Elon Musk’s X on Monday blocked an account tied to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei after it posted a message in Hebrew. The account was suspended after Israel attacked Iran this past weekend in response to Iran’s barrage of 200 rockets targeting the Jewish state earlier this month. “In the name of God, the … Read more
Shares of Crocs tumbled 18% after the comfy shoe maker posted disappointing profits, blaming its struggling loafer brand, HeyDude. Crocs executives admitted during a Tuesday earnings call that its 2022 HeyDude acquisition is dinging its otherwise strong growth. The Broomfield, Colo.-based company said overall 2024 sales will rise 3% compared with its previous estimate of … Read more
RESERVE, La. — A chemical manufacturing plant west of New Orleans has agreed to pay a $480,000 federal fine and install equipment to stop the release of a cancer-causing chemical from a storage tank and pipe. The consent agreement and final order outlining the settlement between DuPont and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was filed … Read more
A 15-year-old high school freshman is hospitalized with severe complications of food poisoning after eating McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers three times in the weeks before a deadly E. coli outbreak was detected. Kamberlyn Bowler, of Grand Junction, Colorado, had to be flown 250 miles to a hospital near Denver in mid-October, where she received dialysis … Read more
LAS VEGAS — Federal investigators say an electrical system malfunctioned, the autopilot quit and some radio communications were disrupted aboard a Frontier Airlines plane shortly before the pilots made a fiery but safe emergency landing in Las Vegas earlier this month. No one among the 190 passengers and seven crew members was injured Oct. 5 … Read more
Boeing overcharged the US Air Force for spare parts for C-17 transport planes, including marking up the price on soap dispensers by 7,943%, according to a report by a Pentagon watchdog. The Department of Defense Office of Inspector General said on Tuesday the Air Force overpaid nearly $1 million for a dozen spare parts, including $149,072 … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris said she was disappointed Tuesday by the decisions of major liberal newspapers like The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times not to offer endorsements this election cycle. During an appearance on “The Breakfast Club,” host Charlamagne tha God asked Harris how she felt about major news publications like The Post and the LA Times … Read more
Staged car accidents – fraudulent schemes designed to exploit insurance systems – are becoming more frequent on roadways across the U.S. The rise in these events is becoming a significant concern in California, New York and Florida, according to the Insurance Information Institute. Mark Friedlander, institute spokesperson, told FOX Business that “unscrupulous actors” are increasingly capitalizing … Read more
Gannett-owned USA Today and the chain’s more than 200 other newspapers won’t endorse a candidate for president — joining the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times in choosing to stay silent on next week’s election. “None of the USA TODAY Network publications are endorsing in presidential or national races,” a spokesperson for USA Today, Lark-Marie … Read more
McDonald’s on Tuesday said its sales and restaurant visits nosedived after a deadly E.coli outbreak was linked to its Quarter Pounder burgers. “There’s been an impact in the US as a result of that food safety incident [with a] shift to daily negative sales and guest count results since the beginning of the food safety … Read more