A flight from North Carolina to the Bahamas was delayed overnight this week after a slate of disruptions, including teenage passengers reportedly refusing to wear face masks during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. American Airlines flight 893 was scheduled to leave...
Elsa became the first hurricane of the season last week.Elsa's path will cut across north Florida with heavy rains, winds.The storm will move on to Georgia, the Carolinas and Virginia later in the week.After a slog up the west...
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump said Wednesday he has sued the top officials of Facebook and Twitter for keeping him off social media, even as legal analysts said his class action lawsuit has virtually no chance of success.Facebook and Twitter are private companies...
New York City, once the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S., threw a ticker tape parade in lower Manhattan Wednesday to honor the "hometown heroes" of the COVID-19 pandemic.Essential workers from the city's hospitals, emergency departments, schools and hospitality...
Robert Downey Sr., the actor and filmmaker best known for classic films such as "Putney Swope” and “Greaser’s Palace,” died Tuesday night after battling Parkinson's disease, his son Robert Downey Jr. confirmed. He was 85.The younger Downey announced his father's death in a social...
Unidentified gunmen assassinated Haitian President Jovenel Moïse and wounded his wife in their home early Wednesday, an attack that U.S. President Joe Biden described as "very worrisome."Claude Joseph, the interim prime minister, confirmed the killing, which throws the Caribbean...
SURFSIDE, Fla. – The death toll in the Miami-area condo building collapse rose to 46 Wednesday after workers extricated 10 more victims from the rubble, authorities said.Mayor Daniella Levine Cava fought back tears as she made the announcement, in English and Spanish, adding that...
Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth has crew members on board who have tested positive for the coronavirus, the cruise line confirmed Wednesday. The cruise line did not say how many crew members tested positive."We have detected a small number of Covid-19...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Elsa weakened to a tropical storm as it threatened Florida's northern Gulf Coast on Wednesday after raking past the Tampa Bay region with gusty winds and heavy rain.Gov. Ron DeSantis said forecasts called for...
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