Kia America sold 430,727 vehicles in the first half of 2026, a 3 percent increase year-over-year that marks the South Korean automaker's strongest first half on record. June alone delivered 70,507 units, a 10 percent increase representing the company's best-performing June in U.S. history. The results extend Kia's three-year streak of consecutive annual sales records. […]
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Study: Disabled Air Travelers Still Face Barriers Despite Regulations
When Sarah boarded a flight from Amsterdam last summer, she had already spent two hours navigating a system that wasn't built with her in mind. As a wheelchair user, she filled out online booking forms that didn't accommodate her access needs, waited at check-in while staff scrambled to find information about her requirements, and watched […]
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Study Finds Disabled Air Travelers Still Face Barriers Despite EU Rules
Researchers at Breda University of Applied Sciences found that disabled passengers flying across Europe encounter systematic obstacles at every stage of air travel, despite existing regulations designed to protect them. The study, published in the journal Research in Transportation Business & Management, examined the experiences of passengers with mobility disabilities, visual and hearing impairments, and […]
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Weiser defeats Bennet in Colorado Democratic gubernatorial primary
Philip Weiser, Colorado's two-term attorney general, defeated three-term Senator Michael Bennet on Tuesday in the Democratic primary for governor, upending the state's political establishment. The result sends Bennet back to the Senate after his attempt to trade his upper-chamber seat for the governor's office fell short. Weiser, who has built his political brand on prosecutorial […]
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Democrat Killin wins Colorado primary, will face incumbent Crank
Jessica Killin won Tuesday's Democratic primary in Colorado's 5th Congressional District, defeating Army veteran and nonprofit founder Joe Reagan to secure the party's nomination for the November general election. She will face incumbent Republican Rep. Jeff Crank, who ran unopposed in the GOP primary and is pursuing a second term in a district centered on […]
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State Department congratulates Peru’s Fujimori before final electoral authority certifies results
The State Department congratulated Keiko Fujimori as Peru's president-elect this week, before the country's final electoral authority had officially certified the results, raising questions about U.S. priorities in the region. Fujimori was declared winner Monday by Peru's National Office of Electoral Processes with 50.1% of the vote, a margin of fewer than 50,000 votes out […]
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‘Beyond the Gates’ brings network soap opera production to Atlanta
Inside Assembly Studios in Doraville, soundstages are bustling with activity at a pace unseen on Atlanta film lots in years. "Beyond the Gates," CBS's daytime drama centered on the wealthy Dupree family, is seven episodes deep into production each week, marking a significant shift in television work happening in metro Atlanta. "Beyond the Gates" premiered […]
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Gammon Theological Seminary earns independent accreditation
Gammon Theological Seminary has achieved independent accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges, granting the 143-year-old Atlanta institution formal authority to confer theology degrees under its own name. The accreditation marks a significant transition for the seminary after decades operating as part of the Interdenominational Theological Center within the Atlanta […]
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Inflation Reaches 3-Year High, but Signs Point to Possible Peak
The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index, the Federal Reserve's preferred inflation measure, climbed to 4.1% in May — the highest level in three years — according to data released Thursday by the Commerce Department. The month-over-month increase held steady at 0.4%, while core inflation, which excludes volatile gas and food components, rose to 3.4% from […]
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Supreme Court Rules Trump Can Fire Leaders of Independent Agencies
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday fundamentally reshaped executive power, striking down nine decades of constitutional protections that had limited a president's ability to unilaterally remove the heads of independent agencies. The 6-3 ruling in Trump v. Slaughter overturns Humphrey's Executor v. United States, a 1935 precedent that had protected agency independence since the New […]