The latest version of the 737 jetliner was plagued by a series of mistakes, mismanagement and deception in the certification process.
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Alaska Airlines’ buy-one, get-one fare sale comes with a bonus: an empty seat for COVID-19 safety
Instead a regular two-for-one sale, Alaska Airlines is giving two people the middle seat for free. Travel must be booked by midnight Wednesday.
After Senate bill fails, airline workers look to Congress to save them from October layoffs
Without a new stimulus deal, airlines say they will have to furlough thousands of workers by Oct. 1. A GOP bill failed to clear the Senate Thursday.
West will swelter as holiday heat wave and pandemic combine to make relief harder to find
The heat wave comes as firefighters are yet to complete quell California’s many wildfires — and raises fears they could flare anew
Grainy video shows Dijon Kizzee running from Los Angeles deputies. He was killed ‘in cold blood,’ attorney Ben Crump says.
Dijon Kizzee was fatally shot after sheriff’s deputies tried to stop him as he rode a bicycle. Deputies say he tried to reach for a gun.
‘Makes no sense’: California faces backlash over its new tiered system for reopening businesses amid COVID-19
Critics of the state’s new tiered reopening plan say it has inequities, such as manicurists who can’t work indoors while hair stylists can.
‘Everyone is buying boats’ during the pandemic, and it’s causing a short supply
Sales are surging for boats of all kinds as families turn to them as another form of recreation that’s safe from the coronavirus.
Coronavirus live updates: California to more than double testing; Laura evacuations complicated by COVID; 1M more unemployment claims?
Coronavirus complicates Hurricane Laura evacuations. California, Nevada boost testing. Disneyland ‘ready’ to reopen. Latest COVID-19 news.
Boeing may be tackling 737 Max’s PR problem with a new name
The plane that’s been grounded since figuring in two crashes may be getting a new name, a step toward solving an image problem.
Outdoor dining may save restaurants during COVID-19. But are diners at risk from cars plowing into them?
Cities around the country are allowing — or helping — restaurants create outdoor dining areas, sometimes in the street. Recipe for disaster?