Edward Johnson 
An Embraer E175LR passengers aircraft of American Eagles airlines (C) taxxing before take-off to Pittsburg is seen at La Guardia Airport on January 9, 2024. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Airlines canceled about 2,000 U.S. flights Friday as they grapple with winter weather and the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 planes. Storms … Read more
Katie Mazarac just wanted to give her daughter a bath. It was late summer evening, and the small Louisiana fishing community where she and her then 18-month-old live had been plagued by water issues for months. Saltwater from the ocean had been creeping up the Mississippi River since June, making the water in her town … Read more
BOSTON (AP) — Online retailer eBay Inc. will pay a $3 million fine to resolve criminal charges over a harassment campaign waged by employees who sent live spiders, cockroaches and other disturbing items to the home of a Massachusetts couple, according to court papers filed Thursday. The Justice Department charged eBay with stalking, witness tampering … Read more
Parliament should consider formal regulation of the growing practice of private prosecutions to ensure the power is not abused, the chair of the Bar Council has said. Sam Townend KC said a review of private prosecutions should be launched in response to the Post Office scandal, in which about 3,500 postmasters were accused of theft, … Read more
Labour plans to scrap non-dom tax breaks would raise about a billion pounds less than the £3.2bn previously claimed, under an option being considered to allow a four-year grace period for those with the status. Research suggesting that scrapping the breaks could raise £3.2bn a year was cited by Labour when it announced the plans … Read more
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday proposed a framework that allows voluntary freezing of clients’ trading accounts, that will help address issues of any suspicious activities. Investors raise issues of suspicious activities in their trading accounts and thus, there is an urgent need to address the situation of having a facility … Read more
As terrible as that tradeoff is, it’s worth noting that the risk of death on a commercial airliner to anyone, lap-held infants included, remains vanishingly low—so let the pangs of guilt subside if you’ve flown holding your baby on your lap. “Commercial aircraft accidents are still extremely rare, and the logistics of having infants in … Read more
An artist’s rendering of a Momentus Vigoride transfer vehicle deploying a satellite in orbit. Momentus Space company Momentus warned shareholders in a securities filing on Friday that the company is running out of money and does not have a financial lifeline. Momentus, once valued at more than $1 billion before going public via a special … Read more
(NewsNation) — E-commerce company eBay has agreed to pay a Massachusetts couple millions of dollars after employees launched a harassment and intimidation campaign against them back in 2019 after they wrote a critical blog post about the site. The Department of Justice says former eBay executives ordered workers to launch the campaign against David and … Read more
Citigroup will cut 20,000 jobs over the next two years, its Chief Financial Officer Mark Mason said on Friday, after the bank reported a $1.8 billion loss for the fourth quarter. The lender, which currently has 239,000 employees worldwide, will reduce that headcount by 20,000 as part of a sweeping reorganization, Mason told reporters. Citi … Read more
