BloombergAllyson Versprille, Lorelei Smillie

Smoke in Newark ATC tower forces evacuation and hour-long ground stop, compounding New York disruptions

Smoke and an electrical fire in the air traffic control tower at Newark Liberty International forced an FAA-ordered evacuation Monday morning, prompting roughly an hour-long ground stop that compounded New York-area disruption after a late-Sunday accident at LaGuardia suspended services there.

Paddle Your Own KanooMateusz Maszczynski

United Begins Final Mediated Bargaining With 30,000 Flight Attendants as Strike Risk Looms

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: More than 30,000 flight attendants at United Airlines have waited nearly six years for a new contract and a pay raise, and everything now hinges on how the very last round of mediated bargaining between the Chicago-based carrier and the flight attendant union goes this week.

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