Democrat Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins wins race for Alaska governor, replaces a Republican
Kreiss-Tomkins, a former state legislator, ran a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in the the state that usually votes Republican. At 37, he'll be the youngest governor in the state's history.
DHS head Markwayne Mullin says there is not a threat to the U.S. amid FAA ground stop
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin spoke to at the White House on Friday afternoon after the FAA issues a total ground stop. NPR was there for the briefing.
Stuck on the tarmac without information: Travelers share their ground stop experiences
Passengers stuck on airplanes on tarmacs across the country during the FAA ground stop on Friday share their stories.
What we know about the FAA nationwide ground stop
The Federal Aviation Administration took an extraordinary step Friday afternoon by issuing a nationwide ground stop. No planes are taking off at any airport and millions of passengers are stranded.
GOP state officials push to revive Trump's mail voting restrictions for 2028 election
Some Republican state officials are reviving a bid for mail-in voting restrictions for the 2028 election by appealing a court order blocking the Postal Service from carrying out a revised ballot rule.
Old tech blamed for the ground stop that caused flight chaos: 'It got overloaded'
The nationwide ground stop that paralyzed the U.S. aviation system on Friday has ended, according to Federal Aviation Administration.
With his challenge to Schumer, Van Hollen forces a debate over Democrats' mandate
Democrats say they have a mandate to deliver change, but as the party gets ready to retake the majority in both the House and Senate, there are divides over who should lead it.
The government says it will close a beloved D.C. park Sunday. Will a judge step in?
Federal judge Ana Reyes grilled the government on Friday about its plans for East Potomac Park, and indicated she could order it to remain open despite President Trump's renovation wishes.
What's Trump's strategy now with Iran? To keep things as they are
President Trump says the "status quo" is what Gulf Arab allies want as the Iran war hits a stalemate and the U.S. midterms force a pivot from threats of attacks to economic pressure.
The Trump administration's voter roll crusade could continue
Election officials are preparing for the Trump administration's pressure tactics over potential noncitizens on state voter rolls to continue, though recent court rulings pose new obstacles.
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What we know about the longest US nationwide flight ground stop since 9/11
US officials say the disruption was caused by old equipment overloading and not a cyber-attack or a Microsoft outage.
'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision
The collision leaves 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for.
US Air Force says it responded to 'suspected drones' over RAF Lakenheath
The American military says there were no injuries or damage after "suspected unauthorised drone activity" this evening.
Police investigating David Walliams over reports alleging serious sexual offences
The Met Police said the allegations are separate from those reported by ITV and the Guardian earlier this week.
Trump, Putin and Xi plan historic joint meeting in China next week, White House says
Trump will discuss the "reduction of nuclear weapons" during the unprecedented talks, a spokeswoman says.
Watch: Children in Need 2026... in 90 seconds
Some of the key moments from Children In Need 2026, which raised nearly £40m by the end of Friday night's live programme.
Microsoft 'deeply sorry' for global outage as it reports broad recovery
Experts say the event is a "stark reminder" of how heavily the world relies on a small group of big tech providers.
Setback for SpaceX Starship rocket's double-catch test
Elon Musk’s company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket’s booster - instead it came down in the ocean.
Goalkeeper involved in fatal collision gets 12-game ban
Jesus Owono is given a 12-match suspension by the Spanish football federation's disciplinary committee after his challenge which resulted in the death of Jesus de Miguel.
Widespread frost and freezing fog forecast as cold health alerts continue
It's a weekend of two halves with a cold start on Saturday giving way to wetter and milder day on Sunday.
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FAA lifts ground stop after hours-long delays snag travelers
Safety reasons and unspecified communications issue cited
Chinese AI labs are training models on Nvidia's Blackwell despite export controls, says ex-OpenAI engineer
Forensic report finds Blackwell's fingerprint in DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, MiniMax and Ant Group models
This year’s bug count just passed 100K
‘We don’t have a security problem anymore. We have a data problem now’
Meatbags suck at spotting lying LLMs, so let AI narc on itself
What, you didn't actually want to fact-check it yourself, did you?
Mozilla leaves Solo website owners to go it alone as hosting shuts down
If you have one of these AI-generated homepages, you'd better download and save it quick
Email addresses used in European school bomb hoaxes spotted in old infostealer logs
Researchers say organizations should have detected and secured them sooner
HPE debuts hybrid storage configs: Rising SSD costs hit supercomputing
HPE aims for the market with faster, more cost-effective HPC storage to combat rising costs
Microsoft outage gives customers a crash course in dependence on Redmond
Rivals offer sympathy for stranded admins – and a reminder that putting all your eggs in one basket has consequences
Another Linux kernel developer steps back from some duties due to overload
You can probably guess what he blames for the excessive workload
Most affairs don't matter except to the people involved. Ex-Nvidia CEO Jensen's blunder will rock the world
In the aftermath of Jensen Huang's resignation, not only may the AI bubble pop, but the world economy is in some peril
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Starship flight 15 powers to orbit—setting up a possible catch on Saturday
One way or another, the company will get some more data on Saturday.
FAA has lifted its third-ever nationwide ground stop
Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy blamed obsolete equipment for the outage.
Millions of Americans are not taking their GLP-1 drugs as prescribed
Cost and access barriers are pushing people to modified use and unapproved versions.
FAA expands AI advice to manage air traffic congestion across entire US airspace
Airlines praised the AI tool, but the air traffic controllers’ union wasn’t involved.
In elephants, the resilience of communities has its limits
In Sri Lanka, ecological change is shrinking a park's elephant population.
Kalshi ditches Trump Jr. as advisor; CEO admitted "optics" weren't good
Trump son advised Kalshi and got equity while Trump admin helped Kalshi in lawsuits.
OpenAI board member worries an AI "takeover" of society could be months away
Researcher traces a path from AI reward hacking to potential human extinction.
Windows 0-day dropped by disgruntled researcher hands hackers System rights
"SignDrop" exploit lets local users gain all-powerful System rights.
Microsoft’s global outage may be worse than Amazon's or CrowdStrike's, expert says
Governments, hospitals, courts scrambled by global Microsoft outage.
It's the end of the world as we know it, per a physicist's 1960 prediction
Heinz von Foerster thought population would grow exponentially and "squeeze" us all to death.