DETROIT — Sales of all-electric vehicles and hybrid models reached 20% of new car and truck sales in the U.S. for the first time last year — marking a landmark year for “green” vehicles but coming at a slower pace than many had previously anticipated.Auto data firm Motor Intelligence reports more than 3.2 million “electrified” vehicles were sold last year, or 1.9 million hybrid vehicles, including plug-in models, and 1.3 million all-electric models.Traditional vehicles with gas or diesel internal combustion engines still made up the majority of sales, but declined to 79.8%, falling under 80% for the first time in modern automotive…
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President-elect Donald J. Trump is considering an executive order to allow TikTok to continue operating despite a pending legal ban until new owners are found, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.The possible executive order, reported earlier by The Washington Post, is under discussion as TikTok faces a deadline on Sunday to be banned in the United States unless it finds a new owner. The popular video-sharing app is owned by ByteDance, a Chinese company. Republicans have said for years that they see the app, which has been downloaded to millions of smartphones, as a national security risk.…
Governments worldwide are at a loss on how to solve the housing crisis. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain believes placing a 100% tax on properties purchase by non-European Union residents will solve the crisis. He’s wrong. “The West faces a decisive challenge: To not become a society divided into two classes, the rich landlords and poor tenants,” Sánchez said. An estimated 700,000 properties sold throughout the nation in Spain, the second-highest volume of sold homes in over 15 years. Non-EU residents accounted for a mere 27,000 home purchases. News outlets like BBC are stating that foreigners composed 15% of…
Credit: Screenshot via Stacey Abrams YouTube When she’s not railing against voter integrity efforts or denying the results of her own gubernatorial elections, Georgia’s Stacey Abrams is apparently heading up non-profits with an extensive rap sheet of violating campaign finance laws. The New Georgia Project, a nonprofit organization founded by Stacey Abrams in 2013, has agreed to pay a record fine of $300,000 for violating their state’s campaign finance laws. The Georgia Ethics Commission imposed the fine after discovering that the organization and its affiliated New Georgia Project Action Fund failed to disclose campaign contributions and expenditures during the 2018…
The high-profile couple has been dating publicly since September 2023. Following the end of her record-breaking Eras Tour, Swift has recently decided to spend more time in Nashville in order to stay closer to the Kansas City Chiefs tight end.Article continues below advertisementIs Travis Kelce Getting Ready To Retire?MEGAThere has been a lot of speculation that Travis Kelce is getting ready to retire from the NFL, following on the heels of his brother, Jason Kelce. In addition to a cameo appearance in “Happy Gilmore 2” and a full-fledged acting role in “Grotesquerie,” Kelce has also hosted the “Are You Smarter…
The fires that have raged across Los Angeles for the last week and a half have consumed an area nearly the size of Washington, D.C., resulting in at least 25 deaths so far, authorities said. The fires have damaged or destroyed more than 12,000 homes and other structures, and forced as many as 200,000 people from their homes. Some 82,400 people were under evacuation orders and another 90,400 faced evacuation warnings as of Wednesday, County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Entire neighborhoods have been levelled, leaving smoldering ash and rubble. Many homes only have a chimney stack left standing. Some 8,500…
Tariffs and tax cuts are at the core of Donald Trump’s economic policies.Donald Trump has threatened to hike tariffs as soon as he assumes office as United States president on January 20. Both his rivals and allies could be affected by the measures. Trump says the measures are aimed at protecting US industries. But, he has gone as far as threatening to use economic force against Ottawa after suggesting Canada should become the 51st US state. Many economists have warned his policies, which also include cutting taxes, could reignite inflation and lead to a global trade war. And what is…
After three seasons at Tennessee, edge rusher James Pearce Jr. announced on Wednesday that he is leaving school early to enter the 2025 NFL Draft. Listed at 6-foot-5 and 243 pounds, many expect Pearce to be one of the first edge rushers taken off the board during this year’s NFL Draft in a few months. In 13 games with the Volunteers this past season, he accumulated a total of 55 pressures, 38 tackles, 7.5 sacks and one forced fumble.Compared to the rest of the defenders across the nation during the 2024 season, Pearce ranked 13th in total pressures, sixth in…
A few years ago, when I was part of a crew fighting a series of large wildfires in California’s wilderness, my bosses told me, “This isn’t normal.” Climate change was making the wildfires bigger, faster and harder to stop. It seemed like only a matter of time before the conditions grew dangerous enough to threaten some of California’s biggest cities, including Los Angeles.Parts of Los Angeles have been burning for over a week, and with at least 12,000 structures damaged or destroyed, the Palisades and Eaton fires are among the most destructive in U.S. history. The science is clear: To…
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