Post Office U-Turn on Small Packages from China, While New Tariffs Sow Confusion Amongst Shippers
The United States Postal Service on Wednesday reversed course and said it had resumed accepting packages originating in Hong Kong and China. The move came on the heels of a 12-hour suspension that roiled the eCommerce industry in those two
Friday Update – News That Matters: Flu Cases Peak Again, Honeywell to Break Into 3 Companies, How to Cook the Perfect Boiled Egg, Canada Fires SpaceX, Santorini Quakes, Racists Get Out of DOGE
Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Friday Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy week. Here’s what you may have missed in the
Bering Air Passenger Jet With 10 Onboard Vanishes. Rescuers in Alaska Face ‘Zero Visibility’ in the Search for Survivors
The Alaskan countryside outside Anchorage in the summer A Bering Air Cessna regional aircraft with 10 people on board including crew members went missing over the Bering Sea shortly before it was due to land. The Cessna plane operated by
U.S. Postal Service Halts Small Parcel Service from China as Trump’s Trade Curbs Take Effect
A post office in Bayside, New York The United States Postal Service said it had stopped accepting all packages originating in Hong Kong and China, accordance to an international service disruption notice the agency posted on its website. “Effective February
Weekend Update – News That Matters: Five Years of Covid, Chinese New Year, Effect of Trump’s Brutal Tariffs, Rising Egg Prices, Apple Watch Lawsuit, Mapmakers, and Civil Servants
Part of our “News That Matters“ Series, “Weekend Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that might have been overlooked in the course of a busy weekend. Here’s what you may have missed in the
Groundhog Day 2025: Punxsutawney Phil Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter But, Once Again, Staten Island Chuck Begs to Differ
Punxsutawney Phil, the prodigious forecaster of Pennsylvania, saw his shadow early Sunday morning on Groundhog Day 2025. He therefore predicted that there will be six more weeks of a long cold and icy winter. This year is Phil’s 139th year
Plane Crash in Philadelphia Leaves At Least 7 Dead, 19 Injured on the Ground
A bronze statue of William Penn, the founder of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, located atop the Philadelphia City Hall A Med Jets business jet with six people on board crashed in a neighborhood in northeast Philadelphia during the night of
18 U.S. Figure Skaters Dead Among 73 in Fateful Sabena Jet Crash
On February 15, 1961, Sabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707, crashed on approach to Brussels’ Zaventem Airport on its way from New York City. All 72 passengers, as well as one person on the ground, perished in the crash. Among
Great Moments in Travel History – February 2025
February is the second month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. The month has 28 days in common years – that is years with 365 days – and 29 days in leap years, such as last
What You Need to Know About the Fatal D.C. Midair Collision
Wednesday’s crash of an American Airlines jet on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was the deadliest U.S. air disaster in decades. Here are some of the people we lost in the crash plus the latest information on
Staffing at Air Traffic Control Tower Was ‘Not Normal’ at Time of D.C. Crash on Wednesday, FAA Report Reveals
Staffing at the air-traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan National Airport was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic” when an American Airlines regional jet and a Black Hawk helicopter collided in mid-air, an internal preliminary
