The cabin of a Spirit Airlines flight from Jamaica to Florida became a scene of panic and confusion Sunday when passengers were told to prepare for a possible water landing after the aircraft was turned around due to an apparent mechanical problem, a passenger told CNN. The Airbus plane, which was headed to Fort Lauderdale, […]
Bryan Hagerich was held in Turks and Caicos for three months after hunting ammunition was found in his luggage AP Photo/Matt Freed Bryan Hagerich talking to reporters on Friday, May 24, 2024 Bryan Hagerich, a father of two who was held in Turks and Caicos for three months after police found ammunition in his luggage, […]
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), one of the candidates at the top of Donald Trump’s vice-presidential shortlist, refused to condemn the former president’s false allegations that the FBI was “locked & loaded ready” to take him out during the 2022 raid of his Mar-a-Lago property. In a fundraising email sent last week, Trump claimed the FBI […]
Australia prepared on Monday to send aircraft and other equipment to help at the site of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea. However, poor weather and overnight rains in the South Pacific nation’s mountainous region have sparked new fears that the tons of rubble that buried hundreds of villagers could soon become dangerously unstable. […]
A bipartisan panel of four secretaries of state from key battleground states on Thursday told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” that they’re prepared to execute a safe and secure presidential election, despite previous threats to election workers. “Should any of that ugliness that we all experienced in 2020 return,” Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al […]
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill May 15 to remove the phrase “climate change” from state statutes and alter how the state makes energy policy decisions. What’s happening? As of July 1, local governments will no longer be able to regulate energy policy, and offshore wind farms will be banned within a mile of […]
I’m sure you’ve heard. The tropics are forecast to be very active this hurricane season. The two main factors we look at both point toward an atmosphere and ocean that would be conducive to storm development. Government forecasters at NOAA are out with their seasonal forecast: 17-25 named storms, 8-13 hurricanes, of which 4-7 are […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin says his regime is prepared to negotiate over the conflict in Ukraine. The Russian leader made the statement in an interview with Chinese media on the eve of his visit to partner Beijing, which has backed Moscow in its full-scale invasion of its neighbour. “We are open to a dialogue on […]
Germany will have a big police presence at Euro 2024 venues and the interior ministry says that the country is also prepared for disinformation campaigns, cyber attacks and an ongoing terror threat around the continental football tournament. “We are very vigilant and well prepared,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said on Tuesday, just over one month […]
Rikers Island jail is “prepared to deal with the situation”, should Donald Trump be given prison time over continued violations of his gag order, the New York City mayor has insisted. Eric Adams was quizzed about the unprecedented situation on Tuesday, but told reporters that the prison would “adjust to whatever comes our way”. The […]
May 6—The sound of chairs, tables and other equipment unfolding echoed early Monday in the usually quiet lobby of the Santa Fe County administrative building on Catron Street. Call it the sound of democracy in action. A small but motivated team from the county’s Bureau of Elections were furiously preparing for the start of early […]
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