United and its CEO Oscar Munoz are facing a wave of well-deserved outrage today for the airline’s handling over an overbooked flight last night, in which a man who refused to give up his seat on an overbooked plane was violently removed by airport security.
The United States has launched dozens of missiles at a government airfield in western Syria.
Uber’s fortnight of scandal just got a whole lot worse: The New York Times just revealed the existence of an uber-creepy company tool called “Greyball” that tracks the phones of police and hostile local government officials.
Facebook is touting its ability to sway an election… just not that election.
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, buoyed by a White House full of his former colleagues, says he thinks the US economy feels “growthier” since Donald Trump took office.
A South Korean court has denied a request from prosecutors to arrest Lee Jae-yong, the heir apparent at the country’s largest conglomerate, who is ensnared in a massive bribery scandal.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un rang in the New Year by vowing to test an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Bloomberg reports. The move sets the stage for a 2017 face-off with the Trump administration.
Singer George Michael has died at the age of 53, the BBC has reported, citing the pop star’s publicist.
China has seized an American unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) in the South China Sea, raising tensions in the disputed waters, and triggering a demand by the Pentagon for the return of its drone.
Pope Francis said today that spreading false news and trying to smear politicians was “probably the greatest damage that the media can do.”
Hillary Clinton directly blames FBI director James Comey for her loss, telling her campaign’s biggest fundraisers and donors today that his two letters to Congress tilted several crucial states to Donald Trump.
Repeating his description of US president Barack Obama as a “son of a whore,” and heralding a new “springtime” for the relationship between the Philippines and China, Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte declared an end to his country’s strategic alignment with the United States and pledged cooperation with Beijing.
A report by the World Anti-Doping Agency has concluded “beyond a reasonable doubt” that the Russian government is involved in an elaborate scheme to cover up evidence (pdf) of performance-enhancing drug use by its athletes. The cover-up spans almost every sport and many years, both before and after the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.
Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has returned to Istanbul amid an attempted military coup, accusing rebel leaders of treason: ”They will pay for what they did.”
Adnan Syed, the convicted murderer whose case was explored in the hit podcast Serial, is getting a new trial.
UK opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn’s position as the head of the Labour Party is under pressure: He has just lost a no-confidence vote by Labour MPs, by an overwhelming 176-40 margin.
The UK’s shocking decision to leave the European Union has thrown financial markets into chaos.
It’s been eight days since the Orlando massacre. Has it changed the gun control debate in the US?
A massive search is underway for a 2-year-old boy who was dragged into the water by an alligator near a Walt Disney World resort in Florida last night (June 14).
Robots are making it impossible to get tickets to Hamilton, according to creator and star Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Back in the 1970s, the Jackson 5 had their own TV variety show, where they hosted none other than Muhammad Ali, who deployed his trademark rhyming skills.
It’s getting to be the season for iced coffee in the northern hemisphere, and there are a dizzying array of methods to prepare it.
The late superstar Prince was due to meet with an opioid addiction expert the morning his body was found at his Paisley Park estate, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported.
As of tonight, real estate mogul Donald Trump is the all-but-certain Republican presidential nominee.
