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Britney Spears’s childhood home lists for $1.2 million. Is it worth it?
The asking price marks a 315 percent increase from when the 2,229 square-foot ranch-style home sold in 2021.
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DoorDash warns diners: If you don’t tip, expect a longer wait
Door Dash is testing a feature that lets customers know that if they don’t tip in advance, they might have to wait longer for their food.
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Carolyn Hax chat: My partner thinks we’re ‘abjectly failing’ as parents
Advice columnist Carolyn Hax answers your questions about the strange train we call life.
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Cup Noodles are now microwave-safe. (So they weren’t already?)
The dorm staple Cup Noodles changed its packaging to allow people to microwave them, surprising legions who had been doing just that all along.
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G.M.’s Cruise Moved Fast in the Driverless Race. It Got Ugly.
Cruise has hired a law firm to investigate how it responded to regulators, as its cars sit idle and questions grow about its C.E.O.’s expansion plans.
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In a Worldwide War of Words, Russia, China and Iran Back Hamas
Officials and researchers say the deluge of online propaganda and disinformation is larger than anything seen before.
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Electric Planes, Once a Fantasy, Start to Take to the Skies
How a small plane’s 16-day trip from Vermont to Florida might foreshadow a new era of battery-powered air travel long considered implausible.
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October Jobs Report: U.S. Job Growth Shows Signs of Slowdown
The labor market cooled, with 150,000 jobs added in October, lower than expected but not too different from monthly job gains before the pandemic.
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Open Enrollment Begins for Affordable Care Act Health Plans
Pandemic-era help with the monthly insurance premium costs continues through 2025.
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Gag order against Trump in Jan. 6 case put on hold by appellate court
A pause on Donald Trump’s gag order in his federal election interference trial in D.C. is in place as an appeals court reviews the matter.