US stock futures rise early Tuesday after the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers...
US stock futures rise early Tuesday after the Biden administration and Republican lawmakers reached a tentative deal on raising the US debt ceiling. Check out the latest market moves.
Earnings on deck: AMERCO, HP, and more, all reporting.
Blowout win:The Miami Heat beat the Boston Celtics in Game 7. They will face the Denver Nuggets in the N.B.A. finals.
Golden Knights advance, too: Las Vegas is back in the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in the franchise’s six-year history after a 6-0 rout in Dallas.
The next Tiger?The world is ready for Rose Zhang, the golf wunderkind who makes her pro debut this weekend.
Commuting could be the main reason people don’t want to return to the office
It’s costly, a major time suck, and mentally draining. Without commutes, people...
It’s costly, a major time suck, and mentally draining. Without commutes, people have been able to pursue their hobbies and spend more time with loved ones.
Many workers don't just regard commuting as a waste of money. They also see it as a "complete waste of time" too, according to Mark Dixon, the CEO of the flexible-office company International Working Group. "They don't want to do it," he told CNBC in March.
In 2019 the average journey took 27.6 minutes,according to the US Census Bureau, while almost 10% spent at least an hour traveling.
Today is something of a curtain raiser for the U.S. National Parks system, ushering in its busiest...
Today is something of a curtain raiser for the U.S. National Parks system, ushering in its busiest season.
Last year, nearly 312 million people visited the parks, hiking across the Grand Canyon, posting Instagram stories from Joshua Tree and waiting for Old Faithful by Yellowstone’s rainbow pools. (Reminder: Don’t touch the bison calves!) On Memorial Day last year, so many people headed to the sites that many of their parking lots were full by midmorning.
At Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah, home to 50-million-year-old rock formations, park rangers start clearing the way for visitors weeks ahead of the busy season. They restore dozens of miles of trails — removing debris and navigating steep cliffs on foot before the snow even melts, as my colleague Linda Qiu reported in a story with photos by Erin Schaff. Similar preparation plays out at the system’s parks around the country.
