News

Tesla sales fell 13% in the last three months as anti-Musk sentiment still has an effect
Sales of Tesla electric cars fell 13% in the last three months as boycotts over Elon Musk’s political views continue to keep ...
Thousands of city workers are on strike in Philadelphia but judge orders some back to work
A strike being staged by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia has entered its second day. But a judge has ordered some ...
Virginia agrees not to fully enforce state law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors
Virginia has agreed not to fully enforce a 2020 law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors as part of a lawsuit settlement. The Virginia Department of Health Professions is agreeing with ...
Philadelphia’s $2B affordable housing plan relies heavily on municipal bonds, which can come with hidden costs for taxpayers
The city plans to use general obligation bonds to help fund its affordable housing plan, but there are limits on how much it can borrow this way. The state constitution limits Philadelphia’s ability ...
Opinion
The rule of law is key to capitalism − eroding it is bad news for American business
Modern capitalism depends on smart regulation to thrive. Smart regulation is not an obstacle to capitalism. Smart regulation is what makes American capitalism possible. Smart regulation is what makes ...
What damage did the US do to Iran’s nuclear program? Why it’s so hard to know
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) ...
Legal wrangling over estate of Jimmy Buffett turns his widow’s huge inheritance into a cautionary tale
According to Slagsvol’s petition, Buffett’s trust was set up to benefit his widow. Slagsvol, who married Buffett in 1977, is one of two trustees of that trust, which is required to have at least one ...
Despite claims they’d move overseas after the election, most Americans are staying put
Even so, that figure is roughly 3 million to 6 million people – which would be a significant increase over the estimated 5.5 million Americans currently living abroad. As with many migration flows, ...
AI is advancing even faster than sci-fi visionaries like Neal Stephenson imagined
In Stephenson’s novel, the Primer looks like a hardcover book, but each of its “pages” is really a screen display that can show animations and text, and it responds to its user in real time via AI.