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Facebook Tweet Email Link Washington  —  Southwest Airlines’ newest jets are now flying with a barrier that can protect the cockpit when pilots need to open the door during flight, according to the airline. The company’s first Boeing 737 equipped with the retractable barrier entered service in time for the Labor Day weekend, making it one of the first US …

Southwest Airlines has begun flying its first Boeing 737 MAX 8 equipped with a secondary cockpit barrier, a new security feature mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The aircraft entered service on Friday, August 29, and marked the first time the carrier had deployed the additional protective measure. The secondary barrier adds another layer of protection to the flight …

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Hurricane Katrina was a terrifying experience for more than a million people affected across the Gulf Coast region. Nearly 1,400 people died, most of them in New Orleans — and 20 years later, some communities are still struggling to recover. The National Hurricane Center says the costliest hurricane in U.S. history — more than $201 billion based on the 2024 …

Summary: A new study has uncovered why the blood-brain barrier — the brain’s protective shield — becomes leakier with age, potentially triggering memory decline. Researchers identified that proteins N-cadherin and occludin, which help maintain the barrier’s tight junctions, decrease over time. This weakening allows harmful molecules to pass into the brain, disrupting normal function. Because these changes begin in middle …

A study analyzing data from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has uncovered evidence of a “helicity barrier” in the Sun’s atmosphere. In 2018, NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe on a trajectory that would eventually have it dive into the Sun’s atmosphere (corona), getting seven times closer to our host star than any other spacecraft so far. In June 2025, the …

ATLANTA — Stationed near first base in the familiar black shirt and charcoal-gray slacks, Jen Pawol watched intently as the Atlanta Braves’ Hurston Waldrep fired the first pitch of a doubleheader Saturday. With that, Pawol, 48, made major-league history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game. The moment completed a journey that took Pawol more than 1,200 …

ATLANTA (AP) — Jen Pawol has made history as the first female umpire to work a regular-season game in the major leagues. Pawol’s much-anticipated debut came as the first base umpire for Saturday’s first game of a split doubleheader between the Atlanta Braves and Miami Marlins. She enjoyed a quiet first inning, watching as Braves right-hander Hurston Waldrep struck out …

Facebook Tweet Email Link New York AP  —  Jen Pawol was in her hotel room in Nashville, Tennessee, when she got the call she had awaited for a decade. She was going to make her major league debut this weekend, becoming the first female umpire in a century and a half of big league baseball. “I was overcome with emotion,” …

The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its biggest annual drop in live coral in two out of three areas monitored by scientists since 1986, a new report has revealed. The Australian Institute of Marine Science (Aims) report is the first to comprehensively document the devastating impacts of the early 2024 mass coral bleaching event – the most widespread and severe …