Inside E1, the F1 for eco-conscious speed boaters backed by the likes of Will Smith, Tom Brady, and Steve Aoki

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E1 electric powerboat racing
E1's inaugural season took place in 2024.

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  • E1 is an all-electric powerboat championship that debuted in 2024.
  • Celebrity team owners include Tom Brady, Will Smith, Rafael Nadal, and Steve Aoki.
  • Qualified teams will compete in this season's final race on Saturday in Miami.

It's like F1 but on water.

Seventy-five years ago, race drivers ripped across the asphalt in Formula 1's first Grand Prix

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Trumps transportation head imposes a space launch curfew. Heres why.

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A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches at night

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will restrict when commercial rockets can launch, citing heavy strain on the nation’s air traffic control system amid the ongoing government shutdown.

In an emergency order issued on Friday, the FAA stated that commercial space launches and reentries will be limited to nighttime hours, between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. local time, starting Monday. The curfew is

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FedEx and UPS have grounded their fleets of MD-11 cargo planes after the crash in Kentucky

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A UPS McDonnell Douglas MD-11.

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  • UPS and FedEx are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes, the companies said.
  • It comes after a UPS MD-11 crashed during takeoff on Tuesday, killing at least 14 people.
  • Both companies said they were acting on the advice of the aircraft manufacturer.

Delivery companies UPS and FedEx announced they are temporarily grounding their

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We traveled to Europe with our 11-month-old baby. I wish we'd avoided these 3 mistakes on our international trip.

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Author Haley Johnson with her husband, baby
My husband and I went on a European trip with our baby. It wasn't perfect, but I'm glad we did it.

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  • My husband and I took our baby on a trip to Europe, visiting London and Paris.
  • I wish we'd planned the itinerary around the baby a bit more and hadn't tried to do so much.
  • The chaos sometimes outweighed the fun, but I don't regret taking our 11-month-old on this trip.

When you're presented

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I moved in with my parents when I couldn't afford childcare. As a single mom, they helped me get back on my feet.

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Rear view of a girl and her grandmother standing at the kitchen hob

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  • Alison Brewerton is a single mom who had been working near London when she and her ex split.
  • Her parents would drive 1.5 hours each way to take care of their granddaughter so Alison could work.
  • Alison moved in with her parents to both save money and relieve the pressure of childcare scheduling.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with 45-year-old

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I grew up without an iPhone. I wish people weren't so attached to theirs.

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A little girl playing on a beach with a bucket and a spade.
The Gen X author, on vacation as a child, was photographed with an analog camera — not an iPhone.

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  • I'm a Gen Xer, and I was raised long before the digital age took over.
  • I'm relieved that smartphones, Instagram, and Snapchat weren't around when I was younger.
  • Recently, at an Oasis concert, most of what I could see was other people's phone screens.

I went to see Oasis this fall

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