WASHINGTON (AP) — American Airlines briefly grounded flights nationwide Tuesday because of a technical problem just as the Christmas travel season kicked into overdrive and winter weather threatened more potential problems for those planning to fly or drive.Government regulators cleared American flights to get airborne about an hour after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a…
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico prosecutors won’t pursue an appeal of a court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against Alec Baldwin in the fatal shooting on a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie, the Santa Fe district attorney’s office announced Monday.Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey withdrew the appeal of a…
Nassau County will begin to test wastewater for opioid drugs .The testing is an expansion of a program that was introduced in 2022 to test wastewater for COVID-19. In 2023, similar testing methods were utilized to detect measles.The testing is part of a nationwide effort to monitor the opioid crisis by using sewage data to…
By BERNARD McGHEE Associated PressIt was a murder case almost everyone had an opinion on. O.J. Simpson ‘s “trial of the century” over the 1994 killings of his ex-wife and her friend bared divisions over race and law enforcement in America and brought an intersection of sports, crime, entertainment and class that was hard to…
By ALICIA RANCILIO Associated PressStepping onto the set of “Squid Game” season two, Lee Jong-jae felt like he had never left.“Including promotion, I’d been living with Gi-hun for about two years,” said Lee in a recent interview. “I really felt like I was him,” he said in a recent interview.“Squid Game” follows an underground competition…
Hicksville-based bank Flagstar Financial has agreed to pay $3.6 million to resolve allegations that it misled customers and investors about a cyberattack in which hackers stole the personal information of 1.5 million people.The cyberattack took place in late 2021. Flagstar neither admitted nor denied the commission’s allegations, but it consented to the $3.5 million penalty…
Newsday is reporting that Gilgo Beach Task Force investigators say Rex Heuermann had a “persistent interest” in the case before his arrest, visiting a police website at key points in the investigation and saving decades-old news articles as souvenirs or mementos of his alleged crimes.Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said the findings are the…
Big Lots will start going-out-of-business sales at its stores after a bankruptcy court-approved deal to sell the company’s assets fell through. Big Lots has 960 stores, including four remaining on Long Island — in Copiague, Hicksville, Holbrook and West BabylonParty City told corporate employees in a meeting Friday that they would be “winding down” operations…
By DAVID CRARY AP National WriterHanukkah, Judaism’s eight-day Festival of Lights, begins this year on Christmas Day, which has only happened four times since 1900.For some rabbis, the intersection of the two religious holidays provides an auspicious occasion for interfaith engagement.“This can be a profound opportunity for learning and collaboration and togetherness,” said Rabbi Josh…
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball’s leadoff position, has died. He was 65.Henderson died on Friday. The Athletics said Saturday they were “shocked and heartbroken by his passing,” but did not specify a cause of death.Known as baseball’s “Man of Steal,”…