Air traffic staffing shortages disrupt thousands of flights while FAA-mandated cancellations to worsen next week if shutdown continues

Air traffic staffing shortages disrupt thousands of flights while FAA-mandated cancellations to worsen next week if shutdown continues

A Republic Airways plane takes off near the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nearly 7,000 U.S. flights were delayed and more than 2,000 were canceled on Saturday amid across-the-country air traffic controller staffing … Read more

Birds Feast on Sunflower Seeds in Perfect Autumnal Scene Captured From Kitchen Window

Birds Feast on Sunflower Seeds in Perfect Autumnal Scene Captured From Kitchen Window

Andrew Fusek Peters photographed a great tit (Parus major) from his kitchen window in Shropshire, England – SWNS Stunning pictures from England show hungry birds feasting on sunflower seeds in a gorgeous autumn scene. Photographer Andrew Fusek Peters captured the magical moment from his kitchen in Shropshire, as the birds dove into the seeds to … Read more

Talks to end government shutdown take a promising turn, Senate majority leader says

Talks to end government shutdown take a promising turn, Senate majority leader says

U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters outside his office on the fourteenth day of the U.S. government shutdown on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 14, 2025. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters Bipartisan talks in the U.S. Senate to end the government shutdown have taken a positive turn, Senate Majority Leader … Read more

Trump tells Senate Republicans to send federal health insurance money ‘directly to the people’

Trump tells Senate Republicans to send federal health insurance money ‘directly to the people’

U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he speaks during an event to announce a deal with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to reduce the prices of GLP-1 weight‑loss drugs, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 6, 2025. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump proposed a compromise on … Read more

Airbnb Lets You Open Bedroom Door to Welcome in a Miniature Horse (LOOK)

Airbnb Lets You Open Bedroom Door to Welcome in a Miniature Horse (LOOK)

SWNS A unique Airbnb in England offers the chance to spend the night in a decorated barn containing a friendly miniature horse. Brittany Sparham began renting out part of her barn in a rural village outside Nottinghamshire during the pandemic in response to the rising popularity of ‘staycations’. Since the rustic apartment would share its … Read more

A Smart Keyboard for Parkinson’s Patients Wins 2025 James Dyson Global Award

A Smart Keyboard for Parkinson’s Patients Wins 2025 James Dyson Global Award

Credit: James Dyson Awards An innovative smart keyboard designed to significantly improve typing ability for people living with Parkinson’s disease has been named a Global Winner of the prestigious 2025 James Dyson Award. The groundbreaking invention, called “OnCue”, was created by Italian product designer Alessandra Galli as a school thesis project at Delft University of … Read more

Trump says no U.S. government official will attend the G20 summit in South Africa

Trump says no U.S. government official will attend the G20 summit in South Africa

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with the media about hosting the G20 summit, accompanied by U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent and Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, in the Oval Office, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 5, 2025. Brian Snyder | Reuters President Donald Trump said on Friday that no U.S. … Read more