Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins won the Alaska governor’s race, NBC News projects, wresting control of the office from Republicans. Kreiss-Tomkins’ victory marks the latest victory for Democrats at the state level in this year’s elections. The party will hold 30 governorships next year after changing control in six states. At 37, Kreiss-Tomkins will be the youngest … Read more
Do US air traffic control and email blackouts after China’s AI spying have a common answer? Fortune
Update: The ground shutdown was lifted and domestic flights resumed Friday evening. For the third time in United States history, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a nationwide grounding for all flights. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed the ground stop at 4:16 p.m. ET. More than 2,000 flights have already been affected and … Read more
Today’s suggestions from NYT Strands will be easy if you’re superstitious. Strands, the elevated New York Times word search game, requires the player to put a spin on the classic word search. Words can be formed from linked letters: up, down, left, right or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in whimsical shapes … Read more
BYU’s football matchup with Baylor will begin a few hours later than initially planned. The Cougars and Bears will kick off Saturday in Provo at 5 p.m. MST, BYU announced Friday night. The news was first reported by ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The game was originally scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m. MST, but Friday’s FAA … Read more
This week, a mother named Sophie Yasin woke up to an eerily warm house. The night before, he had set the thermostat at a reasonable 68 degrees Fahrenheit, but after going downstairs, he saw that it was now at a comfortable 76 degrees Fahrenheit. “I thought one of my kids had changed the temperature,” Sophie … Read more
Thanks to widespread vaccination, measles had been considered “eliminated” as a continually transmitting illness in the United States since 2000 – but not anymore. An independent commission of experts that reports to the director of the Pan American Health Organization determined that the US no longer qualified as having eliminated measles, a source close to … Read more
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted a nationwide ground stop imposed on Friday that halted outbound flights, an order it issued citing “extraordinary safety reasons and circumstances.” The suspension, which grounded thousands of flights across the country, was lifted on Friday night. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list This was the third … Read more
The nationwide grounding that halted all air travel nationwide and stranded thousands of passengers has been canceled, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Within minutes of air traffic being restored, Sean Duffy, the Transportation Secretary, took to a podium Friday night at the White House to criticize Congress, accusing lawmakers of dragging their feet when … Read more
Russia attacked a hospital in central kyiv, near several Western embassies, after Volodymyr Zelenskyy said speed restrictions on SpaceX’s Starshield system had made it difficult for Ukraine to shoot down enemy drones. Three people were injured when a drone crashed into the National Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics at 3 a.m., hitting the second floor … Read more