These 5 charts show just how unaffordable the 2026 World Cup is for fans

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Italy supporters react as they watch in a pub the FIFA World Cup 2026 European qualification play-off final football match between Bosnia-Herzegovina and Italy, played in Bosnia, in central Rome on March 31, 2026
Italian fans in a pub react to their team failing to qualify for the World Cup.

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Take a look at the abandoned New York City subway station where Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as mayor

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The old City Hall station.
The old City Hall station.

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Why cheap bus travel is disappearing in America

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Megabus was once known as an affordable travel service, but its parent company, Coach USA, has filed for bankruptcy. The bus industry is half the size it used to be. Can bus travel be saved?

A Gen Xer gave up gig work with Amazon to become a full-time bus driver. He's nearly doubled his hourly income and loves the benefits.

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Jason Timss
Jason Timss switched from being a gig worker at Amazon Flex to a full-time bus driver in the Seattle area.

Jason Timss

Republicans want to shred Amtrak funding as the railroad plans a historic Sunbelt and Western expansion

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Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.
Passengers board a train bound for Boston on the day before Thanksgiving at Union Station on November 24, 2021 in Washington, DC.

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San Jose just authorized plans to build a network of autonomous cars hailed via an app to ferry people from its airport to its railway station

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Mark Seeger. Founder & CEO at Glydways
Mark Seeger. Founder & CEO at Glydways at a testing facility in Concord, California.

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