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Wyoming state board votes to cancel wind leases in two counties

The Wyoming Board of Land Commissioners voted 3–2 on Feb. 5 to begin canceling controversial wind leases tied to the Pronghorn and Sidewinder projects in the eastern part of the state. The Wyoming Tribune Eagle reported that the Pronghorn project involves state land in Converse County, while the Sidewinder project…

American Airlines pilots, flight attendants rebuke CEO’s leadership

American Airlines’ leadership is facing a rare public rebuke from within its own ranks as the unions representing flight attendants and pilots have publicly questioned and criticized CEO Robert Isom’s leadership. The Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA) on Monday issued a vote of no confidence in Isom. The union,…

War Department to partner with OpenAI to integrate ChatGPT into GenAI.mil

EXCLUSIVE – The War Department will partner with OpenAI to integrate the chatbot into GenAI.mil, a tool for military service members.  The move will make OpenAI’s advanced language models “readily available to all 3 million War Department personnel,” the agency said. “ChatGPT will be made available to enhance mission execution and…

Eddie Bauer retail operator files for bankruptcy, begins liquidation sales

Eddie Bauer LLC, the retail operator of the brand’s stores in the U.S. and Canada, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey on Monday. The operator cited declining sales and supply chain challenges, and more recently, ongoing inflation, tariff uncertainty and other headwinds as reasons for the filing.It…

Amazon Prime Air drone crashes into Texas apartment building

An Amazon Prime Air delivery drone crashed into a Texas apartment building last week, with the incident caught on a bystander’s video. The drone crash occurred in the Dallas suburb of Richardson, Texas, on Feb. 4 when a Prime Air MK30 drone collided with the side of the apartment building and…