WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – US House transportation leaders are seeking new records from Boeing and the Federal Aviation Administration on production of 737 Max and 787 aircraft as a result of safety issues that have arisen recently. Both aircraft have been plagued by problems that include electrical components in the Max and the construction of the carbon-fiber […]
A Michigan state judge on Tuesday dismissed one of the last, high-profile court cases questioning the results of the 2020 presidential election, a case former President Donald J. Trump cited to claim fraud after unofficial results in one county initially assigned some votes for him to President Biden. The plaintiff, William Bailey, a local resident, […]
A 44-year-old woman allegedly crashed a teenage birthday party and raped a 17-year-old boy on a loveseat just a foot away from where a younger girl was sleeping. Jessica Rae Good reportedly arrived at a home in Port Charlotte, Florida, with another woman after a night out drinking. Good continued to ‘hang out’ with the […]
Jim Klobuchar was a renowned sportswriter and general interest columnist in Minnesota for decades. Straight out of central casting, he was celebrated for his derring-do: He once held a piece of chalk between his lips while a sharpshooter took aim at it. He was a finalist for NASA’s initiative to send a journalist into space, […]
Bill Gates reportedly brushed aside Jeffrey Epstein’s 2010 child prostitution solicitation conviction because he believed the embattled financier could help him win the Nobel Peace Prize. The Microsoft co-founder arrived with Epstein to a March 2013 meeting at the home of then-Nobel Committee Chairman Thorbjørn Jagland in Strasbourg, France, Norwegian newspaper DNMagasinet reported in October. […]
President Biden will fly to Michigan on Tuesday to visit the factory where Ford will produce the first electric version of its signature F-150 pickup truck, seeking to harness the horsepower of an American icon as he continues to make the case for his $4 trillion economic agenda. Mr. Biden’s remarks at the Ford Rouge […]
[Want to get New York Today by email? Here’s the sign-up.] It’s Tuesday. Weather: Mostly sunny, with a high in the low 80s. Alternate-side parking: Suspended today for Shavuot. Next month, New York voters will be able to rank five choices from a list of eight candidates in the Democratic primary, which is likely to […]
Darwin’s Arch, a famous, photo-friendly rock formation in the remote Galápagos Islands, collapsed on Monday because of natural erosion, Ecuadorean officials said. The collapse of the natural archway in the Pacific Ocean, about 600 miles west of continental Ecuador, left a pile of rubble between two pillars. Informamos que hoy 17 de mayo, se reportó […]
No one has to tell Raoul Rivas that the subway is more dangerous these days. He has the scars to prove it: nine shiny silver staples running down his side following a stranger’s unprovoked attack. Mr. Rivas, 37, a construction worker, and his girlfriend were riding a train home from Lower Manhattan last month when […]
Two sheriff’s deputies in South Carolina were fired on Monday for their role in the death of a Black man on whom they used pepper spray and Tasers after he was taken to jail from a mental health facility in January. The actions of the deputies while they tried to remove the man from a […]