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Air Canada flight attendants standing in a silent protest at Vancouver International Airport.

Air Canada will start canceling flights today before it locks out flight attendants. Here’s what we know

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By Matthew Rehbein, Alexandra Skores, Paula Newton, CNN (CNN) — Canada’s biggest airline is poised to start canceling several dozen flights Thursday ahead of a weekend lockout of flight attendants that threatens to throw travel plans for tens of thousands into chaos during the peak summer season. Air Canada said it will gradually suspend operations

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A young child receives a Moderna Covid-19 vaccine in Needham

RFK Jr.’s HHS re-establishes childhood vaccine safety task force after pressure from his former anti-vaccine advocacy group

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By Meg Tirrell, Sarah Owermohle, CNN (CNN) — The US Department of Health and Human Services said it is re-establishing the Task Force on Safer Childhood Vaccines, a panel of US health officials tasked with making recommendations on vaccine development, distribution and monitoring. The task force, which will be helmed by US National Institutes of

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A worker points to a monitor displaying current satellites in orbit and real-time communications across the globe at the Iridium Communications Inc. Satellite Network Operations Center in Leesburg

Climate pollution is making GPS and communications satellites even more vulnerable to solar storms

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By Andrew Freedman, CNN (CNN) — Satellites, including those used for GPS and communications, will face greater risks in coming decades during solar-triggered geomagnetic storms because of the effect climate pollution has on Earth’s atmosphere, a new study found. The increasing volume of planet-warming carbon dioxide in the upper atmosphere is likely to make the

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An Israeli flag flies along a highway near the settlement of Carmel in the South Hebron Hills of the West Bank on August 4.

Israel’s West Bank settlement plan could ‘bury’ the prospect of a Palestinian state. Here’s why

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By Oren Liebermann, CNN Jerusalem (CNN) — Israel said Thursday it was moving forward with controversial plans to build thousands of new housing units in the occupied West Bank, a development far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said would “permanently bury the idea of a Palestinian state.” To the delight of the Israeli settler movement, but

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Baltimore County firefighters were joined by the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services' Special Operations team to rescue a horse that was trapped after falling into a pit.

Horse rescued from pit, officials say

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WBAL, BALTIMORE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT, CNN By Caroline Zeghibe Click here for updates on this story     REISTERSTOWN, Maryland (WBAL) — Firefighters were called to an unusual rescue Thursday morning in Reisterstown, where a horse was trapped after falling into a pit. Baltimore County firefighters were joined by the Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue

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First lady Melania Trump listens as U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) delivers remarks during an Independence Day military family picnic on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4 in Washington

Trump told Melania to ‘go forward’ with legal action against Hunter Biden over Epstein relationship comments

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By Shania Shelton, Aileen Graef, Betsy Klein, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump confirmed Thursday morning that Melania Trump’s attorneys are threatening legal action against Hunter Biden, saying he told her to “go forward.” “You know, I’ve done pretty well on these lawsuits lately. And I said, go forward. Jeffrey Epstein has nothing to do

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