For the first time in months, Firefly Aerospace's Alpha rocket launched in California. Here's a recap of the mission, visible along the West Coast.

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Volkswagen has set its sights on becoming the “European champion” in self-driving vehicles as carmakers fight ...

California’s latest standardized test results have triggered the usual alarm: Why are students underperforming? But the familiar narrative — blaming teachers, curriculum or school culture — misses ...

A prime member of the Multivan family of multi-purpose vehicles, the California has been spied testing in sub-zero conditions with a plethora of updates from the outgoing model. In production since ...

FORT BRAGG, Calif. (WJW) – An elderly woman has died after being swept off a rock by waves at a California beach on Monday. According to a press release from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office, ...

FRANKFURT, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Volkswagen Group plans to invest 160 billion euros ($186 billion) through 2030, its CEO Oliver Blume said, reflecting belt-tightening as Europe's top automaker faces a ...

FOREIGN carmakers doing business in China once avoided talk of “technology transfer”. Their Faustian bargain with the country’s government allowed them to access its vast car market in return for the ...

Volkswagen AG said it will be able to slash the cost of developing an electric vehicle in China by as much as 50%, bolstering the German automaker’s efforts to catch up with fast-moving local rivals ...

The Monterey County Sheriff’s Office said the search for the missing man has shifted to a recovery mission after a Coast Guard helicopter briefly spotted a body in the water before losing sight in ...

Back in early 2025, the Palisades Wildfires swept through Los Angeles, destroying more than 20,000 acres and nearly 7000 structures on the northern edges of Los Angeles County—but somehow one special ...

A vintage blue VW bus that became an unlikely symbol of resilience after it survived a California wildfire made its public debut this week, shiny and like-new after Volkswagen spent months restoring ...