What’s open and closed on New Year’s Day 2025?
Wednesday, January 1, is New Year’s Day 2025. Unlike New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day is an official federal holiday, meaning most government offices and services will be closed. But what about banks,...
View ArticleHow small businesses that run on TikTok are preparing for life without the...
A looming TikTok ban could affect the millions of small businesses that use the short-video social media app to help them grow their business. Desiree Hill, owner of Crown’s Corner Mechanic in...
View ArticleNew Jersey offshore wind project can’t find anyone to build its wind turbine...
A New Jersey offshore wind project is seeking a second delay, saying it still can’t find someone to build crucial equipment for the turbines in the latest patch of turbulence striking the industry....
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Musk’s ‘Kekius Maximus’ persona deepens his alignment with Trump’s far-right...
Elon Musk has raised eyebrows with a change to his handle on X (formerly Twitter), adopting the name “Kekius Maximus.” Along with this name change, Musk also updated his profile image to feature Pepe...
View ArticleDartmouth men’s basketball team ends its unionization campaign to avoid...
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team on Tuesday dropped its attempt to unionize, abruptly ending a push to become the first college athletes to bargain for a contract in order to avoid a potentially...
View ArticleNew government support for hydrogen fuel to come before Biden leaves office
The U.S. Treasury Department intends to release guidance on how to access tax credits for hydrogen production under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act later this week, according to two sources familiar...
View ArticleSki patrol strike for higher wages snarls the country’s largest ski resort
Holiday skiers at Utah’s Park City, the biggest U.S. ski resort, reported on social media that they were encountering long lift lines and some closed trails on Tuesday as a strike by ski patrol...
View ArticleHow the creator of ‘Wallace & Gromit’ brought the franchise back for the next...
The cheese-loving English inventor Wallace and his loyal dog Gromit have been stars since the beginning.In the 35 years since Nick Park introduced the world to his stop-motion creations and their...
View ArticleCalls for Costco boycott mount after board upholds DEI commitment
Costco’s Board of Directors is standing up for its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) program. As a result, Trump loyalists are vowing to boycott the retailer, while some are applauding the...
View ArticleNorovirus outbreaks this season outpace pre-pandemic levels
Norovirus outbreaks have sharply increased across the United States and aboard cruise ships, with nearly 900 people sickened on vessels in December alone, according to the Centers for Disease Control...
View ArticleU.S. prepares for deepest winter cold in over a decade
A large portion of the U.S. is about to get hit with some frigid temperatures, which experts are calling the first polar vortex of 2025. Around two-thirds of the country will experience the coldest...
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I’m a techie, but I’ve fallen for paper notes again
Usually I type my initial thoughts for these columns on a computer, but this week I wrote them in a paper notebook instead. I’ve never been much of a paper person. Although I did carry around a...
View Article5 things that make us hopeful about climate progress in 2025
Climate change keeps getting harder to ignore. Phoenix lived through 113 consecutive days above 100 degrees last summer. A record number of fires burned in rainforests in South America in 2024....
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The weird tool that will tell NASA if the X-59 supersonic jet is truly silent
As Lockheed Martin prepares for the first flight of the X-59, its silent supersonic jet, NASA scientists are finalizing tests to measure the real impact of the aircraft’s aerodynamic shape on its...
View ArticleBroccoli listeria warning hits Walmart stores, says FDA recall website:...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting the public via its recall website about a voluntary advisory issued by Braga Fresh for a batch of Marketside Broccoli Florets sold at Walmart...
View ArticleAmid price wars, China’s EV makers pile on cash incentives
Chinese electric vehicle makers including Nio and Li Auto have followed market leaders Tesla and BYD in extending buying incentives to the start of 2025, as a price war in the world’s largest auto...
View ArticleNorway on track to be the first to ‘erase petrol and diesel engine cars’
Nine out of 10 new cars sold in Norway last year were powered by battery only, registration data showed on Thursday, placing the country within reach of its target of only adding cars that are...
View ArticleAnalysts are still bullish on ETFs, but here are the cautions
U.S. exchange-traded funds could face more obstacles to their runaway growth in 2025 after a bumper year saw the products take in a record $1.1 trillion in inflows in 2024. The inflows were the most...
View ArticleNew rules may ban Chinese drones if approved by Trump administration
The U.S. Commerce Department said on Thursday it is considering new rules that would impose restrictions on Chinese drones that would restrict or ban them in the United States citing national security...
View ArticleTesla sales drop for the first time in 9 years. Profit fall may come next
Tesla’s global sales rose 2.3% in the fourth quarter after a sluggish start to the year that contributed to the electric car company’s first year-over-year sales decline since at least 2015. The...
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