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Auto review: 2025 Acura RDX solves the car-buying puzzle
Everyone knows the long, drawn out process of buying a car. First, you have to find what you want, what you like, what looks good, what is in your budget, what is comfortable, what your neighbor doesn’t have and, lastly, what suits your family's needs, Acura helps you solve this puzzle with the 2025 Acura RDX A-Spec AWD.
Wrapped in Urban Gray...Read more

Auto review: Forester gets mild facelift, new tech and same Subaru DNA
Its new styling may be called sophisticated, but the 2025 Subaru Forester retains the boxy, rather utilitarian look for which it is known. It’s not fast or sporty either.
But folks (especially adventurous ones to whom Subaru directs its marketing) tend to keep returning to their compact Subie crossover. For many in hilly or snowy regions, it�...Read more

Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes seeks to cut more than two years off sentence, arguing she has helped fellow prisoners and herself
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, imprisoned in Texas after felony fraud convictions, this week asked the federal court in San Jose to slash more than two years off her 11-year sentence, arguing that her work to help fellow prisoners and herself qualifies her for the reduction.
“Amidst the challenges of adjusting to incarceration, Ms. Holmes...Read more

Cadillac seeds its fashionable, electric brand in the heart of Paris
PARIS — With beautiful, branded shop windows and broad boulevards punctuated by ornate architecture, downtown Paris is the intersection of new-world fashion and old-world grandeur. Hermes, the Louvre, Dior, Domaine National du Palais-Royal, Louis Vuitton, Eglise de la Madeleine, Chanel.
Cadillac’s flagship European showroom has found a home...Read more

Boeing execs won't attend air show in wake of deadly Air India crash
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and head of commercial airplanes Stephanie Pope will not attend the Paris Air Show, an industry trade event that kicks off in France Monday.
The executives canceled their plans to attend after a Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed Thursday in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad, killing at least 241 people.
General ...Read more

More EVs will support homes during power outages, add energy grid capacity
Some homeowners are looking to electric vehicles to solve their power outage problems this summer.
Automakers increasingly are launching EVs equipped with the ability to support bidirectional charging. The technology can allow energy from the vehicle's battery to be directed to power a plugged-in device, to restore power to a home or to return ...Read more

Auto review: 1925 Chrysler Six vs. 2025 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid
BELLE ISLE, Michigan — Happy 100th birthday, Chrysler, you’ve given us the gift of many memorable automobiles over the years.
Over a century not much — and yet everything — has changed.
As in 1925 with its Six (and sister Four) models, Chrysler today offers two 2025 vehicles for the U.S. market: the Pacifica and Voyager minivans. ...Read more

Cost of President Trump's tariffs hits home, as several consumer goods and services surge to record highs
President Donald Trump’s trade war is affecting Americans from the grocery store to electric bills, with the cost of bananas, ground beef and electricity surging to all-time highs, according to the latest data from the Consumer Price Index.
Major U.S. retailers have announced price hikes as a result of tariffs, and the cost of a handful of ...Read more

Henry Payne: Ford F-150 joins Maverick with hip Lobo model
DETROIT — The street truck craze is back, and Ford is jumping in with both feet — or at least both its F-150 and Maverick models.
The F-150 Lobo joins the Maverick Lobo in the market with a modified, slammed and tricked truck. Where the Maverick’s signature trick is a dual rear clutch pack for tire-burning, sideways drifting, the F-150 ...Read more

AI toys and games? Barbie maker Mattel teams up with OpenAI to create new products
Your next toy or game may be able to converse with you.
Mattel, the El Segundo toy maker behind Barbie and Hot Wheels, said Thursday that it’s teaming up with OpenAI, which created popular chatbot ChatGPT, to “bring the magic of AI to age-appropriate play experiences.”
The companies are planning to unveil their first product later this ...Read more

Judge approves $69M class action settlement in UnitedHealth 401(k) litigation
A federal judge in Minneapolis said Thursday he would approve a $69 million settlement in a class action lawsuit alleging UnitedHealth Group depressed the retirement savings of workers for years by selecting poorly performing investment options in the company 401(k) plan.
The litigation alleged “the fix was in” to retain investment funds ...Read more

Baltimore judge rules jury awarded too much to city in opioid lawsuit
Baltimore jurors erred by awarding too much money to the city in its verdict against two drug manufacturing titans last November, a judge ruled Thursday.
The verdict determined McKesson and AmerisourceBergen unreasonably shipped huge sums of painkillers to the Baltimore area and fueled the city’s opioid epidemic. Jurors found these two ...Read more

Seattle considers banning controversial rent-setting software, RealPage
Seattle is on track to ban landlords' use of controversial rent-setting software that has been under legal fire for years.
A Seattle City Council committee on Wednesday advanced a bill to bar landlords from subscribing to software platforms that compile rental information to recommend rent prices. The proposal targets the platform RealPage, ...Read more
Real estate Q&A: Do I get more equity credit for covering house expenses after our divorce?
Q: When I got divorced a decade ago, I was allowed to continue living in the house until our son grew up, but I had to cover all the expenses for the house, including the mortgage. Now that he has gone off to college, I want to sell the house, take my share of the equity, and move to a smaller apartment. My former spouse wants to split the ...Read more

Boeing's 787 in the spotlight after deadly Air India crash
A Boeing 787 with at least 240 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday in the northwestern Indian city of Ahmedabad.
The Air India passenger plane bound for London crashed into a nearby medical college. The dead might include both passengers and those on the ground, the city police chief told reporters.
It’s too soon to know ...Read more

Why GM's $4B investment carves out more for gas trucks, SUVs amid EV shift
General Motors Co.'s $4 billion reshoring plan announced this week sketches a blueprint for the Detroit automaker's long-term strategy: ramp up production of the hulking gas-powered vehicles Americans love while growing its expanding fleet of electric vehicles.
The investment to shift production of popular models from Mexico to three U.S. ...Read more

Michael Hiltzik: Forget tariffs -- GOP proposals on student loans will crack the economy
While economists and the general public are preoccupied with the threat to U.S. economic growth stemming from Donald Trump's tariff policies, serious as that is, they may be overlooking another serious threat.
This one comes from Trump's approach, abetted by Republicans in Congress, to the student loan crisis.
It's not a trivial matter. Nearly...Read more

H-1B visa: East Bay company agrees to fine over alleged discrimination against US workers
Pleasant Hill, California, technology and staffing company Epik Solutions — a federal contractor certified as a “small disadvantaged business” — has agreed to pay a $72,000 fine after allegedly getting caught advertising jobs open only to foreign workers on the controversial H-1B visa.
“A top priority of the Justice Department’s ...Read more
Why Tilman Fertitta became Wynn Resorts' top shareholder
The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended Wynn Resorts Ltd.’s top shareholder and its chief operating officer suitable for licensing in Kirk Hendrick’s last meeting as board chair.
Board members voted unanimously to recommend Tilman Fertitta suitable as a beneficial shareholder of the company and Brian Gullbrants as an ...Read more

States sue to block the sale of genetic data collected by DNA testing company 23andMe
Dozens of states have filed a joint lawsuit against the bankrupt DNA-testing company 23andMe to block the company's sale of its customers' genetic data without explicit consent.
The suit, filed this week in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, comes months after 23andMe began a court-supervised sale process of its assets. ...Read more
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- Seattle considers banning controversial rent-setting software, RealPage
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- Judge approves $69M class action settlement in UnitedHealth 401(k) litigation
- Baltimore judge rules jury awarded too much to city in opioid lawsuit
- Boeing's 787 in the spotlight after deadly Air India crash