The National Transportation Safety Board said a nearly fatal incident at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York last year came down to human error. On Jan. 15, 2023, an American Airlines Boeing 777 crossed a runway on which a Delta Air Lines Boeing 737 had initiated its takeoff roll. In a report released […]
Claim: Former U.S. President John F. Kennedy wrote in a 1939 letter to his father, “Palestine was hardly Britain’s to give away.” Rating: Rating: Correct Attribution Context: The quote does not fully encapsulate Kennedy’s views. He wrote in the same letter he had become “more pro-British” during his visit to Jerusalem as “the men on […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93. Wecht’s death was announced by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, which did not […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Dr. Cyril Wecht, a pathologist and attorney whose biting cynicism and controversial positions on high-profile deaths such as President John F. Kennedy’s 1963 assassination caught the attention of prosecutors and TV viewers alike, died Monday. He was 93. Wecht’s death was announced by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, which did not […]
Kentucky Republican Secretary of State Michael Adams, who worked to expand early voting in the Bluegrass State and has spoken out against election denialism in his own party, has been chosen to receive the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award this year. In its announcement Monday, the JFK Library Foundation said Adams was recognized […]
May 5—Wilkes College’s gymnasium was turned into one huge banquet room to host the Greater Wilkes-Barre Chamber of Commerce 74th annual dinner on May 13, 1958. Nearly 1,000 people were in attendance. The special guest speaker was late due to a situation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. When the special guest speaker arrived at […]
A 39-year-old Paterson man who authorities say was carrying two loaded guns allegedly sent his estranged wife videos of himself on Tuesday threatening a mass shooting at a New York City airport. “I am going to wait for the plane to leave, and that is when I am going to start shooting the airport up,” […]
Robert F Kennedy Jr has apologised to his own family for a Super Bowl advert which was inspired by his late uncle, former US president John F Kennedy. The advert is almost an exact replica of one broadcast by his uncle JFK back in 1960. The 70-year-old said it was created without his “involvement or […]
A British man flew from London’s Heathrow Airport to Kennedy Airport without a ticket or a passport on Christmas Eve, according to multiple reports. Craig Sturt, 46, was detained when he landed in New York and shipped back to the U.K. on a charter flight, the Telegraph reported. Investigators believe Sturt, who is 6-feet tall, […]
The pilots of an American Airlines plane taxied across the wrong runway last year in New York — into the path of another jetliner that was taking off — after the captain became distracted and confused about takeoff instructions and the co-pilot lost track of their plane’s location, according to documents released Monday. Disaster was […]
PHILADELPHIA – A flight with migrant passengers heading for John F. Kennedy Airport was diverted to Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia officials confirmed. The reason for the change in flight Tuesday night was weather, officials said. The flight originated in Texas and was making its way to Long Island when weather in New York forced the […]