Plus: East Coast quake | Friday, April 05, 2024
| | | | | | | Presented By Walmart | | | | Axios PM | | By Mike Allen · Apr 05, 2024 | | Happy Friday! Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 459 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing. | | | | | | 1 big thing: Luxury eclipse trips |  | | | Illustration: Shoshana Gordon/Axios | | | | Wealthy travelers will be able to watch Monday's solar eclipse in the lap of luxury, far away from the droves of tourists planning road trips or camping outings to catch a glimpse of the eclipse, Axios' Jacob Knutson reports. - 🍷 For a little over $5,000, Smithsonian Journeys will take you on a five-day eclipse trip to the Texas Hill Country, including a winery tour, a sunset cruise, guided nature tours and a private viewing party.
- 🥾 Adventure travel company TravelQuest International organized a 12-day, $7,000-plus eclipse tour across northern Mexico.
- 🛳️ Those who paid at least $1,400 for a 22-day Holland America cruise will see the eclipse off the coast of Mexico before landing in Hawaii.
Zoom in: Texas, which appears to be this year's prime eclipse destination, could see a $1.4 billion spending boom from the eclipse. - Vermont is expecting to see between $12.9 million and $51.8 million in eclipse-related spending, and Oklahoma may pull in over $20 million.
🔭 Whatever your vantage point, this will be the last total solar eclipse viewable from the contiguous U.S. until 2044. Share this story. |     | | | | | | 2. Quake shakes East Coast |  Data: USGS; Map: Will Chase/Axios An estimated 42 million people, in several states across the East Coast, felt today's 4.8-magnitude earthquake, even hundreds of miles away from the epicenter near Lebanon, N.J. - An earthquake of the same magnitude on the West Coast probably wouldn't have been felt so far away, experts say. That's partly because the rock in the eastern U.S. is much older than rock in the West.
- Earthquakes are much less common on the East Coast.
The latest: New Yorkers were "a little freaked out" by the surprise this morning, but the quake caused little damage and life is largely back to normal. | | | | | | | | A message from Walmart | | From entry-level job to building a career: Daidrian's Walmart story. | | |  | | | | In 2008, Daidrian started her Walmart career as a cashier. Today, 15 years and many promotions later, she's a senior manager at Walmart's home office. The background: 75% of Walmart management started as hourly, entry level employees. Just like Daidrian did. Explore more stories like Daidrian's. | | | | | | 3. Catch me up | | President Biden, aboard Marine One, takes an aerial tour of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore today. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP - 🇺🇸 President Biden visited the site of the deadly Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore. Go deeper.
- 🚗 Tesla is canceling its plans to build a $25,000 electric car — which would be an enormous competitive loss for the company, Reuters reports. CEO Elon Musk denied the report. Go deeper.
- 📈 Employers added 303,000 jobs in March. The labor market is getting stronger, but in ways that aren't likely to raise excessive inflation alarm bells. Go deeper.
| | | | | | | | 4. 🏀 Bronny James' next moves |  | | | Bronny James during the Pac-12 basketball tournament on March 14. Photo: David Becker/Getty Images | | | | Bronny James, the son of NBA legend LeBron James, is entering both the NBA draft and the NCAA transfer portal. - The move allows him to explore his NBA prospects while keeping open the option of playing another year in college.
- James suffered a cardiac arrest last summer, which significantly hurt his ability to play during his freshman season at USC.
LeBron James has said he wants to play on the same team as Bronny before he retires. | | | | | | | | A message from Walmart | | "I'm a living example of the benefits Walmart provides." | | |  | | | | When his daughter was born, Johnny was able to take advantage of paid parental leave offered by Walmart to spend six weeks bonding with her. Why it's important: Parental leave and other Walmart benefits help associates nationwide build families and careers. Explore more stories like Johnny's. | | |  | Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it. | | | | | | Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters.
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