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Baby boomers driving new interest in communal living
The 1970s phenomenon of communal living is making a comeback in the United States, popular among retiring baby boomers looking to reduce their environmental footprint and stay connected socially....
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Turns out it's not baby boomers who have taken the most from Social Security New research from the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College finds that it was the earliest beneficiaries who received more money than they paid in to Social Security....
Single-payer healthcare is a bust for baby boomers Like the United States, Canada is aging rapidly. By 2021, my native land will have more seniors than children under 14 for the first time in its history. It's no wonder nearly 9 in 10 Canadians are worried about the growing number of seniors who will need more healthcare, according to a recent Ipsos...
Brooklyn is home to the vast majority of US baby boomers Brooklyn sure is booming — not with hipsters, but with baby boomers. A new study of US ZIP codes with the biggest populations of baby boomers found that eight of the top 15 areas across the country are right in Kings County. Using census data to determine the number of residents born between 1948 an...
Meet the millennials pretending to be baby boomers on Facebook Online, you can be anyone. So why are millennials choosing to roleplay as baby boomers?You know it when you see it: a couple of extra commas following a thought, a private message or search entry accidentally made public, a comment on a friend's new profile picture telling them to "say hi to Joe and...
The dumbest things baby boomers do on social media, according to millennials Millennials are striking back. Tired of being dissed by their elders, 20- and 30-somethings are taking to meta Facebook groups to mock the digital ineptitude of baby boomers. "A group where we all pretend to be boomers" has racked up more than 241,000 members since its creation, in May, by two 20-ye...
Millennial dads have pathetic DIY skills compared to baby boomers Are dads' essential DIY skills in decline? According to new research, millennial dads are less capable than their own dads when it comes to everyday DIY fixes, preferring to rely on professional help instead. A new poll of 1,000 millennial dads and 1,000 baby boomer dads found that when a DIY task n...
More baby boomers stay in their homes as they reach retirement, skipping downsizing Many Baby boomers are staying in the houses in which they raised their kids even when they become empty-nesters and retire ...
What's Driving the Housing Downturn? Interest Rates or Investor Psychology Housing data in 2018 looked ... unhealthy. The "villain" seems obvious -- namely, central bank rate hikes. But now see the charts and evidence that show a different (and far more credible) explanation....
Amit Shah Summons Delhi Top Cop After Communal Clash In Chandni Chowk Home Minister Amit Shah today summoned Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik and reportedly discussed the communal clashes in the city's old quarters on Sunday....
Survey shows "strong interest" in a 5G iPhone, little interest in the 2019 models A number of manufacturers will be releasing 5G phones this year even though coverage is very limited. In the U.S. for example, AT&T's real mobile 5G service (not its 5G Evolution poser) is offered in 19 markets through the use of a Netgear Nighthawk 5G mobile hotspot. Verizon's 5G network is up and ...
Best living room design ideas UK: Evening Standard Home Design Awards 2019 winning living room projects revealed Entries flooded in for the first Evening Standard Home Design Awards, given in five categories of Living room, Bedroom, Kitchen, Bathroom and Garden, for the best designs of the past 12 months....
Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs backs Umbrella, a community marketplace for boomers Umbrella is setting out to help homeowners in their later years connect with others in their neighborhood through a membership-based marketplace.Read More...
Data shows 2018 was a Baby Giannis, Baby Baker boom in U.S. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Baker Mayfield are among biggest names in sports. New parents noticed, as those were two of top sports baby names for 2018. ...
'I Was Terrified I Would Lose This Baby': Tamron Hall Reveals Baby Moses—and Her Pregnancy Fears When Tamron Hall announced in March that she was 32 weeks pregnant with her first child at age 48, fans and followers were shocked, to say the least. After all, most of us had no idea Hall had even married, let alone conceived a child with new husband, music executive Steven Greener....
Video games: More women play now than teen boys do, millennials and boomers play, too Enjoying video games isn't exclusively for pre-pubescent boys or millennials. The term "gamer" includes many of us across generations and genders. ...
Use Your Baby Bathtub as a Baby Pool Many of the best parenting hacks originate in Lifehacker's Offspring Facebook parenting group, usually with a member asking, "Would it be weird if ... ?" That's how we came to recommend you buy your toddler a dog bed and use your kid's artwork as greeting cards. It is now where we're applauding anot...
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Tax bill for not living in $20M mansion is $200,000 The wife of a Chinese multimillionaire is suing the Vancouver government over a $200,000 tax bill she was served for allegedly leaving a $20.4 million mansion empty, highlighting the staggering wealth Chinese investors have parked in the Canadian city....
The Advantages---and Limitations---of Living to 100 As the number of centenarians rises in the U.S., so does the incidence of disease and loneliness. But the upside includes seeing great-grandchildren and witnessing history....
How to Make a Living From Your Hobby If you turn your hobby into your job, you might end up with a fulfilling and lucrative career—or you might go broke and ruin your hobby forever. Turning a hobby into a job doesn't mean flipping a switch labeled "make money." It takes years to ramp up, and you need to make and promote your work strat...
Are we living inside a black hole? Our universe may be inside a black hole existing in a 'parent universe,' says physicist Nikodem Poplawski. ...
The Sims 4's next expansion is Island Living The Sims 4 Island Living is introducing a number of major new features when it launches later this month. These include entering the water from land.Read More...
Mali: 'Worse than anything we've seen in living memory' The conflict between the Dogon and Fulani ethnic groups over resources in Mali has been exacerbated by climate change, population growth, an absentee state and Islamism. The result is a rapidly rising death toll....
| California couple sue over 'living hell' IVF mix-up A California couple have filed a lawsuit over what has been described as one of the worst IVF mix-ups, that led to another woman giving birth to their baby boy....
Goodwood's Favorite Daredevil Is Still Living on the Edge Terry Grant knows his way around the Goodwood Festival of Speed. His jaw-dropping, world record-breaking antics have become a staple at the event. This year, he completed the hill climb again in his signature style: with two tires hanging in the air....
Cleaning up: the truth about living with nannies and cleaners 'I hid from the truth about the domestic workers who ran my home, but finally I had to tell their story'The first time I paid another woman to clean my apartment, it felt like an experiment. I was 24, and I'd recently started a job as a national correspondent for a big newspaper. The assignment came...
Stop Living In the Past and Get Yourself a Eufy RoboVac for $90 Off Why use a traditional vacuum when it is 2019 and you can have a robot do it for you? Life is much to short to waste time vacuuming. Right now, you can get a Eufy RoboVac 30C for $210 when you clip the $20 coupon and use the promo code CLEAN555. The RoboVac is WiFi upgraded and works with voice-contr...
Yankees can make Red Sox's life a living hell These 2019 Yankees, the domineering favorites and lovable underdogs all rolled into one, can pull off their greatest trick yet this weekend right here in The Bronx. They own the opportunity to bury their top rivals, the game's defending champions, before the calendar (and the weather) officially tur...
In Google's hometown, some residents are living on the streets in RVs There's a housing crisis in one of the most affluent areas in the country. To make it even more shocking, it's at the doorstep of one of the world's most valuable companies: Google....
TFD responds to fire at assisted living home TUCSON- The Tucson Fire Department responded to an attic fire at a home serving as an assisted living facility Saturday evening. Officials said they received a 911 call from a resident of the home in the 100 block of North Avenida Natachee, near Broadway Blvd. and Wilmot Road. Courtesy: TFD When fir...
Sloane Stephens: 'You should be scared of the living, not the dead' Last year's French Open finalist talks to Tumaini Carayol about death, illness, maturity and discovering the focus that has often eluded herSloane Stephens grew up surrounded by dead bodies. Her extended family owns a funeral home, so her formative years were spent in freezers filled with corpses, d...
More Americans Are Living Solo, and Companies Want Their Business Consumer-products firms are catering to single-person households, upending generations of family-focused marketing; smaller appliances, individual packaging, giant toilet-paper rolls....
Can't Visit Stonewall in NYC? You Can Still Get Get There Via a 'Living' Pride Monument Today, New York City's LGBT Community Center, Google and the National Parks Service launched Stonewall Forever, a "living" monument to 50 years of Pride, to half a century of resilience, and to many more years of resistance....
Knicks are living Kevin Durant's nightmare For now, the concern has to be for the player, even here, even in Manhattan, where so much hope — real, imaginary, virtual — has been tied up in the vision of Kevin Durant wearing an orange "35" against a classic white Knicks uniform opening night next year. Or across the East River, where lately......
De Blasio blasted over homeless man living near Ground Zero Tourists and New Yorkers around Ground Zero are getting a fresh look at how Mayor de Blasio is handling the homelessness crisis — and they don't like what they see....
Living In A Van In Google's Backyard? Some Employees Make It Work In a quiet neighborhood near Google's headquarters last month, rusty, oleaginous sewage was seeping from a parked RV onto the otherwise pristine street. Sgt. Wahed Magee, of the Mountain View Police......
Modi: Minorities living in 'world of imaginary fear' The call to prayer rings out through the crowded, bustling streets of Old Delhi -- a maze of chaotic streets full of honking scooters, shouting rickshaw wallas, vendors selling jewelery and eateries laden with sweet delicacies....
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This activist Thai band is living in exile: 'We are really in danger' BANGKOK — They are members of a folk music group living communally in the Southeast Asian nation of Laos, but they are in fear for their lives. The musicians from the band Faiyen fled their homes in neighboring Thailand in 2014, afraid of arrest after a military coup overthrew their nation's elected...
Many teachers need a side hustle to cover living expenses Stacie Baur teaches English to kids in China by teleconference for several hours each morning from her home to afford rent prior to her daily teaching job in Clairton, Penn. ...
Living with HIV means increased risk of heart disease (Reuters Health) - People living with HIV are more likely to get heart disease than those without the virus, making it all the more critical they do things like exercise, eat well, and avoid smoking, U.S. doctors say....
Living on a shoestring: the reality of tennis below the world of Wimbledon The grind of travelling on a tight budget and having to pay coaches can pay a heavy price on both body and mindMoments after losing a tight, gruelling first-round battle in the qualifying rounds of Wimbledon, Alexandra Cadantu silently exited the court alone, her head bowed and eyes clenched shut. S...
Nogales assisted living home owner indicted NOGALES – The owner of an assisted living facility has been indicted by an Arizona grand jury on charges of vulnerable adult abuse. Raul Lopez, the owner of La Paloma Home for the Aging, is now facing four counts of vulnerable adult abuse. Investigators say in February, 2018, a 90-year-old res...
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AI that spots inequality could monitor living conditions in cities An algorithm that can detect inequality in cities from Google Street View images, could be used to monitor projects aimed at improving living conditions...
Living with your parents to save money might dim your chances of becoming a homeowner Young adults who lived with their parents between the ages of 25 and 34 were actually less likely to become homeowners after 10 years than those who didn't....
This clip is why I'm a little worried about 'The Lion King' living up to the hype Hakuna Matata is supposed to be a wonderful phrase. Unfortunately, the new clip from The Lion King that Disney released ahead of the much-anticipated movie's arrival in theaters next week is not so wonderful. And it's got me skeptical about whether the movie will live up to the hype, and...
'I felt I was living someone else's life': Republican Mormon official says he is gay Ivie who is married with two children and three Golden retrievers, said he felt like he was "living someone else's life." So he decided to go public with his sexuality — and years of struggle....
For These Minor Leaguers, the Living Is Good if You Don't Mind the Dead Below Players in the lower levels of professional baseball often settle for less-than-desirable living arrangements, but few residences are eerier than the funeral home where several Yankee prospects have lived....
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At 84, oldest living kidney donor in US saves neighbor's life When Linda Nall placed a sign in her yard seeking an O blood type kidney donor, she didn't think it would last long. The 72-year-old woman has lupus, a disease which causes the immune system to attack its own tissues, and it was causing her kidneys to fail. When the head of the homeowners asso...
Elizabeth Ashley: Hard-living Rip Torn was like 'broken crystal' The first person I called after hearing Rip Torn died on Tuesday was Elizabeth Ashley, who knew him well. "I'm seeing so many R.I.P.'s for Rip," the actress told me. "Are you f—ing kidding me? Rest in peace? If there is a God, Rip is in hand-to-hand combat with him because Rip will argue his.....
Chile's SuperGran Is Last Living Keeper Of A 10,000-Year-Old Language and Culture The 10,000-year-old Yaghan language of Chile's remote Tierra del Fuego has 'one' remaining fluent speaker left, and the entire ancient culture is on the very edge of dying out altogether. ...
Prehistoric city offers glimpse of ancient living near Jerusalem A huge prehistoric settlement discovered near Jerusalem by Israeli archaeologists offers new insight into how civilizations developed around the end of the Stone Age....
Modern microbes found living inside dinosaur bones When scientists went looking for preserved collagen inside dinosaur bones, they struck out. They did, however, find large colonies of modern bacteria....
Chicago police confirm an alligator is living in a city park An alligator swimming in the water at Humboldt Park Lagoon. Photo courtesy of Ren's View Photography. CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago police have confirmed the social media buzz: A 4-5 foot alligator is living in a lagoon at one of the city's most popular parks. Chicago police spokesman Anthony G...
A Living, Breathing Roundup Of All The NBA's Less-Exciting Free Agency Signings Not every name that NBA insiders tweet about this evening and beyond will be worth an entire blog post to overanalyze the value of their decision and the competitive ramifications of that move. For that very reason, we'll put all the non-superstar signings down below and update this post as more and...
Man pleads guilty in fatal shooting of girl in living room MILWAUKEE (AP) — A man accused of firing into a Milwaukee home and killing a 13-year-old girl in her living room has abruptly pleaded guilty as a second day of testimony at his trial began. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports 26-year-old Isaac Barnes pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree reckles...
Private equity firm TPG looking to buy Capital Senior Living - Bloomberg Private equity firm TPG is looking to acquire senior living communities operator Capital Senior Living Corp, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter....
Man living in 'modern treehouse' arrested on suspicion of burglary, cops say A man living in a "well-disguised" California treehouse was arrested after being accused of stealing several items from a house and garage last month, police said Thursday....
'Blood & Truth' review: As close as you'll ever get to living out an action movie When I reviewed Farpoint for PlayStation VR two years ago, I proclaimed that first-person shooters could indeed work in virtual reality. This theory has been tested by numerous VR titles over the past two years, but none have captured my attention quite like Blood & Truth. While it isn't the m...
Caught between floods and drought: Farmers in Nicaragua living in uncertainty Across the Central American Dry Corridor, communities are facing increasingly extreme weather. In Nicaragua, the region's poorest country, subsistence farmers like Blanca Landero Betarco face a daily battle....
Hundreds of Migrants Living in Disgusting, Overcrowded Texas Facility Hundreds of migrants were found stationed at an overcrowded, unsanitary Border Patrol processing facility in El Paso earlier this month, according to a unreleased report from the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General obtained by CNN....
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11 awesome deals you can get from Wayfair's big living room sale Save big on a variety of living room furnishings from Wayfair's "Everything Living Room" sale. ...
Ric Flair says he's living for wife Wendy Barlow's beach body Ric Flair is trusting the "healing" process. On Tuesday, the WWE Hall of Famer, who was hospitalized last month amid a health scare with his heart, addressed his recovery on Instagram, crediting wife Wendy Barlow for keeping him going. "If For Nothing Else, I Have This To Live For&...
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Living apart like Gwyneth Paltrow and Brad Falchuk can save a marriage First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes — separate property deeds? In a recent interview, Goop mogul Gwyneth Paltrow discussed how she was living apart from her spouse, "American Horror Story" co-creator Brad Falchuk. Although the couple spends most nights and weekends together, Paltrow ex...
Residents at a 55+ living complex in Colorado are upset about a new noise ban being enforced (KUSA) Residents at a 55+ living complex in Louisville, Colorado are upset about a new noise ban being enforced. The ban restricts all loud conversation, laughter and television sound in common areas of the complex. Some residents are outraged by the ban, but others say they're sick of the loud no...
Trump claims migrants in Border Patrol custody 'are living far better now' President Donald Trump sought to defend images of inhumane conditions and extreme overcrowding at Border Patrol facilities Wednesday, claiming that migrants seeking asylum in the United States subjected to these conditions "are living far better now."...
Oldest living American: New York woman turns 114 July 6 NEW YORK (WNBC) – Born in 1905, Alelia Murphy will celebrate her 114th birthday Saturday in Harlem. Family, friends and state officials are expected to honor Murphy Friday at the Harlem State Office Building, ahead of her birthday on July 6, according to 1199SEIU, a healthcare union where Murp...
Can you picture yourself living on an Irish island? Arranmore is recruiting new residents The Irish island of Arranmore is writing letters asking Americans to consider moving there to boost its dwindling population. ...
Harlem woman Alelia Murphy believed to be oldest living American at 114 A longtime Harlem resident, believed to be the oldest person in America, will celebrate her 114th birthday on Saturday. Alelia Murphy was born in North Carolina on July 6, 1905, when Theodore Roosevelt was president and Albert Einstein first proposed the theory of relativity. She raised two children...
UN official likens Rohingya living conditions to Nazi concentration camps Thousands of Rohingya remaining in Myanmar are denied basic freedoms and forced to live in 'urban ghettos', says investigatorHundreds of thousands of Rohingya muslims in Myanmar are living in concentration camps and urban ghettos like those in Nazi-occupied Europe, a UN investigator has said.Christo...
Mets Include Two Still-Living Former Players In Memorial Slideshow For 1969 Reunion In an attempt to make some older fans briefly forget the seemingly-endless downward spiral the organization has been on since the Wilpons took over, the Mets decided to hold a ceremony celebrating the 1969 team that won the World Series. As one might expect with a group celebrating a 50th anniversar...
For military families living on the financial edge, money matters are complicated Personal finance can be tricky for military families dealing with frequent moves and lower income, not mention the stress of deployment to often dangerous areas. Here's what help's out there to aid troops in managing their money....
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California to offer healthcare to young working poor living illegally in US State will become first to give Medicaid access to illegal residents, in defiance of Trump policiesCalifornia will become the first state in the US to pay for some adults living in the country illegally to have full health benefits as the solidly liberal state continues to distance itself from Presi...
Oldest living American woman credits belief in God for long life She was born when Theodore Roosevelt was president and Albert Einstein proposed his Theory of Relativity — and Saturday, the oldest person in America, Alelia Murphy of Harlem, turns a remarkable 114. "Oh, Lord!" Murphy exclaimed as she was wheeled into a crowded early birthday party Friday night at ...
Pete Buttigieg, in town hall, couldn't name a living Republican he 'respects' 2020 presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., struggled to name a single living Republican he respects when asked at a televised town hall on Monday. ...
Game time: Get courtside seats for NBA playoffs without leaving your living room Watching the VR broadcast of NBA games on TNT makes snagging a front-row seat to the action much more accessible and watching the game more engaging. ...
San Francisco plans to reserve parking lot for homeless living out of vehicles: reports A California city with a rising homeless population is reportedly planning to open its first facility to serve those who are living out of their cars and recreational vehicles....
Living with a huge, 5000mAh-battery phone, and why 1000-dollar phones don't have one A couple of weeks ago, my SIM card found itself inside a phone quite unlike the rest. I switched to the Asus ZenFone 6, a Snapdragon 855-powered phone that stands out with its no-notch display, flippy camera module, and $499 starting price. But its best feature could be its big battery – a 5000mAh c...
People Can Barely Handle the Fact That Rihanna's Been Living in London Without Alerting Us Rihanna moved to London and didn't tell her fans and now they are taking to social media to express their shock. Not necessarily that they expected the star didn't tell them the news of her move, but the fact that no one seemed to notice the location change. The "Work" singer...
What are the best cities for jobs, social life and affordable living after college graduation? If you're a college grad wanting to live in an affordable city with good jobs and a social scene, don't look much further than your alma mater. ...
Model on cover of New Zealand budget says she moved to Australia over cost of living Vicky Freeman says she moved abroad because she wasn't earning enough to pay rent in AucklandThe model on the front of New Zealand's much-hyped "wellbeing" budget has left New Zealand because the cost of living was too high.New Zealander Vicky Freeman, an actor and model, appeared on the front of Th...
Gwyneth Paltrow is right - living apart from my partner is like having my cake and eating it | Grace Dent It's been this way for a couple of years. My other half is cherished – just from 13 miles awayGwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin parted ways in 2014, but there has been no rush by the rose quartz vagina egg-flogging star to move another man into her Hollywood home full time. Despite marrying TV produc...
Dallas Church Offers Free Weddings to Couples Living Together, on One Condition In 2016, 25 couples married in a mass ceremony, after they agreed to 11 weeks of premarital counseling. This year, 50 couples have signed up for a September ceremony....
Will for soul star Aretha Franklin found under cushions in living room Three handwritten wills have been found in the Detroit home of the late "Queen of Soul" Aretha Franklin, including one that was discovered under cushions in the living room....
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Who – Or "What" – Drives Interest Rates? EWI's Murray Gunn explains the role of the Federal Reserve in "driving" interest rates and the economy -- you me be surprised to find out who (or what) is doing the real driving....
June brings a Dark Phoenix, the Men In Black, and lots of living toys to theaters everywhere So many movies, so little time. Every week brings a new crop of them, opening in multiplexes and arthouse theaters across the nation, and arriving in increasingly high volumes on streaming platforms like Netflix. How's a voracious moviegoer to keep up? That's where The A.V. Club comes in. The first ...
Florida woman stabs self, tells police she was 'tired of living in Trump's country' A Florida woman reportedly stabbed herself three times in the stomach with a kitchen knife told responding officers it was all because of President Donald Trump....
Massachusetts woman charged after 21 dogs, Macaw found living in squalor in her van: police A Massachusetts woman was arrested and charged with animal cruelty after authorities reportedly found her living with 21 dogs and a bird — all inside a van....
Stateless Rohingya refugee children living in 'untenable situation', UNICEF chief With around half a million in effect, stateless Rohingya refugee children living in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar camp, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) chief stressed on Friday that the international community must address their "untenable situation" and "invest in this generation"....
Google Celebrates 50 Years of LGBTQ Pride with 'Living Monument' to the Stonewall Riots To celebrate 50 years of LGBTQ Pride, Google is debuting a "living monument" to the Stonewall Riots. In conjunction with the The Center, a New York City LGBT community center, and the National Park Service, Google has announced the project, "Stonewall Forever," ahead of the ...
From Living on $5 a Day to $1 Million Paychecks: How Life Has Completely Changed for the Game of Thrones Stars They survived winter. While Game of Thrones came to a controversial conclusion last Sunday night, our watch isn't over just yet as HBO is set to air a two-hour documentary dedicated......
Amazon's Off-to-College storefront is the ultimate shopping destination for students living on and off campus Amazon Amazon just launched the Off-to-College storefront, an online destination for all things college that makes shopping easier for parents and students alike. The Off-to-College store has a wide array of products across all kinds of categories, like collegiate apparel, laptops, and pantry essen...
John Legend and Chrissy Teigen's Kids Are Living Their Best Lives During Italy Vacation Wanna get away? John Legend and Chrissy Teigen may just give you the push you need. Before the Fourth of July festivities officially kick off, the famous couple packed their bags and......
Drug cop loses daughter to overdose, builds sober living house in her honor Kevin Simmers locked up drug abusers in western Maryland for years as a narcotics officer for the Hagerstown Police Department. Then, one day, the crisis found a way into his own home....
250 young migrants living in atrocious conditions at Texas border facility: report About 250 migrant children and teens are being held in inhumane conditions at a Texas Border Patrol station — some walking around without diapers and going weeks without bathing, according to a report Friday. The disturbing details emerged following interviews lawyers conducted Thursday with 60 of t...
An outstanding Jane The Virgin tackles guilt, education, and living with a Martian tail "Chapter Ninety-Four" is an episode full of major developments that drive character arcs forward, but before we get to any of them, I have to shout out the star of this episode: Rogelio's Martian tail, which he is forced to wear in public for a week so it looks more natural on camera. In what I assu...
Tucson family loves living at base of "A" Mountain, has perfect view of fireworks TUCSON — When Christopher Mogan and his wife, Megan, bought a home at the base of "A" Mountain a decade ago, 4th of July Fireworks were not top of mind. But, ever since, it's become a family tradition. "We are very blessed," Mogan said. "This is the highligh...
Jeff Koons 'Rabbit' sculpture sets $91.1 million record for a living artist A 1986 "Rabbit" sculpture by American pop artist Jeff Koons sold for $91.1 million in New York on Wednesday, a record price for a work by a living artist, Christie's auction house said....
More rich millennials are abandoning New York than any other state — and they're not the only ones fleeing the high cost of living Matthew Sperzel/Getty Images Rich millennials are abandoning New York. It's the top state they're moving away from, according to a new SmartAsset study. They're not the only ones — wealthy bankers in New York City are also fleeing the city's high cost of living in search of more affordable ho...
Nikki Bella Shuts Down Rumors About Wanting Kids and Living With Artem Chigvintsev Nikki Bella wants to set the record straight! As the WWE superstar continues to share parts of her life with the public, rumors continue to surround her personal life. One topic that......
Modi says India's minorities are living in world of imaginary fear. Muslims disagree Narendra Modi will be sworn in for a second term as India's Prime Minister on Thursday after winning a landslide in elections and many Muslims are fearful of what another five years of BJP rule will mean for them...
No flights, a four-day week and living off-grid: what climate scientists do at home to save the planet What changes have the experts made to their own lives to tackle the climate emergency? 'We need to reduce our capacity and urge to consume' Continue reading......
The last living nun who fought Katy Perry's purchase of LA convent says the singer 'has blood on her hands' Mel Melcon/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP A nun who fought off Katy Perry's purchase of a Los Angeles convent isn't giving up on the feud. Sister Rita Callanan said Perry has "blood on her hands" after the battle for the property, which began in 2015. This marks the...
Should You Invest in CDs Before Interest Rates Peak? After several post-recession seasons of pretty-much-zero interest rates on certificates of deposit, recent years have seen marked improvement. That's thanks in part to the federal funds rate, which the Federal Reserve has raised nine times between December 2015 and December 2018....
"Rift Between Regulators Not In Anyone's Interest": Airlines On 737 Max Global airlines urged regulators on Sunday to coordinate on software changes to the Boeing 737 MAX, thus avoiding damaging splits over safety seen when the aircraft was grounded in March....
My wife has lost interest in sex after a hysterectomy She rejects any show of intimacy on my part, and I feel as if my sexual desire for her is pervertedI'm 62, and my wife is 54. We have been married for nearly two years. Six months after we were married, she had a major prolapse of her bladder. At that point, her desire for sex greatly diminished. Th...
Fed's patience on interest rates to last 'for some time' U.S. Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting agreed that their current patient approach to setting monetary policy could remain in place "for some time," a further sign policymakers see little need to change rates in either direction....
Tariffs could be the Fed's excuse to cut interest rates The Federal Reserve needs an excuse to cut rates at its next meeting, and it will point to the tariffs as an impetus to cut. But let's call it what it really is. The Fed raised rates too quickly late last year, and now needs to adjust accordingly. As rate hikes tend to act with......
De Colo expresses interest in returning to NBA Nando De Colo, who last played in the NBA during the 2013-14 season, is looking to make a return after spending the last five seasons in the EuroLeague with CSKA Moscow, ESPN reported....
This little-known metric is key to the Fed's interest rate decisions Analyzing the employment numbers that came out on July 5 requires a basic understanding of BS. "BS" doesn't mean what you are thinking. In this case, it stands for "before seasonals," which is an adjustment economists make to smooth out the vagaries of how economic statistics automatically move duri...
Smith: 18 NFL games not in players' best interest NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith confirmed to ESPN that the NFL proposed an 18-game schedule in early labor negotiations, as the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, but he said he doesn't see it "being in the best interest of our players."...
A New Toni Morrison Documentary Gives the World's Greatest Living Writer Her Flowers, and Plants New Seeds Toni Morrison had to figure out a way to talk to Muhammad Ali. It was the mid-seventies and at the time, she was his editor, tasked with bringing his autobiography to the world. But Ali wouldn't speak to her—deferring instead to whatever man was in the room....
Not a baaad idea: Pilot project to bring grazing sheep to Living Prairie Museum A pilot project to test the feasibility of grazing sheep as a way to manage vegetation is coming to the St. James-area museum – one of the few remaining areas of Winnipeg still home to native tall grass prairie – beginning Monday....
Mets list Jim Gosger and Jesse Hudson, two living members of 1969 team, as dead During a tribute video honoring the World Series winning 1969 team, the New York Mets listed Jim Gosger and Jesse Hudson as dead. Both are alive. ...
'Climate change is the battle of my life', UN chief tells students living on the frontline in Fiji The UN Secretary-General António Guterres saw the frontline of "the battle against climate change" for himself on Thursday, by taking to the tropical waters of the South Pacific off the coast of Fiji, on a solar-powered boat....
Hundreds of murders threaten Cape Town's tourist mecca image: 'We are living in a warzone' When most Americans think of Cape Town, South Africa, they probably think of it as a mecca for tourists. But there's a side to the city that is becoming more of a frightening reality – murder, much of it gang-related....
Florida wildlife officer with Lyme disease opens up about living with tick-borne illness When it comes to living with Lyme disease, an officer with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) wasn't afraid to be candid about how the tick-borne illness — which he says he contracted while on the job — has affected him....
National Women's Hockey League Announces Progress Toward Paying Living Wages To Players The National Women's Hockey League, facing more than a little uncertainty about its future amid upheaval across North American women's hockey, reached an agreement Thursday with its players association on an improved compensation package for players headed into the league's fifth season of existence...
Fed chairman hints at first interest rate cut in over a decade Shares on Wall Street rose on the comments, with the S&P 500 briefly hitting a new record as it moved above 3,000 for the first timeThe US looks increasingly likely to cut interest rates for the first time in over a decade, the Federal Reserve chairman, Jerome Powell, hinted on Wednesday."Many" Fed ...
U.S. has 'no interest' in new conflict in Middle East: military The United States has no interest in engaging in a new conflict in the Middle East but will defend American interests including freedom of navigation, the U.S. military said on Thursday as it directed a destroyer to the scene of an attack in the Gulf of Oman....
D-Day's 75th anniversary renews interest in some classrooms RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — As the 75th anniversary of D-Day approaches, historians and educators worry that the World War II milestone is losing its resonance with today's students. In North Carolina and many other U.S. states, D-Day isn't part of the required curriculum, though some teachers ...
Conflict Of Interest Issue Likely To Be Discussed At COA Meet The BCCI ethics officer D K Jain asked VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly to choose one out of the multiple cricketing roles they are performing at the moment....
Interest rates in Australia are still heading to zero: Investor Chris Bedingfield of Quay Global Investors says, unless there's a significant policy change, interest rates in Australia will end up effectively at zero. He also discusses the factors that are bringing about stabilization in the housing market....
Indeed: AI job-posting rate slows and interest dips Job-posting growth for AI jobs has slowed, and interest in these jobs is also dipping compared to a year earlier, according to job site Indeed.Read More...
Acting FDA chief says regulators don't know much about CBD despite 'explosion of interest' Despite the buzz around CBD, regulators don't know much about the safety of adding the cannabis compound to food, dietary supplements and other consumer products, Acting Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Ned Sharpless said Friday ....
Philadelphia Fed's Harker Sees No Need for Interest-Rate Changes Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker said he doesn't see a compelling reason to lower interest rates given the apparent strength of the U.S. economy....
VIX Futures Open Interest Reaches New High CHICAGO, IL -- January 11, 2013 -- The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced that open interest in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) reached a new all-time high of 438,038 contracts this morning. This morning's high surpassed the previous high mark of 431,265 VIX futures contr...
Here Are The Fixed Deposit (FD) Interest Rates Of Top Lenders Currently, on a three-year fixed deposit below Rs 2 crore, SBI pays an interest rate of 6.7per cent. As compared to this, HDFC Bank offers 7.4per cent and ICICI Bank pays 7.5 per cent on fixed......
PCSD looks for person of interest in May 20 armed robbery TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff's Department needs your help in identifying a person of interest that may have information about a recent bank robbery. On May 20, at the National Bank of Arizona near River Road and La Cholla Boulevard. A man showed the teller a gun and demanded large bills that he stuf...
Still scope for US interest rate cut, says IMF's chief economist There is still room for the U.S. Federal Reserve to cut interest rates, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) chief economist suggested ahead of the latest decision on rates from the central bank on Wednesday....
Amazon seen spreading its tentacles to 5G with T-Mobile interest One influential analyst called Amazon.com's reported interest in the U.S. wireless market "batshit crazy." Another said it was a "trojan horse" to kill off the big wireless players....
A Recap Of RBI Key Interest Rate Changes In Past One Year RBI interest rate: While many economists expect the six-member panel to announce a reduction in repo rate, analysts will keenly look out for any steps to prop up growth, after official data put......
Trump Isn't Alone. These Millennials on the Left Want Low Interest Rates, Too. Sam Bell and his colleagues at Employ America want the central bank to cut interest rates now, and to lift them less quickly after the next recession, to create more jobs....
Australia cuts key interest rate to record low 1.25% Australia's central bank has cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point to a new record low of 1.25% in the first rate change in almost three years....
We're All Driving Vastly More I'm not going to lie to you, it's a bit of a slow summer Friday out there, news-wise. Hopefully that's a leading indicator that it will be a slow summer Friday for you, work-wise. Anyway, onto The Morning Shift for Friday, June 21, 2019....
Jaden Smith Really Is an Icon Living: Debuts Free Vegan Food Truck for the Homeless in Los Angeles While Jaden Smith has enjoyed plenty of box office and Billboard success, it's his benevolence and giving heart that his fans truly adore....
Kamala Harris has a plan to help prevent HIV from spreading. This map shows the areas of the US that are home to the most people living with the disease. AIDSVu Democratic presidential candidate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, proposed a plan to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic that emphasizes the accessibility of medications to at-risk populations. HIV/AIDS, which first appeared in the U.S. in 1981, is spreading less rapidly, but still affects 1.1 mi...
'Pose' star Mj Rodriguez on living with her parents, leading NYC's Pride March and fighting for transgender rights On a picture-perfect Saturday morning — just days after the red-carpet premiere of the second season of "Pose" and a few weeks following her Met Gala debut — actress Mj Rodriguez is sitting across from Lincoln Center eating her first-ever burekas. It's 8 a.m., but she tucks into the Israeli cheese p...
Virginia dad fires 39 shots at naked 'devil' who broke into family's home on first night living there: report A Virginia dad fired 39 warning shots and sparred with a naked woman who called herself "the devil" after she allegedly broke into the family's home on their first night living there, according to reports. ...
Multiple parties register interest in British Steel Multiple parties have been given access to the books of British Steel before a deadline for formal expressions of interest in early June, the office handling the liquidation of the company said on Tuesday....
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady, Hints at Possible Cuts Federal Reserve officials held their benchmark rate steady but hinted they would cut rates in the months ahead if the outlook weakens. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell also pushed back on the idea President Trump might demote him: "I have a four-year term and I fully intend to serve it," he said....
SBI Savings Plus Account: Eligibility, Interest Rates And Other Details SBI Savings Plus Account: Customers are required to maintain a monthly average balance (MAB) for this account. Monthly Average Balance (MAB) is the sum of all the end of day closing balance divided by......
Fed Would Consider Interest-Rate Cuts if Growth Outlook Darkens Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Richard Clarida said the U.S. economy remains in good shape but that the central bank would consider interest-rate cuts should data indicate a risk of a sharper slowdown than expected....
FADA Requests GST Council To Charge Interest On Gross Value Instead Of ITC The Federation Of Automobile Dealers Association or FADA, has requested the GST Council of India to charge interest on the Gross Value instead of the net Input Tax Credit Value....
US interest rates left unchanged as 'uncertainties' arise US interest rates have been left unchanged, but the Federal Reserve signalled it is prepared to start cutting rates if needed, to protect the US economy....
Fed leaves interest rates alone, resisting Trump's pressure for a cut The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, resisting pressure from President Trump to reduce them as his escalating trade disputes threaten U.S. economic growth....
The Latest: 'Person of interest' in missing woman case SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the case of a university student who went missing in Utah on June 17 (all times local): 9:20 a.m. Utah police say they have spoken with a person of interest in the disappearance of a college student missing for 10 days and are trying to find a mattress that had be...
India's space startups ignite investor interest From companies building palm-sized satellites to those aiming to propel satellites into space using cleaner fuels, a new wave of space technology startups are mushrooming in India, catching the attention of investors keen to join the space race....
SBI Savings Accounts For Minors: Interest Rate And Other Details The interest rate on Pehla Kadam and Pehli Udaan is similar to savings bank account. For savings deposits balance less than Rs. 1 lakh, SBI offers an interest rate of 3.5 per cent per annum...
The Latest: Person of interest in custody in Detroit deaths DETROIT (AP) — The Latest on a possible serial killer in Detroit (all times local): 10:40 p.m. Police say a person of interest in the possible serial killings of three women on Detroit's east side is in custody. Chief James Craig said earlier Friday that investigators were seeking a man in his...
These Companies Aren't Cheering Lower Interest Rates Last year, U.S. corporate pension funds had one of their better years in recent history, despite the fact that stocks and bonds both did poorly. Higher interest rates helped, as did a rush to contribute to pensions ahead of tax changes. Both impacts could go into reverse in 2019. An earnings hit cou...
SBI Small Account: Eligibility, Interest Rates, Other Features SBI's small accounts can be opened by any individual who is above 18 years and do not have officially valid KYC (Know Your Customer) documents. However, there are many restrictions in operation of......
VIX Futures Open Interest Hits New Record: Over 280,000 Contracts CHICAGO, March 6, 2012 - CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE) today announced that open interest in CBOE Volatility Index (VIX index) futures reached new all-time highs on Monday, March 5 and Thursday, March 1. On March 5, open interest hit 282,314 contracts, exceeding a 256,870-contract record on March...
The out-of-contract players who should interest Premier League clubs Adrien Rabiot, Mario Balotelli, Yacine Brahimi, Enock Kwateng and Max Kruse are all available on free transfers this summerBy Martin Laurence for WhoScoredGiven the money in the game these days, allowing a valuable player's contract to run down to expiry never sits well with any fans. But one club's...
Here Are SBI Interest Rates On Home Loans After Latest Revision SBI interest rate: The latest key lending rate, which took effect on Wednesday, was the third downward revision this financial year, according to SBI, the country's largest lender. SBI's one-year MCLR......
Harry Maguire to Man Utd: What we know so far about transfer interest in Leicester defender Harry Maguire is a wanted man this summer, with both Manchester United and Manchester City interesed in signing the Leicester City defender to their squads....
How should you compare personal loans? Don't just look at interest rates When it comes to comparing personal loans, interest rates alone don't tell the whole story. Instead, look at the annual percentage rate. ...
Jerome Powell signals that interest rate cut could be coming soon Chairman Jerome Powell signaled Wednesday that the Federal Reserve is likely to cut interest rates late this month for the first time in a decade in light of a weakening global economy and rising trade tensions. (July 10) ...
Trump likely to win his interest-rate cut after dour jobs data If there's an upside for the White House in May's lackluster employment growth, it's this: the Federal Reserve is far more likely to grant the interest-rate cut President Trump has been advocating for months....
Trump repeats call for Fed to lower interest rates U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday repeated his call for the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates, saying that such a step would further boost the economy....
'Person of interest' in Detroit deaths remains in custody DETROIT (AP) — A man who Detroit police call a "person of interest" in the deaths of three women remains in custody. A spokeswoman for the Wayne County prosecutor said Saturday that the case remains under investigation and no charges have been filed. Police say the homeless man was taken...
Johnny Manziel gets first whiff of XFL interest from familiar face While the XFL hasn't come calling for Johnny Manziel, June Jones, who coached Manziel with the CFL's Tiger-Cats before being tasked to lead the XFL's Houston franchise, believes it's possible he may see his former quarterback in the not-so-distant future. "I had Johnny ...
Interest Rates on New Federal Student Loans Will Dip Slightly The rates, which will take effect on July 1, won't make a big difference in monthly payments. But given the cost of college, one expert says, "this is a bit of good news."...
Living and renting in Camberwell: travel links, parking, schools, best streets — and the average cost of monthly rent Handy train connections, comparatively affordable rents and a burgeoning foodie scene drew Sam Hurst to move south of the river almost four years ago....
Here are some of the factors driving the oil sector The U.S. Navy is assisting two tankers that were attacked in the Gulf of Oman just south of Iran. Canary CEO Dan Eberhart joins "Squawk Box" to discuss how this development might impact the oil sector as well as other factors that are driving oil prices....
DOs And DON'Ts Of Driving Or Riding In The Rain The rain gods are here and it's now time to gear up for our unpredictable monsoons and here are the most important DOs and DON'Ts while driving or riding in the rain....
Wizards Wish To Make It Known They Have No Interest In Hiring A Competent General Manager The woebegone Washington Wizards fired longtime president of basketball operations and architect of 15 years of fan frustration Ernie Grunfeld back on April 2, one week before the end of their rotten 2018–19 season. Firing a front office honcho before the end of the season would usually give a team ...
Drug prices: Colorado's $100 insulin cap draws other states' interest A new law in Colorado capping the price of insulin for insured patients at $100 per month has generated interest in other states because the price of the life-saving drug has spiked, lawmakers said....
How Interest Rates, Inflation Impact Equity Select Sectors Tech stocks loathe volatility, higher short-term rates benefit financials but hurt real estate and utilities. See key factors that drive equity select sectors....
Court Orders Nirav Modi, Aides To Pay Over Rs 7,200 Crore, With Interest The Debt Recovery Tribunal in Pune on Saturday directed fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who is currently lodged in a London prison, and his aides to pay more than Rs 7,200 crore with interest to......
Fed Minutes Show Officials in No Rush to Change Interest Rates Federal Reserve officials said they were committed to a "patient approach," even if the economy strengthened, and some were worried about persistently low inflation....
SBI Reinvestment Fixed Deposit Plan: Interest Rates, Tenure And More In case of a reinvestment plan, interest is given at the time of maturity. Regular interest is added to the principal and compound interest calculated and paid thereon, according to SBI. On the other......
Fed sees case building for interest rate cuts this year The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it was ready to battle growing global and domestic economic risks with interest rate cuts beginning as early as next month, as it took stock of rising trade tensions and growing concerns about weak inflation....
Upcoming interest rate showdown a multi-layered drama President Trump should be happy about what the Federal Reserve did on Wednesday. He should be mad as hell about what the Fed did on Wednesday. Take your pick. Both are valid statements about the possible deep-down reaction of the president. And no matter what Trump decides to say publicly — and he w...
Potential Fed Nominee Would Seek Shake-Up of Interest-Rate Policy Economist Judy Shelton, a potential Trump nominee to the Federal Reserve, said in an interview that she would bring a "different perspective" to the central bank and press for a change in how it sets interest rates....
Trump uses discredited conflict-of-interest charges to attack Mueller In tweets and comments to reporters, the president accused the former special counsel of being a "true never-Trumper," who was conflicted due to a past "business dispute" between them. He also alleged that Mueller asked him for a job....
St. Louis Fed Chief Says Interest Rate May Be Cut to Meet Inflation Target Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the U.S. central bank may need to lower its short-term interest-rate target if inflation doesn't appear on track to rise back to desired levels....
Fed sees case for interest rate cuts this year building The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled it could cut interest rates by as much as half a percentage point over the remainder of this year in response to increased economic uncertainty and a drop in expected inflation....
VIX Futures Open Interest Reaches New High Of Nearly 450,000 Contracts For Second Straight Day CHICAGO, IL -- January 14, 2013 - The CBOE Futures Exchange, LLC (CFE®) announced today that open interest in futures on the CBOE Volatility Index® (VIX® Index) reached a new all-time high for the second consecutive day. Open interest stood at 449,816 contracts this morning, surpassing the previous ...
CBOE To Introduce First Interest Rate-Based Volatility Index CHICAGO, June 13, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- The Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) announced today that it will begin disseminating values for its first interest rate-based volatility index, the CBOE Interest Rate Volatility Index (ticker: SRVX), on Monday, June 18. The SRVX Index is designed ...
Czech PM found in conflict of interest by EU Commission probe: report The European Commission has determined that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is in conflict of interest because of his business empire placed in trust funds, and the country may lose some EU funding as a result, the online edition of daily Hospodarske noviny reported on Friday....
Bets on Falling Interest Rates Unleash Gold Rally Gold is on its longest winning streak in almost a year and a half, the latest signal that investors are preparing for the Fed to lower interest rates amid signs of a slowdown in economic growth....
UPDATE 2-Erdogan pledges return to low interest rates in Turkey Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday he remains opposed to the country's tight monetary policy and pledged a "definitive solution" to soon lower the central bank's key interest rate from 24%....
SBI Fixed Deposit Account: Interest Rates, Tenure, Other Details In a SBI FD account, depositor can park lump sum amount and also avail features like choice of interest payout and liquidity through overdraft (OD) or premature withdrawal, noted the lender on its......
Check Out Latest Fixed Deposit (FD) Interest Rates Of Key Banks Leading banks like State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, among others offer the facility of opening a fixed deposit. These days FDs can also be created online. The interest rates on FDs......
Fed's Williams says policymakers need to better prepare for a lower interest rate world Torturously slow recoveries from recessions and low inflation are here to stay unless policymakers can get a better grip on how to stabilize the global economy in an era of lower interest rates, a top Federal Reserve policymaker said on Tuesday....
Fixed Deposit Interest Rates: Here's What Post Office And Banks Pay Fixed deposit accounts can be created by visiting a bank branch or even online. These days, most banks offer the facility of opening fixed deposits online....
Interest Rates On Small Savings Schemes For September Quarter India Post, which operates a network of more than 1.5 lakh post offices across the country, offers nine options under its small savings scheme portfolio. These include fixed deposit or time deposit......
Australia's central bank cuts interest rates again — more easing may be on the way The Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) quarter-point cut took cash rates to an all-time low of just 1% and left limited room for more reductions....
Harry Maguire to Man Utd or Man City: What we know so far about transfer interest in Leicester defender Harry Maguire is a wanted man this summer, with both Manchester United and Manchester City seeking to add the Leicester City defender to their squads....
The Latest: Iraq says Iran security in Arab states' interest MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Latest on developments related to tensions in the Persian Gulf (all times local): 3:20 a.m. Iraq's President Barham Salih told Arab leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia that the security and stability of Iran is in the interest of Muslim and Arab states. Salih descri...
6 months later, gene-edited babies stir new interest, debate Six months after a Chinese scientist was widely scorned for helping to make the world's first gene-edited babies, new information suggests that others may by trying to pursue the same kind of work outside the United States. A U.S. bioethicist who has been in touch with the Chinese scientist sa...
Potential Conflict Of Interest Prevents Dravid From Taking Charge At NCA The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) constitution prohibits any individual from holding multiple positions at the same time which brings Rahul Dravid under the conflict of interest ambit....
Knicks' interest in Terry Rozier may pay off in Kemba Walker fallout Point guard Kemba Walker, a native New Yorker, could give the Knicks his first assist. If Walker flees Charlotte for Boston, there's reports the Celtics could renounce the rights to backup point guard Terry Rozier, who has long been an apple of Knicks GM Scott Perry's eye. In that scenario, Rozier w...
Bank of Mexico Maintains Interest Rates in Split Vote The Bank of Mexico kept interest rates unchanged Thursday in a split decision, citing risks for inflation from both domestic and external sources and a worsening outlook for economic growth....
SBI Flexi Deposit Scheme: Tenure, Interest Rates And Other Details For SBI's flexi deposit account, the minimum instalment amount is Rs. 500, and in a financial year, an investor needs to deposit a minimum of Rs. 5,000...
General Provident Fund (GPF): How It Works, Interest Rate, Other Details A subscriber is required to subscribe monthly to GPF except during the period when he is under suspension. Subscriptions to the general provident fund are stopped three months prior to the date of......
Here's how advisors can recommend a life insurance policy in their client's best interest If you're making life insurance and annuity recommendations in the Empire State, you'll soon be required to act in your client's best interest. What you should know about this new rule....
Renault Board Is Studying 'With Interest' Fiat Chrysler Proposal Renault said it is going to take more time to weigh a merger proposal from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, a deal that would create the world's third-largest auto maker by production....
Pregnant women and children living near Notre Dame urged to undergo blood tests over lead exposure fears Women and children living around the Notre-Dame Cathedral are being urged to undergo blood testing after officials reveal residents are at risk of lead exposure....
An Andretti Is Still Driving for Another Indy 500 Win, 50 Years Later Mario Andretti's Indianapolis 500 win in 1969 remains the only one for three generations of Andrettis. Marco Andretti, who nearly won his debut, is the family's last active driver....
Driving a hydrogen-powered car in Denmark Hydrogen-powered cars are still few and far between. In Europe, Denmark stands out for having the most dense network of stations for the CO2-free fuel. Oliver Ristau looks at whether such cars are suitable for daily use....
Get RV-Friendly Driving Directions With CoPilot GPS When you're road tripping in a regular car or SUV, any navigation app will do. If you're hiring the road with an RV; however, sometimes those traditional navigation apps leave out one important factor: the height of your RV....
Your eyes are the key to distracted driving, not your brain Enlarge (credit: Getty / Aurich Lawson) The key to avoiding distracted driving is simple, according to new research from MIT: just keep your eyes on the road and look where you're going. That might sound horribly obvious, given "look where you're going" is one of the earliest lessons we learn as w...
What's Driving You Crazy? I-10 & Ina speed limit MARANA – The speed limit on Interstate-10 and Ina Road is What's Driving ou News 4 Tucson viewers crazy. The overpass opened up in March but more work was left to do. News 4 Tucson viewer, Ken calls it a hazard because drivers are doing 65 or 70 miles per hour then have to slow down to 5...
BMW and Daimler team up on automated driving Some 1,200 developers at BMW and Daimler will team up to develop automated driving technology, the companies said on Thursday, the latest carmakers forced to pool their development resources at a time of shrinking margins....
VW Ups Its Investment in Ford's Self-Driving Car Unit Volkswagen has agreed to invest around $2.6 billion in Ford's autonomous-vehicle partner, Argo AI, in a deal that expands an alliance struck earlier this year and values the startup at $7 billion....
Road Risk: Driving While High New statistics released estimate millions of Americans are hitting the highway while high. A report from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety says nearly 15 million Americans admit to driving within an hour of using marijuana. "Drivers have a disconnect in terms of the impairing effects on ma...
What It's Like Driving a Hot Rod So Absurd It Was Never Actually Meant to Be Driven Back in the 1960s, Chuck Miller was on the cutting edge of car customization. He created absurd and cartoonish hot rods that were more like caricature sculptures than automobiles. This "Fire Truck" is one of his most famous works of art, and it's drivable! Sort of....
4 Your Health: What's driving teens to smoke Mental health of teens connected to smoking. NBC News Mental health issues may lead teens to start smoking. Researchers from Johns Hopkins University followed nearly 8,000 teens for two years. Those who reported anxiety depression and sleep problems were more likely to start smoking E-cigarettes. Bu...
What's driving Mets' new pitching coach to keep at it CHICAGO — The one constant in baseball is change. In personnel and approach. The Mets moved Dave Eiland out as pitching coach Thursday and now 82-year-old Phil Regan is trying to point the team's pitchers in the right direction. On Friday, Regan got his first win in his new role, as the Mets held on...
Stop Freaking Livestreaming While Driving A worst-case scenario: being the subject of a video on the subreddit Livestream Fail titled "Guy wrecks car while reading Twitch chat and driving."...
My married name is driving me crazy. Here's why. While it's been almost nine years since I jettisoned my maiden name, it keeps haunting me in unexpected ways. ...
Soon, Need Not Be 8th Pass To Apply For A Driving Licence The government has decided to do away with the requirement of minimum educational qualification for obtaining driving licence to boost employment opportunities, the road transport ministry said......
Chandler employees to use self-driving cars CHANDLER, Ariz. (AP) – Dozens of city employees in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler will use self-driving vehicles at work in partnership with Waymo, an autonomous vehicle company. The Arizona Republic reports that the partnership will begin this month as Chandler evaluates whether using the aut...
UPDATE 1-Goldman was top broker in Saudi market in May as foreign interest surged Goldman Sachs was the Saudi market's top broker by trading volumes and value in May, stock exchange data showed, as foreign banks benefited from a surge of international money into the kingdom....
WRAPUP 6-Fed sees case building for interest rate cuts this year The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday said it was ready to battle growing global and domestic economic risks with interest rate cuts beginning as early as next month, as it took stock of rising trade tensions and growing concerns about weak inflation....
Person of interest in Detroit serial killings charged in sexual assault DeAngelo Kenneth Martin is the person of interest in the killings of three women. Now he is charged in the rape of a fourth woman who survived. ...
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi blasts Trump pressure on Fed over interest rates The U.S. Federal Reserve should be independent and not under the influence of President Donald Trump in setting monetary policy, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Wednesday....
Instant view: Fed holds interest rates steady, sets up for cuts The U.S. Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday but signaled possible rate cuts of as much as half a percentage point over the remainder of this year, as it responded to increased economic uncertainty and a drop in expected inflation....
Here Are Latest Fixed Deposit Interest Rates Offered By HDFC Bank Fixed deposit interest rates are subject to change from time to time. Last week, private sector lender Axis Bank also revised its fixed deposit interest rates on select maturities...
RBI Cuts Key Interest Rate To Lowest In 9 Years, Eases Policy Stance The six-member Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously for a rate cut. It also switched to an accommodative bias from a neutral stance adopted in February....
Jurgen Klopp responds to Bayern Munich interest after Champions League win Jurgen Klopp has responded to Franz Beckenbauer's call to return to Germany and join Bayern Munich by reiterating he has a long-term contract at Liverpool....
Are interest rates going down? Trade war, stock market, vulnerable economy may press Fed The Federal Reserve is likely to open the door to a possible rate cut in July, depending on U.S.-China trade talks in coming weeks, economists say. ...
Detroit police take person of interest into custody in serial killer case A person of interest has been identified by Detroit Police in the serial killer case, according to Police Chief James Craig. ...
ICICI Bank Revises Fixed Deposit Interest Rates, Details Here The fixed deposit accounts which have a lock-in period of five or 10 years also offer income tax benefit under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961...
European banks have paid over 20 billion euros to the ECB since negative interest rates European banks have transferred 21.4 billion euros ($24.2 billion) in revenues to the European Central Bank (ECB) in the five years since negative interest rates were introduced....
Ford ready to sell Russian plants, says companies have shown interest "We are open to discuss potential sales to other companies," Ford of Europe Chairman Steven Armstrong on the sidelines of the International Economic Forum. "We have had interest from a number of different companies."...
Check Out Latest Fixed Deposit Interest Rates Of SBI, Post Office The interest rates on fixed deposits (FDs), which are revised from time to time, vary according to the tenor of a fixed deposit across various maturities. India Post - which operates a network of more......
Public Provident Fund Features, Interest Rate, Partial Closure And More Public Provident Fund (PPF), a retirement planning-focused instrument, comes under "exempt, exempt, exempt" (EEE) tax status. This means that the returns, the maturity amount and the interest income......
Fed may find it hard to resist interest rate 'insurance cut' this summer: El-Erian The U.S. Federal Reserve may find it hard to resist an "insurance cut" in interest rates this summer, Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic adviser at Allianz, said after the U.S. Labor Department issued a dismal payrolls report on Friday....
Dow ends higher on hopes of an interest rate cut after weak jobs report The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed higher after weaker-than-expected hiring likely increased the odds the Fed will have to cut interest rates. ...
Yankees watching Dallas Keuchel closely as league interest ramps up KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Yankees hope to get some additions to their banged-up rotation soon and still have their eyes on free agent Dallas Keuchel. They were on hand when he threw a simulated game in front of scouts from a handful of teams in Newport Beach, Calif. on Sunday, according to a source.......
UK's Hammond would back national interest over party in any Brexit confidence vote British finance minister Philip Hammond hinted on Thursday he could vote against the government in a no-confidence showdown if a new prime minister sought to pursue a no-deal Brexit....
Federal Reserve facing uncertainty ahead of interest rate decision The Federal Reserve sounded a lot more hawkish this week — meaning members suddenly seem less amenable to interest rate cuts. I explained in my last column how the Fed has been getting mixed signals from economic indicators and essentially is stuck at a three-way fork in the road: Raise rates as sav...
Kutcher relives finding love interest was killed - a day after missed date Ashton Kutcher has testified at a murder trial - telling a court that he went to pick up a woman for a date in 2001 but left when she did not answer the door, only to learn the next day she had been lying inside dead....
Cypress Semiconductor explores options after receiving takeover interest: Bloomberg Cypress Semiconductor Corp is exploring options, including a potential sale, after receiving takeover interest, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter....
Indian Space Start-Ups On Fundraising Spree Ignites Investors' Interest The state-run Indian Space Research Organization, currently preparing for its second lunar mission, has a monopoly on launching rockets in the country...
Trump needs to make peace with China and get a cut in interest rates | Larry Elliott US president's target has tended to be Beijing but his focus is likely to turn more to the Federal ReserveStock markets around the world are sending a message to Donald Trump: end your trade war with China or face the nightmare scenario of running for a second term in the White House with the econom...
LIME BROKERAGE TO ACQUIRE MINORITY INTEREST IN CBOE STOCK EXCHANGE, LLC NEW YORK and CHICAGO - January 8, 2008 - CBSX and Lime Brokerage announced today that Lime has acquired a minority interest in the CBOE Stock Exchange, LLC (CBSX), a subsidiary of the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). ......
Twitter will de-list, not delete politicians' bannable tweets of 'public interest' Twitter revealed today it will be adding a special label to certain tweets — namely those that violate Twitter's terms of service, but which somehow serve public interest by remaining up. To be clear, Twitter's been leaving such tweets up for quite some time — now it's just managed to find a happy m...
Employees' Provident Fund: Interest Rate, Withdrawal Rules, Key Details Employees' Provident Fund or EPF, a government-run pension scheme, fetches an interest at the rate of 8.65 per cent. It is a mandatory contribution from the salary of an individual that every......
Trudeau defends system for appointing judges after conflict of interest claims Trudeau's minister of intergovernmental and northern affairs is reportedly linked to five of the last six federally appointed judges in New Brunswick....
Knicks and Terry Rozier have mutual interest in short-term deal If he becomes an unrestricted free agent, Knicks' point guard target Terry Rozier is open to taking a short-term one or two-year deal, according to NBA sources. The Knicks' interest level in Rozier, 25, has elevated since reports have the Celtics as favorites to land Charlotte's Kemba Walker. ...
Falling interest rates are sending a warning signal to the stock market The swift drop in interest rates may make mortgages and lots of other loans cheaper, but they don't necessarily mean good things for the stock market....
Trump taps 2 nominees for Fed Board amid interest rate fight President Trump on Tuesday said he intends to nominate Judy Shelton, a former economic adviser to his presidential campaign, and Christopher Waller, vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, to the board of the Federal Reserve. Trump made the announcements in a pair of tweets Tuesday ...
Small Savings Schemes To Fetch Lower Interest Rates From Today Post office interest rates: The government currently reviews the interest rates applicable to small savings schemes such as the 15-year Public Provident Fund (PPF), the Senior Citizen Savings Scheme,......
Person of Interest sought after man found dead in Green Valley home TUCSON – Pima County Sheriff's Department is investigating a residence in Green Valley after a man was found dead inside a bedroom Wednesday afternoon. According to PCSD, the body of the man in his 60s was found in a home near the 600 block of Woodfield Drive, near La Canada Drive and Ca...
FADA Requests GST Council To Charge Interest On Net Input Tax Credit Instead Of Gross Value The Federation Of Automobile Dealers Association or FADA, has requested the GST Council of India to charge interest on the Gross Value instead of the net Input Tax Credit Value....
Bluetooth harvester signals hacking group's growing interest in mobile Enlarge (credit: ybierling.com) A Korean-speaking hacking group in operation since at least 2016 is expanding its arsenal of hacking tools to include a Bluetooth-device harvester in a move that signals the group's growing interest in mobile devices. ScarCruft is a Korean-speaking advanced persiste...
Markets close at record highs amid rumors of Fed interest rate cut Major U.S. stock indexes closed at all-time highs Friday upon hints from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that an interest rate cut could come soon....
Soccer: Three nations show interest to host women's Asian Cup 2022 India, Taiwan and Uzbekistan have expressed their interest in hosting the women's Asian Cup in 2022, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) said on Saturday....
Savannah Spurlock's father says 'justice has been served' after person of interest arrested The father of missing Kentucky mom Savannah Spurlock said Thursday that "justice has been served" after authorities discovered human remains at a home believed to be the 23-year-old's last known location and a person of interest was arrested....
Kyalami owner 'committed' to hosting grand prix amid F1 interest A South African Grand Prix at Kyalami could rejoin the Formula 1 calendar amid interest from championship bosses and a desire from the redeveloped circuit to host F1 again...
Australian interest rates head for 1% as emergency measures loom for economy RBA governor drops strong hint of fresh cuts to 1.25% cash rate while experts say US-style quantitative easing is on the cardsInterest rates are heading for unprecedented lows below 1% and the Reserve Bank could even be forced into extraordinary measures such as money printing to stimulate the strug...
Top Five Supreme Court Judges To Hear Public Interest Litigation Matters With the Supreme Court all set to work in its full strength of 31 judges from July 1 after summer vacation, Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has notified a new roster of work which said top five......
Your Money Adviser: Interest Rates on New Federal Student Loans Will Dip Slightly The rates, which will take effect on July 1, won't make a big difference in monthly payments. But given the cost of college, one expert says, "this is a bit of good news."...
Fed Officials Make the Case for Cutting Interest Rates as Risks Loom The presidents of the St. Louis and Minneapolis branches of the Federal Reserve want rates cut now, and even the central bank's vice chair says uncertainty is growing....
Thursday's Daily Brief: dire living conditions in Idlib, migrants at US southern border, end in sight for trachoma, Human Rights Council This Thursday, we cover: the dire humanitarian situation in Syria's Idlib; living conditions at the US-Mexico border denounced by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF); trachoma-related blindness on the verge of being eliminated; and updates from the Human Rights Council in Geneva....
If we're living through a "retail apocalypse," why are e-commerce leaders like Amazon, Alibaba, and JD.com so focused on building brick-and-mortar stores? (AMZN, BABA, JD) This is a preview of a research report from Business Insider Intelligence, Business Insider's premium research service. To learn more about Business Insider Intelligence, click here. Current subscribers can read the report here. If we're living through a "retail apocalypse" that spell...
Volvo and Uber's first self-driving car is ready for the road Two years later, Volvo and Uber are ready to show off their first purpose-built self-driving car. They've introduced a variant of the XC90 SUV that's designed to accept and work with Uber's autonomous driving system from the outset. It packs sensor......
Ford will test new self-driving cars in Detroit Ford is testing a new fleet of self-driving vehicles in its homebase of Detroit. Argo AI, Ford's autonomous vehicle arm, announced it would deploy its third-generation vehicles in Detroit and Corktown. The Ford Fusion Hybrids will be equipped with a......
The injustice driving Ethiopian Israeli protests An off-duty police officer was in a playground with his family when he saw two men fighting, according to police accounts, which have been challenged by eye-witnesses. When the officer identified himself, police said the men threw stones at him. Fearing for his life, the officer pulled the trigger, ...
Man busted for driving in HOV lane with dummy in backseat At least it was wearing its seatbelt. A driver was busted in Brooklyn for cruising in the HOV lane with an all-too-real-looking dummy in the backseat, police said Thursday. The New Jersey man, whose name and age were not immediately available, was stopped Tuesday morning near the Gowanus Expressway ...
Uber unveils next-generation Volvo self-driving car Uber unveiled its newest Volvo self-driving car as it works to deploy vehicles without drivers under limited conditions. Uber said the production-ready XC90s will have factory-installed steering and braking systems designed for computer control rather than human control....
Hyundai and Kia to invest in self-driving startup Aurora Hyundai Motor Co said on Thursday it would invest in self-driving car software startup Aurora along with Kia Motors Corp to speed up development of autonomous vehicle technologies....
Hyundai And Kia To Invest In Self-Driving Start-Up Aurora Hyundai Motor Co said on Thursday it would invest in self-driving car software startup Aurora along with Kia Motors Corp to speed up development of autonomous vehicle technologies....
RPT-VW and Ford close to deal on self-driving cars, VW says Volkswagen and Ford are close to reaching a deal on a partnership for developing self-driving cars, the German carmaker's chief executive said on Thursday....
VW and Ford close to deal on self-driving cars, VW says Volkswagen and Ford are close to reaching a deal on a partnership for developing self-driving cars, the German carmaker's chief executive said on Thursday....
Robert Wickens is Driving on a Race Track Again After a massive crash on the 7th lap of the 2018 Pocono 500 mile IndyCar race, Robert Wickens was left paralyzed and it has been an incredibly long road to recovery for the talented Canadian driver. Through physical therapy and a lot of hard work on his part, Wickens has gotten to the point where he...
Uber to unveil next-generation Volvo self-driving car Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday will unveil its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington as it works to eventually deploy vehicles without drivers under some limited conditions....
Mini Remastered: driving the classic car's £90,000 reinvention David Brown Automotive is based in an 18,000sq ft facility at Silverstone. The staff roster numbers just 40 to produce not only the Mini Remastered but also this Aston Martin lookalike Speedback Beatles albums at 50 can now be improved, apparently. Is the same true of Minis at 60? We head to Swing...
Ford denies it is in the self-driving slow lane Ford Motor Co may be taking a cautious approach to its autonomous driving program, but its chairman rejected claims that the U.S. automaker was falling behind its peers....
Mom charged for driving with kids in pool atop SUV An Illinois woman has been arrested and charged with child endangerment after police say she drove with her children in an inflatable swimming pool that was atop her vehicle. (July 10) ...
Mom busted for driving while kids sat in inflatable pool on top of car An Illinois woman was arrested for allegedly driving her SUV while her daughters sat in an inflatable pool on its roof. Jennifer A. Janus Yeager, 49, was pulled over Tuesday afternoon by police after she was seen cruising in an Audi Q5 on Route 2 in Dixon with two children riding in the inflatable p...
Apple's reportedly buying a self-driving car AI startup Apple seems to be accelerating its self-driving efforts again. According to a report by Bloomberg, the company's set to buy Drive.ai – an American startup that works on AI that aids autonomous vehicles. According to The Information, this is going to be an acqui-hire deal, which means Apple's just go...
VW, Ford cooperate on self-driving, electric car technology Volkswagen is investing billions in a company partially owned by Ford that develops technology for self-driving cars. VW chief Herbert Diess didn't rule out deepening the two companies' alliance in the future....
Official apologizes for comment about driving while blonde A suburban Kansas City school board president has apologized for equating treatment of blondes to racist treatment of black people during a conversation about racial diversity....
GM faces pushback on U.S. self-driving vehicle plan General Motors Co faces pushback over its request that U.S. regulators waive some automobile safety standards to make it possible to deploy a ride-sharing fleet of driverless cars without steering wheels or other human controls....
Japan is increasingly renting cars for everything except driving Tokyo-based media outlet The Asahi Shimbun's Takeho Morita published a quintessentially Japanese story last week: many people who rent cars through vehicle-sharing services across the country don't drive them at all. Instead, they use them to take naps, making business calls, catching up privately w...
Google Maps shows your speed while you're driving Google isn't just counting on speed limits in Maps to encourage safe driving -- it's now showing your actual speed. Android Police has learned that Google Maps is rolling out an optional speedometer that kicks in while you're using driving navigatio......
End of the road for Volkswagen's self-driving Aurora deal Volkswagen has ended its partnership with self-driving car software firm Aurora, two days after the Silicon Valley start-up said it would build autonomous platforms for commercial vehicles with Fiat Chrysler ....
Get Yourself Some Driving Shoes; The Loafer's Fun and Sporty Cousin When I pitched a story on driving shoes to my editor, he wrote back "had to google 'driving shoes' but sure" (hi Shep!). So before diving into why I love this off-duty footwear style so much, it seems worthwhile to provide some quick context and explain what the hell driving shoes actually are....
For the first time ever U.S. mail will be carried by self-driving trucks The U.S. Postal Service looks to add self-driving trucks to their fleet. Veuer's Justin Kircher has the story. ...
GM Faces Pushback on US Self-Driving Vehicle Plan GM faces pushback over its request that US regulators waive some safety standards to make it possible to deploy a fleet of driverless cars without steering wheels, other human controls....
This 'hot' Tennessee cop is driving social media crazy A young police officer from Tennessee has become an overnight social media sensation after starring in a two-minute video explaining a new hands-free driving law on behalf of the Knoxville Police Department....
Uber rolls out next-generation self-driving Volvo At an event in Washington, Uber unveiled a fleet of redesigned self-driving cars that it expects will hit public roads in the coming months.Read More...
Fix Overcrowded Roads by Driving the Tiniest Fiat Say it's the mid-1970s and you drive the heavy traffic streets of Roma, Italia every day. The streets are filled with gigantic Fiat X1/9s, Alfasuds, and old Autobianchi Bianchinas. These four-wheeled pleasure barges are clogging your good city streets with excessive size and engine displacement. You...
New Cars That Need to Die (and Driving a '90s JDM Rally Cheating Legend) Automotive technology changes, design moves forward, performance capabilities climb. But for some reason there are cars that seem to not even get a hint of that innovation. Cars like the Mitsubishi Mirage, the Chevy Impala, and even the Toyota Land Cruiser—how and why do they still exist in their cu...
Bentley EXP 100 GT concept: self-driving capability and zero-emission Centenary concept will be revealed on 10 July and promises to showcase the "future of grand touring" The Bentley EXP 100 GT concept, to be revealed on 10 July, will showcase a zero-emission "future of grand touring", according to the brand. The concept, first reported by Autocar earlier this year, ...
Mom arrested for intentionally driving kids into reservoir A Massachusetts woman was arrested for allegedly intentionally driving her SUV into a reservoir — with her three children inside. Amanda Nappi, on Friday afternoon, drove her 2007 Toyota Highlander deep enough into the Lawton Valley Reservoir that the vehicle was completely submerged, Portsmou...
Mexico, China tariffs driving markets down Stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday after the U.S. announced plans to expand its trade war to Mexico. (May 31) ...
Lyft has completed 55,000 self-driving rides in Las Vegas One year ago, Lyft launched its self-driving ride service in Las Vegas. Today, the company announced its 30-vehicle fleet has made 55,000 trips. That makes it the largest commercial program of its kind in the US. Unsurprisingly, Lyft says it's thrill......
Car Companies Train Focus on Distracted Driving Combating distracted driving has long been a frustrating challenge for car companies, regulators and law enforcement. New technologies, including eye-tracking cameras and steering sensors, aim to help solve that problem....
Ari Lennox Went From Uber Driving to Headlining Her Own Tour The R&B singer Ari Lennox spoke to GQ about her debut album, 'Shea Butter Baby,' and why she really wishes people would stop comparing her to Erykah Badu....
Florida allows self-driving car tests without backup drivers Companies that want to test their self-driving cars will have an easier time of it in the Sunshine State. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed a bill allowing companies to test autonomous vehicles without backup drivers. It also lets occupan......
Ex-Jet Muhammad Wilkerson arrested for driving while intoxicated Former New York Jet Muhammad Wilkerson was arrested for driving while intoxicated early Saturday, sources said. The 315-pound, 6-foot-4 defensive end was stopped in Washington Heights at about 4 a.m., with a blood alcohol level of .09, law enforcement sources told The Post. The legal limit for drivi...
A fifth of drink-driving arrests are made the morning after News 30 May, 2019 Data shows a third of all breath tests and nearly 18 per cent of drink-driving convictions are for drivers stopped between 7am and 1pm...
Will he? Won't he? How Trump's impulses are driving his Iran policy Everything Trump has done in relation to Iran, driven by his duelling impulses, has kept the US on a trajectory towards conflictOrdering airstrikes and then calling them off at the last minute is one way of working through the contradictions in your Middle East policy, but it is very expensive and h...
DJ LeMahieu continues to be Yankees' driving force The Yankees' lineup continues to get stronger with the addition of Edwin Encarnacion, the return of Giancarlo Stanton and the imminent arrival of Aaron Judge, but it has been DJ LeMahieu who has consistently anchored the offense. Without him, the Yankees may not have survived the injury wave as seam...
BMW, Daimler team up to develop self-driving technology BMW and Daimler said they finalized an agreement to jointly develop self-driving systems and they expected the Level 4 technology to be deployed in mass-market vehicles for private customers starting in 2024....
PCC, TuSimple launch first autonomous driving certificate TUCSON – Pima Community College and TuSimple, a self-driving truck company, announced Thursday the launch of the first autonomous driving certificate for truck drivers. The Autonomous Vehicle Driver and Operations Specialist program will prepare individuals for jobs such as training the autonomous s...
What's Driving You Crazy? Traffic near Davis-Monthan TUCSON – Traffic on Golf Links and Swan is What's Driving You Crazy! Sometimes the intersection gets so backed up, drivers have to sit through the light twice. News 4 Tucson viewer Michael wrote in and said, "Please make the light longer on Golf Links." News 4 Tucson's ...
Stearns Lending files Chapter 11 bankruptcy after mortgage interest rate increases Mortgage lender Stearns Holdings filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Tuesday, blaming its woes in part on increased interest rates. ...
US-China trade war and interest rate rises spell losses for the super-rich After seven years of growth, assets of the richest people on the planet fall by 3%Donald Trump's trade war with China and fears over rising interest rates triggered stock market losses worth $2tn (£1.6tn) for the world's super-rich last year.After seven years of steadily rising wealth, the richest p...
More Americans are finally moving cash to online banks for higher interest rates More Americans are moving their cash to online banks to earn interest of 2% or more. But many feel more comfortable with a local branch ...
JPMorgan profit beats estimates on lending strength; net interest margin dips JPMorgan Chase & Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as higher interest income and buoyant consumer lending offset lower activity at its trading desks....
Missing California man named 'person of interest' in the death of 8-month-old daughter, police say The missing father of an 8-month-old girl found dead behind a California funeral home Monday was named a person of interest on Wednesday in the child's death, police said....
Man Utd hope £70m Harry Maguire transfer bid will kill off Man City interest in Leicester star Manchester United have tabled a £70million bid for Harry Maguire, with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer desperate to secure the centre-back in time for the club's pre-season tour....
S&P 500 soars above 3,000 for first time as Fed Chair Jerome Powell hints interest rate cut likely in July Powell says trade tensions and weak global growth "continue to weigh" on the U.S. economy, a strong signal that the Fed is likely to lower the benchmark interest rate in July. He also reiterated the independence of the Fed amid a barrage of criticisms from Trump....
Fed's Quarles: Regulatory Tools Better Suited Than Interest Rates to Promote Financial Stability The Federal Reserve's point man on bank regulation said Thursday that interest rates should be used to achieve the central bank's inflation and employment goals rather than to address concerns about financial stability....
Comcast says no interest in acquiring divested spectrum from Sprint, T-Mobile deal - statement U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp has no interest in acquiring divested spectrum from the Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc transaction, the company said on Friday....
UPDATE 1-Comcast says no interest in acquiring divested spectrum from Sprint, T-Mobile deal U.S. cable operator Comcast Corp has no interest in acquiring divested spectrum from the Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc transaction, the company said on Friday....
Punjab National Bank Revises Fixed Deposit Interest Rates From Today The fixed deposit accounts which have a lock-in period of five or 10 years also offer income tax benefit under Section 80C of the Income Tax Act, 1961...
Federal Reserve expresses concern about U.S. economy and signals interest rate cuts are likely President Trump has urged the Fed to cut interest rates for months. Nearly half of Fed leaders predict there will be a rate cut by the end of the year....
Ohio real-estate developers ditch 'blockchain hub' plans over lack of interest Real-estate developers attempting to reinvigorate a failing shopping mall with the blockchain are stepping away from the idea after realizing it's not what the public want. The shopping mall, located in Cleveland, Ohio's Tower City was originally planned to become a "blockchain-focused technology hu...
China's central bank is poised to cut interest rates amid trade war, economist says The People's Bank of China is expected lower rates twice later in 2019 and once in 2020 amid the country's trade fight with the U.S., said a Bank of America Merrill Lynch economist on Wednesday....
JP Morgan posts an earnings beat, but stock falls on lowered interest forecast J.P. Morgan Chase reported earnings that exceeded analysts' expectations, aided by an income tax benefit that boosted results by $768 million. ...
Automotive writer goes missing while test-driving motorcycle SAN FRANCISCO — Authorities using boats and drones searched a Northern California river Monday for a veteran automotive journalist who went missing while test-driving a motorcycle for a story. Calaveras County Lt. Anthony Eberhardt said crews were searching the Mokelumne River and a reservoir near t...
Younger generation driving environmentally-friendly changes: study The younger generation is driving the change for "eco-households," according to new research. While parents have a duty to educate their children on respecting the Earth, results found 76 percent of parents actually feel their child is the one advocating for environmentally-friendly changes in their...
Ford partners with VW on electric vehicles, self-driving cars Ford and Volkswagen AG will expand their alliance to include electric vehicles and collaborate with Argo AI to develop self-driving vehicles, the companies announced Friday....
Demand for soy and meat by major brands driving deforestation Some of the world's largest brands have been accused of "destroying our children's future" after a report found an area of forest twice the size of the UK was destroyed for products such as soy in a decade....
Bail-reform poster boy busted for driving without license again Bail-reform poster boy Pedro Hernandez allegedly blew three stop signs and a red light — at one point driving the wrong way on a one-way street — trying to outrun cops in the South Bronx, police and sources said Sunday. Hernandez, who was just left off the hook for a 2015 robbery charge this past......
International Yoga Day: Tips For Stress Free Driving Restless drivers, potholes, bottlenecks at flyovers, unusual road blocks and many other things leave us stressed. We give you tips to tackle them all on International Yoga Day....
This Guy Still Driving His Unrestored 1957 Corvette Has Life Figured Out Listening to Richard Huxley talk about the 1957 Corvette he's had for 47 years is as relaxing as it is inspiring. He's not interested in auction values, or catalog-correctness, or keeping the car garaged all winter. He's interested in driving....
Nissan gives Japan version of Infiniti Q50 self-driving upgrade, more hp The sporty Skyline sedan – the Japanese market version of the Infiniti Q50 – is receiving a high-tech, midcycle update with more power and true hands-free highway driving....
Apple once envisioned retractable bumpers for its self-driving cars Apple once dreamed of self-driving cars with retractable bumpers. In 2015, the company filed a patent for "extendable bumpers" with the US Patent and Trademark Office. The patent was published this morning, but even if Apple were once serious about a......
Google and Renault-Nissan Are Teaming Up On Self-Driving Cars Yet another company partners with Google's self-driving car division, AKA Alphabet's self-driving car division, AKA Waymo; everyone seems to hate Trump's new EPA rules; and supersonic jets. All that and more in the Morning Shift for June 20, 2019....
Aurora partners with Fiat Chrysler over self-driving tech Self-driving car software startup Aurora said on Sunday it would partner with Fiat Chrysler to build autonomous platforms for commercial vehicles, the latest collaboration with an automaker for the fast-growing Silicon Valley company....
Asleep at the wheel: Japanese rental cars used for anything but driving Surveys shed light on unusual habits of drivers who return cars with zero mileage on clockCar rental companies in Japan have figured out why some customers are returning their vehicles with barely a mile on the clock.Rather than travel from from A to B, as many as one in eight "drivers" are using th...
Teen driving at 106mph 'needed bathroom after too many hot wings' A teenager in Canada has blamed a bathroom emergency brought on by "too many hot wings" for his speedy driving, which resulted in him getting a ticket....
Mom drowns herself, twin daughters by driving into river: cops A Michigan woman drowned herself and her twin daughters by intentionally driving into the Kalamazoo River, authorities said Tuesday. Two other girls were in the car with the 44-year-old woman, but she let them out before she drove into the water in Kalamazoo on Monday, the city's Department of Publi...
L.A. to Vegas and Back by Electric Car: 8 Hours Driving; 5 More Plugged In You'll need to charge your vehicle more often than filling a gas tank, it takes longer, and the chargers can be scarce. Here's how one road trip went....
UPDATE 1-Uber to unveil next-generation Volvo self-driving car Uber Technologies Inc on Wednesday will unveil its newest Volvo self-driving car in Washington as it works to eventually deploy vehicles without drivers under some limited conditions....
Volvo unveils first fully self-driving vehicle for Uber Uber and automaker Volvo on Wednesday unveiled a new self-driving sport-utility vehicle they say is the next step in reaching autonomous rideshare transportation....
Woodland driving for show, putting for dough at U.S. Open Throughout his career Gary Woodland as been better known for his work with a driver than a putter but that all might change after he rode a red-hot flat stick to the top of the U.S. Open leaderboard on Friday....
Police: SC woman stopped for driving drunk on toy truck WALHALLA, S.C. (AP) — A South Carolina woman who police say was driving drunk will not be cited with a DUI because her vehicle of choice was a toy truck. News outlets quote police as saying that instead they charged 25-year-old Megan Holman with public intoxication. They say they spotted her cruisin...
BMW and Daimler team up to develop automated driving technology BMW and Daimler have entered into a long-term development partnership for automated driving involving 1,200 technicians from both companies, BMW said on Thursday....
Waymo will test its self-driving taxis on employees in California Self-driving venture Waymo has been given permission by California authorities to transport people in its robotaxis. According to TechCrunch, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) gave Waymo the green light this week, issuing a permit tha......
Volvo and Uber's self-driving production car hits the road Volvo and Uber have whipped the wraps off their first production car capable of full self-driving. The Volvo XC90 SUV base vehicle is kitted out with Uber's self-driving tech, meaning it'll be ready to take to the streets by itself in the future as part of Uber's ride-hailing service....
Wickens driving again is "best therapy" after IndyCar pace laps Robert Wickens says driving again is "the best therapy" after leading parade laps at the Toronto IndyCar race in a specially adapted road car with hand controls...
11 companies propose guiding principles for self-driving vehicles A coalition of 11 companies published a whitepaper describing a framework for the development, testing, and validation of "safe" autonomous vehicles.Read More...
Self-Driving Cars Have a Problem: Safer Human-Driven Ones The technology that was supposed to give us robo-taxis is making human-driven cars safer at a rate that completely autonomous vehicles may have trouble matching....
2019 Mazda 3s Recalled for Wheels That Could Fall Off During Driving If you happen to be driving your 2019 Mazda 3 and hear or feel some very unnatural rattling, then your car might be one of the ones affected by the recall for wheels that could fall off during driving. You need to get that checked immediately....
Volkswagen ends deal with self-driving startup Aurora Volkswagen is cutting ties with Silicon Valley self-driving startup Aurora after only a year, amidst talks of working with Ford's Argo AI instead. Financial Times reported the news of the split, adding that VW expects to reach a deal with Argo AI thi......
Are millennials really driving 'cancel culture' - or is it their overcautious critics? Older generations argue that young people's insistence on equality in all things – including books – threatens to stifle free speech. But is that always true?I wouldn't normally air my dirty literary linen in public, but here goes. When I finished writing my novel Putney, about a 13-year-old girl wh...
Volvo's self-driving buses and trucks will run on NVIDIA tech Volvo's self-driving trucks will have some familiar hardware under the hood. The automaker has signed a deal with NVIDIA that will use the chip company's Drive platform to "train, test and deploy" a slew of large self-driving vehicles that include b......
SoftBank, Toyota's self-driving car venture to add five more automakers: sources The self-driving car joint venture of SoftBank Corp and Toyota Motor will receive investment from a further five Japanese automakers, two sources familiar with the matter said, broadening backing for the all-Japan effort....
Land Rover Discovery: driving the original 30 years on Land Rover celebrated the Disco's 30th anniversary at Goodwood. We revisit the first one to see why it was such a hit Developing new cars on the kind of budget that a German company would spend on a new dashboard has long been a speciality of the British motor industry. Many of these machines bomb,...
Domino's will use self-driving vehicles to deliver pizza in Houston Domino's is determined to make autonomous pizza delivery a practical reality. The chain has unveiled plans to deliver pies to "select" Houston customers later in 2019 using Nuro's self-driving R2 vehicle. If you order online from a participating st......
Five automakers back Toyota's and Softbank's self-driving business Tech companies and automakers have been setting differences aside and merging forces in hopes of getting themselves a piece of the self-driving pie as early as possible. Late last year, Toyota and Softbank teamed up to establish a joint venture calle......
GM's self-driving unit is close to receiving a $2.25 billion boost It took more than a year, but GM's self-driving company is close to receiving a giant cash infusion. Cruise Automation confirmed to Reuters that the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) had approved SoftBank's $2.25 billion investment i......
A Ford-VW alliance with Argo could redraw self-driving sector An expanded alliance between Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG that includes a partnership in Ford self-driving unit Argo AI could redraw the balance of power in autonomous vehicles....
That Texting-While-Driving Ticket Can Also Lead to a Car Insurance Penalty Many insurers charge the penalty for three years after the violation, meaning you'll be paying the price long after the check for your ticket has cleared....
BMW and Daimler partner to develop automated driving technology BMW and Daimler are teaming up to develop automated driving technology the latest carmakers forced to pool development resources as margins shrink.Read More...
VW and Ford close to deal on self-driving and electric cars: VW Volkswagen and Ford are close to reaching a deal on a partnership for developing self-driving and electric cars, the German carmaker's chief executive said on Thursday....
Couple Keeps Austin Weird By Driving Their Couch Down the Road I have discovered my new heroes, and they are the Austin, Texas couple who converted their living room couch into a vehicle—and, yes, even drove it down the street....
30 Years Of Driving Around The Same Video Game Race Track Silverstone has been home to the British Grand Prix for most of the race's history, meaning there are over 30 year's worth of games that let you drive around it. So Chris Rae had the brilliant idea of doing just that, driving one lap around the circuit in eight different games, the first released in...
How the new Nissan Leaf helped me conquer my fear of driving I'm not a confident driver, so I almost turned down the opportunity to test the new Nissan Leaf for three days – but I'm very glad I didn't.I learned to drive when I was 19 on the distinctly un-mean streets of Milton Keynes – a town 50 miles from London, known for ...
Bus driver arrested for DUI blames erratic driving on bad doughnut There seems to be a hole in this story! A Texas school bus driver charged with driving while intoxicated blamed her erratic driving on a doughnut that made her "sick," according to news station KTRK. Bus driver Linda Godejohn, 55, denied that she was drunk when she was pulled over around...
Self-driving startup Aurora to buy lidar company Blackmore Self-driving car startup Aurora Innovation Inc said on Thursday it would buy Montana-based Blackmore, a company that develops a detection system known as lidar, used in self-driving technology....
Self-Driving Startup Aurora Bets On Lidar In First Acquisition Aurora recently raised $530 million from investors including Sequoia Capital, Amazon.com Inc. and T. Rowe Price Group Inc. It's acquiring Blackmore Sensors & Analytics, a lidar startup that had raised......
GM adds highways to semi-autonomous driving system DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is adding 70,000 miles (113,000 kilometers) of roads across the U.S. and Canada to the area where its Cadillac Super Cruise semi-autonomous driving system can run, including some with cross traffic similar to those that have confused Tesla's Autopilot system. Curr...
Waze is getting a new celebrity voice for driving directions until June's end If you're a long time Waze user, then you're probably familiar with the app's habit to bring in celebrities to give you driving directions. Of course, if you haven't tried out the popular navigation app yet, this is a great chance to give it a go since the hip hop musician DJ Khaled is going to give...
Apple reportedly interested in acquiring a self-driving car startup Apple is currently in the process of acquiring a self-driving car startup called Drive.ai, according to a new report from The Information. The report claims that the acquisition is an "acquir-hire," which is to say that Apple is more so interested in the company's employees than th...
Volvo designers are driving around in mixed-reality headsets I'm sitting in a Volvo XC60 in Italy when a moose appears from out of a doorway. Except that none of this is real. I'm actually sat in an office chair in a San Francisco office building, wearing Varjo's XR-1 mixed-reality headset. It's a ridiculous s......
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell's Approach to Interest-Rate Policy Wins Bipartisan Backing President Trump's relentless public criticism of the man he picked to run the Federal Reserve, Jerome Powell, isn't broadly shared by lawmakers who confirmed the central bank leader to his post last year....
Asia stocks mixed as RBA meeting minutes show willingness to move on interest rates Minutes from the Reserve Bank of Australia's monetary policy meeting in July showed the central bank was ready to adjust interest rates if required....
Man arrested in slayings of three Dallas women, including transgender woman; person of interest in another death DALLAS (AP) — Man arrested in slayings of three Dallas women, including transgender woman; person of interest in another death. The post Man arrested in slayings of three Dallas women, including transgender woman; person of interest in another death appeared first on LEX18.com....
Ethics watchdog finds Ottawa MP Anita Vandenbeld guilty of conflict-of-interest violations An Ottawa member of Parliament violated conflict-of-interest rules when she asked voters to elect her husband to Ottawa city council last year, says Canada's ethics watchdog....
US soccer star Megan Rapinoe preemptively declines White House invite: 'I have no interest' Soccer star Megan Rapinoe became another player on the U.S. women's team who preemptively opted out of visiting the White House should the team win the upcoming World Cup in France....
UPDATE 2-JPMorgan profit beats estimates on lending strength; net interest margin dips JPMorgan Chase & Co reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday as higher interest income and buoyant consumer lending offset lower activity at its trading desks....
UN chief calls for 'enlightened self-interest' from world leaders to save 'the whole planet' from climate change Concluding a week-long visit to the South Pacific, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called on the world's decision-makers to make "enlightened" choices on climate action because "the whole planet" is at stake. ...
UPDATE 1-Iceland's central bank cuts key interest rate as contracting tourism bites Iceland's central bank on Wednesday cut its deposit rate and said the economy would now shrink in 2019 after the all-important tourism industry contracted and the capelin fishing season failed....
Nissan sees conflict of interest if Renault director joins reform teams: source Nissan Motor Co believes that attempts by Renault SA to place one of its directors on Nissan's planned governance reform committees may lead to a conflict of interest, a source with knowledge of the issue told Reuters on Monday....
UK's Hammond tells Trump: U.S. and UK share interest in stable world trading system: source British finance minister Philip Hammond told U.S. President Donald Trump that their two countries had a shared interest in maintaining the stability of the world's trading systems, a source close to him said on Tuesday....
JP Morgan posted an earnings beat, but the bank's stock falls on lowered interest forecast The impact of the Federal Reserve's looming interest rate cuts appear to have impacted J.P. Morgan's forecast for 2019 net interest income....
Financial documents show the NRA is living 'paycheck to paycheck,' and ended 2018 $10.8 million in the red Reuters The NRA's 2018 financial report reveals more details about the financially troubled organization's income and spending. It is the latest revelation about the politically prominent group's internal turmoil, which has shaken its leadership and roiled its membership. Visit Business Insider's h...
Opinion: USWNT's Megan Rapinoe is living her patriotism at World Cup. What's your excuse? USWNT star Megan Rapinoe has a platform, and she's using it at the World Cup. She's showing she's more American than her critics, writes Nancy Armour. ...
Most self-driving companies say this tech is crucial. Elon Musk disagrees. For most people building self-driving cars, lidar is viewed as a godsend. In recent years, enthusiasm for the technology has sparked shortages of the depth-measuring sensor, acquisitions of startups developing it and more than a billion dollars of investments....
Cheaper sensors could speed more self-driving cars to market by 2022 The first heavily automated mass-market vehicles for consumers could go on sale as soon as 2022, if one or more vehicle manufacturers adopt a new sub-$500 lidar sensing package being developed by Silicon Valley startup Luminar....
Tesla's Navigate Is Worse Than Human Driving: Consumer Reports Car buyers have shown that they're ready to embrace autonomous cars—but are automakers actually equipped to meet that demand? A new Consumer Reports article evaluating the viability of Tesla's Autopilot software says that we're... not quite there yet....
Freshly Published Patent Keeps the Dream of an Apple Self-Driving Car Alive Bumpy car rides suck and a newly published patent reveals Apple has fairly recently been exploring a "fully-actuated suspension system" using variable pressure air springs and a haptic-feedback system to create a smoother ride.Read more......
Off-duty FDNY lieutenant busted in Queens for drunk driving An FDNY lieutenant was arrested for drunk driving in Queens after he crashed his SUV, police said Friday. George Hopkins, 51, was off-duty and allegedly driving drunk shortly after 8:50 p.m. Thursday when he crashed his Kia Soul in the area of Homelawn and 173rd streets in Jamaica Hills, cops said. ...
Woman stopped for driving toy truck drunk escapes DUI charge WALHALLA, S.C. — A South Carolina woman who police say was driving drunk will not be cited with a DUI because her vehicle of choice was a toy truck. News outlets quote police as saying that instead they charged 25-year-old Megan Holman with public intoxication. They say they spotted her cruising dow...
Former Opel CEO Neumann joins board of U.S. self-driving software startup Former Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has joined the board of California-based Apex.AI, which is working to make open-source self-driving software reliable enough to be used in commercially available vehicles....
Self-driving trucks begin delivering mail for US Postal Service The US Postal Service on Tuesday started a two-week test transporting mail across three Southwestern states using self-driving trucks, a step forward in the effort to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology for hauling freight. San Diego-based startup TuSimple said its self-driving trucks will b...
UPDATE 1-A Ford-VW alliance with Argo could redraw self-driving sector An expanded alliance between Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG that includes a partnership in Ford self-driving unit Argo AI could redraw the balance of power in autonomous vehicles....
Mercedes-Benz opens new G-Class driving experience centre Extreme off-road site replicates German car maker's demanding Schoeckl test track Mercedes-Benz has established a new G-Class experience centre near Graz, Austria as part of the 40th-anniversary celebrations for the recently upgraded off-roader. Located close to the Magna manufacturing facility whe...
Black Voters and Their House Members Are Driving Impeachment Talk While House Democratic leaders agonize, black voters want President Trump impeached, and their ardor on the subject is driving their representatives....
UPDATE 2-VW and Ford close to deal on self-driving and electric cars - VW Volkswagen and Ford are close to reaching a deal on a partnership for developing self-driving and electric cars, the German carmaker's chief executive said on Thursday....
Russia's Yandex plans bold step for self-driving cars Starting in August, the company intends to remove human safety drivers from five of its autonomous vehicles now operating in the Russian city of Innopolis and conduct completely driverless commercial operations....
BMW, Daimler Finalise Deal To Deploy Self-Driving Technology In Vehicles BMW and Daimler on Thursday said they had finalised the agreement and that they expected the technology to be deployed in mass-market vehicles from 2024....
Waymo's self-driving system has driven 10 billion virtual miles The 10 million miles Waymo's self-driving vehicles have driven in the real world is a feat in and of itself, but that figure is just a tiny fraction of what it has driven in simulation. At TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility, the Alphabet-owned company has......
Ford and VW Agree to Share Costs of Self-Driving and Electric Cars A deal announced Friday is an example of how carmakers are joining forces to survive a major shift in technology. But can two longtime rivals cooperate?...
Renault and Nissan partner with Waymo to push self-driving tech Research to be conducted in Japan and France as all three companies ramp up autonomous tech programmes Renault and Nissan have announced initial details of a new partnership with self-driving technology development company Waymo. The two car makers, sharing autonomous vehicle development as part o...
Researchers say 'spidey senses' could help self-driving vehicles avoid hazards Researchers want to give cars, planes and drones "spidey senses." That is, they want to give autonomous machines sensors that mimic nature. In a paper published in ACS Nano, a team of researchers -- from Purdue University, Nanyang Technological Unive......
Roger Clemens' son Kory charged with drunken driving in Houston HOUSTON — The 30-year-old son of retired pitcher Roger Clemens has been arrested on a drunken driving charge. Officers stopped Kory Allen Clemens early Tuesday after watching the pickup truck he was driving speed down a Houston street and run a red light. Houston police spokesman John Cannon says th...
Mom driving SUV in game of 'chicken' strikes, kills 3-year-old son, cops say Authorities say a Houston woman behind the wheel of an SUV struck and killed her 3-year-old son while apparently engaging the child and his siblings in a game of "chicken."...
A Ford-Volkswagen alliance with Argo could redraw self-driving sector An expanded alliance between Ford Motor Co and Volkswagen AG that includes a partnership in Ford self-driving unit Argo AI could redraw the balance of power in autonomous vehicles....
Tesla Is Still Using the Phrase 'Full Self-Driving' to Describe Its Cars Even Though It's Wrong Even though I get accused every now and then of being some miserable Tesla-hater who just wants to impede human progress and see Elon Musk weep, I have to deny that. I don't hate Tesla. I think it's a fascinating company that has made some really impressive and well-designed cars as it leads the res...
Ford wants to use walking robots to help self-driving cars deliver packages Auto giant Ford is teaming up with a robotics company to create an autonomous robot that works with self-driving cars to deliver packages. ...
Police stop sports car driver for speeding, 10 minutes after driving off lot Canadian police impounded a man's McLaren sports car for speeding on a highway, 10 minutes after he drove it off the lot. ...