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Report: Tesla Full Self-Driving System Was Complicit in 2022 Death of Tesla Employee
The Tesla employee who was killed in 2022 when his Tesla Model 3 went off the road was using Full Self-Driving mode after a day on the links in...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief– Feb. 13: CDC Considers Changes in Isolation Guidance, New York City Life Expectancy Inches Back Up After Pandemic Drop
Life expectancy has only improved since these items were staples in some people’s diets. Good afternoon. This is Jonathan Spira,...
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Flight Attendants at Multiple U.S. Airlines on Picket Lines to Demand Better Contracts and Working Conditions
Some passengers wondered if they would be able to fly when they arrived at one of 30 major U.S. airports where flight attendants were...
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Father Winter Targets Northeast With a Vengeance, Bringing Heavy Snow, ‘Dangerous or Impossible’ Road Conditions, and 50% Cancellation Rates at Airports
After a week or more of spring-like temperatures in parts of the Northeast, Father Winter returned with a vengeance. Some 46 million people are...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief– Feb. 12: 3 Men Convicted in $8 M Pandemic Fraud Scheme, 1 in 10 Pregnant Women Who Had Covid Will Develop Long Covid
Advice to expectant mothers ca. 1924: Spend plenty of time outdoors and get plenty of exercise, ensure regular bowel movements, and bath 1 to...
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Powerful Fast-Moving Nor’easter Could Bring One Foot or More of Snow to the New York Metro Area
A home in the Forest Hills section of New York City several years ago after a major snowstorm A powerful and fast-moving Nor’easter could...
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Coronavirus News Brief Weekend Edition – Feb. 11: Antivaxxer Kyrie Irving’s Bizarre Vaccine Mandate Comments, India Official’s Bizarre Covid Comments, and Today’s Statistics
A tree-lined street in Brooklyn Heights Good day. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research,...
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T-Mobile Offers Subscribers ‘Magenta’ Status and Numerous New Perks Including Elite Status With Hilton
A T-Mobile store on 34th Str. in Manhattan T-Mobile announced that it was joining the status bandwagon, introducing the Magenta status tier...
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No Jokes, No Puns as Federal Officials Attempt to Arrest Humor in Highway Signs: Why Dynamic Message Signs Confuse Many Drivers and Increase the Number of Accidents
State and local highway officials in the United States love using quirky humor, puns, jokes, and double entendres in what are officially called...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – Feb. 9: Real Estate Developer Heads to Prison for Covid Loan Fraud, Pyongyang Hosts First Foreign Tourists Since 2020
Lions Gate Bridge, Vancouver Good day. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research, reporting. Here...
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Is the End Near for El Niño’? If So, What Would La Niña Unleash?
The National Weather Service said Thursday that it is very likely that El Niño will fade in the coming months. “A La Niña Watch has been issued...
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FAA Issues Airworthiness Directive Calling For Another Boeing 737 Max Inspection
The interior of a Boeing 737 The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration late Thursday issued yet another airworthiness directive concerning...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – Feb. 8: Evidence Suggests Long Covid Could Be a Brain Injury, Brooklyn Woman Defrauded Federal Pandemic Program
Luna Park, an amusement park in Coney Island in Brooklyn that opened on the site of the former Astroland in 2010 and was named after the...
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Apple Maps Cycling Directions Now Available Throughout Sweden and Switzerland
Bicycling in the Bavarian Alps near Schloß Elmau Apple announced it has released support for cycling navigation in Sweden and Switzerland,...
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Hilton and Small Luxury Hotels of the World Form Alliance
The Millenium Hilton in New York City Hilton Hotels and Resorts and Small Luxury Hotels of the World announced a new partnership on...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – Feb. 7: Long Covid’s Toll on Children, Refusing to Don Face Mask During Pandemic Is Not Freedom of Speech Court Rules
Welcome to Alcatraz. Good day. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research, reporting. Here now the...
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Hilton Reports $10.2 Billion in Revenue for 2023, Added Record Number of New Rooms in Fourth Quarter
Juliet Rose bar and restaurant at the Hilton Munich City Hilton Worldwide announced financial results for fourth quarter and calendar year...
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What’s Open and What’s Closed on Lincoln’s Birthday in 2024
This coming Monday is Lincoln’s Birthday, a holiday that is observed on the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth. The 12th president of the...
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InterContinental Hotels and Resorts and TimeShifter Partner to Help Guests Reduce the Effects of Jet Lag
The InterContinental Vienna, as photographed from the Stadtpark, was the first hotel belonging to an international chain to open in Vienna...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – Feb. 6: Oklahoma Leads U.S. in Long Covid Cases, 40-Year-Old Virginia Man With Lon Covid Has the Lungs of a 94-Year-Old
Good day. This is Jonathan Spira, director of research at the Center for Long Covid Research, reporting. Here now the news of the pandemic from...
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Lufthansa Prepares for Two-Day Strike, Will Ground 90% of Flights
Ticketing and rebooking counters will not be manned during the strike. Flights in Germany will be brought to an abrupt standstill starting...
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American Airlines Launches Non-Stop Service to Eleuthera
American Airlines aircraft at the carrier’s Miami hub American Airlines announced the launch of non-stop twice-weekly service to...
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Coronavirus Daily News Brief – Feb. 5: JN.1 Now 93% of All U.S. Cases, Deadly Drug-Resistant Fungus Hits 36th State, King Charles Has Cancer, and Today’s Statistics
The Boekhandel Selexyz Dominicanen, a bookstore in an 800-year-old church on the Dominicanerkerkstraat in in Maastrich. The newspaper The...
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Jewish Boy Who Became Nazi Mascot Dies of Covid
The story of Alex Kurzem is so remarkable that, when I first heard about it, I was not sure how plausible it was. At that time, however, I also...
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Today is National Weatherman’s Day, So the California Storm Has Been Upgraded to a Bomb Cyclone and a State of Emergency Has Been Declared
A Western Gull near Monterey Bay prior to the storm This is not necessarily how National Weatherman’s Day should go. An atmospheric river...