Tesla sales decline 1.1% in 2024, the company's first annual sales drop in a decade
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Tesla sales for the 2024 short of 2023 numbers, as a 2.3% increase in global sales in the fourth quarter was not enough to overcome a sluggish first half of the year.
It was the first year-over-year sales drop for the Austin, Texas, company since at least 2015, and it came despite offers of discounts such as 0% financing, free charging and low-priced leases.
Tesla delivered 495,570 vehicles from October through December, boosting deliveries to 1.79 million for the full year. But that was 1.1% below 2023 sales of 1.81 million as overall demand for electric vehicles in the U.S. and elsewhere slowed.
Federal investigators found bomb-making materials while searching the Texas home of the man responsible for the deadly truck attack on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, law enforcement officials said Friday.
The man who plowed a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year's Day posted audio recordings online in early 2024 expressing his religious beliefs and describing music as the "voice of Satan." He made no mention, however, of plans for violence or affiliations with extremist groups in the recordings.
Mexican airline Aeromexico had the world's best record for on-time arrivals in 2024, according to a new annual ranking. Delta Air Lines scored the highest among U.S. carriers despite a computer outage that caused thousands of flight cancellations in July.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and other federal agencies have warned about the risk of "copycat or retaliatory attacks" after a man drove a rented pickup truck through a crowd of New Year's revelers on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, killing 14 people before he was shot dead in a firefight with police.
Two days after a man drove a rented truck into a crowd of revelers on New Orleans' Bourbon Street, killing at least 14 people before he was killed in a shootout with police, his family is providing more details about his life before the attack.
Washington — President Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit New Orleans on Monday, following the attack on Bourbon Street on New Year's Day that left at least 14 dead and dozens more injured.
The U.S. Department of Transportation on Friday announced a $2 million fine against JetBlue for "operating multiple chronically delayed flights," marking the first such penalty by the agency.
A U.S. Marine who sent an ominous letter home before he went missing in action during World War II has been accounted for over eight decades after he was killed in the Pacific, the Defense Department announced Thursday.
President Biden announced Friday that he is blocking the $15 billion proposal by Japan's Nippon Steel to buy U.S. Steel after a government panel recently failed to reach consensus on the possible national security risks of the deal.
A federal appeals court on Thursday ruled that US regulators overstepped their authority by reinstating "net neutrality" rules governing internet service providers, dealing a blow to the Biden administration.