PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — As transportation officials prepare for a major shutdown along I-5 in Southwest Portland this weekend, local residents and businesses are anticipating disruptions to their normal day-to-day life. The closure will run southbound between the Southwest Terwilliger off-ramp and the Capitol Highway on-ramp as well as northbound between the Southwest Barbur Boulevard […]
The public is being warned of traffic disruptions as federal investigators conduct a large search for evidence in a Massachusetts beach town on Thursday, an official said. A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Investigation said an evidence response team is conducting the search in the area of Route 88 in Westport in connection with […]
A “significant” number of flights from Manchester Airport are expected to be delayed or cancelled after a “major power cut”. In a social media post on Sunday morning, the airport said the “widespread disruption” is particularly affecting departures from terminals one and two. It advised passengers due to travel from those terminals not to go […]
Donald Trump’s presidential campaign moved this week to quash a potential disturbance at next month’s GOP convention in Milwaukee by seeking to replace six delegates to the convention who they thought were potentially going to initiate “unnecessary distractions” on the floor. John Findlay, the Trump campaign’s convention delegate selection director, placed phone calls to six […]
Aer Lingus pilots have voted in favour of industrial action this evening. They are seeking wage hikes of over 20 percent after rejecting a pay rise of 9 per cent brokered at the Labour Court. The Irish Airline Pilots’ Association (IALPA) says 97.7 percent of the ballots returned were in favour of industrial action, up […]
(Reuters) -Danish shipping group AP Moeller-Maersk on Monday raised its full-year profit guidance for the second time in a month on the back of strong container market demand and the crisis in the Red Sea. Maersk now expects its underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation in the range of $7 billion to $9 […]
CHICAGO (AP) — Dozens of students protesting the war in Gaza walked out of the University of Chicago’s commencement Saturday as the school withheld the diplomas of four seniors over their involvement with a pro-Palestinian encampment. The disruption to the rainy two-hour outdoor ceremony was brief, with shouts, boos and calls to “Stop Genocide.” A […]
Major water main breaks in Atlanta, Georgia, have caused significant outages and disruptions, as Mayor Andre Dickens has issued a state of emergency in the city and one local hospital had to evacuate some patients to other facilities. The breaks occurred on Friday when corroded water pipes burst near downtown Atlanta. According to utility and […]
STORY: This is a cargo ship, used to transport goods around the world and often through the Suez Canal in the Red Sea. Each year, about 6,000 ships like these travel the world’s oceans – delivering $7 trillion worth of goods to ports and producing climate-warming CO2 emissions along the way. :: LSEG But a […]
Significant flight disruptions at Charlotte airport frustrate passengers Significant flight disruptions are being reported Wednesday night at Charlotte Douglas International Airport due to severe weather. The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground delay until 10:59 p.m. 60 pounds of drugs, nearly $76K in cash found in luggage at Charlotte airport The following flight information for […]
A man convicted of killing four people in Tacoma in October 2021 was sentenced Friday. Malek Pate kept disrupting the sentencing in court, and the judge ordered him out of the courtroom before the hearing was over. Pate may have known his conviction would guarantee life in prison, as he repeatedly talked and mumbled, and […]
Dubai airport, one of the world’s busiest, said on Friday it is limiting the number of arriving flights as disruptions continue after the United Arab Emirates (UAE) this week suffered flooding from the heaviest rainfall seen in decades. The airport said it will be limiting the number of arriving flights starting Friday for 48 hours. […]