Ford Motor Co.'s head of U.S. sales is optimistic improving production volumes of F-Series pickups will benefit sales after deliveries tumbled 8.8% in the first three months of 2026, including an almost 14% year-over-year decline in March.

An aluminum shortage from fires at a supplier last fall affecting truck production, the discontinuation of...Read more

Q: Our neighbor two doors down lets their dogs run wild. They have a fence, but they never keep the gate closed, and their three dogs are always all over the neighborhood doing their business on various lawns and bothering people. Is there anything we can do to stop this? — Juan

A: Handling neighborhood problems can be tough, especially when ...Read more

When the first American crew since 1972 orbits around the moon this month, SpaceX's stylized logo will be nowhere to be found — but it might as well be plastered everywhere.

Elon Musk's rocket company is preparing what is expected to be the largest initial public offering in history, and it has as much, if not more, riding on NASA's Artemis ...Read more

Mortgage rates ended March near their highest levels since mid-2025. In an ominous sign for the spring homebuying season, it’s possible that they’ll keep rising, mortgage experts say.

Blame the war in Iran, which has sent oil prices soaring in recent weeks. Higher energy prices translate to both higher inflation and rising 10-year Treasury ...Read more

MONTEREY PARK, California — Bryan Marsh was booed by the crowd as he approached the podium in Monterey Park's City Hall. Things weren't going as planned.

In front of a wall of people holding "No Data Center" placards, he outlined how his company, Australia's HMC StratCap, invested tens of millions of dollars and became the city's largest ...Read more

Target shoppers increasingly say they want cleaner stores, stocked shelves and employees who are easy to spot and willing to help.

After several years of uneven sales and lost market share to Walmart, the Minneapolis-based retailer is responding by tightening its employee rules of conduct and dress, reviving the sharp red polo and khaki pants ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Before Caroline Podraza and her husband, Evan Roth, could find the right house, they had to find the right agent. There were, of course, agents attached to the listings they had saved, plus referrals from friends and suggestions from colleagues. But the choices quickly became overwhelming.

With more than 11,000 real estate ...Read more

No city has more riding on summer fuel prices than Las Vegas.

Patrick De Haan, lead petroleum analyst for GasBuddy, said Wednesday that summer travel could be affected across the U.S. by rising fuel prices, but especially in Southern Nevada, if President Donald Trump doesn’t work out a plan to end the war in Iran, reopen the Strait of Hormuz ...Read more

NEW YORK — America's longest-running auto show opens in the Big Apple this week for its 126th year with something on the menu for all tastes.

While America’s Big Three auto shows in Detroit, Los Angeles and New York showcase similar displays as the show circus crosses the country, each has a unique feel as they lean into their region’s ...Read more

Nevada’s HOA dispute resolution process is being looked at right now for “potential improvements” by the Nevada Real Estate Division, a spokesperson said.

Homeowners who have a dispute with an HOA must currently go through the state’s dispute resolution process before they’re allowed to file a civil suit, Teri Williams, a spokesperson...Read more

A Las Vegas man who has traded in prediction markets for years will be paying close attention to a Carson City court hearing Friday to see if he’ll have to devise a workaround if Kalshi is banned from operating in the state.

The Nevada Gaming Control Board is seeking an injunction against Kalshi which the state says is offering sports betting...Read more

An appeals court has upheld the decision to drop a criminal charge filed against Boeing after two fatal 737 Max crashes.

A group of families who lost loved ones in the deadly crashes had asked the appeals court to reverse the November decision from a federal judge in Texas, which allowed Boeing and the Department of Justice to move forward with...Read more

The Trump administration is preparing to outline a tiered system for its broad tariffs on steel and aluminum products in an attempt to simplify a process that has dogged American companies for months.

The US will maintain 50% tariffs on a large number of derivative products in which the duty will be calculated by the value of the actual ...Read more

U.S. sales of Jeeps, Rams, Dodges and other Stellantis NV brands altogether grew 4% year-over-year in the first three months of 2026, the transatlantic automaker said on Wednesday.

The struggling automaker has found hints of a turnaround in the United States under new leadership, positioning it for growth in 2026 after overall sales last year ...Read more

The shock of high gas prices has not dampened U.S. vehicle sales — yet.

While vehicle buying so far this year has been slower compared to an unexpectedly good start to 2025, industry analysts say it will take months of high fuel prices before U.S. consumers ditch popular pickups and SUVs and begin buying smaller, more fuel-efficient or ...Read more

A proposed class-action lawsuit against Costco is seeking to secure refunds for customers who helped pay tariffs on imported products.

Seven Costco members — including four from Washington — sued the Issaquah-based big-box warehouse club chain Friday in the U.S. District Court of the Western District of Washington.

The lawsuit targets ...Read more

Software giant Oracle on Tuesday started laying off workers as it looks to rein in costs and double down on artificial intelligence.

On LinkedIn, Oracle employees, including software engineers, account executives and program managers, shared publicly that they were affected by a mass layoff at the company and were looking for new jobs.

Oracle ...Read more

Allbirds, an eco-friendly shoe company that won over Silicon Valley, was sold a fraction of the $4 billion it was once worth.

The shoe brand said this week that it is selling all of its assets to American Exchange Group, a brand management company, for $39 million. The company, which makes shoes from wool and eucalyptus, attracted young Bay ...Read more

U.S. companies added more jobs than expected last month, suggesting the labor market may be stabilizing.

Private-sector payrolls increased by 62,000 in March after a similar advance in the prior month, according to ADP Research data out Wednesday. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists called for a 40,000 advance.

The advance ...Read more

Anti-Elon Musk protests have led consumers to boycott Tesla, unsettling the company and its share price. Could public sentiment have a similar effect on Musk's privately owned space ventures?

A group of protesters from Seattle's Eastside believes it can.

That group — organized through the national grassroots movement Indivisible — has ...Read more