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An airplane flies at sunrise over Buenos Aires, Argentina, on March 9.

Airline passengers could be in for a rougher ride, thanks to climate change

Research in recent years has pointed to more incidents of clear-air turbulence in the jet stream brought on by rising temperatures. Airline crews and passengers are feeling the effects firsthand.

Some police think a pullback in traffic enforcement may be contributing to more reckless driving.

America's roads are more dangerous, as police pull over fewer drivers

The fatality rate on America's roads remains higher than before the pandemic, and some blame the increase on less traffic policing.

During his flight on Monday, "As I turned to my left and looked down, I could see the head of the snake receding back underneath my seat," pilot Rudolf Erasmus says. "At which point there was a moment of stunned silence, to be brutally honest." He turned the plane around and landed safely at a nearby airport.

He felt the slither of a venomous snake in the cockpit — then turned the plane around

South African pilot Rudolf Erasmus made an emergency landing after discovering a Cape cobra accompanying him in the cockpit on Monday. The snake has not been found again since the plane landed.

For Shawny Binladen and his collective the Yellow Tape Boys, sampling is a sacred act — the highest form of respect.

Shawny Binladen and the rise of sample drill

A 27-year-old Queens rapper took a defining hip-hop practice and reinvigorated a subgenre, in New York City and beyond.

Startup companies say that new programs similar to ChatGPT could complete doctors' paperwork for them. But some experts worry that inherent bias and a tendency to fabricate facts could lead to errors.

Doctors are drowning in paperwork. Some companies claim AI can help

New startups believe chatbot technology could help reduce the burden on physicians. But some academics warn bias and errors could hurt patients.

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Anthony Muhlstadt participates in an exercise aboard the USS Bataan March 7, 2020. Muhlstadt was a 23-year-old Marine Corps sergeant when he died by suicide in 2021 at Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms in California.

A Pentagon-appointed committee says easy access to guns on military bases leads to more suicides

The independent committee is calling on the Defense Department to make personal firearms harder to buy and access on base.

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defense table with his defense team in a Manhattan court, Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in New York. Trump is set to appear in a New York City courtroom on charges related to falsifying business records in a hush money investigation, the first president ever to be charged with a crime.

Reports: Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges

Former President Donald Trump has pleaded not guilty to 34 counts of falsifying business records. That's according to several news reports.

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his Mar-a-Lago estate Tuesday, April 4, 2023, in Palm Beach, Fla., after being arraigned earlier in the day in New York City.

Photos: See how the Trump indictment day unfolded

The former president has been charged with 34 felonies for his role in falsifying business records in order to conceal an illegal conspiracy to undermine an election. He pleaded not guilty.

The Apple TV+ series <em>Extrapolations </em>tells the story of what's at stake for our planet over the next few decades. Sienna Miller plays scientist Rebecca Shearer.

There are plenty of doomsday climate stories — 'Extrapolations' is about the everyday

"We wanted to focus on what we call the 'messy middle...' " says Scott Burns, creator of the AppleTV+ series. "Before we get to the end, there's a lot of life that we're all gonna have to go through."

"We check in with each other all the time," says Michael Trotter Jr. of The War and Treaty. "I believe that what you hear with the record is a deeper understanding of who we are becoming to each other."

The War and Treaty's songs of ardent commitment find deeper clarity on 'Lover's Game'

On the duo's latest album, its first full-length released on a major country label, Tanya and Michael Trotter Jr. sing piano-driven originals with a grown-up sense of devotion.

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