Robyn Shaber left the ShopRite in Cardiff in Harford County, Maryland, last week with her grandson and at least 24 plastic bottles of Coca-Cola and Mountain Dew.

“This is probably a couple days’ worth,” said Shaber, whose husband drinks a lot of soda.

Even with a sale — two packs for $12 and two more for $10 — soda prices keep going ...Read more

They say they’ve been flipped off in traffic, called Nazis and even punched in the face.

Charging stations have been defaced and burned too, and local Tesla dealerships have been picketed, including this weekend in Burbank.

A disgusted singer Sheryl Crow said she sold her Tesla and donated the money to National Public Radio.

“There comes ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Courtney McCallum is making more money than she anticipated earning at 30 years old.

Still, the magazine editor said, “I am living paycheck to paycheck.”

McCallum and her husband, an accountant, would love to buy a house and start a family, she said, but they are holding off until they can save more.

Student loans, car ...Read more

DETROIT — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin warned Monday the Trump administration could be risking a "self-inflicted recession" if reciprocal tariffs slated for April 2 take effect.

"If it were working for our economy, I would be interested," the Michigan Democrat said during a panel at Wayne State University's Industry Innovation Center. "But to me,...Read more

DETROIT — UAW President Shawn Fain said Sunday he supports the tariffs in the auto industry pushed by President Donald Trump, but only if they are done for the right reason and in the "right way."

"I think it needs to be not under the guise of drugs, immigration or border security but they need to be strategic in how they do them," Fain said ...Read more

The first and only Tesla Janis Brown ever bought was a dark green Model S in 2012. It wasn’t just a car, the Sunnyvale, California, resident recalled; it was the car.

Brown and her husband drove around the Bay Area in style, basking in the joy of owning the sleekest eco-friendly vehicle and bonding with other Tesla enthusiasts. The pair even ...Read more

Medtronic’s top ventilator executive began fielding pleas from world leaders' representatives five years ago, as pressure from a global pandemic drove a sudden shortage of lifesaving devices that help extremely sick people breathe.

“We need it more than everybody else,” former senior vice president Vafa Jamali recalls hearing from people ...Read more

Q: The dashboard light on my 2021 Subaru Outback suggested that the key fob battery was low. So, I changed it. Unfortunately, I must have damaged the plastic case in the process. The key won't hold in place, but the fob works fine. Since the key and electronics of the fob are fine, can I use a replacement fob and simply insert the electronics ...Read more

Vice President JD Vance said he expected President Donald Trump to wrap up a deal for TikTok and keep the popular video-sharing app operating in the US ahead of a deadline next month.

“There will almost certainly be a high-level agreement that I think satisfies our national security concerns, allows there to be a distinct American TikTok ...Read more

Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla has joined several other American businesses in raising concerns over retaliatory tariffs that could result from a trade war fueled by President Trump.

In an unsigned letter on Tesla letterhead addressed to the U.S. Trade Representative, Tesla warned that Trump’s actions to “address unfair trade ...Read more

Tariffs haven’t yet hit the supply chain at Anawalt in Malibu, but the hardware store and lumber seller is bracing for steep price hikes in the coming weeks.

The majority of the lumber that the store sells comes from Canada and nearly all of its steel products are made in China, general manager Rieff Anawalt said. Those countries, along with ...Read more

California’s employment market came to a halt in January by producing zero job gains — and zero losses — last month, in a new government report that points to a drastic slowdown in statewide job creation.

The total number of jobs in California was approximately 18.03 million in January, unchanged from December, the state Employment ...Read more

States are divided in their willingness to welcome a project from a Chinese automaker because the allure of such a billion-dollar investment and its promise of thousands of jobs also could raise serious national security concerns and fuel popular pushback.

Still, some industry analysts predict a China-based automaker — beyond Chinese-owned ...Read more

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara “provisionally” granted State Farm General’s request for an emergency 22% hike in its homeowners insurance rate Friday — but it won’t take effect pending a formal hearing scheduled for next month.

Lara made his decision after first turning it down outright in February, saying the insurer ...Read more

As Chevrolet continues to dominate the American vehicle market, the 2025 Suburban shows up in Grasso’s Garage for the ultimate people-moving test drive.

We put the seven-seat Chevrolet Suburban High Country to the test on the roads of New England, and it was outstanding. Our tester's Radiant Red Tintcoat showed out beautifully, accented by a ...Read more

For turkey farmer Erica Sawatzke, Thanksgiving was going terribly.

It was 2023, and while others were eating their turkey dinners, Sawatzke, a sixth-generation farmer in Kensington, Minnesota, felt a pit growing in her stomach as her flocks seemed to be suffering. She thought to herself, “This has got to be high path avian influenza.”

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SAN DIEGO — Some automobiles, like Ferrari, have names that inspire lust and envy. Others, like Yugo or Cimarron, make you chuckle. Others, like the Honda Accord, inspire adoration. Then there are names that bring blank stares. They are typically alphanumeric and unrelated to the vehicle to which they are attached.

That’s not the case with ...Read more

It had 205 horsepower, ran 0-60 mph in 7 seconds, and topped out at 140 mph, but cleared a track for the 1,064 horsepower 2025 Corvette ZR1. The fourth-generation “C4” Corvette that debuted for 1984 was the model’s first new design since 1968 and first complete re-engineering since 1963. Like today’s mid-engine Vette, it was a revolution...Read more

Jay O’Brien, a real estate broker in Liberty, was a technology fan of Elon Musk’s years before the world’s richest man turned Twitter into X, and under President Donald Trump, became both the reviled and admired federal-program-slashing leader of the Department of Government Efficiency, DOGE.

So, in November 2019, when Musk, as the owner...Read more

Several economic forecasts for 2025 have been scaled down in recent weeks as a new presidential administration has made many changes in two months.

Measures of business and consumer confidence have decreased under threats of tariffs and large swaths of the federal workforce have faced layoffs. Another concern is the plan for mass deportations, ...Read more