Smaller Airports Take Bigger Hit As Airlines Cut Flights
If you want to see the Fourth of July parade in your little hometown, you should book your flight now. Otherwise, you may have to drive there, or watch a video of the floats via an old friend’s smartphone.
Matt Groening’s Mother, Inspiration For Marge Simpson, Dies
“RIP Margaret… you may have been born a Wiggum, and married a Groening, but you died a Simpson.”
Cry For Help Led To Freedom For Missing Women In Cleveland
A young woman’s desperate cries alerted neighbors Monday to a frightening tale in Cleveland. Three young women who had gone missing between 2002 and 2004 were found Monday afternoon inside a home where the shades were said to be always drawn.
Solar-Powered Airplane Completes First Leg Of U.S. Flight
The Solar Impulse, an airplane traveling across the United States using only solar power, is in Phoenix today, after reaching Arizona from California Saturday.
Shifts In Weather And Strategy Help Slow Springs Wildfire
Firefighters in Southern California are welcoming the latest weather forecast, as lower temperatures and higher humidity could help them control the Camarillo Springs Fire.
Massive Spire Lifted To Top Of New World Trade Center Building
Construction workers applauded Thursday as a crane raised the flag-draped spire of One World Trade Center to the top of the skyscraper.
North Korea Sentences U.S. Citizen To 15 Years Hard Labor
North Korea has sentenced a U.S. citizen to 15 years in one of the country’s notorious labor camps for allegedly attempting to overthrow the Pyongyang government.
U.S. Said To Be Leaning Toward Arming Syrian Rebels
As the U.S. considers a “spectrum of military options” it could take to assist the groups battling against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, the Obama administration is leaning toward giving lethal arms to some of those rebels, a senior administration official has told NPR’s Kelly McEvers.
Saturn Shows Off A Massive Spinning Vortex: ‘The Rose’
NASA is calling it “The Rose.” By any other name, it’s a mammoth storm on Saturn’s north pole. Its eye spans an estimated 1,250 miles — 20 times the size of an average hurricane’s eye on Earth.
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo Passes First Rocket Test
Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo — designed to carry paying passengers beyond Earth’s atmosphere — passed a key test Monday, shooting past the speed of sound under its own rocket power.
