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    Your Money Adviser

    You Really Can Lower Your Car Insurance Cost

    After years of increases, auto insurance has become a budget pain point for many. But experts say there are ways to keep your rates down.

    1. PhotoA participant’s posture and seat belt position are recorded. In the study, subjects narrated their levels of nausea during the route.
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      Wheels

      Avoiding Carsickness When the Cars Drive Themselves

      If the future lets people focus on work instead of driving during the daily commute, many of us will have to conquer motion sickness to read memos (or tweets). Researchers are working on some fixes.

  1. Formula One Link-Up Boosts All-Female W Series

    W Series organisers say they have moved a step closer to getting a woman driver into Formula One after announcing on Thursday a deal to be on the support programme for this year's U.S. and Mexican Grands Prix.

  5. PhotoCarlos Ghosn, the former head of the Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi auto alliance, at a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, on Wednesday.
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    Carlos Ghosn Defends His Legacy

    “Nobody’s going to take it from me,” said the fugitive former auto mogul, a symbol of globalism under pressure.

  1. PhotoHyundai said the S-A1 was designed to cruise 1,000 to 2,000 feet above the ground at 180 miles per hour for trips up to 60 miles.
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    Where’s Your Flying Car? Still Years From Reality

    A model presented by Hyundai and Uber at the Consumer Electronics Show is said to hold the promise of aerial ride sharing at 180 miles an hour.

  5. Smarter Driving

    PhotoThis may look cute, but don’t let your pup do this. It’s not safe.
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    Dogs in Cars, Getting There Safely

    Like any family member, they need to be protected in case of a crash, but also should not distract the driver. Face licking is discouraged.

  1. G.M.’s Cruise Unveils a Self-Driving Car. Don’t Look for It on Roads.

    The futuristic Origin, which seats six passengers and lacks a steering wheel, will require intensive testing and regulatory scrutiny before it can hit the streets.

    By Erin Griffith

  2. STORY TIMES: AGES 2-4

    9 Books to Help Calm an Anxious Toddler

    These books will help little ones slow down and breathe easy, even during rough moments.

    By Maria Russo

  3. Story Times: Ages 13-18

    7 Great Contemporary Novels for Teenagers

    These books about teenagers growing up today combine literary chops with the special sauce that keeps adolescent readers turning the pages.

    By Maria Russo

  4. Delayed by Abuse Claim, Apple’s ‘The Banker’ Gets New Release Date

    The film, starring Samuel L. Jackson and Anthony Mackie, was withdrawn after a producer, a son of one of its protagonists, was accused of sexual misconduct.

    By Rachel Abrams

  5. Wheels

    Los Angeles Rethinks Taxis as Uber and Lyft Dominate the Streets

    The cab business is down 75 percent in less than a decade. The plan is to make taxis a lot more like their app-hailed rivals.

    By Susan Carpenter

  6. Lebanon Orders Carlos Ghosn to Stay Put

    The travel ban was issued as Lebanon begins to consider how to treat the former executive facing financial charges in Japan.

    By Vivian Yee and Hwaida Saad

  7. 2 Dead After Sanitation and Concrete Trucks Hit Pedestrians in N.Y.C.

    One of those struck was a 10-year-old boy. The fatalities brought the pedestrian death toll to four in the new year.

    By Ed Shanahan

  8. Driver in Distress? It’s Cuomo to the Rescue (Again)

    The governor had just left an event in Manhattan when he spotted a van on its side. It was time for him to roll into action.

    By Ed Shanahan

  9. The Interpreter

    Is There a Risk of Wider War With Iran?

    All but forced to retaliate, Iran will likely aim for limited counterattacks that damage the United States but don’t lead to all-out war. Miscalculation could mean things spiral out of control.

    By Max Fisher

  10. Syd Mead, 86, Maker of Future Worlds in ‘Blade Runner’ and More, Dies

    In a wide-ranging career, he designed cars, restaurants and, most notably, the otherworldly look of science-fiction movies.

    By Neil Genzlinger