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United: Small electric air taxis will zip people to airports
Read full article: United: Small electric air taxis will zip people to airportsUnited Airlines says it could be using small electric-powered aircraft to take customers to the airport within a few years. United said Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, that it will buy up to 200 small aircraft capable of helicopter-style takeoffs and landings from startup Archer. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)CHICAGO โ United Airlines said Wednesday it will buy up to 200 small electric air taxis to help customers in urban areas get to the airport. United estimated the air taxis could shuttle people from Hollywood to Los Angeles International Airport at about half the carbon emissions per passenger. Chicago-based United portrayed the move as part of a broader plan to invest in technology behind cleaner modes of air travel.
ACLU, for first time, elects Black person as its president
Read full article: ACLU, for first time, elects Black person as its presidentShe succeeds Susan Herman, a professor at Brooklyn Law School who had served as president since 2008. Early in her career, after graduating from Yale Law School, she was a legal fellow at the ACLU in 1997-98. At NYU Law School, Archer is a professor of clinical law and director of its Civil Rights Clinic. AdโThere is no one better equipped, who best personifies or is more capable to helm the future battles for civil rights, civil liberties, and systemic equality than Deborah Archer,โ Romero said. โPresident Trump may be gone but his toxic legacy on civil rights and civil liberties is still very much with us,โ Romero said.
Woman, dying sister reunite after Australia exempts travel
Read full article: Woman, dying sister reunite after Australia exempts travelChristine Archer, right, and her sister Gail Baker cry as they are reunited in Bowraville, Australia Wednesday, May 20, 2020. Her only sister Baker was diagnosed with incurable ovarian cancer in late March after both countries stopped international travel. (AuBC via AP)CANBERRA A woman has tearfully embraced her dying sister in Australia after weeks of bureaucracy wrangling over pandemic travel restrictions. Her only sister Gail Baker was diagnosed with incurable ovarian cancer in late March after both countries stopped international travel. Australia expects New Zealand will become the first international destination with which regular passenger travel will resume because of the low risk of infection.
Asia Today: Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister
Read full article: Asia Today: Australia lets woman travel to see dying sister(AP Photo/Andy Wong, Pool)BANGKOK A New Zealand woman has been reunited with her dying sister in Australia after gaining an exemption from pandemic travel restrictions on compassionate grounds. Australia had rejected Christine Archers request for permission to fly from New Zealand four times before her story attracted media attention. Her only sister, Gail Baker, was diagnosed with incurable ovarian cancer in late March after both countries stopped international travel. Australia has recorded 7,079 virus cases and 100 deaths. ___Follow AP news coverage of the coronavirus pandemic at http://apnews.com/VirusOutbreak and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak.
Got Milk? Moms Turn to Facebook for Breast Milk Donations From Perfect Strangers
Read full article: Got Milk? Moms Turn to Facebook for Breast Milk Donations From Perfect StrangersObtaining pasteurized donor milk from a certified milk bank is expensive, and most of it is reserved for hospitals, babies in the NICU, preemies, sick babies. Instead, many parents who wish to supply their babies with all the benefits of human breast milk might turn to each other through a more informal process of milk sharing. When people are looking to sell milk or profit off breast milk, thats where you dont actually know what youre getting into, she warned. Why cant I help them out?Cruz-Chan said its important to her that the receiving mom has a good understanding of her breast milk. I never thought Id end up here but its just a beautiful thing.RELATED STORIESNYPD Cop Sues City for $5 Million Amid Claims She Was Harassed for Pumping Breast MilkMom Donates Nearly 1,000 Pints of Breast Milk to Help Other MothersGrieving Mom Donates Breast Milk After Her Newborn Died 6 Days After She Was Born
Taylor Swift waits tables and spills drinks in a new commercial
Read full article: Taylor Swift waits tables and spills drinks in a new commercial(CNN) - Taylor Swift makes a believable diner waitress and an awful bartender. The "Archer" singer is playing a variety of servers in a new credit card ad that release Friday. She's got her signature red lip and blonde hair, and at one point fans even recognize it's Swift behind the counter. She is wearing a "Taylor" name tag though, in case you can't figure out it's her. The singer also plays herself as an adorable server in an old-fashioned ice cream shop.