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We Drove Two of the Best New Family SUVs. Here’s How They Compare
Finding an affordable family SUV that delivers long-term value can be tough in today’s market. Rising new car prices and frequent recalls can make choosing the right SUV for your family complicated. At USA TODAY Cars, we test new vehicles and critique their pricing, performance, build quality and…
Mamdani signals union loyalty with new NYC office for rank-and-file workers
Zohran Mamdani is celebrating Labor Day in a fitting way: Setting up a new city office to work more closely with unions and workers across NYC. The New York City mayor is launching an Office of Worker Power, which the administration says will be a resource for labor unions and local rank-and-file…
We moved our kids from a small town to Chicago. They’re more independent, and we have more to do.
Last weekend felt almost comically Chicago. On Saturday morning, I took my two young kids and our dog to our closest neighborhood park, then walked over to Mindy’s for coffee and a raspberry pastry. (Worth the line!) Later, a friend texted. Her parents’ friends had a boat, and did we want to come…
Automakers are betting on a different kind of electric car. Meet the EREV.
The next popular EV might come with a gas engine. Several car brands, including Hyundai, Genesis, Ram, Jeep, Ford, and Volkswagen-backed Scout Motors, have announced plans to build extended-range electric vehicles, or EREVs, by the end of 2028. It’s a growing industry bet. After years of…
10 high-paying, fast-growing jobs that are at the forefront of the AI revolution
How software developers work has already been transformed by the AI revolution, and they’re not the only ones. The Bureau of Labor Statistics classified how exposed hundreds of jobs are to AI based on various published studies over the past few years. BLS classified 206 of 831 jobs as very high…
The Flock backlash is coming for retail
City governments have felt the heat to drop their contracts with Flock Safety. Now, retail giants are feeling it too. As the backlash against Flock’s security products continues, critics are targeting retail stores that have known partnerships with the company. “There is simply no need for Ulta…
Basket case
As Artie T. Demoulas addressed a crowd of hundreds of workers on the lawn of the Market Basket headquarters, he sounded more like a left-wing union organizer than the centimillionaire CEO of a grocery empire. “No one person is better or more important than another,” Demoulas said, dropping his Rs…
Why big voices in tech are so hyped about a central Asian country you probably haven’t heard of
Astana is more than 6,000 miles from Silicon Valley, but some of tech’s biggest names are bullish on the Kazakh capital. On Sunday, former Coinbase tech chief and Andreessen Horowitz partner Balaji Srinivasan said that his live-in startup community has officially opened in Kazakhstan, in another…
Norah O’Donnell is going back to ‘CBS Mornings.’ Career experts say boomerangs come with baggage.
Norah O’Donnell is returning to “CBS Mornings” seven years after leaving the program, and career experts say her comeback offers lessons for anyone considering a return to an old job. O’Donnell coanchored the morning program from 2012 to 2019 before taking over “CBS Evening News.” On Thursday, CBS…
Serena Williams says her first training-day meal comes later than people might expect
Serena Williams, 44, said she doesn’t start her training days with breakfast. “I’m not really a breakfast person, so my first meal is usually around lunchtime. I’ll start with protein, have something lighter before I train, and then make sure I have a more substantial meal afterward to recover,”…