An Alaska Airlines airplane takes off at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 5, 2023. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A 19-year-old student pilot is facing a federal charge over allegedly attempting to enter the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight multiple times, accordingRead More →
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A former rideshare driver has been arrested after launching an attack on a passenger because he perceived the individual to be Jewish or Israeli, according to the Office of Public Affairs at the U.S. Department of Justice. The indictment against 39-year-old rideshare driver Csaba JohnRead More →
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major storm set to bring heavy snow to the Rockies could be Denver’s biggest snowstorm in three years. Nine states from California to Montana to New Mexico are on alert for the snow and wind, with winter storm watches andRead More →
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The chairman and chief executive of the insurance company that guaranteed former President Donald Trump’s $92 million bond in the E. Jean Carroll defamation case said in a letter Wednesday that the company’s participation “has nothing to do with the underlying merits or with favoringRead More →
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — President Joe Biden is continuing his campaign ramp-up with a visit to battleground Wisconsin on Wednesday, a day after he clinched the Democratic nomination. Biden’s first stop will be an official event to talk infrastructure at a Boys & Girls Club. He’s going to toutRead More →
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday passed bipartisan legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese parent company to sell the wildly popular social media platform or face a ban in the U.S. If enacted, the bill would give ByteDance six months to divest from TikTok before app stores wouldRead More →
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House has launched a nationwide call-to-action to save lives from opioid overdoses. In its Wednesday announcement, the Biden-Harris Administration said it hopes the new effort will help get Naloxone, a drug meant to reverse opioid overdose, into as many communities as possible, increaseRead More →
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Boeing overwrote surveillance footage from the repair facility where a door plug was reinstalled ahead of the blowout on an Alaska Airlines flight earlier this year, according to a letter Wednesday from National Transportation Safety Board Chairman Jennifer Homendy to the Senate Commerce Committee.Read More →
Jeffrey Greenberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Doors are closing for 1,000 Dollar Tree and Family Dollar locations after the discount variety store chain announced an unexpected surprise fourth-quarter loss in its earnings report Wednesday. Dollar Tree plans to shutter 600 Family Dollar stores in the first half of fiscal 2024.Read More →
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (PONTIAC, Mich.) — James Crumbley, the father of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, will not testify in his manslaughter trial as the defense rested after just one witness Wednesday. After the jury was removed from the courtroom, James Crumbley was asked questions by his attorney under oath,Read More →
