By DAVID KOENIG and CLAIR RUSH Associated Press A pilot riding in the extra seat in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight and had to be subdued by the two pilots. Authorities in Portland identified the man as Joseph David Emerson, 44. He was being
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — It” Day 20 without a House speaker, and Republicans are starting over. They’re convening again Monday evening without any idea who will lead and when they will be able to get Congress back to work. Nine lower-level Republican lawmakers are now running to be the House
Continue ReadingBy Niamh Kennedy, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of women across Iceland – including the prime minister – went on strike Tuesday as part of a campaign pushing for greater gender equality in the country. It marked the seventh time that women in Iceland have gone on strike in the name of gender equality, campaign organizers
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Horizon Air flight en route to San Francisco on Sunday diverted after 3rd person in cockpit tries to turn off engines.
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Indian Canyon Drive and Gene Autry Trail were reopened to traffic in and out of Palm Springs through the Whitewater wash Monday morning, Gene Autry Trail at 7:30 a.m. and Indian Canyon Drive at 8:55 a.m., according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Both major traffic arteries were closed Sunday through the Whitewater wash due
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Last week’s news of the release of two hostages is offering some hope to the families of the more than 200 people the Israeli military says were taken hostage by Hamas militants. But more than two weeks after their loved ones were abducted during the Oct. 7 attack on southern Israel,
Continue ReadingWESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Police and Coast Guard personnel in Connecticut are searching for two men who went missing when their small fishing boat sank in the Long Island Sound. Three other people were rescued after the fishing boat sank Sunday. Westport police say a boater spotted a man standing on a navigational buoy around
Continue ReadingCNN By Camila Bernal and Norma Galeana, CNN (CNN) — The decision to embark on an uncertain and potentially dangerous journey to Israel wasn’t easy for Kineret Levin, a 27-year-old Israeli-American. Levin left behind her family, a job opportunity and her home in Fredericksburg, Texas, to fly to Israel to volunteer as a medic. After
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL GOLDBERG Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Incomplete homicide autopsy reports continue to pile up in Mississippi even as state leaders have touted tough-on-crime governance this year heading into the Nov. 7 general election. Mississippi’s system for conducting autopsies has long been plagued by delays. Records obtained by The Associated Press
Continue ReadingCNN By Helen Regan, Kareem El Damanhoury and Jomana Karadsheh, CNN Gaza and Jerusalem (CNN) — Aid agencies are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as doctors warn an Israeli blockade on fuel means many more vulnerable babies and wounded people in hospitals will soon die. One agency says at least 2,000 children in Gaza
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The California Department of Transportation has announced the start of work on a $4.8 million concrete slab replacement project along Interstate 10 in the eastern Coachella Valley. The repair work will begin Monday night in and around the cities of Indio and Coachella, according to a Caltrans statement. The overnight work will narrow late-night and early-morning
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The armed man who twice went to the Wisconsin state Capitol looking for Gov. Tony Evers says he had no intention of hurting anyone, has moved out of state and does not want to go anywhere near the governor. Joshua Pleasnick came to the Capitol on
Continue ReadingKINGSTON, N.Y. (AP) — Two New York hospitals that were hit with a cyberattack have resumed admitting emergency patients after shutting down their computer systems to investigate. Ambulances were diverted from HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston and the affiliated Margaretville Hospital in Margaretville last week due to a cyberattack that hit the two facilities as well
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — A 31-year-old dog in Portugal that had been ranked as the world’s oldest dog ever, has died. The guard dog, called Bobi, passed away over the weekend in a veterinary hospital, his owner Leonel Costa told The Associated Press on Monday. Bobi lived on a farm in Portugal with Costa and
Continue ReadingBy JILL COLVIN and HOLLY RAMER Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump will formally file for the New Hampshire presidential primary Monday ahead of a rally in Derry. It will be second trip to the secretary of state’s office for Trump. Eight years ago, he signed up for the 2016 contest
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers The United Auto Workers union has once again escalated its strikes against Detroit Three automakers, this time adding a factory that makes Ram pickup trucks for Stellantis. The union says in a statement that 6,800 members walked out Monday morning at the Sterling Heights, Michigan, Assembly
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has compared Hungary’s membership in the European Union to more than four decades of Soviet occupation. Orbán made the comments during a speech on Monday commemorating the anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 anti-Soviet revolution. Orbán accused the EU of seeking to strip Hungary
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Tammy is unleashing heavy rain in the northeast Caribbean as it spins over open waters. The storm was located about 695 miles (1,115 kilometers) south of Bermuda on Monday. It had maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph) and was moving north-northeast at 7 mph (11 kph).
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FEINBERG AP Basketball Writer Georgetown women’s basketball coach Tasha Butts has died after a two-year battle with breast cancer. The 41-year-old coach was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2021. She stepped away from coaching Georgetown last month. Georgetown athletic director Lee Reed announced Butts’ death on Monday. Her diagnosis inspired the
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Ramirez, CNN (CNN) — Rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves may now be unavoidable as human-caused global warming accelerates, with potentially devastating implications for sea level rise around the world, new research has found. Even if the world meets ambitious targets to limit global heating, West Antarctica will experience substantial ocean warming
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