The US will not delay a deadline for airlines to refit planes with new sensors to address possible 5G interference, despite concerns the cut-off date could cause travel disruption.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said on Tuesday that (...)
A Delta Air Lines passenger was arrested after opening one of the plane's doors and sliding down an emergency exit slide as the plane prepared for takeoff from Los Angeles to Seattle Saturday, officials said.
The incident on Delta Flight 1714 took (...)
We might soon be traveling on aircraft that cruise through the skies on hydrogen instead of fossil fuels.
That's the hope of Los Angeles-based startup Universal Hydrogen which has turned a turboprop-powered regional airliner into a hydrogen (...)
Norway's Bergen is gearing up to open the world's longest purpose-built pedestrian and bicycle tunnel.
On April 15, 2023, the 2.9km tunnel will open to the public with running and cycling events. It takes around 10 minutes to cycle through and 30 to (...)
An assault rifle and 163 rounds of ammunition taken from a man about to board a plane in New Orleans on Valentine's Day is an example of a trend identified by US officials.
In some parts of the country, more passengers are attempting to bring their (...)
Asian champions Al Hilal netted a late equalizer to take their Club World Cup clash against Wydad Casablanca to extra time as the match finished 1-1 before triumphing in a penalty shootout on Saturday.
The Saudi Arabian side won the shootout 5-3 to (...)
A gunman killed seven people before being arrested in California on Monday, just two days after a shooting claimed 11 lives at a popular dance hall.
The latest attacks occurred at two separate locations in the coastal city of Half Moon Bay, about 30 (...)
A five-year-old has been swept away by floodwaters in California as the state's death toll from a series of storms rises to 14.
The boy and his mother were reportedly in a truck taking him to school when the vehicle was overcome by water.
Tens of (...)
California's governor has declared a state of emergency as residents brace for a major storm - the second to drench the state in the past week.
The storm is expected to develop into a bomb cyclone, and spark rain and snowstorms that could cause (...)
An arctic blast that gripped much of the United States on Saturday left more than 700,000 without power, at least 19 dead from weather-related car crashes and thousands stranded due to flight cancelations, Reuters reported.
Plummeting temperatures (...)
Some 200 million Americans are feeling the icy grip of a massive winter storm that has been linked to at least 19 deaths ahead of the holiday weekend.
More than 1.5 million people lost power and thousands of flights were canceled on Friday. The vast (...)
A powerful arctic winter storm will make its way through the US and Canada this week, bringing with it crippling snow and freezing temperatures.
The "once-in-a-generation" storm began in the Pacific Northwest on Tuesday, and has made its way east (...)
Oregon authorities are investigating four additional deaths potentially linked to last week's scorching heat wave, bringing the total number of suspected hyperthermia deaths to 14.
The Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office said Monday the (...)
At least one person was killed and five others wounded in a shooting in the Seattle suburb of Renton, Washington State, early Saturday.
"This is not an Active Shooter situation," Renton Police Dept. said in a tweet, noting that the shooting has (...)
Saudi Arabia's delegation, headed by the Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Swaha, met yesterday in Seattle, USA, with Göran Marby, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Internet Corporation for (...)
The US has passed more than one million Covid-related deaths, says the White House.
President Joe Biden said the country was marking "a tragic milestone" and each death was "an irreplaceable loss".
It's the highest official total in the world — (...)
Saudi teachers won two international awards in the category of Microsoft Experts for Creative Learning and Microsoft Schools at the World Experience Exchange Conference 2022, recently concluded in Seattle, USA.
Iman Khair Al-Din introduced (...)
More than 18 million people — three times higher than official records suggest — have probably died because of Covid, say researchers.
Their report comes two years to the day from when the World Health Organization first declared the pandemic.
The (...)
Several international airlines say they will cancel flights into the United States starting Wednesday amid uncertainty about interference between new 5G cell phone service and critical airplane technologies.
Emirates, Air India, All Nippon Airways (...)
The World Health Organization has warned that half of Europe will have caught the Omicron Covid variant within the next six to eight weeks.
Dr Hans Kluge said a "west-to-east tidal wave" of Omicron was sweeping across the region, on top of a surge (...)
More than 2,800 flights have been canceled Monday as Covid cases surge across the globe, CNN reported.
Of the more than 2,800 canceled flights, around 1,000 were within, into or out of the United States, according to FlightAware. Almost 11,000 (...)
Heavy storms have battered western regions of the United States, leaving thousands without power, BBC reported.
Almost 30in (76cm) of snow fell in parts of northern California in 24 hours, causing blackouts and road closures, including a 70-mile (...)
More than 800,000 Americans have now died from the coronavirus, the highest recorded national death toll from the global pandemic, BBC reported.
It comes as the US reached 50 million confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Monday.
Most deaths have been (...)
The World Health Organization's decision to recommend the widespread use of a long-awaited vaccine against malaria is an endorsement of the African scientists involved in developing it, a top official in the global health body told CNN on (...)
A passenger train with over 100 people on board derailed in the northern US state of Montana on Saturday afternoon, killing at least three people and injuring multiple others, local media reported.
The Amtrak's Empire Builder train traveling between (...)