Southwest Airlines Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Engine Breaks Apart Midflight
NEW ORLEANS – A Southwest Airlines flight bound for Orlando, Florida, made an emergency landing Saturday morning due to a major problem with one of its two engines.
Lotte Group Vice Chairman Hangs Himself As Criminal Probe Heats Up
One of the top executives at South Korea’s Lotte Group was found dead Friday, a suspected suicide, hours before he was to be questioned by prosecutors conducting a criminal probe into the country’s fifth-largest conglomerate.
Top French Court Makes Initial Ruling To Suspend Burkini Ban
France’s highest administrative court on Friday suspended a ban on full-body burkini swimsuits that has outraged Muslims and opened divisions within the government, pending a definitive ruling.
WhatsApp Is Going To Share Your Phone Number With Facebook
Global messaging service WhatsApp says it will start sharing the phone numbers of its users with Facebook, its parent company. That means WhatsApp users could soon start seeing more targeted ads on Facebook — although not on the messaging service itself.
UPDATE: Italian Prime Minister Says Earthquake Has Killed At Least 120 People
A powerful earthquake killed at least 120 people and destroyed a cluster of small mountain villages in Central Italy Wednesday,as rescue workers were digging frantically through the rubble of historic buildings for any survivors.
Quake Brings Down Buildings In Italy, At Least 37 Reported Killed
ROME – A strong earthquake brought down buildings in mountainous central Italy early on Wednesday, trapping residents and sending others fleeing into the streets, with at least 37 people believed killed.
Paris Rabbi Defends Controversial Burkini Ban
A senior Paris rabbi defended a string of controversial municipal bans in France on wearing the full-body swimsuit known as a burkini in public.
Ex-aide To NY Gov. Cuomo Among 4 Killed In Long Island Crash
Manorville, NY – A driver lost control and struck two other vehicles on a major Long Island roadway Sunday, and police said a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and three other people including a 10-year-old boy were killed and seven others were injured.
NYPD Rescue Nude Woman Perched on Air Conditioner
A nude woman threatening to jump from an air conditioner in a third-floor window in Marble Hill was rescued by police on Saturday.
BIAS ALERT: Media That Ripped Bush On Katrina Ignores Obama On La. Flooding
President George W. Bush was torn to shreds in 2005 by mainstream media commentators for his initial response to Hurricane Katrina – yet President Obama’s detached response to the recent Louisiana floods has been met with resounding silence from those same outlets.