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Travel

Seat swapper sends fellow Delta flyer $150 Venmo to switch for aisle seat, Reddit user claims

With the rise of flight passengers complaining about seat squatters, one traveler got creative by switching his seat without creating bad blood. In the “r/delta” forum on Reddit, a person who said he or she was on a nonstop flight from New York to Austin captioned a post, “Someone paid me to swap my aisle

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World

Sudiksha Konanki’s Venmo payments reveal missing student’s final movements in Dominican Republic as search ramps up

A missing student’s Venmo payments have revealed her final movements before she vanished from a resort in the Dominican Republic.  Sudiksha Konanki, 20, made two payments to an unspecified user on the app on March 5 – hours before she disappeared from the five-star Riu Republica hotel in Punta Cana. Venmo allows users to send money

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Sports

The dark side of sports betting and its impact on NBA players: Death threats, racism and Venmo requests

After every game, when the duties of that night are complete and Jalen Brunson has a chance to unwind, he opens his phone to dozens and dozens of messages on social media. It doesn’t matter if he scores 40 points or 20 points. It doesn’t matter if the New York Knicks win by 30 points,

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Science

JetBlue now accepting Venmo to pay for flights

A major US airline announced it will accept online booking payments from Venmo to attract younger flyers. JetBlue rolled out the service to its website Tuesday, saying it will be added to the mobile app ‘in the coming months.’ US customers looking to book flights with Venmo are shown a pop-up window with a QR

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Sports

NHL player poll: As sports betting increases, so do harassing messages — and Venmo requests

There doesn’t have to be a milestone moment or viral play for an NHL player’s phone to be flooded with notifications in the wake of a game. Maybe there’s a text from a parent, a reminder from a partner, a few messages of congratulations or condolences. Not to mention the usual spate of emails and

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