An accident like the midair Alaska Airlines panel blowout “can never happen again,” Boeing’s president and CEO said Tuesday, as he acknowledged a “mistake” had been made before the plane was forced to make an emergency landing. Dave Calhoun said the company was working to assure airline customers that its planes are safe and assist … Read more
The number of antisemitic incidents in the U.S. rose sharply in the three months after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League, which tracked a total of 3,283 anti-Jewish incidents between Oct. 7 and Jan. 7 — a 360% increase compared to the same period in 2022. … Read more
A consumer advocacy group is suing Starbucks, the world’s largest coffee brand, for false advertising, alleging that it sources coffee and tea from farms with human rights and labor abuses, while touting its commitment to ethical sourcing. The case, filed in a Washington, D.C., court on Wednesday on behalf of American consumers, alleges that the … Read more
The National Rifle Association is the “victim of betrayal,” an attorney said Tuesday as she sought to distinguish longtime leader Wayne LaPierre from the gun rights group during opening arguments in the civil trial against it and its executives. “The NRA is not this man,” Sarah Rogers said, adding that LaPierre has been a “valuable … Read more
Less than two months after a pregnant woman was rescued from a Houston home where she had allegedly been held against her will for at least four years, another woman was found dead in the same house, officials said Tuesday. The body of Catherine Roberts, 61, was recovered July 5 from the Perry Street home … Read more
Is surgery for prostate cancer considered an elective procedure? The Defense Department has described Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s surgery to treat his prostate cancer on Dec. 22 as an “elective medical procedure.” Austin, who went home the day after the procedure, later developed complications from the operation and was hospitalized on Jan. 1, Walter Reed … Read more
The man who leaped at a judge over the bench as he waited to be his sentenced has been charged with attempted murder in the Nevada courtroom attack. It was one of multiple allegations filed against Deobra Delone Redden, 30, has also been accused of battery on a protected person, extortion by threat and intimidating … Read more
A grand jury in Minnesota has indicted a doctor accused of fatally poisoning his wife, and upgraded charges against him to first-degree murder, authorities said. Dr. Connor Bowman, 30, was arrested in October and charged with second-degree murder linked to the death of his wife, Betty Bowman. She was 32 years old when she died … Read more
He, along with other current and former NRA leaders and the organization as a whole, are fending off a lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James in 2020 that alleges they violated nonprofit laws and misused millions of dollars of NRA funds for personal use. The lawsuit alleges that LaPierre diverted millions of … Read more
Twenty-one people were injured in an apparent explosion at a downtown hotel in Fort Worth, Texas, on Monday afternoon, authorities said. Firefighters initially received calls about a structure fire shortly after 3:30 p.m. at the Sandman Signature Fort Worth Downtown Hotel, and then quickly after received “multiple calls that were coming in that area there … Read more