Popular budget airline is letting passengers check a case of wine — for free

Your checked bag may cost you, but your wine will fly for free. Southwest Airlines is launching a new “Sip and Ship” program that will allow flyers to check one case of wine for free. The new checking policy starts April 24 and will apply to customers traveling from wine country. “Southwest’s new Sip and Ship program lets Customers bring home the best souvenir from wine country – vino!” a news release said. Wine fanatics…

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USPS is set to suspend pension contributions, seeks 4-cent stamp price hike

The US Postal Service said Thursday it has informed federal budget officials it will temporarily suspend its employer contributions to Federal Employees Retirement System annuities, allowing it to keep making payroll, paying suppliers and delivering the mail. The Postal Service also wants to increase postage rates, including raising the price of a…

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BlackRock’s IBIT Clocks Biggest BTC ETF Inflow in a Month

Investors piled $269.3 million into BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust on Thursday, in its best-performing day since early March, around the time the US-Iran war started to kick into high gear. The inflows helped to end two days of net outflows among the 12 US spot Bitcoin ETFs, which recorded a net…

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Dear Abby: My alcoholic friend won’t respect my boundaries

DEAR ABBY: My wife recently immigrated to our current residence in the U.S. from Canada. She has a 23-year-old son dealing with mental illness back in Canada. He refuses to remain in therapy or to hold a steady job, and he failed out of university.  My wife consistently lowers her…