| Gerard Baker Editor in Chief The Wall Street Journal |
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Midair Mayhem Safety experts tracking the probe of what caused the deadly midair engine failure of Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 say vulnerabilities in a fan blade and the cowling, or engine cover, have emerged as risk factors. Tuesday’s accident killed a passenger and sent fast-moving debris into the jet’s left wing, exterior of the plane’s body and inside the passenger cabin. Experts are asking whether U.S. regulators and engine makers have underestimated the role of the engine cover in the unlikely event engine parts break loose in flight. Jennifer Riordan, the passenger killed, was a 43-year-old mother of two and Wells Fargo executive known for her philanthropic efforts. Tammie Jo Shults, the Southwest captain who safely landed the jetliner, is being hailed as a level-headed hero for her calm in the face of crisis, as evidenced by air-traffic control tapes released Wednesday. |
Shale Squeeze Is the U.S. shale boom hitting a bottleneck? The Permian basin of West Texas and New Mexico, the oil field at the heart of the boom, appears to be choking on its own growth, a surprising development with big ramifications for energy profits and global markets. Permian producers are starting to encounter congested pipelines and shortages of materials and workers—bottlenecks that have caused some investors to sour on the region. While production is expected to continue rising, the Permian’s stumbles could ripple out to the global oil market at a time when OPEC has curtailed output. That could become a source of volatility that propels oil prices elsewhere higher. On Wednesday, U.S. oil prices topped $68 a barrel, hitting a 40-month high as crude stockpiles fell. |
The Rise and Fall of a Washington Kingpin The longtime Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta had money, power, connections and a rarefied art collection. With his longtime friend Hillary Clinton expected to win the White House, 2016 promised to be even better. Then came a divorce, Paul Manafort and Donald Trump, and just like that, his world came crashing down. Mr. Podesta lost his clients, his lobbying firm and, finally, his position as one of Washington’s most influential players. His troubles, some long hidden, surfaced in the summer of 2016. Then in October of that year, WikiLeaks published 20,000 pages of emails stolen from his brother John Podesta, chairman of Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign. A Journal investigation shows how it all fell apart. |
Roll Again! Most people cheat to win. Some parents cheat to lose. Traditional games are hot again, with mom and dad eager to pull children away from screens. In an effort to recapture their youth and pull children from their iPhones, parents have led a resurgence of board games. But what happens when they go on and on? Bored parents are using a variety of tactics to bring family games such as Monopoly, Uno, Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders to a close as quickly as possible, including palming cards, adding pieces when children aren’t looking—and sometimes outright lying, our reporter Greg Bensinger writes. |
| | Shifting Solution | | | | With the U.S. seeking an exit from Syria, a new and dangerous extremist group spawned from al Qaeda is consolidating power at the other end of the country. Will the West’s shift from pursuing a diplomatic approach to taking a militaristic one work? Our Niki Blasina explains. | |
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| 16% | | The premium over Disney’s bid that Comcast had offered for 21st Century Fox’s entertainment assets. Fox rejected Comcast’s bid largely because of antitrust concerns. | |
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| If I think it’s a meeting that is not going to be fruitful, we’re not going to go. | | President Trump on a planned meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that he expects to happen “in the coming weeks.” |
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| | Going back to our story above, what are your thoughts on cheating at family board games? Send your comments, which we may edit before publication, to 10point@wsj.com. Please include your name and location. | |
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| Responding to yesterday’s question on using upgraded feature phones such as flip phones and candy bars, James Hausberg of California weighed in: “Love it!! It’s like driving an antique car with power steering.” Jim Anderson of Colorado wrote: “As smartphones get more expensive, they set themselves up for being displaced. Apple better figure out how to address this or…look out.” And Rich Irwin of Ohio shared: “Finally, phones that are somewhere between smartphones and ‘dumb’ phones…Hopefully, upgraded candy bars are more than just new packaging.” | |
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