Henry Payne: 2025 Detroit News Vehicle of the Year
Car shoppers had plenty of choices in 2025 as auto grocery shelves were teeming with goodies. If the food market has ice cream, beverage, fruit, and meat aisles, then auto stores offer trucks, SUVs, small cars and EVs.
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CBS reopens investigation into fired 'Matlock' actor David Del Rio
CBS reopened its investigation into David Del Rio, an actor who was fired from “Matlock” earlier this year over a sexual assault claim, according to reports.
Del Rio, and new attorney Shawn Holley, asked CBS Studios ...Read more
SUV driver accused of taking US immigration agent for ride against his will
MINNEAPOLIS — A federal agent on an immigration detail was briefly “involuntarily carried” off in an SUV Wednesday after confronting a man in Plymouth about his visa status, according to charges against two people.
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Podcast industry under siege as AI bots flood airways with thousands of programs
Chatty bots are sharing their hot takes through hundreds of thousands of AI-generated podcasts. And the invasion has just begun.
Though their banter can be a bit banal, the AI podcasters' confidence and research are now ...Read more
Sticker shock: Obamacare customers confront premium spikes as Congress dithers
We’ve been here before: congressional Democrats and Republicans sparring over the future of the Affordable Care Act.
But this time there’s an extra complication. Though it’s the middle of open enrollment, lawmakers ...Read more
Keep Chinese vehicles out of US, auto lobby tells Moolenaar panel
WASHINGTON — The nation's top automotive lobbying group urged lawmakers Thursday to keep Chinese automakers and battery firms out of the United States.
"The Alliance for Automotive Innovation urges Congress and the ...Read more
Fed officials split over risks to US economy going into 2026
Federal Reserve officials — including two who will become voters in 2026 — offered strongly opposing views Friday on what to do with interest rates, continuing a debate that will grip the U.S. central bank into the new...Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom expresses unease about his new, candid autobiography: 'It's all out there'
LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom said Thursday that he is nervous about the public response to his forthcoming autobiography’s candid details about his life and those around him.
“Just being honest — it comes with ...Read more
Health care consolidation and rising costs happen, but Obamacare is not the key culprit
In a recent "Meet the Press" appearance, Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., joined a growing number of Republicans who are speaking out against Obamacare. One of his lines of attack: that the Affordable Care Act fueled health ...Read more
Auto review: Sleek, luxurious and not at all subtle, the Vistiq is glorious as only a Cadillac can be
Cadillac is trying very hard to convince us that luxury is no longer measured in cubic inches or tailfins, but in kilowatts and display screen size. And the 2026 Cadillac Vistiq delivers both the way a Midwestern ...Read more
Mercedes delivers cockpit-like-fun with AMG SL 63 S
Hang on to your hat, this is a fun one!
The cockpit experience isn’t for every driver, but those who have the need for speed and luxury appeal, look no further than the SL 63 S E Performance by Mercedes.
As a long-...Read more
Review: As Dick Van Dyke turns 100, a PBS documentary fetes an artist who's easy to celebrate
Dick Van Dyke turns 100 on Saturday, an event so eagerly anticipated that for him not to do so would seem cosmically wrong. It may be generationally vain of me to imagine that the beauties of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and ...Read more
Column: The Eurovision Song Contest has lost its harmony
I used to think that the Eurovision Song Contest could give the European Union a lot of pointers. Inaugurated in 1956, making it more than twice as old as the EU, the competition has juggled cross-border enmities, voting ...Read more
Taylor Swift cries over terrorist plot, dance class attack in new doc
Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” docuseries captures the tearful superstar saying she felt “hunted” in the summer of 2024 after a thwarted terrorist attack led to the cancellation of her Vienna concerts and a knife ...Read more
Mystery of how 50 Cent got Diddy docuseries footage may be solved
One of the biggest questions raised after the release of Netflix’s “Sean Combs: The Reckoning” is how 50 Cent and the streamer obtained behind-the-scenes footage of Sean "Diddy" Combs in the days leading up to his ...Read more
9 indicted on drug, conspiracy charges in shooting death of Oakland officer
LOS ANGELES — A federal grand jury in Oakland indicted nine people on a slew of drug and conspiracy charges related to a series of burglaries at a marijuana grow facility in 2023 that led to the death of an undercover ...Read more
John Mayer finally 'ready to settle down' amid Kat Stickler romance
John Mayer has finally reached the point where he’s “ready to settle down” as the musical Don Juan is said to be “getting serious” with influencer Kat Stickler.
The 48-year-old Grammy winner and Stickler, 31, �...Read more
Colorado wolf re-released in Grand County after crossing into New Mexico
DENVER — Colorado Parks and Wildlife re-released a wolf into Grand County this week after it had traveled into New Mexico, according to a news release.
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish captured gray wolf 2403 ...Read more
Another Taylor Swift documentary? For fans who spent thousands on Eras, reliving it is priceless
LOS ANGELES — When it comes to the biggest name in pop music, it seems like her life is looking less like that of a showgirl and more like that of a successful businesswoman these days. Depending on who you ask, of ...Read more
Federal government orders LADWP to inspect nearly 100 drinking water reservoirs, storage tanks
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has ordered the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to inspect nearly 100 drinking water reservoirs and storage tanks over concerns about improper maintenance,...Read more
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