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Maybe the trouble started with the AI billionaire and the Silicon Valley chaos that followed talk of his infidelity, including with an alleged Chinese spy. Or maybe it was the Microsoft outage that, depending on how you looked at it, either cast millions of frustrated workers adrift or spared them from a daily, unrelenting electronic avalanche.

The Hollywood Reporter had a prime seat for the once-in-a-lifetime event on a Southwest plan — which took off about an hour before all planes were grounded by the FAA — that also featured The Used and Lolo.

More than 5000 US flights have been cancelled as the Trump administration suggests a contractor could be to blame for the crippling national ground stop.

A student pilot on his first solo flight asked air traffic control what to do after being told to land amid the USA flight shutdown.

The FAA says nationwide ground stop disrupting thousands of US flights was caused by a telecommunications outage.

Aviation authorities cited "extraordinary circumstances and reasons of safety", with the White House blaming outdated air traffic control technology for a communications outage.

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The Department of Homeland Security said the incident did not appear to be the result of any "nefarious attack."

The rare nationwide ground stop order was issued due to a communications problem affecting US air traffic control towers.

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United States officials have lifted an order to ground thousands of departing flights at airports across the country. Follow live.

Aer Lingus says some of its flights seeking to depart the US had begun getting clearance to take off

The US Federal Aviation Administration grounded all departing flights nationwide after a communications failure hit air traffic control centers across the country, disrupting thousands of flights.

Airports had halted take-offs because of a temporary ‘telecommunications outage’

Start-up with €7bn valuation and operations in Ukraine is latest European arms group to be targeted

Video shot from the rescue helicopter showed the boy was shirtless and sunburned. He was wearing shorts and boots and was using towels as blankets.

The mother of a 17-year-old who managed to survive shirtless in the wilderness for six days with only a packet of chips says she never gave up hope.

The 17-year-old has been reunited with his family after going missing during a camping trip last week. His mother joked that he was "grounded for life".

The traditional path to go from legal apprentice to admitted attorney or advocate is changing as automation threatens developmental roles.

Planes searched after series of warnings were received, with the incidents found to be hoaxes

A helicopter company with bases in WA and Queensland has had its fleet grounded over a "deliberately and systemically non-compliant safety culture".

I hope Rockstar makes us work a little harder to wreak our usual mayhem.

The available evidence does not establish widespread penguin starvation caused by the sardine mortality event, nor does it support a complete fishing moratorium as the only scientifically defensible response. The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment adopted a precautionary, restricted and reviewable fishing approach while further scientific

Street Fighter movie director Kitao Sakurai has shared new insights into the recently released video game movie, including how he intentionally wanted it to go for a "gonzo" style of over-the-top action and silliness as opposed to being gritty and grounded. "There’s a silliness to it, and there’s an absurdity to the world and the characters and how they inte

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