US airlines’ 16-year safety record ended with tragedy. There were warnings ahead of the crash
US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of a ...
Big Oil wants a lot from Trump. It has an ally in Doug Burgum, the president's Interior pick
When North Dakota's petroleum association was going to hold a banquet honoring top fracking executives last year, it turned ...
Study finds India doubled its tiger population in a decade and credits conservation efforts
India doubled its tiger population in a little over a decade by protecting the big cats from poaching and habitat loss, ensuring they have enough prey, reducing human-wildlife conflict, and increasing ...
Migrant workers in Canada exposed to ‘shocking abuse and discrimination,’ Amnesty says
Migrant workers in Canada have been exposed to “shocking abuse and discrimination” while working under the country’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP), according to a new report by Amnesty ...
Flight attendant with NC ties was on board deadly American Airlines crash
One of the flight attendants that was on board when an American Airlines jet collided with an Army helicopter near Washington ...
Marianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling ...
Mexican president says she sent letter to Google contesting Gulf of Mexico name change
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Google contesting the tech giant’s decision to comply with US President Donald Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
Chilly Potomac complicates recovery effort after plane, helicopter crash
As recovery operations continue in D.C., crews are dealing with extremely cold water. Web Editor : Jodi Leese Glusco. Posted 2025-01-30T13:49:58-0500 - Updated 2025-01-30T13:49:58 ...
Chaotic scenes at Gaza hostage release bring condemnation from Israeli leaders
Chaotic scenes surrounding the release of Israeli and Thai hostages in Gaza on Thursday brought condemnation from Israeli leaders and a temporary delay in the release of Palestinian prisoners, who ...
Video appears to show American Airlines flight's collision with a US Army helicopter near DC
A grainy snippet of video footage taken in the dark of night, seemingly by an airport CCTV camera, appears to show the fatal mid-air collision of an American Airlines passenger plane and a military ...
Justice Department sues to block $14 billion Juniper buyout by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
The Justice Department sued to block Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion acquisition of rival Juniper Networks on Thursday, the first attempt to stop a merger by a brand new Trump administration ...
US foreign aid freeze is upending global aid and the work of contractors
The extent of the impacts of the Trump administration’s sudden 90-day freeze of almost all foreign aid is still unclear almost a week on, as officials and aid workers overseas try to make sense of ...