Author: Justin M. Larson

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy joins ‘America’s Newsroom’ to weigh in after extreme turbulence forced a Delta Airlines flight to divert to Minneapolis and as NTSB hearings begin on the deadly Washington, DC crash from January. A Delta Air Lines plane reportedly made contact with another plane while being pushed back from the gate on Sunday morning in Atlanta, according to a statement from the airline. A spokesperson for the airline told Fox News Digital that the aircraft’s wing “reportedly came into contact” with an unoccupied plane. “The wing of DL1830 reportedly made contact with an empty Delta aircraft during pushback at…

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Sergen Sezgin/Anadolu via Getty ImagesOne person has died in Turkey after a magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck the north-west province of Balikesir on Sunday evening.An 81-year-old woman passed away shortly after she was pulled out from rubble in the town of Sindirgi, which was the epicentre of the quake, Turkey’s interior minister said.Sixteen buildings collapsed as a result of the tremors, and 29 people had been injured, Ali Yerlikaya added.Turkey’s disaster management agency said the quake was recorded at around 19:53 local time (16:53 GMT), and was felt as far away as Istanbul.President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement wishing a…

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The man suspected of opening fire on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s sprawling campus late Friday had blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for making him sick and depressed, according to information gathered by law enforcement and sources close to the suspect.The investigation remains ongoing, and officials caution that the information is preliminary at this time.Patrick White is believed to have struggled with his mental health, according to that information. As he grappled with those issues, sources said, White had become increasingly fixated on the COVID-19 vaccine as a source of his grievances.Bullet holes are seen in windows at the Centers…

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A smartphone with a displayed AMD logo is placed on a computer motherboard in this illustration taken March 6, 2023. Florence Lo | ReutersNvidia and Advanced Micro Devices have agreed to give the U.S. government a share of revenues from certain chips sold in China, the Financial Times reported, in an unprecedented arrangement with the White House.In exchange for 15% of revenues from the chip sales, the two chipmakers will receive export licenses to sell Nvidia’s H20 and AMD’s MI308 chips in China, according to the FT.The arrangement comes as President Donald Trump’s tariffs continue to reverberate through the global economy,…

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Trump and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell got into an awkward on-camera clash during the president’s tour of the Fed’s headquarters. As President Donald Trump vowed to make Washington, D.C. “safer and more beautiful,” he also vowed to stop people from spending billions to fix up a building when there are other problems to solve, referring to the renovation of the Federal Reserve Building in Washington, D.C.  In a Truth Social post on Sunday, Trump announced he would be holding a press conference on crime and “beautification” in the Press Briefing Room of the White House on Monday morning. The…

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MILWAUKEE — Flash flooding canceled the final day of the Wisconsin State Fair on Sunday as continued heavy rainfall in half a dozen Midwest states led to water rescues, power outages and road closures.Organizers of the Wisconsin State Fair said they were canceling the final day of the 11-day event after rains flooded the fairgrounds in West Allis, which is just outside Milwaukee.“We are saddened we cannot deliver this final day of the Wisconsin State Fair, but know that this is the best decision with current conditions and the forecast ahead,” organizers said in a statement.The National Weather Service issued…

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A woman was killed and five other people were hurt when gunfire erupted early Sunday at a large outdoor gathering on Chicago’s West Side – one of three separate shootings to occur in the same neighborhood in fewer than three hours, according to police.The shooting occurred just before 2:48 a.m. local time on North La Cross Avenue in the South Austin neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago, according to an incident report from the Chicago Police Department.”Officers responded to a call of a large gathering and found multiple people shot,” police said in the report.At least three separate shootings,…

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UN ambassadors have condemned Israel’s plans to “take control” of Gaza City as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted it was the “best way” to end the war. During a press conference, which Netanyahu said was intended to “puncture the lies”, the Israeli leader said the planned offensive would move “fairly quickly” and would “free Gaza from Hamas”.He also claimed Israeli hostages held in Gaza were “the only ones being deliberately starved” and denied Israel was starving Gazans.Meanwhile, Israel came under heavy criticism at an emergency meeting of the United Nations (UN) Security Council, with the UK, France and others warning…

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Nicki’s ‘Stiletto Challenge’ Misfire Prompts ‘Ten Toes’ Re-Shoot; Minaj Blames It On ChanelNicki Minaj nearly broke the internet as she tried to recreate her legendary “Ten Toes” pose, this time in a dangerously short Chanel dress. The rapper balanced perfectly in stilettos, but admitted in a playful Instagram post that the outfit was just “a tad shorter,” making the shot too risky to finish. She pulled the plug before things got “explicit,” but promised fans a classy redo with more coverage next time. The post featured her hit “High School,” a nod to the moment that started it all. As…

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