Tali Arbel

JetBlue Terminal, LaGuardia, New York. (Photo by: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

JetBlue and Spirit scrap one third of flights Sunday as severe Florida weather leads to more than 3,500 cancellations nationwide over the weekend

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

Holiday travelers line up at the security checkpoint check point at Pittsburgh International Airport in Imperial, Pa., Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. At least three major airlines say they have canceled dozens of flights, Friday, Dec. 24, because illnesses largely tied to the omicron variant of COVID-19 have taken a toll on flight crew numbers during the busy holiday travel season.

United, Delta, JetBlue continue to cancel hundreds of flights over holiday weekend

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

Heather Buen, right, chats with her daughter Eva about school work at their home Monday, Oct. 4, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. A year and a half in, the pandemic is still agonizing families. There is still the exhaustion of worrying about exposure to COVID-19 itself, and the policies at schools and day cares where children spend their time. The spread of the more infectious delta variant, particularly among people who refuse vaccinations, has caused a big increase in infections in children. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Exhausted and stressed out: parents take measures to limit COVID exposure in schools

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 22: Carlos Watson speaks onstage during OZY Fest 2018 at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on July 22, 2018 in New York City.

Chairman of embattled media organization Ozy resigns

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

A man rides on his bicycle near the Havana Capitol, July 12, 2021. – Cuba on Monday blamed a US “policy of economic suffocation” for unprecedented anti-government protests, as president Joe Biden backed calls to end “decades of repression” on the communist island. Thousands of Cubans took part in demonstrations Sunday, chanting: “Down with the dictatorship,” as President Miguel Diaz-Canel urged supporters to confront demonstrators. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)

Cuba’s internet cutoff: A go-to tactic to suppress dissent

By Barbara Ortutay, Frank Bajak, and others

Letitia James, New York’s attorney general, speaks during a news conference in New York, U.S., Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. New York is seeking to dissolve the National Rifle Association as the state attorney general accused the gun rights group and its current and former senior officials of engaging in a massive fraud against donors. Photographer: Peter Foley/Bloomberg

New York Attorney General: broadband industry is behind fake FCC comments

By The Associated Press and Tali Arbel

StubHub will offer refunds for canceled events after customers complain over ‘no-refund’ policy

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

Security fences are seen around the Trump Hotel during preparations for the US Presidential Inauguration a week after a pro-Trump mob broke into and took over the Capitol January 15, 2021, in Washington, DC. – US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said January 15, 2021 that a retired general who coordinated the Hurricane Katrina response will oversee an immediate security review following last week’s deadly riot at the US Capitol by a pro-Trump mob. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images

Extremists exploit a loophole in social moderation: podcasts

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 06: Crowds gather outside the U.S. Capitol for the “Stop the Steal” rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation’s capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election.(Photo by Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Twitter permanently bans Donald Trump due to risk of inciting violence

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

Byron Allen

Arts & Entertainment

Comcast and media mogul Byron Allen settle racial discrimination dispute

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai.

Insurance telemarketers fined $225 million for a billion robocalls

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

Robocalls are down during the pandemic.

Coronavirus pandemic claims another victim: Robocalls

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

An AT&T store in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.

AT&T to drop misleading ‘5G’ marketing for non-5G networks

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press

Newspaper Day Stand-Coronavirus

Local newspapers are facing their own coronavirus crisis

By Tali Arbel, David Bauder, and others

Al Roker-NBC Peacock Streaming Service

Arts & Entertainment

NBC streamer with original series to start at $5 a month

By Tali Arbel and The Associated Press