DALLAS — American Airlines has agreed to buy up to 20 supersonic jets and put down a non-refundable deposit on the planes that are still on the drawing board and years away from flying. Neither American nor the manufacturer Boom Supersonic would provide financial details Tuesday, including the size of […]
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Cuban doctor shot to death at Mexico hospital
MEXICO CITY — A Cuban doctor has been shot to death at a hospital in a rough neighborhood on the outskirts of Mexico City, prosecutors in the State of Mexico confirmed late Monday. The doctor, whose name was not provided, was killed Friday along with a nurse and another woman […]
GM recalls 484K big SUVs to fix problem third-row seat belts
FILE – The Chevrolet logo is displayed at the 2020 Pittsburgh International Auto Show Thursday, Feb.13, 2020 in Pittsburgh. General Motors is recalling more than 484,000 large SUVs in the U.S., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, to fix a problem that can cause the third-row seat belts to malfunction. The recall […]
Germany: 1 dead after self-driving BMW veers into traffic
BERLIN — A test car with autonomous steering capability veered into oncoming traffic in Germany, killing one person and seriously injuring nine others, police said Tuesday. A spokesman for police in the southwestern town of Reutlingen said the electric BMW iX with five people on board, including a young child, […]
Memphis hospital locks down while treating shooting victims
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A hospital was on lockdown early Tuesday while treating multiple victims of a shooting involving two crime scenes in in Memphis, Tennessee, local media reported. A sedan was left riddled with bullet holes outside Methodist North hospital. Memphis Police also taped off the scene at a gas […]
Kenyan calm a day after chaotic presidential declaration
William Ruto, center, shows a certificate after the announcement of the results of the presidential race at the Centre in Bomas, Nairobi, Kenya, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. After last-minute chaos that could foreshadow a court challenge, Kenya’s electoral commission chairman on Monday declared Deputy President William Ruto the winner of […]
US, South Korea to begin expanded military drills next week
SEOUL, South Korea — The United States and South Korea will begin their biggest combined military training in years next week in the face of an increasingly aggressive North Korea, which has been ramping up weapons tests and threats of nuclear conflict against Seoul and Washington, the South’s military said […]
Bus rams into fuel truck in eastern Pakistan, killing 20
Police officers and workers remove the wreckage of a bus that collided with an oil tanker along a highway in Uch Sharif near Multan, Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. A truck rammed into a minibus on a highway in eastern Pakistan overnight, causing a fire that killed and injured numerous […]
Uvalde parents demand financial transparency over school security grants
During Monday night’s school board meeting, Uvalde citizens demanded financial transparency regarding the millions of dollars in grants announced last week aimed at strengthening school security before children return to the classroom this September. “We just saw lump sum $100,000 here, $500,000 here,” one community member said during the Uvalde […]
Biden to sign major health, climate and tax bill Tuesday at White House ceremony
President Joe Biden plans to sign the Democrats’ massive climate, health and tax bill into law on Tuesday at the White House, marking a major accomplishment for his domestic agenda less than three months before midterm elections. Biden will deliver remarks and sign the bill, known as the Inflation Reduction […]