How to pick the best cruise line for you, from family vacations to cheap getaways
Going on a vacation at sea isn’t as simple as choosing where and when you want to go. If you, like many travelers, are interested in testing the cruising waters, one of your first steps should be determining your ideal cruise line. Going on a vacation at sea isn’t as simple as choosing where and…
What pilots say could have caused a Delta plane to go belly-up
Airline pilots told B-17 that footage of the crash landing suggested the right main landing gear failed. Three airline pilots suspect some combination of faulty landing gear, wintry weather, or debris may have caused a Delta Air Lines plane to crash and flip upside down on Monday. Mark Stephens, a former Delta captain who flew…
Why an electric truck maker once worth more than Ford just went bust
Nikola rode a wave of enthusiasm for EV startups to a bumper valuation in 2020. Another would-be Tesla rival has filed for bankruptcy, in the latest sign of how difficult it is to make money off EVs. Electric and hydrogen truck maker Nikola filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and said it would sell its…
Feeding my family of 6 is expensive — here’s how we’re cutting grocery costs
The author mealpreps for the week based on what items are on sale at the supermarket. A few weekends ago, my husband and I spent Saturday morning with coffee reviewing our annual budget spreadsheet. “Your math on groceries must be wrong,” I told him. “There’s no way we spend this much.” But after double-checking receipts…
Owner of Trump’s Truth Social and Rumble sued a Brazilian judge in a US court, claiming censorship of right-wing voices
Brazilian justice Alexandre de Moraes was sued by the owner of Truth Social and Rumble. President Donald Trump’s media company sued a Brazilian Supreme Court judge, claiming that he censored right-wing voices on social media. Trump Media & Technology Group, the owner of Truth Social; and Rumble, an online video network platform, accused Justice Alexandre…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp says Trump does something ‘very well’ that should be a lesson for entrepreneurs
Alex Karp, Palantir’s CEO and cofounder, said President Donald Trump doesn’t accept paradigms that lead to “stupid” outcomes. Alex Karp, Palantir’s cofounder and CEO, said President Donald Trump doesn’t accept paradigms leading to “stupid” outcomes — and it’s something he does “very, very well.” “He’s quite brilliant at this,” Karp, who said he’d identified as…
Monopolies and murder Luigi Mangione, accused of killing a healthcare CEO, is facing trial. He was mad about something bigger than healthcare.
The manifesto found on Luigi Mangione before he was charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson doesn’t spend much time discussing the quality of healthcare in America. It doesn’t mention any of the specific health issues Mangione had complained about on Reddit or any frustrations he may have had with receiving treatment. Instead, the bulk…
IRS firings have begun. Tax evasion enforcement could be hit especially hard.
The Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. The agency is the latest to terminate probationary workers. The Internal Revenue Service is the latest target for slashing the federal workforce, with probationary workers saying they’ve started to receive termination letters — even as the agency is in the midst of tax filing season. “We’ve been…
Judge says Musk’s power appears to be ‘unchecked,’ but declines to issue restraining order in AGs lawsuit
Elon Musk and President Donald Trump scored a court win on Tuesday. In a win for the Trump administration, a Washington, DC, federal judge on Tuesday rejected a bid by a group of state attorneys general to block Elon Musk’s DOGE from accessing data systems across seven federal agencies. US District Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote…
