Consumer Reports’ analysts scoured national incentives to help holiday-season car shoppers. We found many models offering significant savings, but to make sure the featured cars represent smart buys, we concentrated on models with a strong Overall Score, factoring road-test performance, owner satisfaction, reliability, and safety. (Learn more about CR car ratings.) Among these good cars,…
Shalwah Evans Shalwah Evans is a journalist with more than a decade of experience covering beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and culture. Her work has appeared in leading digital and print publications, including Essence magazine and essence.com, Travel + Leisure, PS, The Cut, Thrillist, Well+Good, and makeup.com. She’s a self-proclaimed skincare fanatic and ingredients nerd. Formerly NCSF…
South Korean crypto entrepreneur and prosecuted fraudster Do Kwon was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a US federal judge in the Southern District of New York on Thursday. Kwon cut a solemn figure as he was escorted into the courtroom by US Marshals, his head bowed. He wore a bright lemon-colored prison jumpsuit…
“The commercial landlords of the buildings where tens of millions of Americans go to work every day can be forced to assist the government with surveillance,” she said. Unlike Verizon or Google, she noted, those entities often lack the ability to isolate individual messages, meaning they may have to give NSA personnel “direct access to…
As with that sedan, Toyota jettisoned the conventional four-cylinder engine from the RAV4. For 2026, most RAV4s will come with a hybrid powertrain that produces 23 hp more than the previous base engine, for a combined 226 hp. For the first time, the hybrid RAV4 is available in a front-drive configuration. The all-wheel-drive version has…
Before the legislation was passed in 2024, the disclosure of diaper ingredients was not required in any state in the U.S., meaning companies did not have to inform parents and caregivers about the substances babies were exposed to daily through their diapers. As of December 2025, manufacturers selling diapers in the state must list all…
In general, chicken noodle, minestrone, and lentil soups can be good for you, although the sodium content may be a concern (more on that later). The soups in our tests were fairly low in calories (about 100 to 200 per cup) and saturated fat (about 1 to 4 grams per cup); saturated fat is linked…
Every day, the average adult in the U.S. uses 12 personal care products—such as moisturizers, sunscreens, and cosmetics—containing 112 unique ingredients, some of which are linked to cancer, reproductive harm, and other health risks. Under current law, companies that make these products can use almost any ingredient without premarket testing or review. In fact, the…
This includes me. I’ve been wearing the heck out of True Classic’s black crew-neck, in the belief that the shirt makes a virtue out of a life well-enjoyed. And it apparently also includes WIRED senior editor Jeremy White. “To my shame,” averred White, “the ‘dad bod’ fit is perfect and the neck size is not…
Robot vacuums have improved in nearly every feature, and that includes the price. While you can expect to pay anywhere between $1,000 to $1,500 for a brand-new, fully-featured robot vacuum mop, you can snag last year’s models for pretty incredible prices. That includes our current best robot vacuum, which is last year’s Eufy X10 Pro…