timef 08/21/2025

Nostalgic fans of the interstate staple lament the loss of its country kitsch, while some conservatives blamed wokeness for the sleek redesign.

Workers say the executive was volatile and retaliated when they cooperated with an investigation. Apple denies the claims.

Target is the latest company to keep a replaced chief executive around as an “executive chairman.” Does having two top dogs make sense?

Raphaël Graven, known online as Jean Pormanove, was regularly subjected to humiliation and abuse on Kick, a streaming platform.

A Birkin bag overnighted to Capri. A pink Brabus sports car for a Gen Z birthday party. Olivia Ferney, a travel agent to the ultrawealthy, has heard it all.

President Trump’s attack on a Federal Reserve governor comes as the White House seeks more control over the central bank. Will the Fed’s leader push back?

After mixed reports from retail rivals, Walmart reported better-than-expected quarterly results and raised its sales forecast for the year.

The European Union and United States have been negotiating the joint text for weeks. The deal is much as expected, but it will delay tariff relief for European cars.

President Trump focuses on the trade in manufactured goods, where India sells more to the U.S. than it buys. But the countries share a balanced trade in services.

When Nvidia, the chip producer, reports earnings next week, investors expect the S&P 500 to have a bigger reaction than when the Fed chair delivers a big speech on Friday.

A Birkin bag overnighted to Capri. A pink Brabus sports car for a Gen Z birthday party. Olivia Ferney, a travel agent to the ultrawealthy, has heard it all.

Jerome Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, is managing a high-stakes balancing act as he grapples with a cooling labor market, rising inflation and White House pressure to cut interest rates.

Hidden River Cave was once filled with heavy metals and sewage that made the surrounding town smell awful. After a cleanup, it became a tourist draw.

Fewer than 100 dusky gopher frogs were known to remain. Thanks to some very dedicated humans, numbers are now on the rise.

One town’s effort to make pricey items accessible and encourage people to buy less stuff seems to be catching on.

A group of homeowners worked together to navigate the process of installing rooftop solar systems, saving time and money in the process.

Global warming is changing the way storms behave.

A corporate executive who specialized in mergers, he brought together five Jewish institutions and their collections at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan.

In 1962, she started a software company at her dining room table with a revolutionary idea: to create a place where women could find a work-life balance.

Two suits filed this week accuse the airlines of unfairly charging passengers extra fees for window seats that the carriers knew were adjacent to aircraft walls.

The Food and Drug Administration urged consumers to discard packages of frozen shrimp sold in 13 states. A food safety expert said the risk to the public was low.

Lenders will often charge a higher interest rate for a second home or a property you intend to use as a rental since the risks there are higher.

Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s July meeting showed policymakers grappling with a slowing labor market and inflation that remains above the central bank’s target.

Rare footage of spectral bats, known also as great false vampire bats, revealed animals with a cuddly, social side.

To understand the virus’s re-emergence in America in 2025, some experts are looking to a past epidemic that had a high death rate in Philadelphia.

His work on complex systems and responsive technologies helped lay the groundwork for later work on artificial intelligence.