Airlines, Hotels Branch Out With Experiences to Lure Travelers
Aug. 14 By Doyinsola Oladipo Casino operator MGM Resorts International is finding Formula One’s inaugural stop in Las Vegas is as much of a draw as its slot machines this year, and it is not the only company realizing that travelers are increasingly seeking out…
Exclusive-DeSantis and His Backers Paid $95,000 to Iowa Religious Leader’s Group, Documents Show
Aug. 13 By Alexandra Ulmer and Joseph Tanfani As Florida Governor Ron DeSantis scrambles to shore up his struggling run for the Republican presidential nomination, he has spent far more than any rival on courting an influential Christian conservative leader and his following in the…
US, China Agree to Double Weekly Flights Between Countries
Aug. 12 By David Shepardson The U.S. and China will approve twice the number of passenger flights currently permitted for air carriers to fly between the two countries, the Biden administration said on Friday, in a rare sign of cooperation between the world’s largest two…
Caltech Reaches ‘Potential Settlement’ in Apple, Broadcom Patent Case
Aug. 11 By Blake Brittain The California Institute of Technology has reached a “potential settlement” in a high-stakes patent infringement lawsuit against Apple and Broadcom over Wi-Fi chips, according to a Thursday filing in federal court. Caltech previously won a verdict of more than $1.1…
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Board Defeat Shareholders’ Jeffrey Epstein Lawsuit
Aug. 10 By Jonathan Stempel A federal judge has dismissed a shareholder lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase Chief Executive Jamie Dimon and his board of directors of ignoring red flags surrounding disgraced former client Jeffrey Epstein. In a Wednesday evening decision, U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff…
Drug User Cannot Be Barred From Owning Guns, US Court Rules
Aug. 9 By Nate Raymond A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a marijuana user, the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last…
Inflation Likely to Dominate the Economic News This Week
Aug. 8 By Tim Smart The positive inflation story is about to get a plot twist. Analysts expect that when the Labor Department reports the consumer price index number for July on Thursday, it may show inflation rose from June’s 3% annual rate to 3.2%…
Protesters Oppose Petrobras Oil Exploration Plan at Mouth of Amazon River
Aug. 7 By Leslie Adler Environmental demonstrators protested on Sunday against plans by Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras to drill for oil at the mouth of the Amazon river. “Oil-free Amazon,” said a banner held by the group of 50 protesters outside a convention center…
Coronavirus Variant EG.5 Takes Top Spot from ‘Arcturus’
Aug. 6 By Cecelia Smith-Schoenwalder A new coronavirus strain has taken over as the top variant circulating in the U.S. EG.5 was responsible for more than 17% of new coronavirus cases over the past two weeks, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control…
Trump’s Bleak Return to Washington
Aug. 4 By Susan Milligan Donald Trump and his supporters have been dreaming of the former president’s return to Washington. This was not what they had imagined. Instead of strutting gleefully and victoriously back to the White House, his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden…
Homeless campers return to Midtown site
Aug. 2 By Lauren Maxwell he numbers at a Midtown homeless camp next to Cuddy Park have slowly increased ever since the camp was abated in early June to make way for a three-day concert event. While it’s difficult to get exact figures, a count…
Top Republican Candidates Split on Trump Indictment
Aug. 1 By Dan Whitcomb Two of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s top rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination criticized the Justice Department on Tuesday for indicting him on charges of conspiring to overturn his 2020 election loss. But Mike Pence, Trump’s former vice…