Kobe Bryant Helicopter Didn’t Have Critical Warning System, Officials Say

The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant descended at a rate of 2,000 feet a minute and missed avoiding the hills of Southern California by 20 to 30 feet before the “high-energy impact crash” that killed the basketball star and eight others, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday. The chopper wasn’t equipped with a terrain awareness…

Airbus Reaches International Deal Over Corruption Probe

LONDON—Airbus SE has reached a preliminary agreement with fraud agencies in the U.S., U.K. and France over a longstanding investigation into bribery and corruption. The European plane maker said in a statement Tuesday it had reached in principle a so-called deferred prosecution agreement that allows the company to avoid formal charges and require it to…