Service customer arrested at gunpoint after dealership lost paperwork
A Kia dealership in California is being sued for reporting a vehicle as stolen after it misplaced the agreement loaning it to a customer who was having repair work done.
Don Petersen, CEO who steered Ford to success in late 1980s, dies at 97
A mechanical engineer with a zeal for quality, Petersen led the company during some of its most prosperous years and was only the second person outside the founding Ford family to lead the automaker, after his predecessor, Philip Caldwell.
People on the move
Arts and entertainment
Alana Jackson was appointed arts and wellness director at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts.
Construction
Jared Wilken has joined Landsea Homes Corporation’s Florida division as the vice president of land.
Employment
Larry Lacefield has joined Loyal Source Government Services, Orlando, as a program director in its Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Disability Examinations Program.
Michele Gordon has joined Loyal Source Government Services, Orlando, as a program director in its Department of Veteran Affairs Medical Disability Examinations Program.
Real estate
Brooks Robinson has joined NAI Realvest, Orlando, as a commercial real estate associate.
Other
Curtesa Vanderpool was appointed vice president of behavioral health at the Children’s Home Society of Florida, Orlando.
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Retirement could come sooner than you think — how to plan for it
By Kate Ashford | NerdWallet
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American workers expect to retire at a median age of 65, according to a 2023 survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI). But the actual median age for retirement is 62, the survey found.
That may not seem like a big gap, but if you retire three years earlier than planned, that’s three fewer years of savings and three more years of retirement to fund.
This could happen for all sorts of reasons: You (or your partner or your parents) could get sick or disabled, there could be changes at your company, or you could simply burn out on the job. Forty-six percent of retirees exit the workforce sooner than they had planned, according to the EBRI survey, and of those, 35% say they did so due to a hardship (like health issues or disability).
Astronauts arrive to KSC as 1st crew for Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — It’s not just another ride for a pair of veteran NASA astronauts who arrived to the Space Coast ahead of their flight onboard Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner.
Barry “Butch” Wilmore and Sunita “Suni” Williams, who both joined NASA’s astronaut corps more than two decades ago, will be the commander and pilot for the Crew Flight Test mission of the much-delayed spacecraft.
It’s set to launch with humans on board for the first time atop an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Space Launch Complex 41 on May 6 at 10:34 p.m., headed to the International Space Station.
The pair flew into KSC in their T-38 jets, landing at the former space shuttle landing facility Thursday afternoon and speaking with reporters ahead of the vanguard mission.
“This mission going off well? Of course we want it to do that,” said Wilmore from the tarmac. “Do we expect it to go perfectly? This is the first human flight of the spacecraft. I’m sure we’ll find things out. That’s why we do this. This is a test flight. When you do test, you expect to find things. And we expect to find things.”