by Paul Riegler

Wednesday’s crash of an American Airlines jet on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport was the deadliest U.S. air disaster in decades. Here are some of the people we lost in the crash plus the latest information on what might have caused the crash.
The Washington, D.C. area’s jam-packed airspace has led to warnings for years and air-traffic controllers are among the federal employees that the Trump administration has …

Apple Musical Classical Now Works with Apple CarPlay, Siri, and on the Web

by Paul Riegler

Apple quietly added the Apple Music Classical app to Apple CarPlay late last year, integrating it with the Siri voice assistant, a change that allows  the driver or passenger to ask Siri to play a selection from the app.
Apple Music Classical, or in German, “Klassik,” is the app the company designed specifically for classical music, removing the limitations with which listeners had previously had to contend when using streaming services …

Weekend Update – News That Matters: Deadly Weather Kills at Least 42 in 8 States; High Winds Topple Tractor Trailers; Judge Blocks 1798 Alien Enemies Act; Nita Lowey, Dogged N.Y. Pol, Dies at 87

by Anna Breuer

Part of our “News That Matters” Series, “Weekend Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have overlooked in the course of a busy weekend. Here’s what you may have missed in the period March 15 through March 17, 2025, and Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, a celebration of Irish culture.

IN THIS ISSUE
@PRESS TIME Breaking News
@WEATHER  Forecast for Major U.S. and European Cities
@IN BRIEF Tornadoes …

Friday Update – News That Matters: 19 Dead as Tornadoes Strike Deep South, Government Shutdown Averted, Rare ‘Blood Moon,’ Chef André Soltner Dies, ‘Bags (Don’t) Fly for Free’

by Anna Breuer

Part of our “News That Matters” Series, “Friday Update” is a weekly feature that offers brief overviews of important news that you may have overlooked in the course of a busy weekend. Here’s what you may have missed in the period March 13 through March 15, 2025.

IN THIS ISSUE
@PRESS TIME Breaking News
@WEATHER  Forecast for Major U.S. and European Cities
@IN BRIEF Tornadoes in Deep South, Group of 7 priorities
@TRAVEL Southwest to Drop ‘Bags …

Whither the Electric Vehicle as the Trump White House Begins to Roll Back Emission Standards?

by Jonathan Spira

The Trump administration’s announcement Wednesday that it plans to repeal dozens of the nation’s most significant environmental regulations, including limits on tailpipe and smokestack emissions, will likely play an outsized role in the direction that the burgeoning electric-vehicle market takes in the coming four years, but the damage that will be created by this week’s news will likely have repercussions for generations to come.
A little less than one year ago, …

Mid-Week Update – News That Matters: ‘Blood Moon’ Total Lunar Eclipse,’ Government Shutdown, Major Storm Moves Across U.S., Toxins in Girl Scout Cookies, Consumers Cut Back on Spending

by Anna Breuer

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 10 through March 13, 2025.
IN THIS ISSUE
@PRESS TIME Breaking News
@ENVIRONMENT White House Rolls Back Rules Protecting Nation’s Air and Water
@WEATHER  Forecast for Major U.S. and European Cities
@PASSINGS Street photographer …

Apple Releases iOS 18.3.2 and macOS 15.3.2 Updates to Fix Important WebKit Vulnerability

by Kurt Stolz
Apple Releases iOS 18.3.2 and macOS 15.3.2 Updates to Fix Important WebKit Vulnerability

Apple released an updated version of its mobile operating system, iOS 18.3.2 as well as macOS 15.3.2, to address a WebKit vulnerability that may have been actively exploited.
WebKit is the web browser engine used by Safari, Mail, App Store, and many other apps on macOS, iOS, and Linux.
According to Apple, maliciously crafted web content could break out of the Web Content sandbox.
The issue was first and largely addressed with iOS …

Five Years Ago Today Was the Beginning of the End: The Pandemic Shuttered Broadway. The Rest of the World Followed

by Jonathan Spira

The events of five years ago today are indelibly engraved in my memory like almost no other, except perhaps where I was when the space shuttle exploded, where I was on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway en route to Brooklyn or when I woke up in a hotel room in San Francisco on  September 11, 2001, and the aftermath of the terror attacks of that day were being recapped on television.

And …