When will flights resume between Miami and Haiti? American Airlines making changes
MIAMI — American Airlines will resume flying between Miami and Port-au-Prince on May 9, slightly more than two months after suspending flights in and out of Haiti because of civil unrest and security concerns.
The move ...Read more
Newlyweds Butt Heads Over Career And Family Choices
DEAR ABBY: I am a teacher. I have a young son, and I love being off when he is out for school holidays and spending summers together. I feel I have the best of both worlds. I recently married a woman who is 14 years ...Read more
Texas grid warns of possible power emergency early next week
The Texas electrical grid operator warned of a possible emergency early next week because of a potential shortfall of power reserves.
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas said Friday the grid may have deficient ...Read more
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem defends executing 14-month-old dog in gravel pit
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a potential GOP vice presidential candidate, is defending her actions after an excerpt from her upcoming book reveals she executed a dog on her family farm.
Noem reportedly writes that her ...Read more
Hackers may have accessed Inquirer subscriber and employee personal data in 2023 cyberattack
About 25,500 Philadelphia Inquirer subscribers, employees, former employees, and employees’ family members on company benefit plans may have had their personal information exposed in a May cyberattack, Inquirer publisher...Read more
Prosecutors want Miami mom jailed again, citing Facebook posts about police officer who shot her son
MIAMI — Calling her “an inherent danger to the community,” prosecutors on Friday asked a Miami judge to revoke the bond of Gamaly Hollis and return her to jail. The reason: The 51-year-old mother posted news articles...Read more
Boeing buys Missouri factory, saving 550 jobs
HAZELWOOD, Missouri — Boeing’s defense arm announced Friday it has reached a deal to buy a key supplier, saving a north St. Louis County factory that had threatened to wind down operations by the end of the year but ...Read more
Jassy, Bezos, other Amazon execs used Signal messaging app, a problem for FTC
The Federal Trade Commission wants to know more about how Amazon — and its executives — use the encrypted messaging app Signal.
The agency accused Amazon of using the app, which can be set to automatically delete ...Read more
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White House drops plan to ban menthol cigarettes
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration on Friday announced it is dropping — for now ― a plan to ban menthol cigarettes after months of speculation about the proposal�...Read more
At USC, arrests. At UCLA, hands off. Why pro-Palestinian protests have not blown up on UC campuses
LOS ANGELES — At the University of Southern California, Los Angeles police officers in riot gear swarmed the campus, arresting 93 pro-Palestinian protesters and clearing their tent encampment.
Across town at the ...Read more
'We will not be leaving': UNC students camp out to protest Israel-Hamas war
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Students and others pitched tents on the campus of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Friday, calling on the university “to divest from the ongoing genocide in Gaza” and forming an ...Read more
Transgender students would be banned from preferred bathroom under South Carolina Senate proviso
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Biological girls and boys can not enter the opposite sex’s bathroom in public schools under a new South Carolina state Senate proviso that passed Wednesday. This means transgender students in South ...Read more
Columbia University's ongoing talks over pro-Palestinian encampment slammed by Jewish campus leader
NEW YORK — Columbia University officials and the student protesters behind a pro-Gaza encampment negotiated Friday past a school-set deadline to clear the schools’s main lawn — much to the dismay of a leading Jewish ...Read more
Mexican presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez readies for a must-win debate
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez is running out of opportunities to mount a serious challenge against President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s anointed successor, trailing by a ...Read more
Biden enacts most sweeping reform of gun exports in decades
WASHINGTON — To curb the use of U.S.-made civilian guns in crimes and human rights abuses abroad, the Biden administration will require exporters to better vet their customers and tighten sales to 36 countries deemed “...Read more
University of Central Florida students rally for Palestinians, the latest in nationwide campus divestment protests
ORLANDO, Fla. — As protests roil college campuses nationwide, University of Central Florida students and local activists rallied Friday afternoon in solidarity with Palestinians and against the war in Gaza.
More than ...Read more
Michael Hiltzik: After a years-long pause, the FCC resurrects 'network neutrality,' a boon for consumers
In the midst of its battle to extinguish the Mendocino Complex wildfire in 2018, the Santa Clara County Fire Department discovered that its internet connection provider, Verizon, had throttled their data flow virtually ...Read more
Judge denies South Carolina 3rd Congressional District hopeful's request to stop ballot printing
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A congressional hopeful’s effort to be on GOP ballot in June received a blow when a federal judge Thursday denied his request to stop ballot printing with his name left off.
Michael LaPierre, who ...Read more
OJ Simpson's cause of death confirmed
O.J. Simpson’s cause of death has officially been confirmed, just weeks after the former football star’s death at the age of 76.
Simpson — who had long been just as famous (if not more so) for his double-murder ...Read more
Kansas House votes to overturn Gov. Laura Kelly's tax cuts veto, with many Democrats joining Republicans
The Kansas House on Friday voted to override Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly’s veto of a sweeping tax package, which would eliminate one of the state’s income tax brackets, that she called too expensive.
Numerous ...Read more
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