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Month: October 2024

184 passengers and crew evacuated as Ryanair Boeing plane catches fire on runway in Italy

By Barbie Latza Nadeau and Antonia Mortensen, CNN Rome (CNN) — More than 180 people were evacuated Thursday from a Ryanair Boeing passenger jet after it caught fire while taxiing to take off at Brindisi Airport in southern Italy. The incident comes two days after a tire blowout on another of the airline’s Boeing planes during landing led to the

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Ex-NYPD boss rejected discipline for cops who raided bar where owner says he was ‘extorted’

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In late August, shortly before resigning under a cloud of scandal, New York City’s former police commissioner blocked the discipline of three officers involved in a melee outside a Brooklyn juice bar. That same juice bar owner is now alleging a corrupt “shakedown” scheme involving the police commissioner’s twin

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2 rescue workers charged after 200 cats found in unsanitary conditions, officials say

By Erika Stanish Click here for updates on this story     BLAIRSVILLE, Pittsburgh (KDKA) — A two-year animal cruelty investigation has resulted in felony charges filed against two animal rescue workers in Indiana County. The president of Cat Aid Network, Kimberly Rose, and a board member, Pamela Curry, were arraigned Wednesday for charges that included aggravated

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Jason Kelce’s “New Heights” podcast teases Stevie Nicks feature on upcoming Christmas album

By Alexandra Simon Click here for updates on this story     PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — Is it beginning to look a lot like Christmas? Not really, but soon enough, thanks to the third installment of the Philly Specials Christmas album, it’ll sound like it. Jason Kelce, Lane Johnson and Jordan Mailata’s newest album, “A Philly Special Christmas

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Harris and Trump campaigns fight for crucial Latino voters in battleground Pennsylvania

By Danny Freeman, Camila DeChalus and Nicki Brown, CNN Reading, Pennsylvania (CNN) — Fresh off his vice presidential debate, Tim Walz arrived Wednesday evening at a Puerto Rican-owned restaurant here in southeast Pennsylvania to speak with Latino voters. “This thing’s gonna come down to our ‘blue wall’ states, come down to Pennsylvania,” the Minnesota governor

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Soul-searching and regret over unheeded warnings follow Helene’s destruction

Associated Press ASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Before Hurricane Helene’s landfall last week, the National Weather Service began an all-out blitz to alert emergency planners, first responders and residents across the Southeast that the storm’s heavy rains and high winds could bring disaster hundreds of miles from the coast. Warnings blared phrases such as “URGENT,” “life

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