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United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby has reversed a long-stated position by approving the purchase of Spirit Airlines’ final two gate assets at Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The deal, announced this week, comes amid Spirit’s restructure following the collapse of its merger with JetBlue, and subsequent filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.Continue Reading

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LibreOffice 26.2 has been released with multi-user’ database support, improved Excel clipboard compatibility and a new x86-64-v2 hardware baseline for Linux users. The Document Foundation’s first major release of 2026 focuses on performance, interoperability and file formats, i.e., fixing the things that actually get in your way, rather than tackingContinue Reading

NASA Astronaut to Answer Questions from Students in Pennsylvania

NASA astronaut Chris Williams will connect with students in Pennsylvania to answer prerecorded science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) questions while aboard the International Space Station. The Earth-to-space call will begin at 12:20 p.m. EST Thursday, Feb. 5, and will stream live on the agency’s Learn With NASA YouTube channel. Media interested in covering theContinue Reading