Tag: Trying

02 NOV

Select Airports Are Trying out Passenger Lie Detector Tests

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23 OCT

An ‘intoxicated’ JetBlue passenger was pepper-sprayed and arrested after allegedly attacking crew and wrestling with a police officer while trying to board a plane with his 8-year-old son (JBLU)

Brian Pascus/Business Insider via WFTV.com via Orange County Jail A Utah man was pepper-sprayed and arrested at Orlando International Airport on Sunday before boarding a JetBlue Airways flight. According to multiple reports, 45 year-old Brandon Strong of Layton, Utah allegedly confronted both an airline employee and an airport police officer.   In the official arrest affidavit […]

22 OCT

The Inventor Trying to Suck Water From the World's Driest Air

“You asked for it,” Ap Verheggen says in a low, scratchy voice when I ask about the painting on the wall behind him. He proceeds with a Skype tour of his apartment, which is filled with his surrealist sculptures and a coffee table with metal legs modeled after his wife’s face. Today, the 54-year-old Dutch […]

11 OCT

Jack Ma says US will ‘suffer more’ if it keeps trying to start Cold War with China

Alibaba’s executive chairman Jack Ma has warned that the US will “suffer more” if it continues its efforts to launch a Cold War against China in an attempt to neutralize the growth of the country’s economy. Speaking via video to the South China Morning Post’s China Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Ma said he believed the […]

06 OCT

A Fox News contributor fell out of his chair on-camera while trying to take a selfie with Laura Ingraham as part of a joke

Fox News A Fox News contributor fell out of his chair while taking a selfie with host Laura Ingraham on Friday night. Ingraham and the contributor, Raymond Arroyo, said it was all a joke. A Fox News contributor fell out of his chair while taking a selfie with host Laura Ingraham while the two held […]

28 SEP

America is trying to change the way trade rows are settled

This version comes with a whistle ONE of President Donald Trump’s more improbable achievements has been to make international trade negotiations into front-page news. Less visibly, his officials have turned the legal systems for settling trade disputes into hotly contested topics. Not only is dispute settlement one of the last obstacles between America and Canada […]

21 SEP

Cody Wilson reportedly trying to rent an apartment in Taiwan, per local media

Enlarge / Cody Wilson (right), the founder of Defense Distributed, spoke to reporters in Austin on August 28. (credit: Nathan Mattise) After skipping his flight back to the US in the wake of accusations of sexual assault against a minor, Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson attempted to rent an apartment in Taipei this week, according […]

16 SEP

This female CEO is trying to defeat loneliness — and robots are part of her plan

No Isolation Loneliness affects 20-40% of the entire population at some point. Everyone from a four-year-old child to an 80-year-old in a care home can feel lonely. Loneliness also has a negative impact on your health, causing stress, and even heart problems. The burden of loneliness on the entire population is huge. Karen Dolva, the […]

15 SEP

J.Crew is trying out a new look, but it still hasn’t fixed one of customers’ biggest complaints. Here’s what it’s like to shop there now.

  J.Crew is redefining its look as it works to win back customers.  The namesake brand saw its sales decrease for three consecutive years prior to its most recent fiscal quarter, when comparable sales increased by 1%. The new J.Crew is less preppy and more like its successful sister brand, Madewell. It offers more trendy styles and a […]