MAY 3, 2019
Wow Air ceased operations earlier this year. - Patrick Pleul/dpa-Zentralbild, via AP
When the budget airline Wow Air abruptly ceased operations earlier this year, thousands of travelers were left stranded and scrambling, on both sides of the Atlantic, to make alternate travel plans.
The news, after months of speculation that the Icelandic airline was struggling financially, came at...
MAY 3, 2019
Pittsburgh, airport, terminal
The attacks of September 11, 2001 changed everything we knew about flying, including security. No longer could passengers without a ticket go to the gate.
No more escorting friends or family to the gate unless it was a special circumstance, no more grabbing a bite to eat at a restaurant on the other side...
MAY 3, 2019
The logo of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency is shown in the lobby of the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia March 3, 2005. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Former CIA acting director Michael Morell, in a podcast discussion with Kurt Campbell and Rich Verma on Thursday, alleged that Pakistan is one of the most dangerous countries in the...
MAY 3, 2019
Widespread havoc: The cyclone brought down a highway signboard in Puri. | Photo Credit: Biswaranjan Rout
Rain, winds leave destruction across coastal Odisha
The extremely severe cyclonic storm Fani barrelled into the Odisha coast on Friday morning, unleashing torrential rain and winds gusting up to 175 kmph, killing at least eight people, bringing rail and air transport to...
MAY 3, 2019
Brief Scorecard: Kolkata Knight Riders 185 for 3 (Gill 65, Lynn 46, Shami 1-15) beat Kings XI Punjab 183 for 6 (Curran 55, Pooran 48, Warrier 2-31) by seven wickets
MOHALI - The most pleasing thing about this game were the cameos - the half-century on either side, one score in the high 40s apiece, and - for...
MAY 3, 2019
Donald McGahn walks by a window in the Oval Office of the White House on Feb. 16, 2018. - Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The notes, scribbled rapidly on a legal pad, captured the fear inside the White House when President Trump raged over the Russia investigation and decreed he was firing the FBI director...
MAY 2, 2019
High home prices along with strong demand have today's youngest homebuyers moving to smaller cities — and that could mean a boom for local economies and home values in those markets.
For example, Madison, Wis., is a new mecca for millennials, according to a recent study from the National Association of Realtors, which ranked the top millennial housing...
MAY 2, 2019
Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel, sought to have Attorney General William P. Barr release more details from his report than Mr. Barr originally did. - Andrew Harnik/AP
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Attorney General William P. Barr summarized the special counsel’s conclusions in a March letter, prompting President Trump to crow that he had been exonerated,...
MAY 1, 2019
Traders work under monitors displaying 3M Co. signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S.
As stocks enjoy their best start to a year in three decades, Wall Street firms are flagging the risk of another, surprise move even higher.
And they have a playbook for clients if and when that...
MAY 1, 2019
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer depart after speaking to reporters and meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on April 30, 2019. - Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) upped the ante in the feud between House Democrats and President Trump...
