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By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — A 2022 incident where a United Airlines flight came within 748 feet of crashing into the Pacific Ocean was caused by pilot error, federal investigators say. In a just-published final report, the National Transportation Safety Board pins the cause of United Airlines flight 1722’s dive on “the flight crew’s
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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — The wind-whipped fires in Maui spread swiftly and created a deadly tinderbox, overwhelming residents and local officials in one of the nation’s deadliest wildfires. “It’s very strange to hear about severe wildfires in Hawaii – a wet, tropical island – but strange events are becoming more common with climate
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press For generations, the banyan tree along Lahaina town’s historic Front Street served as a gathering place. Its leafy branches unfurling majestically to give shade from the Hawaiian sun. By most accounts, the sprawling tree was the heart of the oceanside community — towering more than 60
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Sofía Benavides (CNN) — Los fiscales federales que presentaron el caso penal contra Donald Trump por interferencia en las elecciones de 2020 buscan que el juicio comience el 2 de enero de 2024, apenas días antes del aniversario del ataque al Capitolio de EE.UU. y las asambleas partidarias de Iowa. ANÁLISIS | El drama legal
Continue ReadingMONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Police in Alabama said Thursday that a fourth person has been arrested on a misdemeanor assault charge in connection with a riverside brawl that drew national attention. Major Saba Coleman of the Montgomery Police Department said the 21-year-old woman turned herself in to be arrested. She is the fourth person charged
Continue ReadingBy SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta heard conflicting testimony about the safety and benefit of hormone therapy to treat adolescents struggling with their gender identity. Judge Sarah Geraghty held a hearing Thursday to gather evidence before deciding whether to block a Georgia law that bans most gender-affirming surgeries
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT BADENDIECK ISTANBUL (AP) — A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shakes Turkey, six months after a catastrophic temblor that devastated the region, causing damage to buildings and wounding 23 people, according to Turkish officials. Thursday’s quake was centered in the town of Yesilyurt in Malatya province and felt in Adiyaman, both provinces hit by the
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico has announced its army-run airline will start up in September, but flight attendants won’t be soldiers. The administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has also put trains, tourism and infrastructure projects under the army’s command. That includes one tourist ferry line serving the Isla Marias islands that is manned
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin judge is allowing a civil lawsuit filed against 10 fake electors for former President Donald Trump and two of his attorneys to proceed. The judge on Thursday rejected a move to dismiss the case. The lawsuit is moving ahead in Wisconsin after Michigan’s attorney
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A 17-year-old has been indicted on a hate-crime murder charge in a fatal stabbing that followed taunts and confrontation over a group of men dancing shirtless. Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez said Thursday that O’Shae Sibley’s death was motivated by anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ bias. The suspect
Continue ReadingBy Ross Jones Click here for updates on this story DETROIT (WXYZ) — Wayne County Jail employees failed to heed multiple red flags involving an inmate now accused of killing his cellmate, including a warning that he suffered from mental illness and may harm others. Claude Lewis III is accused of brutally murdering his cellmate,
Continue ReadingBy Julie Dunmire Click here for updates on this story GREENVILLE, Michigan (WXMI) — A 14-year-old boy from Greenville is dead, and his two friends are in the hospital after Michigan State Police say a Volkswagen Jetta ran into the trio and kept driving. Neighbors tell FOX 17 that the tire marks below are from
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press BEAVER, W.Va. (AP) — Miners and advocates are pleading with the Mine Safety and Health Administration to ensure a proposed rule to cut the current limit for silica dust exposure has strict enforcement mechanisms. During an emotional, hours-long hearing, miners with black lung spoke about their fear of retaliation for
Continue ReadingBy Nico Pennisi Click here for updates on this story JAMESTOWN (WRTV) — Unsafe driving is a top concern for Boone County Sheriff’s Deputy Marc Mitalski. He starts his days before sunrise, patrolling the streets, to keep your children out of harms way. “We are out following buses from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. and
Continue ReadingBy Penny Kmitt , Web Staff Click here for updates on this story FRANKLIN, Virginia (WTKR) — Police are searching for Tashawnda Nicole Drayton after they said a shooting in Franklin left a child dead on Wednesday. Since then, the child’s parents have identified their son to News 3 as the boy who was fatally
Continue ReadingBy Joel Lopez Click here for updates on this story LOXAHATCHEE, Florida (WPTV) — Residents in Loxahatchee are asking for help after they said a long stretch of rain and disruption to water flow has left their properties flooded. “We don’t have designated swales and pipes like a neighborhood would, but it’s drained for 25
Continue ReadingBy MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said he apologized to Las Vegas Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby for the way he was treated during the process leading up to the NFL draft. That acknowledgement by Shanahan came Thursday when San Francisco and Las Vegas had
Continue ReadingBy Julia Marshall Click here for updates on this story SHEBOYGAN, Wisconsin (WTMJ) — The Sheboygan Fire Department is investigating a chimney fire that left seven people displaced overnight. The fire department said it responded to 25th and Leon around 12:22 a.m. Upon arrival, fire crews found heavy fire coming from the back of the
Continue Reading Gonzalo Jimenez (CNN Español) — Los seis hombres detenidos en relación al asesinato de Fernando Villavicencio, candidato presidencial de Ecuador, son colombianos, confirmó el ministro del Interior Juan Zapata a CNN este jueves. Horas antes, durante una rueda de prensa, Zapata había informado que todos los arrestados eran extranjeros y que pertenecían a grupos criminales, según
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Allusions to book burning and mobster movies arose during a federal court hearing in New Orleans as judges heard arguments on whether the Biden administration engages in unconstitutional censorship in communications with social media platforms. The administration is fighting a sweeping July 4 order from a
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