Yearly Archives: 2024

Shipping is Getting More Expensive With the USPS

Shipping is Getting More Expensive With the USPS

(WBAP/KLIF) – The United States Postal Service is increasing their prices for shipping. A 3.2% increase for priority mail service, and a nearly 4% hike for USPS ground advantage is expected. The announcement comes after the postal service reported its financial results for the 2024 fiscal year, with net loss 9.5 billion dollars. The price…MORE

Barnes and Noble is Expanding

Barnes and Noble is Expanding

(WBAP/KLIF) – Despite an overall decline in brick-and-mortar stores nationwide, Barnes and Noble is opening over 60 new stores. Analysts say that since Barnes and Noble revamped their business model, the bookseller has been able to complete with online shopping and stay relevant. Barnes and Noble now prioritizes customer preferences in each market instead of…MORE

Wildfire Threat Continues in Much of the US Northeast as Dry Conditions Persist

Wildfire Threat Continues in Much of the US Northeast as Dry Conditions Persist

Firefighters in New York say a voluntary evacuation has helped them protect about 165 homes from a wildfire as officials in much of the Northeast cope with hundreds of brush fires in tinder-dry and windy conditions. New York City’s fire department said Sunday it has created a task force to respond to what officials are…MORE

Bullet Strikes Southwest Airlines Plane Without Injuries at Dallas Airport

Bullet Strikes Southwest Airlines Plane Without Injuries at Dallas Airport

DALLAS (AP) — A bullet has struck the body of a Southwest Airlines airplane preparing for departure from a Dallas airport, forcing the cancellation of the evening flight. The airline says no injuries were reported and law enforcement was contacted after the bullet struck the right side of the aircraft just under the flight deck…MORE

Anxiety and Dismay Inside the Justice Department After Trump Taps Gaetz as Attorney General

Anxiety and Dismay Inside the Justice Department After Trump Taps Gaetz as Attorney General

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s choice of Matt Gaetz to be attorney general has many Justice Department employees reeling. They’re worried not only about their own jobs but the future of the agency that the Trump loyalist has railed against. The president-elect’s pick of the Florida Republican sent a shock throughout the Cabinet department, considering…MORE