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Most commercial airports in Florida reopened Tuesday, but activity was limited and hundreds of flights were canceled or delayed as the state recovered from Hurricane Irma. American Airlines said the storm forced it to cancel more than 5,000 flights over several days, cutting into revenue and profit. Miami International Airport said that some airline and cargo flights had resumed, with the first departure being an American Airlines flight to Las Vegas around 7 a.m.
Driver found at fault in Tesla autopilot crash
WASHINGTON >> The first known fatal crash of a highway vehicle operating under automated control systems was partially the result of a driver’s over-reliance on the technology. That’s the word from the National Transportation Safety Board on the 2016 collision involving a Tesla Model S sedan. The head of NTSB says Tesla’s system “worked as designed, but it was designed to perform limited tasks in a limited range of environments.” He says the driver used the system on a road that it wasn’t designed to handle.
Fox’s bid for Sky sent to competition regulators
LONDON >> The British government is referring Twenty-First Century Fox Inc.’s bid for satellite broadcaster Sky to its competition regulator, in a blow to Rupert Murdoch’s takeover plans. Culture Secretary Karen Bradley told lawmakers Tuesday she intended to refer the takeover to the Competition and Markets Authority because of concerns that the deal might concentrate too much power in one company’s hands. Twenty-First Century Fox said it was “disappointed” by the decision.
U.S. updates self-driving car safety guidelines
ANN ARBOR, Mich. >> The Trump administration is updating safety guidelines for self-driving cars in an attempt to clear barriers for automakers and tech companies who want to get test vehicles on the road. U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced the new voluntary guidelines Tuesday during a visit to an autonomous vehicle testing facility at the University of Michigan.
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Urgent Care Hawaii has hired Cindy Suzuki as account representative for the Occupational Medicine and Worker Compensation services.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has promoted David Tumilowicz to vice president of public relations, communications and brand management from director of account management. Prior to joining Kaiser in 2013, he was publisher of Hawaii Business and Hawaii magazines and vice president at PacificBasin Communications.