United Airlines says FAA review places restrictions on flying new aircraft CHICAGO (Reuters) - United Airlines on Wednesday said it has been prevented from putting new aircraft into service due to an ongoing review of its operations by the U.S. Federal Aviation ... 04/17/2024 - 7:57 am | View Link
Alaska Airlines flights grounded due to IT outage as FAA orders stop advisory Alaska Airlines temporarily grounded all mainline and subcarrier planes Wednesday due to tech issues. The Federal Aviation Administration's Air Traffic Control System Command Center placed Alaska ... 04/17/2024 - 7:05 am | View Link
FAA Issues Nationwide Ground Stop For All Alaska Airlines Flights The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for all Alaska Airlines flights Wednesday morning, halting departures nationwide for both the Seattle-area company and Horizon Air ... 04/17/2024 - 5:29 am | View Link
FAA cancels ground stop for Alaska Airlines (Gray News) - The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop advisory for Alaska Airlines flights on Wednesday, according to the agency’s database. The ground stop has since been canceled. 04/17/2024 - 4:41 am | View Link
Chaos as FAA grounds all Alaska Airlines flights due to problem with weight calculation system then lifts it an hour later A one-hour ground stop on all Alaska Airlines flights has sparked travel ... Following a thorough inspection, the crafts were cleared to resume flying. Boeing shelled out $160 million earlier ... 04/17/2024 - 4:15 am | View Link
“Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) did not directly answer multiple questions about whether he’d accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, regardless of who wins,” NBC News reports.
Said Scott: “At the end of the day, the 47th president of the United States will be President Donald Trump.”
A new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds Joe Biden edging Donald Trump among registered voters, 46% to 45%.
Among likely voters, it’s Biden 49%, Trump 45%.
In a five way race, Trump edges Biden, 42% to 40%, followed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. At 12%, Cornell West at 2% and Jill Stein at 1%.
“Donald Trump is privately trashing South Dakota’s MAGA Gov. Kristi Noem for executing her puppy and writing about it in her forthcoming memoir — a matter that appears to have closed the book on the idea of selecting her as a vice presidential nominee,” Rolling Stone reports.
“During conversations with close political allies and other confidants, sources say, the former president has repeatedly brought up the incident, including as recently as in the past couple days, to criticize Noem and question her political acumen.”
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
On the evening of August 8, hours after a wildfire ravaged West Maui, Maui County’s top emergency management official, Herman Andaya, texted his secretary to ask about the status of other fires across the island.
“Still burning,” she replied.