Marty Cantor, CPA and economic development consultant, joined Cheddar News to discuss the landscape of the retail industry. With cornerstone department stores like Bed, Bath and Beyond and Party City filing for bankruptcy, Cantor said "people are just running out of money." He said discretionary spending is halting as the cost of other goods and services increases, ultimately impacting the bottom line of major retail giants.
Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia.
An off-duty pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdued by the crew, according to a pilot flying the plane.