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A Delta Air plane takes off from Sydney Airport on Jan. 20, 2024 in Sydney, Australia. (Jenny Evans/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — North America will experience its last total solar eclipse for 20 years in April, and now some skywatchers will have a front-row view. Delta Airlines announced its chartering a flight from Austin, Texas, […]

American Airlines passenger jets are lined up on the gates at Washingtons Reagan National Airport, Feb. 10, 2024, in Arlington, Va. (J. David Ake/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Delta made waves last year in announcing sweeping policy changes to its loyalty program, and now American Airlines has followed suit with changes of its own that […]

GM chief engineer Dom Lester mentors young minorities and women who are pursuing careers in vehicle engineering. (General Motors) (NEW YORK) — Dom Lester has a long and enviable list of accomplishments at General Motors, where’s he worked for the last 25 years. As the company’s chief engineer for performance variants, parts and motorsports engineering, […]

Dunkin’ (NEW YORK) — Dunkin’ is spicing up its spring menu with six new seasonal items rolling out nationwide on Wednesday, including an energy-boosting iced beverage innovation. The coffee chain that recently made headlines for its Super Bowl commercial starring Ben Affleck and J. Lo announced the lineup of new products, plus a special promo […]

jayk7/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration will begin automatically relieving student debt for another 153,000 people on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Americans approved for debt relief to nearly 3.9 million. President Joe Biden will tout the new debt relief in a speech from Los Angeles, and thousands of people will receive an […]

Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Capital One’s decision to acquire Discover could establish a new megafirm that shakes up the credit card industry. The move may hold long-term implications for credit card holders, regardless of whether they bank with Capital One or shop with Discover, experts told ABC News. If approved by […]

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A sunbathed Dalmatian tiptoes across a windowsill, a Chinese New Year parade engulfs a city street, an archeologist digs up a chair from desert sand. Videos posted online display these events, but none of them happened. They make up the first publicly available work created by OpenAI’s newly unveiled video-generation […]

ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of striking workers in the U.S. more than doubled last year due to massive work stoppages carried out by autoworkers, nurses and Hollywood writers and actors, according to a study released by Cornell University on Thursday. The total number of striking workers climbed 141% in 2023, amounting to […]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The City of New York on Wednesday sued the companies behind SnapChat, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, accusing them of fomenting a “nationwide youth mental health crisis” by exposing children “to a nonstop stream of harmful content.” The lawsuit, filed in California Superior Court, alleged the companies intentionally designed their platforms […]

Wendy’s (NEW YORK) — Everyone knows the best part of freshly made cinnamon rolls are the gooey melty center, so Wendy’s worked with Cinnabon to create a sweet new pastry for its breakfast menu that delivers all the flavor, texture and nostalgia of the iconic confection. On Wednesday, the Ohio-based fast food chain announced its […]