Planes have been packed to pre-pandemic levels this summer, and that is letting airlines take in enough money to cover higher fuel costs – and then some. Delta Air Lines said Wednesday that it earned $735 million in the second quarter. Earnings per share fell short of Wall Street expectations, however, which the airline blamed […]

Starbucks is closing 16 stores around the country because of repeated safety issues, including drug use and other disruptive behaviors that threaten staff. The coffee giant is closing six stores in its hometown of Seattle, six in Los Angeles, two in Portland, Oregon and one each in Philadelphia and Washington. Starbucks said employees at those […]

Amazon is heading into its annual Prime Day sales event on Tuesday much differently than how it entered the pandemic. The company has long used the two-day event — one of its biggest all year — to lure people to its Prime membership, for which Amazon recently raised the price to $139 a year from […]

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Twitter are bracing for a legal fight after the billionaire said Friday he was abandoning his $44 billion bid for the social media company. Twitter is vowing to challenge Musk in court to uphold the agreement. Shares of Twitter slid more than 9% on Monday. Here’s a look at what […]

NEW YORK CITY (Yaakov M / VINnews) The Manhattan bodega employee who was charged with murder after killing an attacker in self-defense, has been released on bail. Jose Alba, 61, was brutally attacked by a violent career criminal last week. Store surveillance footage shows Alba was clearly in danger and protecting himself from a crazed […]

CALIFORNIA (VINnews) The evil Twitter banning machine has struck again. This time, the victim was Breaking911, a news outlet that boasts a Twitter following of close to 1 million, including many popular conservative pundits and politicians. The leftist platform’s official reason for the ban – “ban evasion”. This was particularly bizarre, as the account had […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) – Israel’s Economy and Industry Minister announced on Tuesday that Israel will reopen its economic office in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 1, after the office’s activities were drastically reduced in 2019. The return of an Israeli economic attaché in Istanbul will affect about 1,540 Israeli companies currently exporting to the Turkish market and […]

SOUTH FLORIDA (VINnews) A Jewish family is suing Southwest Airlines, after their disabled daughter was thrown from her wheelchair while boarding a flight, leaving her with life-altering injuries According to the lawsuit, this past winter, 25-year-old Gaby Assouline was boarding Southwest Flight 1002 in Ft. Lauderdale, heading to Denver to visit her sister. Gaby’s electric […]

LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England warned Tuesday that recent cryptocurrency meltdowns that wiped out more then $2 trillion in value highlight the need for tougher financial regulations The U.K.’s central bank said that the crashes exposed vulnerabilities in the crypto markets reminiscent of previous bouts of financial turmoil. Extreme volatility in the crypto […]

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla’s sales from April through June fell to their lowest quarterly level since last fall as supply chain issues and pandemic restrictions in China hobbled production of its electric vehicles. The company on Saturday disclosed it sold more than 254,000 cars and SUVs from April through June, an 18% drop from the […]