Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. California's high-speed rail project has solved an issue that could have prevented it from building vital parts of its infrastructure. The City of Millbrae and the California High-Speed Rail Authority reached an agreement on Tuesday, resolving a legal dispute that could have blocked the project from building train stations in the area. Newsweek contacted the California High-Speed Rail Authority for comment outside of regular working hours.

The summer opening hours of three English Heritage sites have been cut. Brinkburn Priory, in Morpeth, and Aydon Castle, in Corbridge, will open just once a month for guided tours during the summer, the charity said. People would soon be able to visit Northumberland's Prudhoe Castle grounds for free, it added, but tours inside would be restricted. As well as the tours, the charity said it would work "with the local community to open for special events [and] temporary exhibitions". The three sites had all previously been open in the...

Airbus SE plans to source some metal to manufacture its aircraft from Saudi Arabia as part of a widebody aircraft deal with the kingdom’s flag carrier.

The European manufacturer signed a deal on Wednesday to buy 2.5 billion Riyals ($666 million) worth of raw material, mainly titanium, from Saudi Arabia. The accord also included an order from national carrier Saudia for as many as 20 long-range aircraft.

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For decades, New York’s Hudson Valley has been something of a local secret. Yes, New Yorkers know it—they’ve been vying for reservations at Blue Hill at Stone Barns and hunting for antiques in Beacon for years. But ask Londoners or Parisians to name a single town or hotel in the region and they’ll likely draw a blank. It’s not the Cotswolds—yet. Now Philippe Zuber, the French chief executive officer of hospitality development firm Kerzner International, hopes to spark global curiosity about the bucolic Manhattanites’ escape, giving it the same illustrious...

Potential safety issues at Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport have been uncovered by a federal review into the January mid-air crash between a military helicopter and a passenger jet in Washington, D.C. All 64 people on board American Airlines Flight 5342 to Reagan Washington National Airport and the three on the Black Hawk helicopter died in the deadliest air disaster in the United States since 2001, which triggered a nationwide review of "hotspot" airports with mixed air traffic. Administrators say they took immediate action after reviewing the situation in...

Norman Smith has trapped and released more than 900 Arctic raptors for the safety of the birds and the planes. Known as the “owl man of Logan airport,” the raptor researcher has caught and released into the wild more than 900 snowy owls that decided Boston Logan was their Boca Raton. When the temperature begins to drop, the Arctic raptors, especially the juveniles, migrate to relatively warmer climates. Many choose the airport, home to the largest known concentration of snowy owls in New England. The East Boston site also sits...