As part of its newest effort to attract higher-paying passengers and turn a profit again, JetBlue Airways intends to install domestic first-class seats on aircraft that do not currently have its premium Mint class in 2026. In a memo to staff, JetBlue president Marty St. George stated that all of the airline's Airbus planes that do not feature Mint, the airline's lie-flat seats, will have two or three rows of domestic first-class seats. We have investigated the possibility of extending a version of Mint throughout the fleet since its inception more than ten years ago, frequently jokingly referring to it as junior Mint or mini-Mint, St. George stated. He claimed that because Mint cannot be replicated on shorter trips, the airline has to find a way to accommodate customers who are prepared to...

Tom Brady has given Sotheby's a lot of points. The 41 objects up for auction sold for a total of $9 million during the auction house's Tuesday night GOAT Collections sale. There were watches, jerseys, and other sports memorabilia in the lots. Just the watches generated $4.6 million. Brady's 1969 rare yellow gold Rolex Daytona Paul Newman "John Player Special" was the auction's top-selling piece, fetching $1.1 million. During a ceremony at Gillette Stadium in 2023, when owner Robert Kraft announced the seven-time Super Bowl winning quarterback would be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame, Brady wore the watch for the first time. Four collectors fought for the opportunity to acquire a piece of Brady's University of Michigan past. The day-worn jersey he wore to his final college game brou...

Last week, mortgage rates dropped once more. Although it wasn't a significant drop, it was enough to encourage existing homeowners to start looking for ways to save money. The seasonally adjusted index of the Mortgage Bankers Association showed a 5.4% increase in overall mortgage demand over the previous week, driven by the spike in refinances. For 30-year fixed-rate mortgages with conforming loan sums of $766,550 or less, the average contract interest rate dropped from 6.69% to 6.67%, and for loans requiring a 20% down payment, the points dropped from 0.67 to 0.66. The weekly drop was the third in a row. The number of home loan refinance applications increased by 27% week over week and by 42% over the same period last year. Because the base volume is still so small, the percentages are hi...

Albertsonson formally ended its proposed $25 billion merger with Kroger on Wednesday and sued its grocery rival, claiming Kroger broke the terms of the agreement and failed to fulfill its obligations to help the deal be approved. The proposed tie-up was barred by a judge the day before. According to a news statement from Albertsons, Kroger violated the terms of the merger agreement by consistently refusing to sell off assets required for antitrust approval, disregarding regulators' advice, turning off more powerful divestment buyers, and not collaborating with Albertsons. In a statement, Albertsons General Counsel and Chief Policy Officer Tom Moriarty said that Kroger's self-serving actions, which were performed at the expense of Albertsons and the agreed-upon agreement, had hurt Albertson...

What whales do out of love. The record for the longest known migration between breeding sites was set by a humpback whale, which astounded experts with a journey that covered more than 8,000 miles and three oceans. The researchers' findings, which were published on Wednesday in the Royal Society Open Science journal, imply that the odyssey might be related to a change in mating habits or climate change, which is altering ocean conditions and reducing food supplies. These migrations to new breeding areas may be prompted by shifting ocean and climatic circumstances. Darren Croft, an executive director of the Center for Whale Research and a behavioral ecology professor at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom, suggested that people might be seeking out new chances due to the increasi...

The rapidly spreading, almost 4,000-acre Malibu wildfire in Los Angeles County, California, has burned homes and prompted authorities to urge the evacuation of about 20,000 residents due to strong winds. As thousands of first responders attempted to contain the fire, the Los Angeles National Weather Service issued a warning Tuesday night that there was still a "very extreme fire danger" over southern California. According to an update from the city of Malibu, the Franklin Fire has grown by 600 acres this morning and is now 3,983 acres with 7% containment as of 7 a.m. local time (10 a.m. ET). Several well-known people who reside in the coveted coastal town of Malibu are among the evacuees fleeing Malibu. Actor Dick Van Dyke, who turns 99 on Friday, said on Facebook that he and his wife Arle...

Jay-Z, whose actual name is Shawn Carter, is a rapper and businessman who was accused on Sunday of raping a teenage girl following an awards event over twenty years ago. The hip-hop tycoon, Sean Diddy Combs, is also facing federal sex trafficking accusations and a number of cases alleging sexual assault. The complaint, filed in federal court in the Southern District of New York, stated that the plaintiff in Sunday's claim was 13 years old at the time of the alleged assault. Carter said in a statement on Sunday that the accusations were "idiotic" and refuted them. The lawsuit was dismissed by Combs' legal team as a blatant publicity gimmick. What we know about the lawsuit is as follows. What are the allegations against Carter? Originally brought against Combs in October, the complain...