AP Spotlight US to require passenger vehicles to sound alarms if rear passengers don't fasten their seat belts ASSOCIATED PRESS Dec 18, 2024 Dec 18, 2024 Updated Jun 23, 2025 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save DETROIT — Starting in September 2027, all new passenger vehicles in the U.S. will have to sound a warning if rear-seat passengers don't buckle up.kAm%96 }2E:@?2= w:89H2J %C277:4 $276EJ p5>:?:DEC2E:@? 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Business After fast start, electric cars need a recharge as range limits, cost leave some drivers skeptical DAVID McHUGH, ALEXA ST. JOHN and KEN MORITSUGU Associated Press
Nation & World Overhauls of 'heritage brands' raise the question: How important are our products to our identities? LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press
Government-politics Trump’s proposed tariffs could bring higher prices for groceries, cars and clothing Andrea Chang and Caroline Petrow-Cohen Los Angeles Times
Suspect in Washington dinner shooting charged with attempting to assassinate Trump Cole Tomas Allen, 31, of Torrance, California, also faces firearms charges in a three-count complaint.
Trump signs bill to fund DHS agencies including Secret Service, TSA In an abrupt vote Thursday, the House of Representatives passed the funding bill to end a partial shutdown that lasted almost 11 weeks.
Trump administration rejects women picked for soybean board, appoints men instead Normally, soy farmers pick their representatives, and the USDA signs off. This time, the USDA rejected at least five farmers, including four women.
US prescription spending could top $1 trillion. GLP-1s lead the way Americans' voracious appetite for GLP-1 weight loss drugs has the nation on pace to spend more than $1 trillion on prescription drugs this yea…
Spirit Airlines shuts down, industry's first Iran war casualty The transportation secretary said he doesn't think the government needs to bail out low-cost airlines struggling amid high jet fuel prices.
