American Airlines has joined Southwest Airlines in suspending alcohol services on flights, the airline said Saturday. The decision follows a recent assault of a Southwest flight attendant that resulted in a serious injury. “Flight attendants are on the front lines every day not only ensuring our customers’ safety, but are also calming fears, answering questions,
Continue ReadingA Cessna C501 crashed into a lake outside Nashville Saturday, Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Arlene Salac told CNN. The plane crashed into Percy Priest Lake after departing from the Smyrna Airport, about 12 miles south of Nashville, around 11 a.m. local time, according to the FAA. Possible injuries have not yet been reported. The plane
Continue ReadingOne man was killed and another injured after their plane crashed into a mountain near a ski resort in Utah, according to a news release from the Weber Fire District. A witness called 911 around 10 a.m. Saturday and reported seeing a plane crash into the mountain near Powder Mountain Ski Resort in Eden, the
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story SLEEPY HOLLOW, New York (WCBS) — There is worry at a church cemetery made famous by “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” The pastor says someone has done subtle-but-significant damage to historic headstones, CBS2’s Tony Aiello reported Thursday. In Sleepy Hollow, there’s no escaping the legend of the Headless
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story FLINT, Michigan (WNEM) — Two people in a privately owned aircraft experienced a hard landing Saturday morning around 9:15 a.m. at Flint Bishop Airport according to an airport spokesperson. A pilot and the pilot’s father were in a piper aircraft Saturday morning leaving Flint Bishop Airport. After takeoff,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story BOSTON (WBZ) — One-month-old Maddison, sleeping peacefully now, gave her Brockton mother the scare of her life on Tuesday. “I just gave birth to this little one and I feel so connected to her. At one point before they arrived I seriously thought I was going to lose
Continue ReadingAn 8-year-old boy whose body was found by a hiker near Las Vegas has been identified by his mother, police said Saturday. Police are now searching for the boy’s 11-year-old half-brother and their father. The mother contacted police overnight, according to Las Vegas Metro Police Department Lt. Raymond Spencer. The mother told police a sketch
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story LAUREL, Maryland (WJZ) — Howard County Police charged a Laurel Man in a 40-year-old unsolved kidnapping case. Howard Jackson Bradberry, 62, of Montgomery Street was arrested at his on May 25 after DNA allegedly linked him the 1982 rape and murder of Laney Lee McGadney. Bradberry was charged
Continue ReadingLos Angeles County authorities say the quick thinking of inmates at the North County Correctional Facility helped save at least two lives earlier this week. On Wednesday evening, deputies and staff in the facility responded to two inmates in medical distress and found the two unconscious and “suffering from possible overdoses,” a news release from
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There is one new COVID-19 related death in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 2,666, the Oregon Health Authority reported Saturday.
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Employers can offer incentives to employees to get vaccinated for Covid-19, according to new guidance from the federal Equal Opportunity Employment Commission. Companies administering vaccines to employees also may offer incentives as long as the incentives are not “coercive,” the EEOC said. In December the EEOC said that companies can legally mandate that all employees
Continue ReadingA 14-year-old Florida teen is being charged as an adult with first-degree murder in the brutal stabbing of 13-year-old Tristyn Bailey, prosecutors said. Aiden Fucci, 14, was initially charged with second-degree murder in connection with Bailey’s death, but the charge was upgraded to first-degree murder due to the nature of the crime, R.J. Larizza, state
Continue ReadingFarrakhan Muhammad was extradited from Florida to New York City and charged Friday evening in connection to a shooting at New York City’s Times Square earlier this month, according to police. Muhammad, a 31-year-old New York City resident, has been charged with attempted murder, three counts of assault, four counts of criminal use of a
Continue ReadingShe’s spent the past four months pitching health guidance as head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Now, CDC director and Boston Red Sox fan Dr. Rochelle Walensky will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Boston’s game against the Miami Marlins on Saturday. It’s a big day not just for Walensky,
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The Department of Education under the Biden administration is rescinding a Trump-era policy that restricted states’ access to records and information in policing student loan servicing companies. Richard Cordray, the head of the Federal Student Aid office, announced new guidance Friday that he argued would “make it easier” for state attorneys general and regulators to
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — U.S. researchers have discovered a drug that could potentially be a game-changing tool in treating COVID-19 patients, including variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Researchers affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania have found that the drug diABZI was highly effective at preventing severe COVID-19
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — Neighbourhood walks have become a popular activity to combat COVID-19 boredom, but Debra Carey-Knox has kicked them up a notch, and it’s become a hotly anticipated event in her Ontario community. With two companions standing at two feet tall and full of attitude,
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (WSMV) — For one man in Murfreesboro, he’s proven you just never know what kind of hidden treasure you’ll find in your backyard. What he found, is something no amount of money could not buy back. Bored at home during the pandemic, Doug Cook of Murfreesboro
Continue ReadingClick here for updates on this story NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV) — A Nashville controversy brews on social media as a picture goes viral across the country. A hat shop just south of downtown is selling “yellow badges” that say “not vaccinated.” Many Jews were forced to wear similar badges in German-occupied areas during World War
Continue ReadingA Florida man has been arrested in connection with the theft of nearly 200 ventilators intended for critically ill Covid-19 patients in Central America, federal prosecutors said. Yoelvis Denis Hernandez, 42, was arrested in Del Rio, Texas, Thursday, according to a statement from the US Attorney for the Southern District of Flcrida. The indictment charges
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