A Boeing 737 barely cleared the runway in an incident in the UK. The pilots didn’t notice they set the thrust too low, but the autothrottle also had a fault. According to investigators, Boeing said the auto-throttle has “a long history of nuisance disconnects.” A Boeing 737 barely managed to clear a runway following a […]
A Minnesota jury on Friday found five of seven defendants guilty of most of the crimes they faced related to a scheme in which they misused millions of dollars meant to feed children during the pandemic. The federal fraud trial was the first in a $250 million Covid relief scheme that prosecutors say is the […]
At many protests or campaign rallies these days, there can be nearly as many people recording video of what’s happening as people doing something worth recording. And into that world of dueling video posts and constant surveillance a bill to prevent “video stalking” is set to be passed by the Rhode Island House of Representatives […]
News that a conservative nonprofit legal group is challenging Evanston’s groundbreaking reparations program got me thinking about the many attempts to redress the wrongs of systemic racism through monetary compensation. Americans have a long tradition of offering reparations for slavery, only to see them clawed back. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the […]
A man takes a picture through a hole made in a large black screen that was set up to block the view of Mount Fuji in the town of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, on May 24, 2024. Credit – Kyodo News/Getty Images Locals in a Japanese town frustrated by overtourism had a plan to keep unruly […]
The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth fighter jet. The J-20 reportedly had several encounters with the US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 jets in 2020. The Chinese air force has a fleet of more than 200 J-20 jets — and the figure is only expected to grow. The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth […]
The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth fighter jet. The J-20 reportedly had several encounters with the US-made Lockheed Martin F-35 jets in 2020. The Chinese air force has a fleet of more than 200 J-20 jets — and the figure is only expected to grow. The Chengdu J-20 is China’s most advanced stealth […]
May 6—Del. Jordan Bridges, a coal miner who represents Logan County, said he’s had to break from the rest of the Republican caucus for the best interests of the people in his home county. He said other lawmakers didn’t listen to his concerns about an unemployment bill that cuts benefits and passed during the recent […]
A 77-year-old New Jersey woman accused of stealing more than $1 million in benefits from her dead aunt’s bank account over 25 years has been indicted in federal court, prosecutors said. After the death of her aunt in 1998, the woman drained her bank account of about $1.01 million in retirement and survivor benefits paid […]
This article was originally published in Arkansas Advocate. U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona told a group of Arkansas educators Tuesday that the goal of the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness program “is to prevent defaults.” “Which is better, letting someone pay what they can afford or throwing our hands up and doing nothing?” Cardona asked […]
Apr. 21—WATERFORD — Glastonbury native Tashia Sowell can trace her love of the law to at least the age of 5, around the time she first started talking about becoming a judge. Just ask her parents, Sowell said, who used to take her on personal field trips to the courthouse to watch court proceedings at […]
A New Jersey man has been convicted in a scheme to steal more than $3 million from a publicly funded program meant to help victims of traumatic brain injury, federal prosecutors said Friday. C.R. Kraus, of Manville, about 50 miles southwest of Manhattan, was convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, five counts of healthcare […]