I am the mom of an only child, and my 17-year-old son is a senior this year. I’ve always tried to volunteer and get involved to help out and enrich…
Experienced Ukrainian soldiers are showing their Western instructors their battlefield creativity forged by years of war, even as some of these same troops still need help with basic military skills…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
Campbell’s said it has cut 13% of its salaried workforce and closed two snack plants in an effort to improve its operations and return to profitability. “Make no mistake, our results remain unacceptable,” CEO Mick Beekhuizen said. “But instead of…
The U.S. Mint officially pulled the plug on the penny in late 2025. Since then, your loose change is getting harder to spend. Businesses are rounding purchases to the nearest nickel and flat-out refusing to hand back pennies. If you’re…
The job market is tipping in favor of blue-collar and service workers over white-collar fields.The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ new jobs report showed August was a promising time to be a job seeker. The US added 162,000 jobs, about three…
Elon Musk is looking for a checkmate in his latest online feud.It began on Thursday, when the billionaire wrote that the number of chess moves that aren’t “utterly stupid” is small and that “chess will be fully solved one day.”A…
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Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer had an inappropriate relationship with a member of her security detail, pressured subordinates to drink, and relied on her staff to do everything from organizing laundry to translating her instructions to a moving crew.Those are…
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At this point, there’s hardly any reason to get off the couch.OpenAI released a demonstration video for its new Astra model on Thursday. In the…
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Javits Center CEO Joyce Leveston says standing out at work isn’t always about having the biggest title or the most impressive résumé. It’s about giving 100%.Leveston shares the career advice she swears by: show up, build relationships, and navigate the…
She had the penthouses converted into an 8,309-square-foot duplex, which now has 10 bedrooms and 10 bathrooms.Swift bought the penthouses from “The Lord of the…
Making bets about Tesla’s launches can get pretty hairy — but Marques Brownlee is confident.Brownlee, the hugely popular tech content creator, better known as MKBHD,…
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No more chicken for Amelia Dimoldenberg.After 12 years of hosting “Chicken Shop Date” on YouTube and interviewing musicians, celebrities, and other creators, Dimoldenberg announced that the internet talk show is coming to an end.”I never thought I’d stop Chicken Shop…
Don’t forget to watch the clock while you play!Beginning in November, Microsoft’s Xbox will put monthly cloud-gaming limits on its Game Pass plans, the company announced in a blog post. Right now, eligible subscribers can stream games without a monthly…
Unlike virtually every other holiday our nation celebrates, Labor Day isn’t about any single American, religious event or group of heroes. Labor Day is about all of us. It’s a celebration of, for and by the people who made America…
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Sam Altman hasn’t always been a fan of Burning Man. There was a time when the OpenAI CEO wanted nothing to do with whatever went down in Black Rock City.”That is a ridiculous, escapism, crazy party,” Altman said about his…
Financial apps have never been smarter. They track your spending, predict your habits, and automatically flag unusual charges. They have also never been more complicated to set up, sync, and actually trust with your data. Here is the irony: The…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kori X, who is based in Phoenix. They were originally laid off from Uber in 2023, returned this year as an evaluations specialist on the GenAI team, and were laid off…
Oura just got one step closer to becoming a public company.The smart-ring maker filed its S-1 paperwork on Thursday, a required step on the road to an initial public offering.The filing said Oura pulled in $1.4 billion in revenue and…
Week after week, you invest long hours at work, which is why getting a break on Labor Day is well deserved. You also deserve to save some of the money you toil so hard to earn. During this Labor Day…
The first time I heard Stella Lefty’s name, the very next thing I learned was that her father is a billionaire.It’s true: The rising pop-country star is the daughter of Eric Lefkofsky, who cofounded Groupon in the aughts and is…
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