a visibly upset Valieva being scolded by her coach following her routine. NBC Olympics host Mike Tirico also delivered pointed criticism, saying the adults in the room “failed to protect” Valieva during this whole ordeal.
🥑 Guac hoarding was too much work anyways. Mexican avocado imports to the US can resume, officials said yesterday. The weeklong interruption began after the USDA said one of its safety inspectors was threatened over the phone (a Washington Post source said the inspector had found an illegal shipment). Over 90% of US avocados came from Mexico last year, so the fruit could have experienced a serious price jump if the ban lasted longer—and its price is already at record highs.
