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Auto review: 2025 Cadillac Optiq is the optimal luxury electric SUV
There’s a perception that everything is bigger in America, and it's hard to dispute. Generous proportions have always been an American automotive hallmark. Large size is certainly embedded in Cadillac’s DNA, and that's how its devotees like it — mostly. There are those abhor massiveness yet still desire the luxury, options and agility that...Read more

Upstart prediction market leader has invaded sports betting. Here's why it matters to Nevada
Nevada’s gaming companies have invested millions of dollars in their sportsbooks since casinos took their first sports wagers in 1949.
Betting on sports and racing is widely viewed in the industry today as a means of getting customers through the doors to bet on other games of chance that are more profitable to casinos than sports bets or to ...Read more

Auto review: Massive Nissan Armada trades fire with Detroit mega-utes
FARMINGTON HILLS, Michigan — Where Titan failed, the Armada might break through.
Nissan has sent big truck-based warriors with fierce names into battle against Detroit’s formidable armies of full-size pickups and mega-utes. The Titan pickup finally waved the red flag after bashing its brains in against endless waves of Detroit 1500, 2500, ...Read more

Driverless disruption: Tech titans gird for robotaxi wars with new factory and territories
As three key players vie for dominance, the race to put driverless taxis on roads across the country is heating up.
Waymo, owned by Google's parent company Alphabet, already offers paid autonomous rides in a handful of cities, including San Francisco and Los Angeles. Amazon's robotaxi effort, known as Zoox, opened a new production facility in ...Read more

EV owners don't pay gas taxes. In Minnesota next year, they'll pay double or more to register their cars
Starting next year, Minnesota electric vehicle owners will have to pay at least double to register their EVs. Blame the change on their freedom from gas taxes.
A provision in the transportation bill that passed earlier this month raises the EV registration surcharge from $75 to at least $150. Drivers of plug-in-hybrids will also have to pay a ...Read more

Auto review: 2025 Lexus RX has the prescription that consumers deserve
In 2025, the wide array of SUVs on the market is astounding. Every manufacturer has a compact, a mid-size and a large SUV in on the market. Sometimes it seems that SUVs are all you see on the roads anymore.
In Grasso’s Garage, our passion for luxury SUVs is no secret, but they must include good pricing, quality, comfort and storage, not to ...Read more

Krispy Kreme begins notifying over 160,000 people affected by data breach
CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — Krispy Kreme has begun notifying over 160,000 people affected by a data breach last fall.
The doughnut giant is notifying people affected by the breach in November after completing a data review and investigation, Krispy Kreme said in a statement Thursday to The Charlotte Observer.
“We are notifying affected ...Read more

Toyota can't dodge suit over Atlanta man's keyless entry death, judge says
Toyota can’t gut a lawsuit alleging it is responsible for the fatal carbon monoxide poisoning of an Atlanta man who unwittingly left his 2017 Tacoma idling in his garage, having walked inside his home with the car’s “smart key” fob, a federal judge in Atlanta ruled Wednesday.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash Jr. said a jury should ...Read more

Belk hit with pair of lawsuits over data breach and notification failure
Two lawsuits were filed this week in federal court against Belk for a data breach and then for allegedly concealing the cyberattack.
In both cases, the plaintiffs are also seeking certification for class-action suits.
Belk failed to protect sensitive personal current and former employee and customer information, according to the lawsuits, and ...Read more

Zillow says it's fighting for buyers. Compass says it's fighting for sellers. What if neither is fighting for you?
As two real estate giants escalate a war over how homes should be listed for sale online, both sides say they’re acting in the interest of consumers.
Both sides also stand to make a lot of money if they win.
The issue intensified at the end of 2024, when Compass, the country’s largest brokerage by sales volume, began advising its sellers ...Read more

Waymo robotaxi stopped illegally, passenger opened door and severely injured cyclist, lawsuit claims
SAN FRANCISCO — A woman severely hurt in a bicycle crash with a Waymo robotaxi is suing the company, claiming one of its vehicles pulled over in a no-stopping zone next to a bike lane, and a passenger opened a door into her path — despite the car’s “Safe Exit” system touted by the Mountain View company as protection for passing ...Read more

Minnesota's Hormel sues Wisconsin's Johnsonville alleging stolen sausage secrets
A former Hormel Foods employee made off with top-secret sausage recipes and market intel before joining regional competitor Johnsonville, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
The Austin, Minnesota-based maker of breakfast sausage and more accused Johnsonville and two former Hormel employees of conspiring to “unlawfully obtain Hormel’s trade ...Read more

Farms, hotels and restaurants press Trump to exempt their businesses from immigration raids
LOS ANGELES — Farms, hotels and restaurants that rely on immigrant workers are urging the Trump administration to spare their vital industries from immigration raids.
The pressure comes as confusion swirls around whether President Donald Trump will exempt some businesses from efforts to arrest and deport immigrants living illegally in the ...Read more
Real estate Q&A: Should I pay $8,000 to repair damage from leak that didn't start in my condo?
Q: My condominium is charging me $8,000 to repair a leak they claim originated from my unit. They sent the assessment in a letter without even discussing it with me. The leak wasn’t from my unit because I also had slight water damage where water leaked through my ceiling, leaving a stain, which they would have known if they had contacted me. ...Read more

TikTok deal gets another extension from Trump
President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order giving TikTok a 90-day extension to work out a deal with the U.S. government that addresses security concerns over the app's ties to China.
Significant pressure has been placed on TikTok, known for its popular social video app, after a law was signed in 2024 that required TikTok's Chinese ...Read more

Cyberattack on grocery supplier reveals fragility of US food supply
Hackers infiltrated one grocery distributor, and within days, there were bare shelves at stores around the country and even some pharmacies unable to fill prescriptions.
That’s not the beginning of some thriller novel. It’s the real events that played out earlier this month as major wholesale distributor UNFI, dealt with a cyberattack. But ...Read more

Seattle's affordable housing industry is in crisis. City faces tough choices
Late last year, one of Seattle's most vaunted affordable housing providers put six buildings up for sale.
A few months later, another nonprofit listed four of its eight.
Then, another developer gave up its stake in all three of its affordable properties in Seattle.
While one-off sales happen from time to time, 13 buildings with more than 1,...Read more

Zillow says it's fighting for buyers. Compass says it's fighting for sellers. What if neither is fighting for you?
As two real estate giants escalate a war over how homes should be listed for sale online, both sides say they’re acting in the interest of consumers.
Both sides also stand to make a lot of money if they win.
The issue intensified at the end of 2024, when Compass, the country’s largest brokerage by sales volume, began advising its sellers ...Read more

Trump's immigration crackdown straining labor force for Minnesota ag, food operations
As agricultural and canning operations are ramping up for the summer, they are trying to figure out the possible repercussions of stepped-up immigration enforcement.
The workforce for these businesses has become tighter over the past few years, and many were worried that the threat of raids coupled with increased security at the Mexican border ...Read more

Eviction cases still soaring in the Bay Area five years after COVID-19
The eviction court of Alameda County, California, was crowded on a recent Wednesday. It usually is.
Tenants, family members, landlords and attorneys — about 100 people in all — waited long hours to appear before a judge at the Hayward Hall of Justice. Fifty-six people were slated to appear that day in a marathon of back-to-back sessions. ...Read more
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