Southwest Airlines said it is pulling out of at least four major airports in the United States and Mexico and cutting around 2,000 jobs after problems with profitability and plane delivery delays from Boeing. "We have made the difficult decision to close our operations at Bellingham International Airport, Cozumel International Airport, Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport and Syracuse Hancock International Airport," the company said. "The recent news from Boeing regarding further aircraft delivery delays presents significant challenges for both 2024 and 2025," Boeing said in an earni ..read more

Whether you like the idea of Artificial Intelligence or not, it's already a part of your daily life. It helps you navigate around traffic jams, recommends products to buy, and powers our digital assistants. But AI is also increasingly seen as a cybersecurity threat, capable of launching sophisticated attacks targeting banks, healthcare, infrastructure and elections. It's being used to dupe people into thinking their kid is being kidnaped and then handing over money over Venmo. And so those types of threats, what happens when you can't trust the voice credentials of someone is kind of an immedi ..read more

Multiple U.S. agencies issued new warnings on Friday about the concerning spread of a highly pathogenic avian influenza strain that public health officials are calling highly contagious. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said tests of commercial milk samples have showed the presence of H5N1 virus fragments, though the milk is still safe to drink because it has been pasteurized. The World Health Organization acknowledged that there were concerns with making sure the commercial milk supply stays safe. Public health officials are urging the people not to consume raw milk, recommending instead ..read more

Kristin Schwab was 17 years old the night two strangers appeared at her home to take her away. They told me they had to handcuff me, so I was handcuffed to the female and then walked out of my house in the driveway, Schwab remembers. She was driven from her home in Syracuse, New York, through the darkness to a place her parents thought would help her deal with personal traumas that were causing her to harm herself and develop eating disorders. But instead of help, Schwab found herself in a nightmare. It was insane. And if my parents knew where I was, there was no way they would want me there ..read more

From the campus of Columbia University in New York to the University of Texas in Austin, students protesting Israel's war against Hamas are calling for universities to "divest." It's a call for universities to remove their investments from companies tied to Israel's government and military. "The divestment campaign that we're launching is one of the main demands," said Jenna Homsi with the Palestine Solidarity Committee at UT Austin. How would universities go about doing that, though? Experts said it's possible, but not easy. "It's not simple at all. The idea is simple - and not taking away fr ..read more

Montana and Wyoming had a mix of lower elevation rain, mountain snow and gusty wind on the plains on Friday. The storm over the Dakotas is on its way out of our region, and we can expect decreasing showers and wind Friday night. Many of us will be drier on Saturday, but isolated rain showers and mountain snow will persist in our western areas. Winter Storm Warnings will continue for the Absarokas and Beartooths through Sunday morning, where 5-12 total inches of snow will be possible. The foothills will get a mix of rain and snow. Much of our area will be drier Saturday, but we'll have increasi ..read more

Olympic figure skater Kristi Yamaguchi said she worked closely with Barbie on each detail of the design of her new doll out now from Mattel Creations, down to the bouquet of flowers she held when she stood on the Olympic podium to receive her medal. The addition of Yamaguchi's doll for the iconic brand comes just ahead of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month in May. Mattel called Yamaguchi a "fitting addition to a series that pays tribute to courageous women who took risks, changed rules, and paved the way for generations of girls to dream bigger." The doll will sell for just und ..read more

The students and teachers of Washington Elementary were gathered on Friday morning for a surprise assembly celebrating the end of the school's final school year. We wanted to take a minute and celebrate what (the school) is today, what it has been for years, and thank the teachers and the students for all of the amazing things that have happened in this building," said Kelly McCandless, the executive director for the education foundation for Billings Public Schools, who helped organize the day's events. The educators and students were provided with $500 by Western Security Bank for a celebrati ..read more

A 53-year-old Billings is facing homicide charges after prosecutors said he pursued another man home following a bar fight and shot him in his vehicle. Michael Paul Sims was charged with one count of deliberate homicide with a weapons enhancement in Yellowstone County District Court Friday. He is accused of shooting and killing Randall Robert Livingston, who was found dead Monday night in his vehicle on 15th Street West in Billings with a gunshot wound in his neck. According to charging documents, the incident began earlier in the evening with a dispute at the 1145 Club on Broadwater Avenue. A ..read more

Law enforcement in Baltimore arrested a 31-year-old man on Thursday morning, charging him with, among other things, disrupting school activities. The suspect, identified in police documents as Dazhon Darien, is accused of faking the voice of the principal of Pikesville High School, where he worked, in an audio recording that attacked various members of the school and community. During a press conference announcing the charges, Baltimore County Police Chief Robert McCullough said, Its been determined the recording was generated through the use of artificial intelligence technology. After the di ..read more