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President Donald Trump on Saturday said he approved new fuel economy standards, reversing former President Joe Biden’s stricter policies meant to fuel electric vehicle adoption.Since the Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards were established in 1975, they have been periodically updated, typically to make vehicles more efficient. Under former President Joe Biden’s standards, automakers would have had to increase the fuel efficiency of their passenger cars and light trucks to roughly 50 miles per gallon by 2031. The stricter standards were designed to incentivize electric vehicle production and sales in the U.S.Trump presented the policy change as a boon…

Boeing said it flagged a software glitch last month on some 737 Max aircraft that could affect certain landing procedures, as the manufacturer seeks federal approval for the fourth and final model in its best-selling aircraft family.The Federal Aviation Administration said Saturday that it is assessing the problem and “will take immediate action if it identifies a safety concern” and that it will review Boeing’s proposed fix.Boeing said the issue could arise after a missed approach when pilots alter a preprogrammed flight path, and that pilots must take additional steps to use automated tools on subsequent approaches.”We shared information with…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robbie Cartwright, founder of Yorkshire Trainers. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been selling things since I was a child: candy bars, fidget spinners — you name it. My middle school had a challenge to see which student could take a small investment of about $10 and make the most profit. I won, selling hooks to hang handbags on. I profited more than $1,000 over the six weeks of the challenge, although it was all for charity.By the time I was about 14, I was reselling sneakers. Some kids…

Nearly three years ago, my husband and I moved from New York City to a hillside Sicilian village. We’d bought a house here remotely, without seeing it in person until several months after the closing.During the unconventional process, my now-75-year-old parents, based in Colorado, were our biggest supporters. We had long phone calls, during which we reviewed the pros and cons of each property.They were as immersed in the adventure as we were. Sometimes, they’d even talk about “our house in Sicily” — as if we were buying them a Mediterranean home.Still, I worried about how they’d feel when we…

The White House is blocking CNN from traveling aboard Air Force One with President Donald Trump on Saturday, a CNN spokesperson confirmed, days after a federal judge ordered the administration to restore the network’s access to the White House, along with POLITICO and MS NOW.CNN had been scheduled to travel with Trump to Knoxville, Tennessee, where the president is expected to attend a college football game, as part of the rotating television press pool that covers the president in settings where space is limited. The pool’s reporting and video are shared with other television networks.But CNN was left off White…

In 2023, my husband and I packed up our shoebox-sized apartment, said goodbye to our fast-paced Manhattan lifestyle, and headed to our new, adorable coastal Connecticut suburb. We purchased a fixer-upper and embraced it.Our house was built in the ’80s and came complete with linoleum kitchen floors, a compartmentalized dining and living space, and a dark-brown wooden back deck that had creaky steps.Vision became our newest best friend, so we rolled up our sleeves and looked at each task as an exciting opportunity to make the house entirely our own. Multiple renovation projects — and three years — later, the…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kelsey Fiegle, an independent game developer behind Vortella’s Dress Up. She developed the game with her husband, Wes Thorburn. Their games are available on the browser gaming platform Poki. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.I spent seven years as a user experience designer at a Chicago creative agency. When two people on my team were laid off,I was expected to take on their work.I remember thinking, “I can’t do the work of three people.”I left without another job lined up. My husband, Wes Thorburn, who was already developing…

My first child was born a few days after I turned 19. Looking into his eyes as I held him, I told myself I wanted to give him a better life than I had.I was a homeless teenager, and I had to raise myself. I had to figure everything out and start my adult life from desperation and struggle.I wasn’t going to let my son, Michael, experience the same things. I promised myself I would show him a better life and what’s possible through my actions.That’s why I recently took my adult son to a fine-dining experience in Bangkok.We grew…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kathie Schwartz, 72, who built a tiny home in her California backyard. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I wanted to get ahead of planning for old age. My husband and I are in our 70s and in very good health, but we’ve been losing friends and going to a lot of celebrations of life. At our age, that’s pretty common.After one celebration of life, my husband looked at me and said, “Promise me you’ll never put me in a home.” That was kind of my jumping-off point: What…

I turn 40 in a few months. Every year around my birthday, my wife and I have the same conversation.We make coffee, the kids disappear into a screen for an hour, and we pull up the numbers. Between our day jobs and my freelance writing side hustle, we earn enough to pay our mortgage, save a bit, and provide our kids with everything they need. On paper, we’re fine.What we don’t have is what many people in our parents’ generation had and worked toward: a date on the calendar when work stops, and retirement begins.We keep running the numbers and…