Its creatorsSwiss company Flyabilityare traveling home from Dubai $1 million richer after winning the “Drones for Good” international competition, on February 7. Gimball is described as the first “collision-tolerant drone,”…
For nearly two decades, ubiquitous access to the Internet has been the elusive dream of technologists, policymakers and ordinary users. But today, the prospect of worldwide, always-on and high-speed (or…
Here are a few things that dominated the evening: Welcome, Sam Smith! A year ago, the British soul singer was an unknown in America. Sunday night, he took home four…
In the autobiography that inspired the blockbuster film, “American Sniper,” Kyle wrote that his work on Iraqi battlefields earned him the nickname, “Legend.” That’s what those fighting with Kyle called…
Every age has the heroes it deserves, as the saying goes. To judge from the success of the movie “American Sniper,” the hero of the current moment would be the…
This was not quite two years after the death of Matthew Shepard, the University of Wyoming student who was brutally murdered for being gay. We were barely two seasons into…
Wax museum Madame Tussauds London has announced it will open a multimillion dollar interactive “Star Wars” exhibit this May. – Madame Tussauds, Marylebone Road, London; +44 871 894 3000
It’s not like Earl was a slacker. He came to Detroit from Hollywood, where he was designing cars for movie stars. As General Motors’ top designer, Earl created iconic cars…
A senior Afghan security source confirmed Rauf’s death.
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls is scheduled to be in the city later in the day.
The attack took place late Sunday, according to the website. A number of buildings in the area were damaged, including residences, but no casualties have been reported. Eduard Basurin, a…
He’s a man that divides opinion and in the past has even jokingly compared himself to a James Bond villain stroking a white Persian cat. But forget felines — it’s…
The curfew, which was in place nightly, was lifted at 12:01 a.m. Sunday. The move represents the first time the curfew, aimed at stymying violence in Baghdad, has been completely…
The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC. There were two pilots, four flight attendants and one engineer on board. The captain in command had a total…
WINTER WEATHER Snow, snow, snow: Sometimes you just can’t catch a break. Boston and large chucks of the Northeast are getting hammered again. Snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches…
There was conflicting information about whether any parts of the plane had been located underwater. One search official told CNN that he believes sonar equipment has detected wreckage from the…
It’s the first time the Japanese government has taken such a step. But the journalist, Yuichi Sugimoto, has suggested it’s a breach of his rights. “Ministry officials and police officers…
Answers about why the aircraft, with 162 people on board, fell from the sky Sunday remained elusive. Among the seven bodies recovered so far — not 10, as earlier reports…
Live video on TVs at an airport crisis center were showing coverage of the story when up popped pictures of debris, and a body in the water. Until that moment,…
Haidar Fauzi and his wife, Rohana, learned Friday they had lost their daughter, Khairunisa Haidar Fauzi, in the crash of AirAsia Flight QZ8501 Dec. 28. Nisa, as she is known…
Red Cross and hospital workers run to the front of the hospital in Pangkalan Bun, not even certain how many victims are coming. Sirens then announce the arrival of the…
Two of their family members have been found so far. A total of 37 bodies have been recovered out of 162 passengers and crew members on board the AirAsia flight….
The diving teams who made their way to the bottom of the sea Sunday encountered muddy waters with zero visibility, according to officials. The Indonesian Navy has sent special equipment…
A peaceful tranquility that makes the horrors some 100 nautical miles from here seem implausible. As we head out into open waters with an Indonesian Search and Rescue boat, the…
The airline was approved to fly the route four days a week but it did not include Sunday. Indonesia’s Ministry of Transport has announced a full investigation and suspended Indonesia…
At least four more bodies were recovered on Sunday, bringing the count to 34. The remains were transferred by helicopter to the processing center in Pangkalan Bun, Indonesia, to the…
Divers were sent to the location and plunged into the waves. Down on the sea floor, they were able to take pictures of the wreckage. Finding the tail section is…
The cockpit voice recorder and the flight data recorder are considered to be vital elements in figuring out the causes of commercial aviation disasters. Indonesia’s top search and rescue official…
Debris and wreckage is slowly being pulled from the Java Sea by searchers who have been battling with rough conditions in their bid to find AirAsia Flight 8501. On Wednesday,…
This practice appears to be common for AirAsia, according to BMKG Station Chief Blucher Doloksaribu. CNN did not see AirAsia listed in entries for a logbook running from December 31…