FCC votes to allow cell phone use on planes
Cell phone use has been banned on airplanes for decades, a result of fears of interference to avionics equipment, but that ban could be coming to an end with a new ruling from the…
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Cell phone use has been banned on airplanes for decades, a result of fears of interference to avionics equipment, but that ban could be coming to an end with a new ruling from the…
Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., on Monday ripped Barack Obama’s former vice president Joe Biden and Democrat presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for refusing to reduce congressional spending on Capitol Hill. In his remarks to the…
Image copyright PA A new special court set up to deal with allegations of sexual assault in Quebec has been launched in the French-speaking Canadian province. It came after a series of high-profile sexual…
A case of Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has been identified in the Netherlands, the World Health Organization’s health agency said Friday, in the latest of a series of sporadic cases of the rare disease reported…
Literary greats Tim Gunn and W.G. Sebald, as well as actors Elizabeth Olsen and Anna Kendrick, expressed their condolences, with Schwarz referring to Mr. Sondheim as “one of the most important American songwriters, and…
Story highlights C.D.C. has lifted the ban on dog travel with large mugs The restriction is not specified for breed or species, only the alcohol content in the snouts Traveling with a pet? Now…
Mexican regulators have approved Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.’s proposed $28 billion purchase of Kansas City Southern , the countries’ No. 3 railroad and the No. 4 most valuable company by stock market value. Kansas…
Christmas books can be exciting for a number of reasons, one of which is to read what your holiday relatives have selected. But the centerpiece of any Christmas list can be a book recommended…
All seven crew members are embarking on a yearlong mission onboard the ISS. First they are experimenting with ways to feed them throughout that time People on Earth, and very soon in space, are…
In an August 2017 report, Enbridge pleaded guilty to violating United States pipeline safety laws, for a pipe rupture and spill in Michigan in 2010 that spilled more than 20 million gallons of crude…