Waymo, who was invited to attend the meeting, told the city last week it planned to skip, saying "we answered all questions."

Several driverless Waymo robotaxis rolled straight into standing water on Riverside Drive on Thursday, then froze in place, clogging traffic and forcing human drivers to squeeze around the stalled cars.

Gallup’s updated polling on autonomous vehicles, released in the last week, showed about two-thirds of Americans expect to see driverless cars commonly roaming the roadways within the next decade, including 31% expecting them to become

The two chicks growing in Big Bear’s famous bald eagle nest have been named. Why it matters: The eaglets will be called Sandy and Luna, according to Friends of Big Bear Valley, the nonprofit that runs a popular YouTube livestream of the nest and is working to preserve acres of land in the area.

Waymo’s driverless robotaxis are now open to anyone in Miami, turning what had been a limited pilot into a citywide experiment in human-free rides. The service has pushed into beachside neighborhoods and can be booked for trips that may hop onto limited-access highways.