A woman has been charged after her alleged “erratic” and abusive behavior led to an international flight en route to Thailand being diverted. Federal police were alerted by airline staff to an incident on board Jetstar flight JQ17, which was travelling from Melbourne to Phuket, Thailand, on Sunday. The 37-year-old woman was allegedly acting in … Read more
They’re going to fight for their right not to have a party. With the summer soiree season fast approaching, Airbnb is implementing “anti-party” technology that mitigates the chances of “disruptive” crashers turning their rental units into animal houses. “Our anti-party technology is designed to help identify and prevent certain attempts to book one-to-two-night stays in … Read more
No cash, no Coke, no chill. A British couple were booted off a Ryanair flight and met by police over a failed $9 snack payment onboard — all for a Coke, a bottle of water and some Pringles. Ann-Marie Murray, 55, and her partner were flying to Bristol from Tenerife on March 28 when their … Read more
Esther Rodriguez Villegas, a professor at Imperial College London and founder of the London-based medical technology company Acurable, is sharing common health and well-being issues that can result from sleep apnea — a problem that can be disruptive for both sufferers as well as their loved ones. One of these risks is cardiovascular disease. The sudden and frequent drops … Read more
PARK CITY, Utah — An anti-Israel march that included booted “Scream’’ actress Melissa Barrera interrupted the Sundance Film Festival on Sunday, holding up traffic as Hollywood elite attended movie premieres and parties nearby. Barrera, 33 — who appeared in “Scream VI” but was fired from the seventh “Scream” film over her controversial remarks on the … Read more
An arctic blast that has sent the Pacific Northwest into the ice box is about to mix with a strong Pacific storm later Thursday and Friday, bringing a recipe for a significant ice storm across northwestern Oregon and western Washington, including Portland and the Willamette Valley, and Seattle and the Puget Sound region, threatening to grind holiday travel … Read more