Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons a cherished perk – Chicago Tribune

Final boarding call for free bags at Southwest as airline abandons a cherished perk – Chicago Tribune

It’s the last day to book a flight on Southwest Airlines without being hit with a fee to check bags after the airline abandoned a decades-long luggage policy that executives once described as key to differentiating the budget carrier from its rivals. The airline announced the change in March, saying at the time that the the new policy would…

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Google’s best AI research tool is now on your phone

Google’s best AI research tool is now on your phone

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Amidst the flurry of AI announcements and product reveals from Google in recent months, you might have missed one of the most useful AI-powered apps in the whole collection: NotebookLM (that LM stands for Language Model). Perhaps NotebookLM has gone largely…

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President Donald Trump approves FEMA disaster relief for 8 states – Chicago Tribune

President Donald Trump approves FEMA disaster relief for 8 states – Chicago Tribune

JACKSON, Miss. — President Donald Trump green-lit disaster relief for eight states on Friday, assistance that some of the communities rocked by natural disasters have been waiting on for months. The major disaster declaration approvals allow Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas access to financial support through the Federal Emergency Management Agency….

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Earth’s core is leaking gold

Earth’s core is leaking gold

Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Contrary to conspiracy theories, the Earth’s core isn’t hollow. The dense, hot ball instead contains a stew of precious metals including platinum, ruthenium, and pretty much all of the planet’s gold. As lucrative as that sounds, there’s essentially no way humanity…

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Iran’s supreme leader rejects US stance on uranium enrichment – Chicago Tribune

Iran’s supreme leader rejects US stance on uranium enrichment – Chicago Tribune

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader on Tuesday pushed back against U.S. criticism of the country’s nuclear program, saying that Tehran won’t seek permission from anyone to enrich uranium and calling American statements “nonsense.” “They say, ‘We won’t allow Iran to enrich uranium.’ That’s way out of line,” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said during a memorial…

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