Lisa Baumann

Passengers talk with United Airlines staff at a kiosk inside Terminal 1 at O'Hare International Airport after United Airlines paused departures of flights nationwide due to an unspecified technology issue on Aug. 6, 2025. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune)

United Airlines tech issue that impacted more than 1,000 flights resolved, residual delays expected

August 7, 2025 at 10:30 a.m.

A disruption to a system housing United Airlines’ flight information that caused more than 1,000 delays has been resolved, but delays continued into Thursday.

Police tape surrounds The Owl Bar in of Anaconda, Mont., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, following a fatal shooting. (Joseph Scheller/The Montana Standard via AP)

Officials scour mountainous area of Montana for ex-US soldier suspected of killing 4 in bar shooting

August 2, 2025 at 3:57 p.m.

Montana Division of Criminal Investigation administrator Lee Johnson says 45-year-old Michael Paul Brown fled The Owl Bar after the Friday shooting in the small town of Anaconda.

FILE – Flowers and pictures are shown at the memorial in Romulus, Mich., to mark the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines Flight 255 near Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Aug. 16, 2012. The MD-80 aircraft crashed in the Detroit suburb of Romulus, killing all 154 people aboard, except for a 4-year-old girl. Two people also died on the ground. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

The lone passenger who survived the deadly Air India crash sparks interest in other sole survivors

June 12, 2025 at 10:20 p.m.

People on social media have been commenting about the idea of only one person surviving the crash, calling it unreal, remarkable, a work of divine intervention, and a miracle.

FILE – Postmaster General of the United States Louis DeJoy speaks during a news conference, Dec. 20, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns after 5 years in the position

March 24, 2025 at 5:47 p.m.

The head of the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position and following protests last weekend by postal workers concerned about the...

Morgan Freeman speaks about Gene Hackman with an image of Gene Hackman on the screen during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Gene Hackman died of heart disease, his wife died of hantavirus about 1 week prior, authorities say

March 7, 2025 at 7:30 p.m.

Authorities revealed Friday that actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease and showed severe signs of Alzheimer’s disease a full week after his wife died of hantavirus in their home.

A truck crosses a flooded road Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Santa Rosa, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

‘Bomb cyclone’ knocks out power to over half a million homes across the Northwest

November 21, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

A major storm battered the U.S. Northwest with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages, closing schools and downing trees that killed at least two people.

In this image provided by Eastside Fire & Rescue, officials survey the scene where a tree fell on a home in Issaquah, Wash., Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (Eastside Fire & Rescue via AP)

‘Bomb cyclone’ kills 2 and knocks out power to over half a million homes across the northwest US

November 20, 2024 at 1:45 p.m.

A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least two people.

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