Author: News Room
More than tennis 🎾The US Open has long morphed from a simple tennis tournament into a two-week experience in one of the best boroughs in New York.With merch drops, celebrities in the stands, and viral food items on-site with eye-popping price tags, it’s become the social event of September in…
Let’s go back to 2023. GM is rolling out a dozen EVs, Ford has borrowed the iconic F-150 and Mustang nameplates for all-electric vehicles, Polestar looks like a potential up-and-comer…And Toyota — long heralded as one of the more environmentally conscious automakers after the runaway success of the Prius hybrid…
No one had ever been this excited about a used Toyota Yaris.That was my thought as my wife and I picked up the keys to the car we found on Facebook Marketplace one morning in August 2025. For the first time in seven years of living in the Washington, DC…
Nick Meyers, lead climbing ranger for the US Forest Service on Mount Shasta in California, has seen people make plenty of mistakes in the mountains over the past 20-plus years. But he’s seeing a new trend in 2026: hikers erring with AI’s help.Meyers, who is also the director of the…
Rents have moved in opposite directions across major US cities since mid-2023, and changes in where Americans are moving and how much those cities built in response could explain why.Cities like New York and Chicago have seen their rents rise, while others, like Austin, have seen them fall by around…
Homer, Alaska, is a beautiful four-and-a-half-hour drive from Anchorage. Although it’s easy enough to travel to, visiting feels like being worlds away.I love wandering the harbor and the “Homer Spit,” a long, thin stretch of land reaching into Kachemak Bay. Here, I enjoy watching the fishing boats come and go,…
Nvidia has built a nearly $100 billion equity portfolio from virtually scratch in just two years by investing in other tech companies.The AI chipmaker, led by CEO Jensen Huang, held $99 billion in equity investments as of July 26, according to its latest earnings report.That included roughly $48 billion in publicly…
Since the beginning of the Iran war in late February and the subsequent closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Americans have been feeling the effects at the gas pump.After the conflict started, prices rose sharply across the US. AAA data show the national average peaked in May at roughly $4.56…
The $850 million Obama Presidential Center opened on Chicago’s South Side in June, honoring the civic legacy of former US President Barack Obama.During the center’s dedication ceremony on June 18, the former president emphasized that the center was a display of deep civic history and encouragement — and “not just…
Tesla’s Cybercab is live in Austin. Now, regulators in Washington are asking to check the EV-maker’s homework.The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, or NHTSA, opened an audit inquiry late Thursday into Tesla’s Cybercab certification.The move came hours after Tesla’s commercial deployment of a small number of Cybercabs in Austin, which…
