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by Donald Wood Last updated: 9:45 AM ET, Fri October 3, 2025 Amtrak has announced a new limited-time “Falling Fares Sale,” offering rail travelers discounted fares on routes across the country, providing an extra incentive to plan an autumn getaway.Amtrak customers can enjoy up to 25 percent off regularly priced fares on select routes, which is available on tickets booked through Tuesday, October 7. The deal applies to travel between Tuesday, October 14 and Thursday, December 18 in Coach and Acela Business classes.”Whether for a short regional trip or a cross-country journey, train travel offers a unique way to experience…
The U.S. government shutdown could stifle deal flow, freeze visa processing for workers, and cause other problems for startups and the broader tech sector, especially if it lasts longer than a week, according to experts who spoke to TechCrunch. The U.S. government shutdown, which began Tuesday, is the first one in seven years. The unpredictability of the Trump administration coupled with a politically entrenched Congress makes it hard to predict when the shutdown will end. Out of eight shutdowns since 1990, four have happened during Trump administrations; the last one lasted 35 days, the longest in modern history. TechCrunch spoke…
Instagram Threads, Meta’s X rival that now has over 400 million monthly active users, is officially launching a new feature that could redefine how its app is used: Communities. On Thursday, Meta said it’s introducing over 100 communities to the app, where users worldwide can have casual conversations around topics like basketball, television, K-pop, books, and more. The idea, explains Meta, is to give users dedicated spaces within the app where they can delve deeper into conversations on topics that matter to them. The communities users have joined will display on their Threads profile, and each community has its own…
Nearly seven months after the Trump administration cracked down on pro-Palestinian activists, the only one still jailed is breaking her silence, recounting how the suffering of family members in Gaza drove her to protest.Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian from the West Bank who has lived in New Jersey since 2016, has been held in a U.S. immigration detention center since March. The experience has left her feeling powerless to assist family members caught in the war or to speak out on their behalf, she said.“Most days I feel helpless,” Kordia, 32, said recently. “I want to do something, but I can’t…
Tyrese Gibson was booked into a Georgia jail early Friday, a week after he failed to turn himself in following an arrest warrant for cruelty to animals, police said. Gibson was released the same day on a $20,000 bond, Fulton County Police Captain Nicole Dwyer said. He has still not turned his four Cane Corso dogs to police, who authorities say killed a neighbor’s small dog in mid-September and had roamed the neighborhood unsupervised at various times over the past few months.“We are glad he did the right thing and turned himself in,” Dwyer wrote to The Associated Press, noting…
Production is now set to begin at the former Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, less than two years after GM announced the massive $2.2 billion investment to fully renovate the facility to build a variety of all-electric trucks and SUVs.Photo by Jeffrey Sauger for General MotorsDETROIT – Shares of the Detroit automakers closed higher Friday following an afternoon report that President Donald Trump is considering “significant tariff relief” for the production of vehicles in the U.S.Stocks for General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis shifted from trading level or down to closing up between 1% to 4% on the report from…
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts reported that the first nine months of 2025 closed with a strong global performance across all key indicators with an 8 percent increase in ADR and a 10 percent increase in sales compared to the same time frame in 2024. The company has also announced the addition of a new hotel in Mexico in 2025 and is slated to open its first hotel in Zanzibar in 2026. Phil Mc Aveety, CEO of Iberostar Hotels & Resorts said in a statement, “These results reaffirm the sustained growth trajectory of recent years and demonstrate our strong global positioning.…
Google is bringing its AI coding agent Jules deeper into developer workflows with a new command-line interface and public API, allowing it to plug into terminals, CI/CD systems, and tools like Slack — as competition intensifies among tech companies to own the future of software development and make coding more of an AI-assisted task. Until now, Jules — Google’s asynchronous coding agent — was only accessible via its website and GitHub. On Thursday, the company introduced Jules Tools, a command-line interface that brings Jules directly into the developer’s terminal. The CLI lets developers interact with the agent using commands, streamlining…
Good news for cost-conscious travelers looking to explore one of the most rugged and striking landscapes in the United States: Southwest Airlines just announced it will launch its first-ever route to Alaska in 2026.The Dallas-based carrier says it intends to begin flights to Anchorage, Alaska’s Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) sometime next spring. Although the full details for the new route aren’t being released, Southwest says that the new flights will launch sometime in the first half of next year. Fares are expected to go on sale later this month with the planned extension of the carrier’s schedule into…
YouTube has become the biggest platform out there, offering tons of opportunities for creators to earn a living. Back in June, the company reported that its creative ecosystem added over $55 billion to the U.S. GDP and created more than 490,000 full-time jobs. However, many YouTubers have reduced their reliance on ad revenue and brand deals. There are several reasons for this shift. First, ad revenue can be unpredictable. With YouTube continually updating its policies, some creators find it challenging to secure ads for their videos, which can negatively impact their earnings. They’ve also realized that income from these streams…