Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate

Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate

Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year’s tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future — a decision immediately condemned by a former executive editor but one that the current publisher insisted was “consistent with the … Read more

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist and founding member, dies at 84

Phil Lesh, Grateful Dead bassist and founding member, dies at 84

Lauren A. LittleNovember 21, 2005Phil Lesh during the Phil Lesh and Friends concert Monday at the Reading Eagle Theatre.  Medianews Group/reading Eagle Via Getty Images | Medianews Group | Getty Images Grateful Dead founding member and bassist Phil Lesh died Friday morning, according to a post on his official Instagram account. The California native and rock … Read more

US airline temporarily suspends flights to Haiti’s capital after UN helicopter hit by gunfire

US airline temporarily suspends flights to Haiti’s capital after UN helicopter hit by gunfire

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — At least one U.S. airline on Friday temporarily canceled flights to Haiti’s capital after gang members opened fire and hit a U.N. helicopter flying near the country’s main airport. Spirit Airlines said in a statement to The Associated Press that its daily flight from Fort Lauderdale to Port-au-Prince has been … Read more

Delta sues cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike over tech outage that canceled flights

Delta sues cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike over tech outage that canceled flights

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines sued CrowdStrike on Friday, claiming the cybersecurity company had cut corners and caused a worldwide technology outage that led to thousands of canceled flight in July. The airline is asking for compensation and punitive damages from the outage, which started with a faulty update sent to several million Microsoft computers. … Read more