What You Need to Know About the Fatal D.C. Midair Collision

BMW’s Pioneering Art Cars Collection Turns 50, Goes on World Tour to Celebrate

Vroom. The fastest artwork collection in the world is turning 50.

he terms “art car” and “art cars” have become so intrinsically interwoven with the Bayerische Motoren Werke and the BMW Art Cars that the company has underwritten over 50 years that an online search for “art cars” turns up little else.

While the idea of an art car can trace its origins back to the hippie-themed Volkswagen Käfers, or Beetles, as …

Ode to the New York City Subway’s MetroCard, Take 2

For years, the New York City subway token was a kind of coin of the realm.  In 2003, as they were about to be phased out, there were some 60 million still in circulation. Now, what was almost the space-age replacement, the Metrocard, is facing the same straits after New York transit officials announced that sales of the card will be discontinued at the of December.
The transition to the new …

Heathrow Airport Shutdown Due to Fire Causes Global Flight Disruptions. Repatriation Flights May Begin Late Friday

London Heathrow, Europe’s largest airport, has been essentially at a standstill since late Thursday night when a fire erupted at a nearby electrical substation.

At 6:30 p.m. local time, some 500 flights departing from Heathrow had been cancelled, representing some 73% of the airport’s scheduled operations. British Airways has already cancelled 533 flights, representing 75% of its traffic in and out of the airport, while Virgin Atlantic, another major operator at …

Today is World Happiness Day and the First Day of Spring, So Smile and Be Happy!

Happiness is a vague, multifaceted, and subjective phenomenon that is difficult to define precisely for purposes of measurement and hard to measure in a manner that would allow for meaningful comparisons.
Yet, today, Thursday, is World Happiness Day and the United Nation’s twelfth annual International Day of Happiness, as well as the day on which the 2025 World Happiness Report was released. As its name implies, the latter is a report …

Mid-Week Update – News That Matters: How AT&T Workers Helped Porch Pirates Steal iPhones, World Happiness Day, Hungary Bans Pride March, Judges Rebuff Trump Administration

Part of our “News That Matters” Series, “Midweek Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have overlooked in the course of a busy week. Here’s what you may have missed in the period March 17 through March 20, 2025. Happy First Day of Spring!

 
IN THIS ISSUE
@HAPPY Today is World Happiness Day
@PRESS TIME Federal Judges Rebuff Trump Administration and Other Breaking News
@WEATHER  Forecast for …

Say Goodbye to Winter 2024-25: Spring Starts Tomorrow

Spring is here
A-suh-puh-ring is here
Life is skittles and life is beer
I think the loveliest time
Of the year is the spring
Atmospheric rivers in California, wildfires in Oklahoma and New York, and over 100 tornadoes this past Friday and Saturday in multiple states from Missouri to Alabama. March certainly fulfilled the proverb that it “comes in like a lion,” bringing torrential rain, heavy snow, hail the size of baseballs, dust storms, fire, …

Air France, Lufthansa Each Unveils a New International First Class Cabin, La Première and Allegris.

Air France and Lufthansa separately unveiled new international first-class cabins in recent days.
“We are completely reinventing the Lufthansa First Class travel experience with Allegris,” said Jens Ritter, the airline’s CEO.
Referencing the new La Première cabin, Air France President Benjamin Smith said: “This new experience truly is the highest expression of travel.”

Air France and Lufthansa have separately unveiled new international first-class cabins in recent days.

“We are completely reinventing the Lufthansa First …