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GM Wants Your Electric Car to Power Your House—and Your Neighborhood

GM Wants Your Electric Car to Power Your House—and Your Neighborhood

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Still, Wade Scheffer, GM Energy’s vice president, insists: The reason more people aren’t using their cars to power their lives comes down to “awareness, awareness, and awareness.” To that end, at Tuesday’s event the subsidiary announced two partnerships with utilities: a “stress test” of bidirectional charging capabilities with 30 GM employees, enabled by Michigan’s DTE Energy, and a plan to get 52,000 GM EVs on PG&E’s major Northern California grid by 2030. The automaker says it’s worked out dozens of partnerships with other utilities. Still, getting all of those GM cars hooked up and contributing to the grid will be a long and likely winding road. Not all states are enthusiastic about EVs or new energy tech right now. And even in early adopter states, where lawmakers are gung ho about innovative climate and energy policies, vehicle-to-grid tech is still in its early stages. It took researchers with the University of California at Irvine several years of collaboration with Kia and Hyundai to get a vehicle-to-home charging project up and running in six Southern California …

Zelenskyy rejects Merz proposal for associate EU membership

Zelenskyy rejects Merz proposal for associate EU membership

Published by Sam Flores

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday rejected a German proposal to grant Ukraine associate membership in the EU because it would leave Kyiv without a voice inside the bloc. “There can be no complete European project without Ukraine, and Ukraine’s place in the European Union must also be complete — full and equal,” Zelenskyy said in a post on X. “It is important to open the clusters” on negotiation areas, he said. “It is important to make meaningful progress in the negotiations. It is important to work at one hundred percent for security and for our people,” Zelenskyy stressed. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has suggested that Ukraine should be granted an “associate member” status in the EU that would come with benefits such as participation in meetings of the European Commission and the European Council. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola on Thursday appeared to endorse the incremental approach touted by Merz, arguing that EU candidate countries could be granted access to the “single market, customs union, the roaming area, Erasmus and Horizon” programs as steps …

Hooters restaurants are set to undergo a rebrand to a ‘neighborhood place’ for families

Hooters restaurants are set to undergo a rebrand to a ‘neighborhood place’ for families

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Hooters is turning over a new wing, aiming to trade its spicy image for a more family-friendly “neighborhood” flavor. The restaurant, famous for its female servers and their revealing uniforms, is rebranding back to its original concept, which CEO Neil Kiefer described as “a beach-themed place centered around the Hooters Girls, good food, [and being an] easy place to relax.” “It’s a neighborhood place that many families frequent, and singles and couples,” Kiefer told People. Kiefer, 74, has been involved with Hooters since its early days, beginning in 1983 when he joined the company as its attorney. He later became CEO in 1992, taking on a leadership role during a period of expansion for the chain. He said that in the early 80s, Hooters …

50 Empty Waymos Invade Upscale Tiny Atlanta Neighborhood

50 Empty Waymos Invade Upscale Tiny Atlanta Neighborhood

Published by Jenni Sidey

With Waymo robotaxis now operating in 11 major U.S. markets, these fully autonomous Jaguar I-PACE SUVs are becoming increasingly visible to everyday folks. This wider rollout means more public encounters and more viral footage capturing robotaxis in the wild. One such incident occurred in a northwest Atlanta neighborhood this week, where residents told local media outlet WSB-TV that more than 50 empty Waymo SUVs flooded their tiny street. “It’s almost every little cul-de-sac in our area, so I think it’s a problem,” one neighbor on Battleview Drive told WSB’s Steve Gehlbach. The Battleview resident said, “I think yesterday morning we had 50 cars come through between 6 and 7.” It’s not just Battleview; other residents in the area say empty robotaxis have been repeatedly circling their streets in growing numbers over the past several weeks. Residents told the local outlet that the robotaxis are not picking up passengers, raising concerns that the activity is excessive and potentially dangerous, especially for families with children nearby. Expect more stories like this as robotaxi deployment ramps up nationwide. …

Moldova leader pushes back on Putin offering passports to Transnistria residents – POLITICO

Moldova leader pushes back on Putin offering passports to Transnistria residents – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

She suggested it was one of Russia’s tactics to threaten Moldova over its efforts to reintegrate Transnistria, a Moscow-backed region in eastern Moldova where Russian troops have been stationed since the collapse of the Soviet Union. “Since the war in Ukraine began, most of the people from the region took their Moldovan citizenship because they felt safer to have the citizenship of the Republic of Moldova and not the citizenship of Russia,” said Sandu, who was speaking at a security conference in Tallinn. Moldova was granted EU candidate status in 2022 and formally started negotiations to join the bloc in 2024. Sandu’s pro-European party, Action and Solidarity, holds a strong majority in the country after winning the 2025 parliamentary elections despite a hybrid interference campaign from Russia. When asked whether Putin could block Moldova’s membership into the EU due to the Transnistria case, Sandu responded that “only the EU can decide whether Moldova can become part of the EU or not. Russia has nothing to do with it.” Source link

With Kos in town, Kosovo urges EU to grant candidate status – POLITICO

With Kos in town, Kosovo urges EU to grant candidate status – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

“Kosovo urgently needs to catch up on EU-related priorities,” Kos said during a press conference with caretaker Prime Minister Albin Kurti in Pristina. “Kosovo needs stable institutions and an effective government,” she added. Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008 and applied for EU membership in 2022, but major hurdles still stand in the way of candidate status. Five EU countries — Spain, Greece, Romania, Slovakia, and Cyprus — still do not recognize Kosovo, while Belgrade also refuses to recognize its independence, which hinders the normalization of relations between the two sides. Both issues remain paramount to Kosovo’s EU path, and its political instability has also deterred its progress, as it will hold snap elections on June 7 after its government collapsed after being unable to elect a president. Some “41 months after we applied for EU membership, it is time for Kosova to receive its candidate status and open the accession negotiations,” Kurti wrote on social media. “The EU accession process will further consolidate Kosova’s democracy, increase economic growth, and improve the well-being of …

Two Jewish men stabbed in north London terrorist incident – POLITICO

Two Jewish men stabbed in north London terrorist incident – POLITICO

Published by Sam Flores

U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer will chair a meeting of the government’s emergency COBRA committee Wednesday afternoon. Shomrim, the Jewish neighborhood watch group, said it detained a man running down the north London high street with a knife and “attempting to stab Jewish members of the public,” before police arrived and deployed a taser. The victims were treated by Hatzola, a Jewish voluntary ambulance service, the group said in a post on X. Sadiq Khan, London’s mayor, confirmed there had been an arrest following the “appalling attack,” and said the Met have now stepped up “high visibility” patrols in the area. “London’s Jewish community have been the target of a series of shocking antisemitic attacks. There must be absolutely no place for antisemitism in society,” Khan added. In the House of Commons, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said the attack is “deeply concerning.” “We all need to do everything we can to support that investigation and be absolutely clear in our determination to deal with any of these offenses, the like of which we’ve seen too …

Dad Teaches Neighborhood Boys About True Masculinity With Everyday Tasks

Dad Teaches Neighborhood Boys About True Masculinity With Everyday Tasks

Published by Jenni Sidey

Much of the world is still hung up on traditional views of masculinity that suggest men’s value comes from being breadwinners, and they shouldn’t show emotion if they don’t want to look weak. This has backed men into what researchers called a “man box.” Rather than focusing on outdated ideas of strength and what it means to be a man, one dad decided to teach boys in his community about how to navigate real life. He started a mentorship program to teach boys how to do everything from grocery shopping to behaving well in a restaurant. Inspired by his own upbringing, he hopes that the boys he leads will grow into good men because of his lessons. A dad went viral for teaching a group of neighborhood boys how to grocery shop the right way. In a series of videos on his page, a content creator and dad named King Randall has drawn widespread praise for creating a mentorship program called The X for Boys in Albany, Georgia. In one of his most popular videos, …

A self-driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage

A self-driving car in Texas hit and killed a mother duck, sparking neighborhood outrage

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The death of a duck in the Austin, Texas enclave of Mueller Lake has neighbors raising concerns about autonomous vehicles and whether they belong there. While humans are responsible for killing animals with their cars all the time, this incident has brought negative attention to the new technology. Local media picked up on the duck incident after a resident posted in a Mueller neighborhood Facebook group that an Avride autonomous vehicle (with a human safety operator behind the wheel) ran over and killed a duck, and did not stop afterwards. “It didn’t slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled through,” the post, which KXAN reported on, reads. Residents’ familiarity with this particular duck, which was nesting in a pot located outside of a local Italian eatery, has added to the outrage and mistrust of the autonomous vehicle technology. For those concerned about the future of the duck’s eggs, local residents have them in an incubator, Axios’ Austin reports. An Avride spokesperson confirmed with TechCrunch that the vehicle was in autonomous mode at the time. …