• Waymo plans to bring its driverless taxis to Washington in 2026
    Waymo on Tuesday added Washington to its pioneering robotaxi service’s steadily expanding list of U.S. markets, although passengers will have to wait until next year until they can take a driverless ride around the nation’s capital city. For now, Waymo’s robotaxis will continue to map Washington’s streets and corridors with a safety driver sitting behind […]
  • US consumers slow spending as inflation bites, Synchrony says
    By Nupur Anand NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. consumers are starting to curb their spending in response to high prices and a worsening economic outlook, according to consumer finance company Synchrony Financial. Americans have been accumulating more debt amid strain in their finances, with delinquencies edging up for auto loans, credit cards and home credit […]
  • Explainer-Stagflation on the radar for the US economy, but no repeat of the ’70s
    By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Recent economic projections from Federal Reserve officials had shades of “Stagflation-lite,” in the words of one economist, a sentiment increasingly echoed among other observers of the U.S. economy and central bank wondering if the country’s outperformance during the pandemic is about to slide. So what is stagflation and why is […]
  • Baseball star Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter has prison start postponed
    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani who was supposed to begin his nearly five-year prison term on Monday, has had his surrender date postponed, according to federal prosecutors. The reason for the change and Ippei Mizuhara ‘s new surrender date are under seal, Justice Department spokesperson Ciaran McEvoy said […]
  • Downed municipal power lines may have caused LA’s Palisades Fire, lawsuit claims
    (Reuters) – Several residents of Los Angeles who were affected by the deadly Palisades wildfire sued city authorities over claims that municipal utility power lines ignited the fire, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. The suit cited a Washington Post article dated January 12, in which the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power told […]