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A JetBlue Airways plane prepares to take off from the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 31, 2024.Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesJetBlue Airways told staff on Tuesday that it is culling a host of routes, making it the carrier's latest move to cut costs in the wake of a failed attempt to acquire Spirit Airlines and a Pratt & Whitney engine issue that has grounded some of its Airbus planes.The carrier will reduce its departures from Los Angeles International Airport from about…

The Transportation Security Administration is investigating how a tickletless woman at Nashville International Airport boarded a flight headed for Los Angeles without going through TSA’s first checkpoint.On Feb. 7, a traveler hopped over one of the security stanchions at Nashville International Airport, bypassing the first TSA checkpoint — where fliers are asked to show identification and a boarding pass — and blended back into the security line, Mark Howell, spokesperson for the southern region of the TSA, told KTLA 5.…

Cryptocurrency mining, which consumers a lot of electricity and is very damaging to the environment, is heavily regulated in China. However, Chinese miners, once the best and with the largest pool in the world before American miners came into the scene, are now moving to Ethiopia…

An investigation by The BMJ highlights the failure of UK regulatory bodies, including the MHRA and ASA, to effectively enforce laws governing prescription drug advertisements, especially for weight loss drugs like Wegovy. This has resulted in inadequate monitoring and a lack of sanctions, potentially compromising patient safety.Experts have filed numerous complaints about Wegovy’s online advertisements and criticize regulators for their failure to impose sanctions.An investigation recently published by The BMJ reveals…

The maelstrom of travel through LAX calms down when you walk into the Orchestrina. At the start of a 1,000-foot-long hallway connecting the Tom Bradley International terminal’s Great Hall to its west gates, the light dims to a soothing cerulean. Swells of ambient music rise to meet passengers as the moving sidewalk whisks them through the terminal.Along the way, the music shifts between 30 compositions written in a single key (C major), from well-known artists like Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, local heroes John Carroll…

The largest study of its kind ever carried out in the UK has found that 7,180 of the 40,393 hospitalizations and deaths from COVID-19 could have been avoided had the population been fully vaccinated.The landmark study from Health Data Research (HDR) UK and the University of Edinburgh looked at the hospitalizations and deaths that occurred across the region – England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales – from June 1 to September 30, 2022.The extensive work saw researchers access secure, anonymized National Health Service…

A group of people blocked traffic Wednesday morning near Los Angeles International Airport, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza as the civilian death toll continues to rise amid the Israeli government’s intensive bombing campaigns.Videos and photos shared on social media showed protesters gathered on West Century Boulevard shortly before 9:30 a.m. The Los Angeles Police Department said in a tweet it is aware of the protest and that “traffic is currently impacted.” A line of LAPD officers formed near the protesters, but it…

Protesters demanding a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip blocked traffic near Los Angeles International Airport on Friday afternoon, continuing demonstrations that earlier this week saw the 110 Freeway shut down during peak commute time. Around 4:30 p.m., about 200 demonstrators gathered at South Sepulveda Boulevard and Westchester Parkway, just north of the airport entrance, and began to march toward the airport. They chanted “Let Gaza live” and carried a 30-foot banner bearing those three words as they made their way to…

Without a passport or even a ticket, a mysterious man with apparent ties to Russia slipped onto a flight from Copenhagen to Los Angeles, hiding in plain sight until he was apprehended after landing in Los Angeles, an extraordinary federal criminal filing reveals. The man, identified as Sergey Vladimirovich Ochigava, a seemingly gregarious flier who constantly shifted seats, spoke to several passengers, asked for two in-flight meals and even tried to snack on a cabin crew member’s chocolate bar during the more than…

It’s a fact of life for millions who live in Los Angeles and plenty who pass through: You’re going to spend hours at LAX. Awkward, restless, unproductive hours.Or you can take a walk. A long one. Thanks to a recently completed connection between LAX’s Terminal 3 and the Bradley International Terminal, ticketed travelers have the freedom to roam all nine terminals without going through TSA multiple times. (Air travel cognoscenti call this unrestricted pedestrian access “airside connectivity.”)For any traveler who is early…