A 16-year-old girl from Long Island trusted an Uber ride to meet someone she had been chatting with online since January. That person turned out to be Ralfy Figueroa, a 26-year-old with a history of crimes. Figueroa had just finished a program meant to help young offenders avoid prison instead of se
Airlines make money from the most valuable seats on a plane, but how they set those prices is a secret puzzle. Instead of keeping a separate first‑class cabin, many carriers now mix premium seats inside the business class room. The top seats get extra legroom, a bigger screen or even a sliding doo
New data from the police shows that fights and thefts on the city’s underground trains have climbed, while overall street crime has fallen. The latest month brought a shocking fourth killing on the subway this year, a jump of three hundred percent compared with last year. A repeat offender nam
"The film opens on a sweltering day in Tokyo, where a newly promoted detective named Murakami finds his gun stolen on a packed bus. He chases the thief but fails to recover it, setting the stage for a deeper investigation. Rather than simply accept defeat, Murakami slips into Tokyo’s darker corners
The open-wheel racing world has always thrilled fans with roaring engines and high-speed chases. NASCAR, the stock car racing giant, built its fame from fast cars circling tracks since the late 1940s. Over time, it grew into a high-stakes billion-dollar business, far beyond just cars zooming in loop
A new lawsuit says a big bowling chain, Lucky Strike Entertainment, is running an illegal monopoly. The suit claims the company has bought many small bowling alleys and then raised prices a lot. In 11 state courts, people who bowl often say the chain is making them pay too much. They say Lu
Minneapolis is thinking about adding drones to its emergency toolkit. City Council member LaTrisha Vetaw has asked staff to investigate how drones might help with 911 calls. The goal is to see if a drone can reach an incident faster than people on the ground, give first responders a better vie
Scientists took skin cells from two people whose hearts were growing too thick, which can cause dangerous rhythms and block blood flow. Inside each cell’s instruction manual, a single wrong letter in the PRKAG2 gene was spotted—like a typo in a recipe that makes the heart muscle store extra sugar in
A new bill in Colorado wants businesses to stop using sneaky tricks to charge different prices to different customers. House Bill 1210 would block companies from using personal data to set personalized prices on everything from groceries to ride-shares. Last year, a similar bill aimed at stopping re
Shoppers in Southwest Florida now have a chance to weigh in on a simple but important question: Where do you go for the freshest fruits and veggies? A new poll is asking residents to vote for their favorite grocery store produce section, from Marco Island up to Cape Coral. The poll is interactive, s
