Audi's $4B US bet: CEO joins Trump on stage as VW cuts at home
Audi is spending $4 billion on a Georgia factory and 4,500 jobs, even as tariffs and EV costs squeeze Volkswagen's home market.

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Audi is spending $4 billion on a Georgia factory and 4,500 jobs, even as tariffs and EV costs squeeze Volkswagen's home market.
A ProPublica investigation finds H5N1 has spread among Utah mink for two months, with no cull and no worker monitoring despite expert warnings.
A succession crisis is forcing retiring owners to hand over cafés, farms, and guesthouses to a new generation, often for nothing.
A mycologist's frozen Edinburgh garden became the backdrop for vivid views inside cells, a reminder of what advanced imaging now makes visible to researchers and the industries built on biology.
A Russian military spacecraft closed from hundreds of kilometers to extreme proximity with a commercial satellite, signaling a new orbital threat to private assets.
The demonstration shows self-replicating AI can run on ordinary devices, with Anthropic warning the threat becomes practical by year-end.
A Las Vegas jury convicted Duane 'Keffe D' Davis of first-degree murder, closing a 30-year cold case and reshaping the legal risk for aging gang figures.