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Passenger attempted to take control of Alaska Airlines flight before being subdued

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

(CNN) — An Alaska Airlines passenger inside the cockpit attempted to seize control of a plane headed from a Seattle airport to San Francisco on Sunday, the airline said.A pilot told air traffic controllers a person riding in the cockpit of flight 2059 attempted to turn off the aircraft’s engines in flight. An airline’s pilots, or pilots at other airlines, will occasionally ride a cockpit “jump seat” when traveling in an official capacity or commuting to another airport.The passenger, who has not been named, was an off-duty pilot and has been arrested by Port of Portland Police Department, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.The plane took off from Seattle Paine Field International Airport and was diverted to Portland International Airport because of the “credible security threat,” the airline said.“We’ve got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit, and he doesn’t sound like he’s causing any issues in the back right now,” the pilot relayed to Seattl...

MDFR execute technical rescue after person falls from roof in NW Miami-Dade

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (MDFR) units responded to a neighborhood in Northwest Miami-Dade after a person fell from a roof. The situation unfolded at a house on Northwest 82nd Circle Court, near Northwest 192nd Street, Monday morning. Live video footage showed the two-story house’s roof enveloped in a white plastic covering, normally indicating the structure had a leak. According to SkyForce’s Ralph Rayburn, a person who was on the second-floor roof somehow fell onto the first-floor roof and broke both their legs. Rescue crews were seen on the scene as they executed a technical rescue to get the victim off the roof. A helicopter landed on a nearby path of land to airlift the person to the hospital, as his situation was considered a trauma alert. Please check back on WSVN.com and 7News for more details on this developing story.

Al-Ahli hospital blast likely caused by missile from ‘inside Gaza,’ says UK’s Sunak

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

LONDON — British intelligence suggests last week’s deadly explosion at the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza was caused by a misfired missile launched “from within Gaza and towards Israel,” U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told MPs Monday.Updating the House of Commons after a trip to the Middle East, Sunak said U.K. authorities had “taken care to look at all the evidence currently available” on the explosion, which killed hundreds of Palestinians at the Gaza Strip hospital and saw fiercely competing claims over culpability.“On the basis of the deep knowledge and analysis of our intelligence and weapons experts, the British government judges that the explosion was likely caused by a missile or part of one that was launched from within Gaza towards Israel,” the prime minister said.Sunak also lashed out at what he called “misreporting” of the blast, which he said had a “negative effect in the region, including on a vital U.S. diplomatic...

France sends weapons to Armenia amid fears of new conflict with Azerbaijan

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

PARIS — France is selling military equipment such as air defense systems to Armenia, the French government said Monday, as fears grow that Azerbaijan could follow up its seizure of Nagorno-Karabakh last month with assaults on its neighbor’s territory. The announcement on French arms comes just a month after Azerbaijan declared victory following a lightning military offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh, forcing more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians living in the breakaway region to flee their homes. The concern — as raised by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken — is that may not be the end of Azerbaijan’s regional ambitions, and all eyes are now on the Zangezur corridor, a tract of land running along Armenia’s border with Iran. The danger is that another move by Baku’s forces could inflame a broader conflict in the Southern Caucasus — an area where Turkey, Russia and Iran all have core strategic interests. France, the country with Europe’s largest Armenian dias...

Russia claps back at Latvia amid Balticonnector investigation

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

Russia called threats to the Kremlin “unacceptable” after Latvia’s president suggested NATO should close off the Baltic Sea if it can be proven Russia was involved in the Finnish gas pipeline leak.“Any threats should be taken seriously, no matter who they come from. Whoever they come from, the threats to Russia are unacceptable,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Monday, according to Russian state-run news agency Ria.Last week, Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs told a Latvian broadcaster that NATO should close the Baltic Sea to ships if Russia is found responsible for damaging the Balticonnector.The 77-kilometer-long pipeline, connecting Finland and Estonia in the Baltic Sea, was shut off earlier this month after the Finnish gas grid’s operator Gasgrid reported that it was leaking. Finnish telecoms operator Elisa reported it detected a malfunction on an undersea cable it uses to verify communication connections.Finnish officials were quick to say t...

‘Be on alert’: Authorities identify victim found dead at Gardner home as search for ‘potentially armed’ man continues

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

Authorities are warning the public to be on alert as they search for an “armed and dangerous” man in connection with a the death of a woman in Gardner on Sunday morning who was found in a home with four young children inside, officials said.Aaron Pennington, 33, of Gardner, is being sought in connection with the death of Breanne Pennington, 30, of 42 Cherry St. Investigators say four children, ages 2, 5, 7, and 9 were inside the home at the time and left to get help. The children are now in the custody of the Department of Children and Families, according to the Worcester County District Attorney’s Office.Pennington is described as being a white man with blonde hair, blue eyes, who is about 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighing about 175 pounds. He is believed to be driving a white 2013 BMW model 320 with a MA Veteran plate 8A30.In an update on Monday morning, the DA’s office said may also be using two additional license plates – a Texas plate reading ̶...

Rapid melting in West Antarctica is ‘unavoidable,’ with potentially disastrous consequences for sea level rise, study finds

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

(CNN) — Rapid melting of West Antarctica’s ice shelves may now be unavoidable as human-caused global warming accelerates, with potentially devastating implications for sea level rise around the world, new research has found.Even if the world meets ambitious targets to limit global heating, West Antarctica will experience substantial ocean warming and ice shelf melting, according to the new study published Monday in the journal Nature Climate Change.Ice shelves are tongues of ice that jut out into the ocean at the end of glaciers. They act like buttresses, helping hold ice back on the land, slowing its flow into the sea and providing an important defense against sea level rise. As ice shelves melt, they thin and lose their buttressing ability.While there has been growing evidence ice loss in West Antarctica may be irreversible, there has been uncertainty about how much can be prevented through climate policies.The researchers looked at “basal melting,” w...

Trump will file for New Hampshire presidential primary in person ahead of campaign rally

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday will formally file for the New Hampshire presidential primary ahead of a campaign rally in Derry.It will be Trump’s second trip to the secretary of state’s office. Eight years ago, he signed up for the 2016 contest on the first day of the filing period, then sent Vice President Mike Pence to file his paperwork for the 2020 primary. He won both primaries but lost the state in the general election.Candidates this year have until Oct. 27 to officially sign up, and dozens are expected to do so. The process is easy: They need only meet the basic requirements to be president, fill out a one-page form and pay a $1,000 filing fee.The first to sign up this year was Mark Stewart Greenstein, who arrived at the Statehouse at 6:30 a.m. the day registration opened and paid his fee in cash, which included $400 in $2 bills. Greenstein got 31 votes when he ran in 2020.In 2020, 33 Democrats and 17 Republicans...

QB Tyson Bagent was precise — and the Chicago Bears finally win at home: Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on Week 7

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

10 thoughts after the Chicago Bears beat up the Las Vegas Raiders at the line of scrimmage and got a precise outing from undrafted rookie free agent Tyson Bagent on their way to a commanding 30-12 victory Sunday.The win at Soldier Field snapped a 10-game home losing streak.1. An early play that provided a glimpse into how the afternoon would go for Tyson Bagent came on the second series of the game.It was the second time Bagent, the Division II kid from Martinsburg, W.Va., was asked to throw on third down.The first third down, at the end of the opening possession, was a screen pass that D’Onta Foreman mishandled, maybe the only miscue of the day for the hard-chugging running back. On the next series, the Bears faced third-and-5 at their own 49-yard line. Starting in place of Justin Fields, who was knocked out of last week’s loss to the Minnesota Vikings with a dislocated right thumb, Bagent was in a big spot early in the game. A clear throwing situation for an offense th...

World’s oldest dog ever dies in Portugal, aged 31 (or about 217 in dog years)

Published Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:53:02 GMT

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A 31-year-old dog in Portugal that had been ranked as the world’s oldest dog ever has died, his owner said Monday. The guard dog, called Bobi, died over the weekend in a veterinary hospital, Leonel Costa told The Associated Press.Bobi lived on a farm in the village of Conqueiros in Portugal with Costa and four cats. He was born on May 11, 1992, when his owner was just 8 years old. That made Bobi more than 217 years old in dog years when he died.In an interview earlier this year, Costa told the Associated Press that Bobi’s secret to a long life was good food, fresh air and lots of love.“Bobi eats what we eat,” said Costa. What’s more, Bobi had never been put on a lead.Bobi claimed the Guinness World Record from Bluey, an Australian cattle dog, who died in 1939 aged 29 and had held the record for almost a century.Officials at the Guinness World Records on Monday said they were “saddened to learn of the death of Bobi, th...