Major crime is down 29 percent compared to last year on New York City’s subways and buses — a seemingly positive trend. But that’s not how the U.S. Department of Transportation sees it. The Department of Transportation, or DOT, sent a letter to New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority on March...
Companies used to tout their climate plans. Under Trump, they’ve gone quiet.
Just a few years ago, pledges to tackle climate change were a staple of corporate PR. Amazon trumpeted its climate pledge and stamped it on the name of Seattle’s biggest arena. Walmart promised to slash a gigaton of carbon emissions from its supply chain, and the world’s largest money manager,...
What Tesla’s massive image problem means for the world’s transition to EVs
Following its founding by engineers Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning in 2003, Tesla became the world’s leading electric vehicle brand in less than a decade. In the company’s early years, including after investor Elon Musk became CEO in 2008, it put out a few hundred or a few thousand cars...
How Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs could kill American innovation
On Wednesday, President Donlad J. Trump announced a sweeping new round of tariffs on goods coming into the United States. Standing in the Rose Garden, he declared the moment “liberation day,” though it was hardly the first time the government has tried to protect domestic manufacturers from foreign competition. The...
What makes middle school even worse? Climate anxiety.
When the Marshall Fire swept through the grassy plains and foothills outside Boulder, Colorado, in late December 2021, it burned down more than 1,000 homes — and left many young people shaken. “It can just be pure anxiety — you’re literally watching a fire march its way across, and it’s...
Lions set to face Japan-based All Blacks in Anzac clash but Folau’s hopes over
Invitational Australia & New Zealand side to play in July Players who have switched nationality will not be eligible The British & Irish Lions are set to face a number of former All Blacks with Rugby Australia’s chief executive, Phil Waugh, confident players based in Japan can be recruited for...
Tonali’s goal from touchline hands Newcastle win over battling Brentford
If Newcastle’s rivals for a Champions League place had hoped Eddie Howe’s players might be partied out after ending a 70-year domestic trophy drought they were destined for disappointment. Admittedly Howe’s team were not at their best but, thanks to the most audacious of impossibly angled winners from Sandro Tonali,...
Marcus Rashford and Marco Asensio on target as Aston Villa leapfrog Brighton
Fabian Hürzeler has had more enjoyable weeks. After being dumped out of the FA Cup quarter-finals here on Saturday by Nottingham Forest in a penalty shootout, there was more heartache for the Brighton manager as Marcus Rashford’s third goal in his past two games, yet another for Marco Asensio, and...
Grealish pays tribute to brother as Manchester City ease past Leicester
Jack Grealish scored a first Premier League goal in 16 months then dedicated it to his brother, Keelan, on the 25th anniversary of his passing in an emotional post-victory tribute. The attacking midfielder’s strike came after only 70 seconds as Leicester were shredded by a Savinho dart down the right;...
European football: Mourinho grabs rival manager’s nose after Turkish Cup defeat
Fenerbahce coach clashed with Galatasaray’s Okan Buruk Stuttgart sink Leipzig to book place in DFB-Pokal final José Mourinho appeared to grab rival manager Okan Buruk’s nose amid wild scenes at the end of Fenerbahce’s 2-1 Turkish Cup defeat to bitter rivals Galatasaray. Video footage showed Mourinho appearing to pinch Buruk’s...