Airports around the country are bracing for the travel rush as Americans head out for Memorial Day weekend. AAA predicts 43.8 million people expected to travel between Thursday and Monday. (AP Video: Tassanee Vejpongsa)
"It’s subtle when you’re American, but it's super obvious to locals."
History was made in Canada, as the country's first commercial electric flight took off from Vancouver Island. As Catherine Urquhart reports, a lucky flight school student got the opportunity of a lifetime.
It should have been a matchup for the ages. In the red corner, a disgraced former elected official who is currently facing criminal charges and a $148 million ruling against him in a defamation case. In the blue corner, the son of a sitting American president who’s just made history by being found guilty for lying about his illegal drug use when buying a gun.But the head-to-head battle of two of the most ignominious figures in American political life is no longer happening. Hunter Biden has agre
Wells Fargo has fired a number of workers, after reviewing claims of fake keyboard activity.
Somebody tell the billfish.
High costs aren’t helping.
Even though the median U.S. CEO pay package last year was nearly 200 times more than a worker in the middle of their company pay scales, Elon Musk's record-setting Tesla compensation dwarfs them by comparison.
A B.C. coal mining company in northeastern B.C. has been fined more than $45,000 for repeated violations of the province's environmental protection rules, including the failure to monitor mine waste into fish-bearing water and failure to limit particulate being put into the air.Conuma Resources Limited is a metallurgical coal mining company operating in the Tumbler Ridge area in northeastern B.C., roughly 660 kilometres directly northeast of Vancouver.It mines coal from to produce carbon used in
Europe's pork industry faces a "nightmare scenario" of lower prices and falling profitability if China restricts imports from the region, industry executives and analysts said on Friday. China imported $6 billion worth of pork, including offal, in 2023 and more than half came from the EU, Chinese customs data showed. Ending those orders would result in a huge loss of business for Europe's meat industry.
TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s chairman Akio Toyoda will be facing some disgruntled shareholders this week, as two major proxy groups demand a vote against keeping the grandson of the founder on its board.
For an average single person planning to stop working at 64, a $1.2 million 401(k) account and $2,800 Social Security benefit could provide enough income to make ends meet during retirement. Widely used guidelines suggest your annual income may be around $81,600, which may or may not be more than your annual expenses. Much depends […] The post I’m 64 With $1.2 Million in a 401(k) and $2,800 Social Security Benefit. What’s My Retirement Budget? appeared first on SmartReads by SmartAsset.
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The old adage that it "takes money to make money" doesn't resonate as it used to, thanks to online business ideas that don't require startup costs. As long as you have a computer and an internet...
A Quebec judge has dismissed a $2.5-million class action settlement on behalf of Dollarama customers who purchased products subject to an eco fee.The proposed settlement was reached on Feb. 21 and was subject to court approval. The judge dismissed the settlement on April 17, according to a website dedicated to the class action.Law firm LPC Avocats informed class members of the decision in a letter on Friday.That means members of the class won't receive gift cards or any other compensation that t
Brand was accused of rape, assault and emotional abuse as part of a joint investigation last year.
Saudi Arabia's mining minister plans to meet with his Chilean counterpart in Santiago at the end of July to discuss potential investments in lithium, a Chilean government source said on Friday. Saudi Minister of Industry and Mineral Resources Bandar Alkhorayef told Reuters in a recent interview that the Middle Eastern country is interested in obtaining lithium overseas as it aims to enter the electric vehicle (EV) sector. Chile is the world's second-biggest producer of lithium, a material key to making the batteries that power EVs.
24% of Disney theme park attendees went into debt for their trip, survey finds. That number went up to 45% for parents.
The European Commission and the U.S. recently levied new tariffs on Chinese EVs.
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Matan Gans accepted a remote job at Coinbase over moving for Google, but then the offer got rescinded. Months later, he also got laid off from Amazon.
