Alaska Airlines says Boeing has paid the carrier $160 million in “initial compensation” for a panel that blew out of an Alaska Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliner in January during a flight out of Portland. The airline said Thursday that it expects additional compensation, the terms of which it said are confidential. The payment covered Alaska’s pretax
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT BAUER Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin association representing attorneys has agreed to change the definition of “diversity” to settle a federal lawsuit brought by a conservative law firm. The lawsuit brought by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty in December argued the internship program unconstitutionally discriminates based on race.
Continue ReadingBy KIMBERLEE KRUESI Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys defending Tennessee’s sweeping abortion ban have alleged that doctors challenging the law do not want any oversight when deciding to terminate a pregnancy and instead are improperly withholding care to women facing serious medical emergencies. The Tennessee Attorney General’s office laid out its arguments Thursday
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. officials say that Myanmar’s escalating conflict and worst violence since the military takeover in 2021 are having a devastating impact on human rights, fundamental freedoms and basic needs of millions of people. It’s also having “alarming spillover effects” in neighboring countries. Assistant Secretary-General for
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell, CNN (CNN) — The New York attorney general’s office is raising questions about the $175 million bond Donald Trump posted in the civil fraud case and has asked for more information to prove it’s financially sound. Trump filed the bond Monday night after gaining a reprieve from a New York appeals court that
Continue ReadingBy PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press Federal authorities say an increasingly deadly year for the endangered North Atlantic right whale got worse this week when another member of the species was killed in a collision with a ship. The population of giant right whales has fallen to fewer than 360. Vulnerable to ship strikes and entanglement
Continue ReadingBy JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs’ player Rashee Rice was the driver of one of two speeding sports cars who left after causing a chain-reaction crash on a Dallas highway over the weekend, the wide receiver’s attorney said Thursday. Why Rice left the crash Saturday was “a good question that’s
Continue Readingurielblanco (CNN) — El expresidente Donald Trump sufrió dos importantes reveses el jueves en sus esfuerzos por hacer descarrilar los casos penales en su contra: los jueces del caso de interferencia electoral en Georgia y del caso federal de documentos clasificados rechazaron sendas peticiones del posible candidato presidencial del Partido Republicano para 2024 que pidió
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB and GHAITH AL-SAYED Associated Press IDLIB, Syria (AP) — A war monitor says a suicide bomber killed the co-founder of Syria’s main al-Qaida-linked group that controls much of the country’s northwest. However, some activists disputed the source of the explosion, saying instead that a remotely detonated bomb killed Abu Maria al-Qahtani, whose
Continue ReadingSIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A beloved giraffe at a zoo in South Dakota has died. On Thursday, the Great Plains Zoo and Butterfly House & Aquarium in Sioux Falls announced the death of Chioke, an 18-year-old reticulated giraffe. He died March 28. “Following a severe fracture in his front left foot, Animal Care and
Continue ReadingAlexandra Ferguson (CNN) — Un miembro de la Guardia Nacional de Texas fue arrestado y acusado de tráfico de personas después de supuestamente llevar a la policía en una persecución a alta velocidad cerca de la frontera entre Texas y México el domingo. El sospechoso, identificado por el Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas (DPS)
Continue ReadingLuis Ernesto Quintana Barney Este seguimiento en vivo finalizó. Lee las actualicaciones más recientes de la información aquí. El humo se eleva después de un ataque israelí en Rafah, en el sur de Gaza, el 4 de abril de 2024. Crédito: SAID KHATIB/AFP vía Getty Images The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2024 Cable News Network, Inc., a
Continue ReadingBy Aaron Pellish and Eva McKend, CNN (CNN) — The campaign of independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is walking back language used in campaign fundraising emails that referred to January 6 defendants as “activists” who have been “stripped of their constitutional liberties.” The fundraising appeals, sent to supporters on Wednesday and Thursday, sought
Continue Readingmacamilarincon (CNN Español) –– El presidente de Colombia, Gustavo Petro, llegó al poder en 2022 con la promesa de un cambio, especialmente en los temas sociales. Por esa razón, una de sus banderas de campaña fue la de hacer reformas en sectores clave como la salud, el sistema de pensiones, el área laboral, la educación
Continue ReadingBy Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! If you’re planning to observe the total solar eclipse on Monday, try wearing red and green. In low light, bright reds appear darker and sometimes almost black, while greens become more vibrant. It’s an optical illusion called the Purkinje effect, so pick out some colorful
Continue ReadingCNN By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! If you’re planning to observe the total solar eclipse on Monday, try wearing red and green. In low light, bright reds appear darker and sometimes almost black, while greens become more vibrant. It’s an optical illusion called the Purkinje effect, so pick out some
Continue ReadingBy Katelyn Polantz, Devan Cole and Tierney Sneed, CNN Washington (CNN) — An attorney discipline panel in Washington, DC, has made a preliminary decision that former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark could face sanctions including disbarment for trying to sow doubt in Donald Trump’s electoral loss in 2020. The finding follows a several-day trial and puts Clark on the path toward
Continue ReadingBy Hope Dean Click here for updates on this story ATLANTA (WANF) — A Henry County jailer was attacked by two shank-wielding inmates Wednesday evening, according to the sheriff’s office. Inmates Dontavious Young and William Latham face charges of aggravated assault of a correctional officer, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, aggravated battery and unauthorized
Continue ReadingCENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) — State officials are being allowed to continue legal action against a county outside New York City that has banned transgender players from women’s and girls teams. U.S. District Court Judge Nusrat Choudhury on Thursday denied Nassau County’s request for a temporary restraining order against state Attorney General Letitia James. Choudhury
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers are demanding more information on the bona fides of the $175 million bond that former President Donald Trump posted to block the imminent collection of a huge civil fraud judgment. State Attorney General Letitia James’ office filed papers giving Trump’s lawyers or
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