Today: September 21, 2024
Today: September 21, 2024

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Inert grenades at a Hawaii airport cause evacuation after being found in a man from Japan's bag

Operations at Hawaii’s Hilo International Airport were halted when security screeners spotted two items that looked like grenades in a bag belonging to a man from Japan

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Delta and an airline that doesn't fly yet say they'll run flights between the US and Saudi Arabia

Delta Air Lines has struck a deal with a start-up airline to operate flights between the United States and Saudi Arabia

Delta and an airline that doesn't fly yet say they'll run flights between the US and Saudi Arabia
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Hits for sale: Notable artists who have had their music catalogs sell for big money

Kiss agreed to sell their catalog, brand name and IP to Swedish company Pophouse in a deal estimated to be over $300 million

Hits for sale: Notable artists who have had their music catalogs sell for big money
News|Political

South Dakota Gov. Noem's official social media accounts seem to disappear without explanation

Longstanding official social media accounts belonging to South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem appear to have been deleted without explanation

South Dakota Gov. Noem's official social media accounts seem to disappear without explanation
Business|Entertainment

Paramount and Skydance merge, signaling end of a family reign in Hollywood and the rise of new power

The entertainment giant Paramount will merge with Skydance, closing out a decades-long run by the Redstone family in Hollywood and injecting desperately needed cash into a legacy studio that has struggled to adapt to a shifting entertainment landscape

Paramount and Skydance merge, signaling end of a family reign in Hollywood and the rise of new power
Environment|News

Shelter-in-place order briefly issued at North Dakota derailment site, officials say

Officials at the remote site of a derailed train carrying hazardous materials that sparked a fire in North Dakota briefly issued a shelter-in-place notice early Sunday

Shelter-in-place order briefly issued at North Dakota derailment site, officials say
Environment|News

Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota

The flames from derailed train cars carrying hazardous material are mostly extinguished a day after the incident in a remote area of North Dakota

Fiery railcars with hazardous material mostly contained after derailment in North Dakota
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2 men were arrested on public road within Oprah's Hawaii ranch. They're suspected of illegal hunting

Hawaii officials say two men arrested on a public road within Oprah Winfrey's property on the island of Maui are suspected of illegal night hunting

2 men were arrested on public road within Oprah's Hawaii ranch. They're suspected of illegal hunting
Business|Environment|News

Major solar farm builder settles case alleging it violated clean water rules

A U.S. construction company that built solar farms across the country will pay $2.3 million in penalties to settle claims that it violated federal and state water protections in Alabama, Idaho and Illinois, the U.S. Department of Justice and Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday

Business|News

NTSB says bolts on Boeing jetliner were missing before a panel blew out in midflight last month

Investigators say bolts that helped secure a panel on the Boeing jetliner were missing before the panel blew off the plane in midflight last month

NTSB says bolts on Boeing jetliner were missing before a panel blew out in midflight last month
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Military names 5 Marines killed in helicopter crash in California mountains. All were in their 20s.

The Marine Corps has released the names of the five Marines killed when their helicopter went down in the mountains outside San Diego during a historic storm

Military names 5 Marines killed in helicopter crash in California mountains. All were in their 20s.
Business|News|Technology|World

Microsoft inks deal with France's Mistral AI, an OpenAI rival that has its own chatbot

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

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Crew of the giant Icon of the Seas cruise ship rescues 14 people adrift in the sea

Authorities say the crew of what is considered the world’s largest cruise ship rescued 14 people clinging to a small boat adrift on the ocean

News

A child is dead and 2 adults are hospitalized in a car crash with a semitruck in Idaho, police say

Idaho State Police say a driver crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a semi-truck, killing a child and sending two adults to the hospital

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Hungary will impose new restrictions on agricultural imports from Ukraine

Hungary’s government will add new restrictions on the import of Ukrainian agricultural products to protect Hungarian farmers from market fluctuations caused by cheaper Ukrainian imports

Environment|News|World

Death toll from heavy rains in southern Brazil jumps to 29, with 60 more still mising

The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has jumped to 29, with another 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defense agency

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Spanish prosecutors recommend 2nd investigation into Shakira's taxes be thrown out

Spanish state prosecutors have recommended that an investigating judge shelve a probe into another alleged case of tax fraud by pop star Shakira

Spanish prosecutors recommend 2nd investigation into Shakira's taxes be thrown out
Environment|News|World

Unusual floods in eastern Congo causing hardship to almost half a million people, WFP says

Floods in South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces in eastern Congo have hit nearly half a million people, creating food shortages, displacements and risk of diseases, according to a World Food Program report released Wednesday

Travel

TSA says it screened a record of nearly 3 million people Sunday, and bigger crowds are on the way

If you think airports are crowded this summer, it's not your imagination

TSA says it screened a record of nearly 3 million people Sunday, and bigger crowds are on the way
Business|News

Workers who make Bombardier business jets in Toronto are on strike. Talks will resume Monday

About 1,350 workers who produce business jets for Bombardier in Toronto are on strike

Lifestyle|News|Opinion

Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in antisemitic mass shooting

Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro are among the dignitaries marking the groundbreaking of a new structure replacing the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh

Ceremony marks start of rebuilding for Pittsburgh synagogue targeted in antisemitic mass shooting
Business

Accounting investigation under way at ADM and its top financial executive has been placed on leave

An accounting investigation is under way at Archer Daniels Midland and the top financial executive at the agribusiness giant has been placed on administrative leave

Accounting investigation under way at ADM and its top financial executive has been placed on leave
News|Political|Sports|World

Suspect in shooting death of an Ohio police officer is found dead after standoff, officials say

Authorities say an Ohio police officer was shot and killed while answering a disturbance call over the weekend

News|Technology|World

Authorities arrest man allegedly running 'likely world's largest ever' cybercrime botnet

An international law enforcement team has arrested a Chinese national and disrupted a major botnet that officials said he ran for nearly a decade

Environment|News|World

Riots erupt in drought-stricken central Algeria over months of water shortages

Violent riots erupted in a drought-stricken Algerian desert city last weekend after months of water shortages left taps running dry and forced residents to queue to access water for their households

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