By Chris Isidore and Gregory Wallace, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued a report Monday sharply critical of the safety culture at Boeing, following two fatal crashes and several years of safety and quality issues at the troubled aircraft maker. Despite Boeing’s repreated claims of its commitment to safety procedures, the report by
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer When it comes to safety culture at Boeing, there is a “disconnect” between senior management and workers, and employees responsible for checking the company’s planes question whether they can raise issues without fear of retaliation, according to a panel of outside experts. The aviation-industry and government experts also said
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press The Palestinian Authority’s prime minister announced his government’s resignation on Monday, seen as the first step in a reform process urged by the United States as part of its latest ambitious plans to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But it will do little to address the authority’s longstanding lack of legitimacy
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Deschutes County is announcing a new grant opportunity to help local communities reduce the risk of wildfire. The Bureau of Land Management has allocated $90,000 to support fuel reduction projects for projects that are adjacent to or within one mile of BLM land. “This program is a great opportunity for local
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Financier and philanthropist Jacob Rothschild, of the renowned Rothschild banking dynasty, has died at 87, his family said Monday. Rothschild began his career in the family bank, NM Rothschild & Sons, in 1963, before breaking away to start businesses and charitable organizations. His family paid tribute to him in a statement. “Our
Continue ReadingBy STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — According to a report by the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog seen by The Associated Press Iran has further increased its total stockpile of uranium and continues to bar several of the most experienced inspectors from monitoring its nuclear program. Monday’s IAEA report estimated that as of Feb.
Continue ReadingBy WCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Students at a New York City medical school will receive free tuition in perpetuity thanks to a historic donation from a longtime professor and board member. Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx said the gift from Dr. Ruth L.
Continue ReadingBy ELISE MORTON Vadim Krasikov’s name has come up in recent weeks in relation to prisoner swaps involving now deceased Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Krasikov is serving a life sentence in Germany for the 2019 killing in Berlin of Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili, a 40-year-old Georgian citizen of
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Prosecutors in Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal case have asked a judge to impose a gag order on the former president. They are citing what they call Trump’s “long history of making public and inflammatory remarks” about people involved in his legal cases. The
Continue ReadingBy Kristie Keleshian Click here for updates on this story NEW YORK (WCBS) — Saturday was a sad day for New Yorkers and bird lovers across the country after the Central Park Zoo announced the death of Flaco the owl. He became somewhat of a celebrity after escaping from the Central Park Zoo and flying
Continue ReadingBy Mary Gilbert, CNN Meteorologist (CNN) — Record-breaking warmth will open the door Tuesday for a round of unusual February severe thunderstorms and potential tornadoes in the Midwest as dramatically different air masses clash. These kinds of storms – which can generate tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds – are possible at any point in
Continue ReadingBy Kara Scannell and Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Manhattan prosecutors are asking the judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal case involving hush money payments to impose a gag order to stop the former president from publicly disparaging potential witnesses and others involved in the trial. The gag order request was one of many pretrial
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Aiello Click here for updates on this story OTTAWA (CTV Network) — Today, Justice Minister Arif Virani will be tabling a long-awaited piece of legislation proposing new measures aimed at combatting a range of harmful online content. According to a senior government source who was not authorized to speak publicly about details yet
Continue ReadingBy Eva Rothenberg and Sabrina Souza, CNN New York (CNN) — Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York will receive free tuition after a $1 billion dollar donation from a former faculty member. Dr. Ruth Gottesman, 93, who spent 55 years as the chair of the school’s board, made the historic
Continue ReadingBy Heather Wright Click here for updates on this story KYIV, UKRAINE (CTV Network) — At a farmer’s field about an hour’s drive from Kyiv is where we meet Yuliya Myronenko. She gets out of her car when we arrive, wearing a coat, hat and drone goggles on top of her head. She comes to
Continue ReadingKaren Esquivel (CNN) – Agricultores de España salieron a las calles con sus tractores para protestar por lo que califican de competencia desleal del exterior. En videos se pueden ver columnas de tractores en las calles de Madrid y grandes aglomeraciones de personas protestando frente a edificios gubernamentales. Miles de agricultores y ganaderos montados en
Continue ReadingAssociated Press Microsoft announced an artificial intelligence partnership Monday with the French startup Mistral AI that could lessen the software giant’s reliance on ChatGPT-maker OpenAI for supplying the next wave of chatbots and other generative AI products. Mistral AI emerged less than a year ago but is already what Microsoft described Monday as an “innovator
Continue ReadingBy SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON Associated Press/Report For America COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio commission has awarded bids to frack oil and gas under state parks despite statewide backlash and an ongoing investigation into possibly fraudulent support. The Ohio Oil and Gas Land Management Commission granted the mineral rights to several out-of-state oil and gas companies.
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s parliament has elected a new president after its previous head of state resigned in scandal over a pardon she granted to an accomplice in a child sexual abuse case. Lawmakers in a secret vote on Monday approved the appointment to the presidency of Tamás Sulyok,
Continue ReadingBy LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Married people in West Virginia could be charged with certain acts of sexual abuse against their spouses for the first time under a bill passed by the state Senate. The bill pushed by former prosecuting attorney Republican Sen. Ryan Weld would remove marriage as a defense
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