An unknown fan paid more than half a million dollars for the last football Tom Brady threw in an NFL game before retiring last season. But the ball has now lost much of its value after the 44-year-old athlete announced Sunday that he is returning to professional football, experts said. …
Read More »Calls grow across U.S. for “gas tax holiday”
With gas prices at record highs across the U.S., an increasing number of governors and state lawmakers are calling for the suspension of gas taxes to provide relief to motorists who are facing the prospect of even higher pump prices as the country cuts off Russian oil imports. Proposals for …
Read More »Amazon to close all its brick
Amazon is closing all of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, as well as its 4-star shops and pop-up locations, as the online retail giant reworks its physical footprint. The Seattle-based company said Wednesday that the move, which affects 66 stores in the U.S. and two in the United Kingdom, will enable it …
Read More »Stocks close down for the week as investors keep wary eye on Ukraine and Fed
Stocks closed down for a second straight week in the U.S.— and sunk deeper into the red for 2022 so far — as investors assess the risks from escalating tensions in Ukraine and a shift in monetary policy by the Federal Reserve. After another day of turbulence, the Dow and the S&P …
Read More »Male enhancement pills sold nationwide on Amazon recalled
Five brands of male sexual enhancement capsules sold nationwide on Amazon are being recalled after tests found samples tainted with an unapproved drug for treating male erectile dysfunction. In the last week alone, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has posted four separate recalls of products by little-known companies that …
Read More »More asphyxiation deaths linked to adult bed rails
Two manufacturers of adult portable bed rails announced separate recalls this week of devices linked to four deaths of elderly Americans. Nearly 105,000 Carex brand rails sold from 2012 to December 2021 are being recalled after three entrapment deaths, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and medical equipment supplier …
Read More »American Airlines CEO Doug Parker stepping down end of March
American Airlines CEO Doug Parker will retire on March 31 and be replaced by the carrier’s current president, Robert Isom. Parker has led Texas-based American since late 2013, when he engineered a merger with smaller US Airways. He will remain as chairman, American said Tuesday. What do Biden’s new travel …
Read More »Woman arrested after punching Southwest Airlines worker, sending her to the hospital
A woman has been arrested after she punched a Southwest Airlines employee in the head during boarding, sending the worker to the hospital, police said. Arielle Jean Jackson, 32, was arrested Saturday afternoon at Love Field in Dallas, police said. Jackson has been charged with aggravated assault, according to law …
Read More »What will Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure bill do?
Washington — A bipartisan bill to spend $1.2 trillion on rebuilding the nation’s roads and bridges, expanding internet access and other projects to upgrade the nation’s infrastructure will add millions of jobs over the coming decade, proponents of the measure say. The bill is heading to President Biden’s desk for …
Read More »Hertz to buy 100,000 Tesla cars in push to offer electric vehicles
Car rental company Hertz has ordered 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla in a move that some analysts say further validates a growing electric vehicle movement in the U.S. Hertz said Monday that it’s buying the Tesla Model 3 cars by the end of 2022, and it also will create its …
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