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FAA Resolves Air Traffic Outage That Snarled Northeast Travel
The Federal Aviation Administration said it’s resolved the equipment outage at an air traffic facility in Philadelphia that severely disrupted air travel in the Northeast, leading to hundreds of flights being canceled. Telecommunication lines have been repaired and operations were …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 12:37 AM |
Missouri Contractor Faces $180K Judgment Over Fraudulent Home Repairs
Missouri Attorney General Hanaway announced that her office secured more than $180,000 in a restitution judgment against Daniel M. Carbone, owner of Concrete Impressions. Carbone was sentenced on 12 felony counts related to contractor fraud stemming from deceptive home repair …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 4:54 PM |
Scientists Researcher Deeper-Rooted Crops to Combat Climate Change
Research scientist Ashish Rajurkar kneels in the dirt, lifting a large clod of soil tangled around a soybean plant. He knocks away pieces of earth from the plant’s roots, which slope straight down instead of out to the side like …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 4:36 PM |
Most Texas Utility Companies Not Providing Wildfire Response Plans
Only eight of 160 utility companies that operate in fire-prone areas of Texas have complied with a law that helps mitigate wildfires, lawmakers recently learned. The revelation comes on the heels of a chaotic wildfire season that has continued through …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 4:31 PM |
Musk’s Boring Co. Working on Tunnel to Link Austin and San Antonio
Elon Musk said his Boring Co. venture is working on a tunnel project in Texas that would connect the cities of Austin and San Antonio. “Due to traffic congestion, that journey can currently take up to 2.5 hours,” Musk said …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 4:27 PM |
Specialty Insurer Orion180 Falls 2.8% After $240 Million IPO
Orion180 Insurance Group Inc. fell 2.8% in its first day of trading after the company raised $240 million from its initial public offering. The specialty homeowners insurance company’s shares closed at $11.66 each on Friday, below the IPO price of …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 3:50 PM |
Cause Under Investigation After Upstate South Carolina Fire Destroys Six Businesses
Fire investigators were working to determine the cause of a blaze that completely gutted seven buildings and six businesses in downtown Walhalla, South Carolina, a city of about 4,100 people in the northwest corner of the state. The Main Street …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 3:26 PM |
Starbucks Settles Florida Lawsuit Claiming Diversity Policies Were Illegal
Starbucks agreed on Thursday to settle a discrimination lawsuit by the state of Florida, pledging not to adopt race- or sex-based quotas or preferences in hiring, promotion and pay decisions. Starbucks and Florida’s Republican Attorney General James Uthmeier jointly announced …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 2:36 PM |
Virginia Tightens Data Center Restrictions Amid Political Backlash
The state of Virginia is tightening permitting, commercial and environmental controls on data centers as political backlash grows against the server warehouses and the technology developed within them, Governor Abigail Spanberger said on Friday. Virginia, which has the largest concentration …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 2:27 PM |
New Data Centers Worth $68 Billion Disrupted in US, Data Show
Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US. That’s according to research group Data Center Watch, which said some 45 data center projects worth $68 billion were blocked or delayed by local pushback between April and June this …
POSTED SEPTEMBER 21, 2026 2:27 PM |
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