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Lindsay Owens has made a career of studying the way companies utilize the data they collect on their customers.

What's interesting in the case of Amazon is that the company is actually pulling back the curtain on what they've learned about you.

And in every city, we had someone who ran that city.

And, uh, I was forever hearing about Joel Rose said this.

Joel-- Somebody's suing us 'cause of Joel Rose and so on.

So next time I was in Chicago, I said to whoever was running the city at the time, "What's this Joel Rose thing?" He, he-- I'd signed enough checks to know he-- that was a name and he was alive, but he wasn't a superstar by any means.

And I said, "He's causing us a lot of trouble.

Is he a liar? What is he?" And, and this [chuckles] guy said, "Joel Rose would lie about what he had for lunch," and then went on to say that Joel Rose would lie if the truth would serve him better.

There-- Which, of course, is almost always the case.

But, uh, there are some people like that, and they're like cancers.

The average price of jet fuel hit a new high last month.

NPR's Joel Rose has more.

The average price for a gallon of jet fuel climbed to $4.37 in September, according to the tracking firm Argus.

Airlines for America, the industry trade group that represents the major airlines, says that sets a new all-time high, narrowly eclipsing the previous record set in April, shortly after the war in Iran began.

But carriers are also passing some of their fuel costs on to the consumer.

The average domestic airfare has reached its highest point of the year, according to the travel website Kayak, at more than $400, with the holiday travel season looming.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

In Spain, protests are taking place across the country a week after thousands took to the streets to demand urgent action by the government to address a national housing crisis.

Uh, the average price of jet fuel climbed in September to the highest level on record.

NPR's Joel Rose reports.

The average price for a gallon of jet fuel climbed to $4.37 in September, according to the tracking firm Argus.

Airlines for America, the industry trade group that represents the major airlines, says that sets a new all-time high, narrowly eclipsing the previous record set in April shortly after the war in Iran began.

But carriers are also passing some of their fuel costs on to the consumer.

The average domestic airfare has reached its highest point of the year, according to the travel website Kayak, at more than $400, with the holiday travel season looming.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

US stocks rose today.

The parent company of Florida's Brightline Railroad has filed for bankruptcy protection.

NPR's Joel Rose reports its passenger trains will continue operating during the restructuring.

Brightline has announced a plan to restructure its $5.5 billion debt load in Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.

The privately owned railroad opened with much fanfare in South Florida eight years ago and began running its neon yellow trains between Miami and Orlando in 2023.

Brightline says its operating company is not part of the bankruptcy filing and that Florida trains will continue running.

Still, the filing casts doubt on the future of privately owned passenger rail in the U.S., including Brightline West, which aims to connect Las Vegas and Southern California.

Joel Rose, NPR News.

The robotic spacecraft that failed to rescue an aging NASA telescope has plunged back to Earth less than three months after launching.

He says they've been repaired.

NPR's Joel Rose reports hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed at airports around New York City and Philadelphia.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the problems began with a blown circuit at its air traffic control facility in Philadelphia, which also handles traffic at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Aviation officials tried to switch to a backup line but found that it had been cut because of unrelated construction in New Jersey.

The impact of the equipment outages spread across the Northeast, with lengthy delays at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia airports in New York City.

The equipment problems overshadowed a long-awaited announcement from leaders at the FAA and the Department of Transportation, who picked the same day to unveil an ambitious plan to use artificial intelligence to manage the nation's airspace.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

An aviation company says two of its helicopter pilots were killed in a crash on Sunday while they were fighting a fire in central California.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says several severed telecom lines that snarled air traffic in the northeast have been fixed.

NPR's Joel Rose reports hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed today.

The Federal Aviation Administration says the problems began with a blown circuit at its air traffic control facility in Philadelphia, which also handles traffic at Newark Liberty International Airport.

Aviation officials tried to switch to a backup line but found that it had been cut because of unrelated construction in New Jersey.

The impact of the equipment outages spread across the northeast, with lengthy delays at John F. Kennedy and LaGuardia Airports in New York City.

The equipment problems overshadowed a long-awaited announcement from leaders at the FAA and the Department of Transportation, who picked the same day to unveil an ambitious plan to use artificial intelligence to manage the nation's airspace.

Joel Rose, NPR News, Washington.

A group of small business organizations is urging Congress to undo a recent Trump administration move when the US Small Business Administration stopped lending to green card holders.