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The San Diego Convention Center is shown in this undated photo.

2024 San Diego International Auto Show begins at Convention Center

People in the market for electric cars could take a spin on the auto show's first-ever indoor EV test track.

Morning traffic fills the SR2 freeway in Los Angeles, California. The EPA released new rules for vehicle emissions that are expected to cut tailpipe pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, which are fueling climate change.

In a boost for EVs, EPA finalizes strict new limits on tailpipe emissions

The Biden administration says it is imposing the "strongest-ever" tailpipe emission rules to protect public health and fight climate change.

Eric Portenga and Kevin O'Neill with daughters Sylvie, Robin and Parker O'Neill celebrating the girls' second birthday in September 2023. The babies' surrogate lived in Ohio because of Michigan's laws, which are changing now.

As Michigan legalizes surrogacy, here's how families found ways around the ban

Michigan was the last state to criminally ban using a paid surrogate to have a child. Now that will change under a law signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday.

Student loans for parents can be a debt trap. But there's a loophole

Until July 2025, parent PLUS borrowers can paperwork their way into a kinder, gentler repayment plan.

Retailers howled about theft last year. Why not now?

Mentions of retail theft seem to be fading, their fever pitch cooling. What's changed? And how bad was the problem in the first place?

News quiz resolutions: What should our favorite newsmakers aim to do in 2024?

Human, animal and artificially intelligent celebrities have New Year's resolutions, too. If you know (or can guess) what those resolutions could be, you might close out the year with an 11/11.

Now that Sarah Barnes' son, Samuel, 2, is enrolled in Head Start, it's lifted an extra stress off Barnes' shoulders. "It just makes life a little bit easier having child care right on campus," she says. "I can literally walk over here between classes and check on him."

The new kids on campus? Toddlers, courtesy of Head Start

And not just toddlers — infants and preschoolers too. A new effort aims to help the 4 million college students raising kids by putting Head Start programs on community college campuses.

Abandoned tents remain at the migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, that is at the center of a controversy involving viral images of a flyer encouraging migrants to vote for President Biden.

A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it

Viral images of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets of a migrant camp in Mexico, and they energized members of Congress. But NPR's reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.

What is the fate of all this empty space?

Could vacant office spaces across the U.S. be the solution to a national problem?

A recent study calculated that about a fifth of U.S. office space was vacant at the end of last year. What is the fate of all this empty real estate?

Seiji Ozawa, longtime conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has died at 88

The pioneering Japanese-American conductor who led the Boston Symphony Orchestra for nearly decades died Tuesday.

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