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Cadillac will need to "make adjustments" in response to President Donald Trump signing the One Big Beautiful Bill Act eliminating an up-to-$7,500 tax credit for electrified vehicles, the luxury brand's global vice ...Read more

Q: ​I had a beautiful VW Scirocco that used oil at an increasing rate. Finally, a VW mechanic told me that the problem was probably the valve seals. He took out the seals and they looked like bacon bits. The new seals ...Read more

OAKLAND, California — A lender has taken ownership of Oakland’s biggest hotel through a foreclosure that underscores the ailments and price nosedives that plague the Bay Area’s sickly lodging market.

The Oakland ...Read more

Dear James: My kids complain that playing on the concrete patio and wood deck is uncomfortable on their feet. Is there a softer, yet durable, covering I can put down? -- Vijay F.

Dear Vijay: Yes, it is available and works...Read more

Southern Blaze Bright Pink phlox is coming next year and with it brings a "Touch of Texas." It will do its part to make sure your neighbors don’t "out phlox" you when it comes to garden flowers. It is indeed a phlox that...Read more

Two women. Different locations. Same accident. Both were using an ordinary commercial toilet bowl cleaner containing ammonia and were not satisfied with the way it was removing stains. Each added household chlorine bleach ...Read more

As a syndicated pet columnist, I usually spend my time writing about everyday animal issues – litter box avoidance, anxious pups, and barking dogs.

But this week, I’m writing as a resident of Kerrville, Texas.

My ...Read more

Prices of vehicles in China are in a downward spiral, say experts who expect the circumstances to usher in industry consolidation and create opportunity for legacy automakers while tariffs are in place.

The average car ...Read more

Free Slurpees are back at 7-Eleven as the 24-hour convenience store chain celebrates its 98th birthday this Friday.

On July 11, 7-Eleven offers its patrons a free small Slurpee drink at participating 7-Eleven, Speedway ...Read more

CHICAGO -- “I think it was important for us to be Black,” said Jamhal Johnson, co-founder of Chicago’s local Moor’s Brewing Co. “We put a Black man on the beer can.”

For Johnson and longtime friends Damon ...Read more

Q: I am trying to grow two gardenia plants in pots in the house. The buds and leaves are turning black. Can you help?

A: Gardenias have a wonderful fragrance and are worth having if you have the right conditions. They ...Read more

RALEIGH, N.C. — During a recent, failed push to ban shrimp trawling in North Carolina sounds, an opponent mentioned a study commissioned by the General Assembly expected to shed light on the state’s coastal and marine ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Seventy years ago this month, Leech Lake muskies went crazy.

Until that time, the big silvery fish barely gained notice from most of the lake’s anglers. Instead, walleyes were the lake’s major ...Read more

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Fish and Game is asking anglers to “catch, kill and keep” a nonnative fish that threatens the populations of other fish species at a popular reservoir in Canyon County.

The guidance comes as ...Read more

Pop quiz: Which is the better buy? Pork tenderloin for $2.97 per pound or boneless pork chops at $3.47 per pound -- taken from my local supermarket's weekly ad? If you answered the tenderloin, you're in good company. Most ...Read more

Waymo has arrived in Philly.

But you can’t catch a ride in one of their driverless cars just yet.

Philadelphia is one of more than 10 cities where human autonomous-technology experts will be taking Waymos on summer “...Read more

WASHINGTON — Democratic U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens will introduce a bill this week urging the federal government to play a more active role in reducing U.S. reliance on China for critical minerals.

“This bill is about ...Read more