What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Teen Drivers

Despite the perception that our teenagers and young drivers profess to know everything, they’re still watching and learning from how their parents behave. The example you set for them behind the wheel may be the most important in terms of actually keeping them safe, more so than any other safety message you’ve given them in…

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Talking Cars 475: Driving the GMC Terrain

Main theme: In this podcast episode, we give our driving impressions of the redesigned 2025 GMC Terrain, which follows the new Chevrolet Equinox that went on sale in 2024. This compact SUV gets several significant upgrades, including a significant suite of advanced safety and driver assistance systems as standard equipment, including highway-speed automatic emergency braking,…

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Shredded Cheese Sold Under Aldi, Target, Walmart, and Other Brands Recalled

All of the products contain low-moisture part-skim mozzarella or a blend of mozzarella and other cheeses and have sell-by dates between January and March 2026. They were sold in Puerto Rico and 31 states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York,…

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Best Bottom-Freezer Refrigerators of 2025, Lab-Tested and Reviewed

Bottom-freezers—as well as top-freezers—typically take up less space than other configurations. Bottom-freezers start at 24 inches wide and go up to 33 inches, making them suitable for a tight space. Our most recent surveys of CR members found that bottom-freezers tend to offer better reliability than some other types, too. For example, LG French-doors receive…

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Frozen vs. Canned Vegetables and Fruit: Which Is Healthier?

Both canned and frozen fruit and vegetables can be great options, especially when fresh produce is out of season or too expensive. But there are some key differences between the two preservation methods that give frozen produce a slight edge. A package of frozen fruit or vegetables typically contains just the produce itself, blanched and/or…

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10 Tips to Get the Most Out of a Tank of Gas

3. Minimize travel. If you can delay errands or other activities, you’ll preserve the gas that you purchased and reduce overall consumption for the region, helping in some small way to reduce gas scarcity.  4. Obey speed limits. When you drive, follow the speed limits and drive smoothly. Your driving habits can play a significant…

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Truth Social Crashes as Trump Live-Posts Iran Bombing

Truth Social malfunctioned on Saturday night amid President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States had bombed Iran’s nuclear facilities. Starting around 8 pm ET on Saturday, attempts to load the social network, which is owned by Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), displayed error messages. “Network failed,” a message on Truth Social reads. “Please…

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