Over 2,500 flights cancelled as transportation secretary says flight reductions could reach 20% if shutdown persistsFlight cancellations and delays are set to grow as airline passengers across the United States spent the weekend grappling with those issues at major airports nationwide after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) mandated a 4% reduction in air traffic in […]

Congressional approval would likely be required for plan to take effect, an idea Trump has floated before Donald Trump on Sunday mused about giving most Americans $2,000 funded by tariff revenues collected by the president’s administration – an evident bid to rally public support on the issue. “A dividend of at least $2000 a person […]

Activists in Los Angeles say the energy from the Hollywood strikes has been reignited by the success of the mayor-elect While the excitement for mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has radiated through New York, his win has also energized young activists across the country – particularly some in Los Angeles, who flew to the east coast to […]

After 45 years as chief fake blood thrower, Ingrid Newkirk is still waging war on everything from leather to cashmere. Is she still relevant? Ingrid Newkirk was 54 when she thought she was going to die in a plane crash. It was late summer and the founder of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals […]

Local observers cite a reversal of social dynamics, a revitalized police department and violence intervention The national conversation about crime is being driven by rhetorical attacks – and national guard call-ups – by Donald Trump, who routinely demonizes places like Chicago, Washington DC, Portland and even New York City, which has a lower homicide rate […]

Experts suspect that dust from the sea contains endotoxic bacteria membranes caused by fertilizer runoff Chemical-laden dust from southern California’s drying Salton Sea is likely harming the lungs of people around the shrinking body of water, and the effects are especially pronounced in children, new peer-reviewed research from the University of California, Irvine, shows. A […]

A dangerous faith in AI is sweeping American healthcare – with consequences for the basis of society itself The computer interrupted while Pamela was still speaking. I had accompanied her – my dear friend – to a recent doctor’s appointment. She is in her 70s, lives alone while navigating multiple chronic health issues, and has […]

Campus police officer Roger Smith was killed during a struggle and a ‘person of interest’ is in custody, police say A police officer was shot and killed during a struggle in the emergency department lobby at a North Carolina hospital Saturday. The shooting happened around 9am at the WakeMed Garner Healthplex, killing WakeMed campus police […]

Ron Dailey, 65, survived nearly three weeks in the frosty, mountainous wilderness after taking a wrong turn The California hunter who spent nearly three weeks stranded in the frosty, mountainous wilderness reportedly survived by rationing out the little food he brought with him – eating 70 or fewer calories daily for a stretch – as […]

New York City mayor-elect refused to ‘be in the shadows’ in the face of Islamophobic attacks during his campaign Across the country, Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants has shaken neighbourhoods, torn apart families and engendered a sense of panic among communities. But in New York, on Tuesday night, Zohran Mamdani, the first Muslim mayor of […]

Charlotte, North Carolina, has the most cancellations – at 120 – as industry experts say other sectors might also feel effects US airlines canceled 1,460 flights on Saturday, the second day of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) order to reduce air traffic because of the government shutdown. So far, the slowdown at many of the […]

Gregory Bovino was called out by a judge only two days earlier for lying about being assaulted by a protester A border patrol chief claimed on Saturday that his agents came under fire in Chicago while conducting immigration enforcement operations, just two days after a federal judge said that he had lied to her about […]