Why is everyone so testy? The Federal Aviation Administration has recorded about 2,900 reports of “unruly behavior by passengers” since January. That’s about 18 incidents a day, ranging from inconvenient to downright dangerous. Here’s what you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day.(You can also get “5 Things You
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Mom said they were splitting up because Dad drank too much. Dad said Mom was having an emotional affair and was spending too much money. Mom said Dad was neglectful at times, bordering on abusive. Dad shared that he felt Mom was emotionally cold and remote with him. That’s what two siblings, a teenage girl
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At least eight people were hospitalized after a car plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas on Sunday night, officials said. Three people were in critical condition and five others suffered non-life threatening injuries, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. “The preliminary investigation revealed one of
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US Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona says there “is much work to be done” to continue the progress being made on school reopenings nationwide. He notes the biggest challenges include aging school buildings and ventilation, adequate transportation, and ensuring overall equity and access to education, according to a memo Cardona sent President Biden’s Chief of
Continue Reading President Joe Biden is set to participate in his first in-person North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit Monday, vowing to reaffirm the United States’ commitment to a military alliance his predecessor viewed with disdain. The NATO summit comes as Biden looks to reassert American leadership on the world stage and strengthen global partnerships during his first
Continue Reading As President Joe Biden makes the case for democracy overseas, his agenda back home is facing major obstacles in Washington, where early progress on several key items has stalled in Congress. Plodding negotiations and calls to drop bipartisan overtures could imperil — or even unravel — headway on infrastructure, police reform and voting rights. And
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The American biotechnology company Novavax announced on Monday that its coronavirus vaccine candidate was found to have an overall efficacy of 90.4% in a Phase 3 trial conducted across the United States and Mexico. Additional analyses of the trial are ongoing, according to the company, and will be submitted to peer-reviewed journals for publication. The
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A hearing in the Joseph Elledge case, scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Monday will discuss whether or not to allow secret recordings into evidence.
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Editor’s note: CNN will be launching the Meanwhile in China newsletter on June 21, a three-times-a-week update exploring what you need to know about the country’s rise and how it impacts the world. Sign up here. United States President Joe Biden’s plan to unite Washington’s closest allies and take on China just scored a big
Continue Reading Singers performing a duet, jazz players riffing together effortlessly, paired-up dancers never skipping a step: great performers are so coordinated, they become one. What are the mechanisms that regulate coordination and cooperation? Neurobiologists are learning more from some of nature’s foremost musical performers: songbirds. The brains of duetting songbirds are linked together during performances, a
Continue Reading The attacks on kids who identify as transgender keep coming. Arkansas in early April became the first state to ban gender-affirming care including puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, for children under 18. West Virginia signed a bill into law that prohibits transgender girls and women from participating in girls’ and women’s secondary school sports teams
Continue Reading If you’re ever studied astronomy, you’ve probably been exposed to something called the Drake equation. One side of the equation posits the number of civilizations in our galaxy with which it might be possible to communicate. The other side gives all the variables that add up to that number, including the average rate of star
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TODAY: Sunny with highs in the low 90s and low humidity. TOMORROW: A weak cold front will pass through late tonight and bring cooler temperatures for a few days. Highs reach the mid-upper 80s. No rain will be expected as this front passes through due to low moisture. EXTENDED: Temperatures reach the 90s again on
Continue Reading The Delta variant is quickly on its way to becoming the dominant strain of Covid-19 in the US, raising concerns that outbreaks could hit vulnerable communities come fall. Currently 10% of Covid-19 infections in the US can be attributed to the variant, also called the B.1.617.2 variant, but that proportion is doubling every two weeks,
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World leaders attending the Group of Seven summit on Sunday issued a call for a new study into the origins of Covid-19, including in China, after an initial report was deemed lacking because Beijing had refused to cooperate. They agreed to speak out against human rights abuses in China, a matter that had been hotly
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Cars, building materials, gas and meat are just some of the items that have become more expensive while inflation increases.
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Thailand began its mass Covid vaccination program Monday, following criticism of delays and concerns over health authorities relying on AstraZeneca shots produced by a company owned by the country’s king. The Southeast Asian nation is battling a third coronavirus wave with the highest number of daily cases and deaths reported since the start of the
Continue Reading Climate change is rarely a main talking point at the G7 leaders’ summit, but as US President Joe Biden proclaimed that “America is back at the table” on the final day of this year’s meeting, by extension, so too was climate change. Past summits with Donald Trump representing the United States struggled to culminate in
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Workers testing underwater surveying equipment say they found the wreckage of a small airplane deep underwater in California’s Folsom Lake -— and they may have solved a 56-year-old aviation mystery. Sonar images show the outline of the plane, covered in a thick layer of silt, about 160 feet below the lake’s surface, Seafloor Systems environmental
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Technicians in California believe they have found wreckage from a plane missing for five decades at the bottom of a lake.
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