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even though California law technically prohibits minors from riding in those cars alone.

One woman, who's often stuck at work as a social worker while her husband is busy at his job installing glass, tried a test run with Waymo after exhausting other options for getting her kids around.

She'd tried Uber and Lyft, but those drivers often canceled after discovering they were picking up a kid.

Now, her 13-year-old daughter gets met at school by a self-driving taxi.

There are still many skeptics of the technology in general,

In recent years, Waymos have been documented ignoring flashing lights or breaking other traffic rules.

But one dad told the Times he thinks of it as safer than any human driver, saying, quote, And for most parents using Waymo to pick up their kids, the absence of a driver is a selling point.

They say they don't have to worry about who their kid is getting in the car with.

For their part, the teenagers don't seem to think it's weird at all, with one 16-year-old telling the Times it feels normal.

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From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Monday, March 10th. Here's what we're covering.

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From The New York Times, it's the headlines. I'm Tracy Mumford. Today's Monday, March 10th. Here's what we're covering.

President Trump has declined to rule out the possibility that his economic policies, including waves of aggressive tariffs, could trigger a recession.

President Trump has declined to rule out the possibility that his economic policies, including waves of aggressive tariffs, could trigger a recession.

President Trump has declined to rule out the possibility that his economic policies, including waves of aggressive tariffs, could trigger a recession.

In an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News, the president said that he was stopping America from being taken advantage of in trade, but acknowledged that his moves could take some time to pay off. His willingness to put tariffs on America's closest trading partners, even if he's then paused some of them, has been sending shockwaves through the stock market.

In an interview that aired Sunday on Fox News, the president said that he was stopping America from being taken advantage of in trade, but acknowledged that his moves could take some time to pay off. His willingness to put tariffs on America's closest trading partners, even if he's then paused some of them, has been sending shockwaves through the stock market.