Day: December 29, 2024

A machinists strike. Another safety problem involving its troubled top-selling airliner. A plunging stock price. 2024 was already a dispiriting year for Boeing, the American aviation giant.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died. He was 100 years old and had spent roughly 22 months in hospice care.

The stars have aligned for 2025. The Quadrantid meteor shower — one of the most dazzling annual meteor showers — will be peaking overnight from Thursday to Friday, producing bright “fireballs” and up to 120 shooting stars per hour. Quadrantids are known for bright fireball meteors, or larger explosions of light and color that can be seen longer than an average meteor streak. The phenomenon is one of the “most intense” meteor showers to hit the…