McDonald’s is bringing a chicken version of its Big Mac sandwich to the U.S. for a limited time, the company announced this week.

The sandwich, which replaces the traditional two beef patties of a Big Mac with two tempura-battered chicken patties, will be available at participating restaurants starting Oct. 10 “while supplies last,” the ...Read more

A resurgence of hiring added a quarter-million jobs last month across the country and the unemployment rate dropped to 4.1%, according to new government data released Friday.

The addition of 254,000 jobs in September was well above the average 203,000 monthly gains over the past year. It blew past analysts' expectations and, after a slowing of...Read more

Heath Evans really needed his Sonos speakers to work.

He and his wife counted on one of the three wireless devices he owned to play music to help put their baby daughter to sleep.

So, in May, when Sonos released a new controller app that was so riddled with problems he couldn't get the speakers to work, Evans was angry.

"We just need ...Read more

Across the Upper Midwest, customers frequent Kwik Trips, sometimes for gas, sometimes for (no longer bagged) milk, cheap bananas or a signature glazers doughnut.

But the one constant everyone leaves with: a pleasant interaction.

“Vanessa, Joe and Colleen, just to name a few,” said weekly shopper Philomena Morrissey Satre of her Eagan, ...Read more

There’s an irony in the Hummer nameplate being brought back as a battery-electric sub-brand of the GMC family. Given its extreme bulk, there’s a sense of GM executives paying penance for the brand’s previous gas-guzzling ways.

And despite what GMC has said since Hummer returned from purgatory, this is NOT GMC’s “first ever” EV. Not ...Read more

Electric vehicles provide energy storage, on wheels. But until now, this has been an untapped resource, unable to help shore up the power grid and back up homes and businesses during outages.

Last weekend, Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new law that will help harness that energy. SB 59, proposed by State Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, ...Read more

NASHVILLE — Win on Sunday, sell on Monday.

Honda’s first hybrid IndyCar won big at the season finale here at the Big Michigan Music City Grand Prix Sept. 15 as Colton Herta took the checkered flag first — and Alex Palou clinched the overall driver's championship. And for customers who want a hybrid Honda of their own for the street, 2025 ...Read more

As Subaru has been absent from Grasso’s Garage, we have witnessed a slew of convertibles which are ready to enjoy fun in the sun. But today, we see a different kind of fun, and that is without the sun. I give you the 2024 Subaru BRZ-tS, Subaru’s rear wheel drive, two-door coupe.

Powered with a 2.4-liter horizontal-opposed DOHC engine with a...Read more

Dockworkers at U.S. East and Gulf coast ports have agreed to start moving cargo again while they continue collective bargaining with their employers on a new contract.

The International Longshoremen’s Association agreed to extend the contract until Jan. 15 and work will resume Friday, the union said in a statement Thursday.

“The strike is ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The union representing 45,000 striking U.S. dockworkers at East and Gulf coast ports has reached a deal to suspend a three-day strike until Jan. 15 to provide time for further contract negotiations.

The International Longshoremen’s Association is set to resume working immediately. The union and the U.S. Maritime Alliance, which ...Read more

​BALTIMORE — Walgreens will pay Baltimore $45 million by the end of the year in the city’s latest settlement with opioid distributors.

The company will pay the remainder of the roughly $80 million settlement reached last month by the end of 2025, the city said in a news release.

The city has won more than $400 million from drug companies...Read more

Dockworkers at U.S. East and Gulf coast ports have agreed to start moving cargo again while they continue collective bargaining with their employers on a new contract, the union representing the workers said in a statement on Thursday.

The International Longshoremen’s Association said it had agreed to extend the contract until Jan. 15 and ...Read more

Dockworkers at U.S. East and Gulf coast ports have agreed to start moving cargo again while they continue collective bargaining with their employers on a new contract, the union representing the workers said in a statement Thursday.

The International Longshoremen’s Association said it had agreed to extend the contract until Jan. 15 and work ...Read more

Amazon plans to hire 250,000 seasonal employees to staff its U.S. warehouses and fulfillment network for the holiday season.

That increase matches its national holiday hiring spree last year, though it falls short in Washington. Last year, Amazon hired 250,000 workers nationally to prepare for the holidays. The year before that, Amazon hired ...Read more

The assessed value of Center City office buildings fell by over $1 billion in recent years, the Office of Property Assessments (OPA) reported to City Council this week. That spells trouble for the City of Philadelphia’s tax revenue.

The assessed value fell from $9.82 billion in tax year 2023 to $8.78 billion in tax year 2025, OPA stated, amid...Read more

Becoming familiar with two structural inspection reports that condo associations are required to submit this year can save buyers money or help them avoid making an expensive mistake.

Sellers will need to know what’s in their associations’ Milestone Inspection report and Structural Integrity Reserve Study before closing on a used condo unit...Read more

Across social media and in online neighborhood groups, people are panicking about toilet paper supply once again, this time because of strikes at ports along the East and Gulf coasts that started this week.

People are reporting empty toilet paper and paper towel aisles that they attribute to consumers panic buying — perhaps remembering the ...Read more

General Motors Co. will build its coming all-electric three-row Cadillac SUV, the Vistiq, at its Spring Hill, Tennessee, plant where the smaller Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV is already produced, the automaker said this week.

The luxury brand has two new EVs coming soon with production of the 2025 Optiq SUV starting later this fall at the Ramos ...Read more

In his first public comments since Stellantis NV confirmed it had started searching for his successor, Chief Executive Officer Carlos Tavares signaled he’s open to leaving the automaker just over a year from now.

Leaving when his contract expires in early 2026 is “one option,” Tavares told reporters Thursday at a press conference in ...Read more

OpenAI has completed a deal to raise $6.6 billion in new funding, giving the artificial intelligence company a $157 billion valuation and bolstering its efforts to build the world’s leading generative AI technology.

The funding round was led by Thrive Capital, the venture capital firm headed up by Josh Kushner, which put in $1.3 billion. ...Read more