WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy of California has said repeatedly that he and his fellow House Republicans are refusing to raise the country’s borrowing limit… Read More »The debt ceiling debate is about more than debt
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama Governor Kay Ivey announced Friday that she has replaced her director of early childhood education over the use of a… Read More »Alabama director of education ousted over ‘awakened’ training book
Lyft, which is struggling financially as it tries to compete with its rival Uber, said Friday it planned to cut major jobs. The layoffs, expected… Read More »Lyft will lay off about 1,200 people to cut costs
Volkswagen’s first North American battery plant for electric vehicles will be built in Canada, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other Canadian politicians made it… Read More »Canada lands Volkswagen battery factory with billions in subsidies
If you are a fan of hot sauces, you should try both sambal oelek and chili garlic sauce. But aren’t they the same, you ask?… Read More »Sambal Oelek vs. Chili Garlic Sauce
Enlarge / PIRG’s “Chromebook Churn” report casts a harsh spotlight on flaws in the repairability and longevity of Chromebooks. Sharon Harding Google is in the… Read More »“Chromebooks aren’t built to last”: Average device has 4 years of updates left
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A white former police officer convicted of manslaughter after mistaking her gun for a taser and fatally shooting black motorist Daunte Wright… Read More »A Minnesota officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright must be released
Twitter removed labels describing prominent news organizations as “government-funded” or “state-affiliated” after NPR and public broadcasters in several countries criticized the labels as misleading and… Read More »Twitter is removing “government-funded” labels from NPR and other media accounts
The only job available was tapping maples, and I couldn’t even get an interview. I had moved to a small town in New Hampshire after… Read More »How prenups can protect you in the event of a divorce
When Ukrainian social media influencer Anna Tsukur started building her business as a fitness guru a few years ago, she made choices to maximize her… Read More »Ukraine’s Social Media Stars Ditch Russian in Pivot to a War Footing
All Nippon Airways Boeing 777-300ER.Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images A currency error meant that All Nippon Airways underpriced some first and business class flights. One… Read More »A man bought $250,000 worth of airline tickets for $17,000 after a Japanese airline made a currency conversion mistake, the report said
I woke up one day last year and realized I was no longer listening to music. Instead, I just listened to sludge – a blur… Read More »How the streaming era turned music into sludge
Enlarge / Super Heavy rises on a pillar of flame. SpaceX Welcome to Edition 5.34 of the Rocket Report! Wow, what half a year it… Read More »Rocket Report: Starship RUDs on their way to space; Rocket Lab will reuse engine
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called out the “violence and vitriol” against transgender Americans following conservative outcry over Bud Light’s partnership with trans TikTok… Read More »Karine Jean-Pierre sends brutal message to conservatives about Bud Light Backlash
SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded Thursday, minutes after taking off from a launch pad in South Texas. The rocket, the most powerful ever built, failed to… Read More »Starship Explosion a setback, but not a total failure for SpaceX and Musk
