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Facebook Tweet Email Link A stolen private plane caused a temporary shutdown of the airspace over Vancouver International Airport, one the busiest in Canada, on Tuesday. The Cessna 172 took off from Victoria International Airport, where it is used for flight training, and flew north about 40 miles to Vancouver and started circling. “We do have an aircraft that has been hijacked and is in the vicinity of the airport,” a tower controller warned other planes in a recording from the website LiveATC.net. “Just in case anything starts heading toward your you have the ability to move at your discretion.”…

by Sarah Kuta Last updated: 1:30 PM ET, Tue July 15, 2025 Bookings are now open for MSC Cruises’ summer 2027 sailings.The cruise line will have six ships sailing from four American homeports: Miami, Orlando, Galveston and Seattle. Travelers will be able to explore destinations in the Caribbean, Bahamas and Alaska. MSC World America will be based out of MSC Cruises’ new cruise terminal in Miami, offering 7-night Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries. MSC Seaside will also homeport in Miami, offer flexible 3- and 4-night itineraries to the Caribbean and Bahamas. MSC Seascape and MSC Seascape will sail from the Port…

The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re tracking layoffs in the tech industry in 2025 so you can see the trajectory of the cutbacks and understand the impact on innovation across all types of companies. As businesses continue to embrace AI and automation, this tracker serves as a reminder of the human…

NEW YORK (AP) — Two milestones revealed this week illustrate the diminishing power of broadcast television in the media world — one fueled by the habits of young people and the other by their elders.During June, viewers spent more time watching streaming services than they did for broadcast and cable television combined. That happened for the first time ever in May, by a fraction of a percentage point, but the Nielsen company said on Tuesday that gap widened considerably in June.Also, for the third straight week, Nielsen said that Fox News Channel had more viewers in prime-time on weeknights than…

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon speaks during the Goldman Sachs Investor Day at Goldman Sachs Headquarters in New York City, U.S., February 28, 2023. Brendan Mcdermid | ReutersGoldman Sachs is scheduled to report second-quarter earnings before the opening bell Wednesday.Here’s what Wall Street expects:Earnings: $9.53 per share, according to LSEGRevenue: $13.47 billion, according to LSEGTrading Revenue: Fixed income of $3.28 billion, equities of $3.65 billion, per StreetAccountInvesting Banking fees: $1.9 billion, per StreetAccountGoldman Sachs is set up to be a beneficiary of several trends in the second quarter.Trading desks across Wall Street have benefited as President Donald Trump’s tariff policies have…

Don Welsh, president & CEO of Destinations International (left) and Sherry L. Rupert, CEO of AIANTA (right). (Photo Credit: Destinations International)WHY IT RATES: The new partnership is paramount as it will assist Indigenous destinations across the U.S. in building awareness through Destinations International’s vast global travel network.—Patrick Clarke, TravelPulse Senior EditorThe American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association (AIANTA), the only national organization dedicated to advancing cultural heritage tourism in Native Nations and communities across the United States, and Destinations International, the world’s largest global network of destination organizations, convention and visitor bureaus (CVBs), and tourism boards, announced a two-year strategic…

As AI systems become more capable, speech is fast becoming the default way we communicate with machines. French AI startup Mistral has jumped into the audio race with its first open model, aiming to challenge the dominance of walled-off corporate systems with open-weight alternatives.   On Tuesday, Mistral announced the release of Voxtral, its first family of audio models aimed at businesses. The company is pitching Voxtral as the first open model that’s capable of deploying “truly usable speech intelligence in production.” In other words, no longer will developers have to choose between a cheap, open system that fumbles transcriptions and…

Kumagaya, Japan CNN  —  Eighty years later, the scars of the last American firebombing of a Japanese city remain — on the skin of a man who still lives mere yards from where hundreds died, on the surface of a statue of a revered Buddhist monk, and in the minds of those whose city was turned to ash in a matter of hours. Almost 90 US B-29 bombers dropped about 6,000 tons of jellied gasoline — napalm — on Kumagaya, Japan, on the night of August 14-15, 1945. The resulting fires, burning at 800 to 1,200 degrees Celsius, killed at…

Travelers flying through Las Vegas International Airport (LAS) in 2026 will be treated to a completely new lounge concept from American Express. Next year, the credit card company will debut Sidecar by The Centurion Lounge, a new category of its beloved premium lounges that will cater to faster visits. The all-new space will be designed for travelers with a short amount of time before their flight who want to stop in for a quick bite or drink. The Sidecar lounge concept will still offer gourmet small plates and signature cocktails, curated by the same team that sets menus at Amex’s other…

When Betsy Fore was five, her grandmother got her a gift she has never forgotten: A Velveteen Rabbit from Goodwill that Fore believed, with enough love, could spring alive. Decades later, that rabbit has lent its name to Fore’s venture firm, Velveteen Ventures, which came to life on Tuesday.  “I realized after building companies for nearly two decades that I could make the greatest ripple in this one precious life by being on the other side of the table,” she told TechCrunch. Her companies include the baby food company Tiny Organics (for which she became the first Native American woman…