An Alaska Airlines flight from Portland to Dallas diverted to Boise Tuesday after a passenger allegedly assaulted two flight attendants, the airline said. Police identified the woman as Tracy Barkhimer, 61, of White Salmon, Washington, describing erratic behavior before she struck employees trying to calm her. She was restrained until...
The NFL trade deadline looms at 4 p.m. Nov. 4, with seven in-season deals already completed and last year’s 18-trade rush as a backdrop. Contenders seek fixes while strugglers clear cap space for draft picks. Ten names to watch include Baltimore’s Mark Andrews and DeAndre Hopkins; Miami rushers Bradley Chubb...
Microsoft is rolling out upgraded Copilot Voice and Vision to Windows 11, enabling hands-free “Hey, Copilot” queries that respond to what’s on your screen. In demos, the AI surfaces Spotify settings, drafts bios from photo portfolios, and can plan trips. The cloud-based vision feature sends desktop imagery to Microsoft’s servers,...
MI5 is grappling with near-record terrorism caseloads and surging state threats, director-general Sir Ken McCallum warned in an annual speech, calling it a “new era” and the agency’s biggest mission shift since 9/11. He cited a 35% rise in individuals under investigation, daily Chinese activity—disrupted as recently as last week—and...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he offered Democrats a vote to extend Affordable Care Act premium subsidies in a bid to end the 16-day government shutdown, but he wouldn’t promise an outcome. The Senate again failed to advance the GOP funding bill, and Thune plans a procedural vote to...
President Trump again dangled the Insurrection Act, even as courts swat down his use of other statutes to send federalized troops into Democratic-led cities. Appellate challenges from Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago are piling up, with the 9th Circuit set to rehear a California ruling on Oct. 22; experts say...
The Senate’s 10th attempt to reopen the government failed Thursday, with a GOP short-term funding bill drawing just 51 votes after progressives rejected promises of a future debate on Affordable Care Act subsidies. Majority leader John Thune offered a scheduled vote on the subsidies, but Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
Hamas says it has returned all the bodies of hostages it can find without special machinery in the devastated Gaza Strip, but Israel argues the group still owes at least a dozen under the ceasefire terms. The US-backed deal, in effect since earlier this week, requires the return of all...
On day 16 of the shutdown, the Senate rejected the House’s short-term funding bill 51-45, the tenth failed attempt to reach the 60-vote threshold to reopen the government. House speaker Mike Johnson blamed Democrats, calling an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits too complex for a stopgap and saying...
Months after the January Palisades Fire leveled his Pacific Palisades home, Spencer Pratt has recast himself as an unrelenting watchdog, arguing the catastrophe was preventable and suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Tending the hummingbirds that survived his scorched hillside, he channels grief into public broadsides over...
