By Pete Muntean and Greg Wallace, CNN Federal regulators have soundly rejected an airline’s controversial request to reduce commercial pilot hiring standards in half to tackle the global pilot shortage. In April, regional airline Republic Airways asked the Federal Aviation Administration to allow graduates of Republic’s own LIFT Academy to become airline co-pilots with 750
Continue ReadingBy REBECCA BOONE Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The Idaho Supreme Court has overturned a law allowing grandparents to seek visitation rights after finding that it unconstitutionally violates the “fundamental right to parent.” In the ruling handed down Friday, the high court said parents have a fundamental right to maintain family relationships and to
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Purple Innovation, Kinross rise; AutoZone, Marathon Oil fall.
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Video game producer Rockstar Games says early development footage from the next version of its popular title Grand Theft Auto was stolen in the hack of its network. A person claiming to be the hacker dumped 90 videos from the theft online and claimed also to have source code. They were
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Rockstar Games confirmed on Monday that hackers had leaked some unreleased footage from its next iteration of the wildly popular “Grand Theft Auto” franchise. The video gaming community was rocked by the emergence online of some screenshots and game-play videos purportedly from the highly-anticipated next installment of “Grand Theft Auto,”
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer Purdue coach Jeff Brohm has seen enough. Two days after a flurry of last-minute penalties cost the Boilermakers a victory at Syracuse, Brohm called on his team — even himself — to stop chatting with the refs or opposing players. Instead, he wants everyone to remain focused on making
Continue ReadingBy JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thirteen years after James Cameron plunged moviegoers into the cosmic world of “Avatar,” the lush, distant moon of Pandora is finally orbiting back into view. Cameron’s “Avatar” industrial complex has been whirling in high gear for some time; production on the upcoming sequel, “Avatar: The
Continue ReadingBy Ashley Strickland, CNN The NASA InSight Lander has “heard” and detected the vibrations of four space rocks as they slammed into Mars over the past two years. It’s the first time a mission has picked up both seismic and acoustic waves from an impact on Mars, and InSight’s first detection of impacts since landing
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday signed a two-year agreement supporting Idaho wheat sales to Taiwan in a deal that officials say gives wheat producers a reliable buyer and Taiwan a dependable supplier. The Republican governor participated in the ceremonial signing with officials from Taiwan, the
Continue ReadingBy KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little on Monday signed a two-year agreement supporting Idaho wheat sales to Taiwan in a deal that officials say gives wheat producers a reliable buyer and Taiwan a dependable supplier. The Republican governor participated in the ceremonial signing with officials from Taiwan, the
Continue ReadingBy MARGARET STAFFORD and JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former Kansas City, Kansas, police detective accused of preying on poor Black females for decades will be released from custody pending his trial. U.S Magistrate Judge Rachel Schwartz said Monday that Roger Golubski has such serious medical problems that he is not
Continue ReadingBy AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — After months of defiance, Montana’s health department said Monday it will follow a judge’s ruling and temporarily allow transgender people to change the gender on their birth certificates. The judge issued a scathing order Monday morning saying health officials made “calculated violations” of his order,
Continue ReadingBy Karol Suarez, Brandon Miller, Juan Carlos Paz, Florencia Trucco and Hande Atay Alam, CNN A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake rocked the southwestern coast of Mexico on Monday, killing at least one person, with shaking reported as far away as Mexico city. The earthquake hit just after 1 p.m. EST, with the epicenter occurring very near
Continue ReadingBy Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN The oil boom brought about by the Ukraine war has made energy-rich Middle Eastern countries extraordinarily wealthy once again. But experts warn that it may be the last such upswing. The energy price spike triggered by the war lifted the Gulf states out of an almost decade-long economic slump that saw
Continue ReadingBy PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — College football coaches are notorious for hyping up their opponents with preposterous accolades. Still, it was a bit jarring to hear Kent State’s Sean Lewis sizing up the reigning national champion Georgia Bulldogs. He calls them “the greatest collection of talent ever assembled on a
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The judge overseeing the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has rejected a motion by his attorneys that she step down. Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer turned down the request on Monday without comment. Cruz’s attorneys had accused Scherer of being biased after she
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WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden, D-Ore., announced Monday a total of more than $3.28 million in federal grants to help protect Oregonians from domestic violence and stalking and to support survivors. “All of us want to feel safe in our homes and as we go about our lives, and these grants
Continue ReadingBy MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA lander on Mars has captured the vibrations and sounds of four meteoroids striking the planet’s surface. Scientists reported Monday that Mars InSigh t detected seismic and acoustic waves from a series of impacts in 2020 and 2021. A satellite orbiting the red
Continue ReadingAJ Willingham, CNN Readers and educators across America are observing Banned Books Week by exploring restricted books and supporting their authors — whether they are newly added to the ever-growing list of challenged works, or classics that have drawn controversy for decades. The annual event has become increasingly important for the literary community as groups
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — I couldn’t see the lone piper. But it didn’t matter. As the sounds of the Scottish lament, “Sleep, Dearie, Sleep,” faded into the silence of Westminster Abbey, it finally struck me that Queen Elizabeth II was really gone. The queen loved bagpipes so much that she had
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