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Honda takes two spots in the top 10 this year. Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesHybrids ruled the roost in 2024. Some of the most popular cars in 2024 also have the highest share of hybrid sales. Despite a tough year for EVs, the Tesla Model Y makes the top five. Once thought to be a dying segment, hybrid electric-gas cars had their best year ever in 2024.

Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez/BIMore than 3,600 older Americans have shared their financial and other regrets with Business Insider. Many said they regretted relying on government programs designed to keep them out of poverty. This is part of an ongoing series about older Americans' regrets. America is getting older — and that shift is straining the federal programs meant to keep older people out of poverty.

Russia achieved a creeping advance in Ukraine by forcing ill-trained soldiers into frontal attacks on defended positions. Arkady Budnitsky/Anadolu via Getty ImagesExpendable troops are essential to Russia's costly advance in Ukraine. Criminals allow Russia to expand its army without resorting to a larger mobilization. Convict troops may be more useful in urban warfare than in open terrain or mechanized warfare.

Big Tech has tapped clean energy sources to power the AI boom, which has invigorated interest in the nuclear sector. RelaxFoto.de/Getty ImagesBig Tech is investing in nuclear power to meet AI data center energy demands. Nuclear is seen as a clean energy source, but investors are skeptical about scalability and returns.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said ships are damaging undersea cables in the Baltic Sea nearly every month. Florian Gaertner/Photothek/Getty ImagesGermany's foreign minister urged new European Union sanctions on Russia's dark fleet. As part of a probe into a cut cable, Finland said last week it detained a ship that may be from the dark fleet.