ATLANTA (AP) — Two Delta Air Lines planes collided on a taxiway at Atlanta’s airport Tuesday morning, with a larger plane knocking over the tail of a smaller regional jet. No injuries were reported and Delta said passengers were rebooked on other flights that departed Tuesday afternoon. Atlanta-based Delta said the wing of a Delta
Continue ReadingThe risk of a strike at Boeing appears to be growing, as factory workers complain about a contract offer that their union negotiated with the giant aircraft manufacturer. The president of the union local that represents 33,000 Boeing workers predicted that they will vote against a deal that includes 25% raises over four years and
Continue ReadingThe risk of a strike at Boeing appears to be growing, as factory workers complain about a contract offer that their union negotiated with the giant aircraft manufacturer. The president of the union local that represents 33,000 Boeing workers predicted that they will vote against a deal that includes 25% raises over four years and
Continue ReadingAssociated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his country will send two dozen soldiers and police officers to Haiti this week to boost a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya to fight violent gangs. The 20 soldiers and four police officers are scheduled to arrive Thursday and will join
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French rescuers say they have found the bodies of two Italian and two South Korean climbers close to the peak of Mont Blanc on the French side. The unaccompanied climbers went missing on Saturday in bad weather on the Alps’ highest peak. Rescue officials said Tuesday that the bodies were found at
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has honored NCAA basketball champs South Carolina and Connecticut with White House celebrations to mark the programs’ latest title runs. Biden at a Tuesday morning celebration credited South Carolina for sparking a surge of interest in women’s sports. It was the tenth women’s program in NCAA history
Continue ReadingAssociated Press DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Local authorities say the captain of a migrant boat that capsized off Senegal over the weekend has been arrested as the death toll rises to 26. In recent years, the number of migrants leaving West Africa through Senegal has surged, with many fleeing conflict, poverty and the lack of
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The German government says it is cracking down on irregular migration and crime following recent extremist attacks, and plans to extend temporary border controls to all nine of its frontiers next week. The border closures are set to last six months and are threatening to test European unity. Most
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British lawmaker Mel Stride became the second candidate to be kicked out of the Conservative Party leadership contest. That leaves four contenders still running to lead the party after its catastrophic election defeat. Stride garnered just 16 votes in a ballot of Conservative lawmakers, finishing last of five contenders. The four remaining
Continue ReadingLINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Texas county commissioner will spend one year on probation for accidentally shooting his grandson during a Nebraska wedding he was officiating. Michael Gardner, 63, of Odessa, Texas, was sentenced Monday for misdemeanor child abuse in the 2023 shooting. His grandson, then 12, survived the shoulder wound. The shooting happened when
Continue ReadingAP Sports Writer It turns out the revolving door sending college coaches to the NFL also works in the other direction. While the Big Ten lost its most prominent head coach as Jim Harbaugh took over the Los Angeles Chargers after leading Michigan to a national title, it gained four guys with Super Bowl rings
Continue ReadingAssociated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Officials in northeastern Borneo say that a dam collapse has unleashed severe flooding that has prompted evacuations and has swept deadly reptiles from a zoo into communities in the area. The collapse of the Alau dam in the state of Borno caused some of the state’s worst flooding since
Continue ReadingAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A top U.S. government codebreaker who decrypted secret Soviet communications during the Cold War concluded that Ethel Rosenberg knew about her husband’s activities but “did not engage in the work herself,” according to a recently declassified memo that her sons say proves their mother was not a spy and should
Continue ReadingCalMatters In a major milestone, state regulators announced in July that nearly a million more Californians now have safe drinking water than five years ago. But across the state, the problem remains severe: More than 735,000 people are still served by the nearly 400 water systems that fail to meet state requirements for safe and
Continue ReadingBy Zoe Sottile and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of acres of wilderness. Sinkholes. And the possibility of a gunman around every corner. These are among the difficulties facing the dozens of law enforcement officers employed in the search for Joseph Couch, the man suspected of firing an AR-15 from a cliff ledge on
Continue ReadingBy Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — September is National Literacy Month. According to the National Literacy Institute, about 21% of adults in the US are illiterate, and 54% read below a sixth grade level. In some cases, those adults were born in other non-English speaking countries. Poverty also plays a role, since economically disadvantaged school
Continue ReadingAP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A year after he appeared on the stage supporting Sheryl Crow’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Peter Frampton finds the doors of the hallowed institution open to him. The guitarist-singer-songwriter has been eligible for the hall since 1998 but says he thought “it just
Continue ReadingAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans’ purchasing power. The proportion of Americans living in poverty also fell slightly last year, to 11.1%, from 11.5% in 2022. But the
Continue ReadingThe Russian military has launched massive naval and air drills spanning across both hemispheres and including China in joint maneuvers. Russia’s Defense Ministry says the “Ocean-24” exercise spans the Pacific and Arctic Oceans, the Mediterranean, Caspian and Baltic Seas and involves over 400 war ships, submarines and support vessels, more than 120 planes and helicopters
Continue ReadingAssociated Press LONDON (AP) — King Charles III has announced plans to visit Australia and Samoa next month on a trip that will span a dozen time zones and test the monarch’s stamina as he recovers from cancer treatment. The Oct. 18-26 tour, which Buckingham Palace outlined Tuesday, marks a watershed moment for the 75-year-old
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