DAYTONA BEACH, Florida — At the Cadillac display here at Daytona International Speedway, racing fans mobbed the collection of battery and gas-powered cars. Rolex 24 attendees told The Detroit News they disagreed with government electric vehicle mandates and said the market should offer a choice of gas, electric, hybrid, etc.

With an assist ...Read more

The Chrysler Pacifica Pinnacle PHEV brings all of the minivan magic to Grasso’s Garage this week.

Chrysler has put all of its energy into the Pacifica, a seven-passenger minivan, after the idea of going all electric seems to have been stopped in its tracks by policy changes from the White House.

Powered by a 3.6-liter V-6 plug-in hybrid ...Read more

Employment records of at least two Minneapolis-area businesses are being audited by the Department of Homeland Security, in what state and local officials describe as retaliation over the fallout from the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

Hennepin Healthcare, which operates the state’s largest safety-net hospital, ...Read more

SAN DIEGO — Honda makes sensational hot hatches for gearheads with the ferocious, corner-carving Civic Type R at the front of the parade

The Honda Pilot is not that car.

The three-row SUV is Honda's band leader for a different hatchback parade: ergonomically brilliant hatchback for families. If the driver-centric Civic Type R is built for ...Read more

Amazon.com Inc. is in talks to invest as much as $50 billion in OpenAI and expand an agreement that involves selling computer power to the AI startup, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

OpenAI is also weighing a deal in which Amazon would use the startup’s artificial intelligence models, which power the popular ChatGPT ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would charge a 50% tariff on aircraft from Canada sold in the U.S. and decertify all planes made in that country until Ottawa agreed to approve certain jets made by Gulfstream, a unit of General Dynamics Corp.

Trump said Canada had “wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he would charge a 50% tariff on aircraft from Canada sold in the U.S. and decertify all planes made in that country until Ottawa agreed to approve certain jets made by Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., an American firm.

Trump said Canada had “wrongfully, illegally, and steadfastly refused to certify the Gulfstream 500, ...Read more

The first holiday season of Epic Universe helped propel fourth-quarter theme-park revenue of Comcast, the company reported Thursday.

Revenue for October-December 2025 was $2.89 billion, an increase of 21.9% over the same period of 2024. The numbers helped bring the Content & Experiences segment — including the company’s film studios and ...Read more

When Marble Manor opened in the early 1950s, the Las Vegas public housing complex offered modern homes with up-to-date kitchens, bathrooms, heating and cooling.

It had everything needed for “comfort and clean living,” a newspaper columnist wrote, noting it served people who had been living, or just existing, in “paper-box or cardboard ...Read more

Meta Platforms Inc. will double capital spending to as much as $135 billion this year, an all-in bet on artificial intelligence as the U.S. tech giants battle it out for supremacy in the next wave of technological advancements.

Tesla Inc. will spend $20 billion this year on pursuits including AI, self-driving vehicles and robotics — almost ...Read more

Royal Caribbean is making waves in the cruise industry with big plans for the next several years, including a new class of oceangoing ships and 10 new river ships.

Royal Caribbean Group announced a series of agreements with the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in France to secure the construction of its new Discovery class. Jay Schneider, ...Read more

FAT Brands — the owner of multiple restaurant chains including Johnny Rockets, Fatburger and Twin Peaks — has filed for bankruptcy amid debt of more than $1 billion.

The franchiser filed for Chapter 11 on Monday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, according to Fox Business.

FAT operates 18 restaurant brands ...Read more

Rocket Companies, which acquired Seattle-based Redfin last year, allegedly pressured agents to steer buyers toward its loans — even if the loan terms were unfavorable for their clients, a lawsuit claims.

In the lawsuit filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, three homeowners from Georgia, North Carolina ...Read more

As Amazon culls its workforce, the company is pouring billions of dollars into its artificial intelligence infrastructure, leaving some employees wondering whether the trade-off is worth it.

The company will report financial results for 2025 next week and has previously projected it would spend about $125 billion in capital expenditures for the...Read more

Peet's Coffee plans to shutter some stores, including at least two in Southern California, by the end of January.

A Peet's spokesperson said in an email that the closures were a "difficult decision" and "reflect a broader effort to align our business with long-term growth priorities and current market conditions."

Workers at the Manhattan ...Read more

To say this is the craziest time in the precious metals business is an understatement, said a Las Vegas gold and silver dealer.

“I’m just glad I lived long enough to see this, you know what I mean?” said Steve Gibson, owner of Sahara Gold & Silver Buyers. “I operated at $5 (per troy ounce) for silver for so many years, and now that I’...Read more

At the 2024 Oscars, Ryan Gosling, reprising his role as Ken in Greta Gerwig's 2023 movie "Barbie," donned a bedazzled pink suit and belted the ballad "I'm Just Ken."

"I'm just Ken, anywhere else I'd be a 10," the actor sang. "Is it my destiny to live and die a life of blond fragility?"

Barbie's needy male counterpart, it turns out, is not "...Read more

Costco's famed $4.99 rotisserie chicken is under fire in a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that the big box warehouse falsely advertised that its birds were preservative free.

Two California shoppers say Costco mislead customers nationwide by prominently advertising its rotisserie chicken as containing no preservatives, while discreetly ...Read more

As Los Angeles grapples with a housing shortage, it could learn from San Diego, which has proved better at convincing construction companies to build more.

The city is more welcoming to developers, industry insiders say, with fewer regulations and fees, better planning and less rent control.

"It is easier to build in San Diego over Los Angeles...Read more