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Most cities around the country would have to replace lead water pipes within 10 years under new rules proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency as the Biden administration moves to reduce lead in drinking water and prevent public-health crises such as the ones in Flint, Mich., and Washington, D.C. Millions of people consume drinking water [...]
DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports. The magazine and website found that EVs from the 2021 through 2023 model years encountered nearly 80 percent more problems than did vehicles propelled by internal combustion engines. Consumer [...]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Tossing tent poles, blankets and a duffel bag into a shopping cart and three wagons, Will Taylor spent a summer morning helping friends tear down what had been their home and that of about a dozen others. It wasn't the first time and wouldn't be the last. Contractors from the city [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Justin Ryan Horton has two jobs. When he's not working 24-hour shifts as a firefighter, the 22-year-old is working as an administrative assistant for a local community college from his home in Colorado Springs. Firefighting is, of course, not a work-from-home kind of job. So, when the community college position gave [...]
COLUMBUS (AP) — Ohio's new constitutional projections for abortion access and other reproductive rights are supposed to take effect Dec. 7, a month after voters passed them. That prospect seems increasingly uncertain. Existing abortion-related lawsuits are moving again through the courts now that voters have decided the issue, raising questions about how and when the [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Consumers are expected to use "buy now, pay later" payment plans heavily this holiday season, a forecast that bodes well for retailers but that has credit analysts sounding alarm bells. The short-term loans often come with consumer-friendly interest rates and allow shoppers to make an initial payment at checkout, then pay [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation has reached its lowest point in 2 1/2 years and the unemployment rate has stayed below 4 percent for the longest stretch since the 1960s, yet, according to a raft of polls and surveys, most Americans hold a glum view of the economy. According to a poll last month by The [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — Toymakers are tweaking original classic games or coming out with new ones that embrace an audience that's been around for a while: people older than 65. The products are being marketed as a way for older folks to sharpen their brain skills as well as allay loneliness by helping them connect [...]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At last week’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, discussions frequently focused on artificial intelligence, a technology expected to reshape the world, for better or worse. For all the collective brainpower on hand for the conference, there were no concrete answers to a pivotal question: Will AI turn be the springboard that catapults [...]
Aviation industry analysts who examined the Federal Aviation Administration's safety record say the agency needs better staffing, equipment and technology to cope with an increase in the most serious close calls between planes. The group last week said that the margin of safety in the nation's airspace is eroding and will get worse if nothing [...]