17+ min ago  (257+ words) Barnes & Noble'is gearing up to start the new year strong. The company, which, in addition to books, sells music, toys and games, and features caf's within many of its locations, said it plans to open 60 new stores in 2026, both in…...

30+ min ago  (1820+ words) Lamar Brown was one of the people some New Yorkers instinctively flinch from on the subway. Living with schizoaffective disorder, talking to himself and surrounded by trash bags full of his possessions, he would ride the trains for hours. He…...

31+ min ago  (851+ words) Buckle up: the robotaxi race is heating up. After years of missed targets and false starts, driverless taxis finally hit the road in a big way in 2025. There are now seven cities in the US where you can hail a…...

44+ min ago  (827+ words) Retired nurse Nancy Reed has been through the ringer trying to get insurance for her home next to a San Diego County nature preserve. First, she was dropped by her longtime carrier and forced onto the state's insurer of last…...

1+ hour, 23+ min ago  (209+ words) We are a nation wary of its uncertain course and preoccupied with simply holding things together. By the morning after Christmas, I was a pro again, zipping the cars around the newly intricate course I'd designed with my father's help....

1+ hour, 54+ min ago  (662+ words) The Wire star James Ransone has been hailed as a hero by a woman he saved from an attempted assault. Ransone, 46, died by suicide on Dec. 19. He is survived by his wife, Jamie McPhee, and their two children, Jack and…...

2+ hour, 7+ min ago  (1688+ words) Federal officials announced Tuesday that additional terrorism charges were brought against a far-left group accused of planning a terror plot to bomb Southern California locations on New Year's Eve, a plan officials said was devised by a radical faction of…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago  (855+ words) Travel writer and TV host Rick Steves was catching up on local news last month from his home in Edmonds, Washington, when a story caught his attention. A community hygiene center " the only one in South Snohomish County " was slated…...

2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (574+ words) As many readers know, I'm on a mission to see all my music heroes live before they depart the stage for good " and to urge you to do the same. This year, my message is: Hurry up, because the curtains…...

8+ hour, 7+ min ago  (479+ words) Waymo has laid out what went wrong when its robotaxis stalled in San Francisco during a power outage on Saturday. The Alphabet-owned self-driving car company said in a statement on Tuesday that its autonomous vehicles behaved as designed when intersections…...