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☆ Outage Causes Delays at U.K. Airports’ Immigration Checkpoints
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Orlando Mayorquín | More About Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

International airline passengers arriving at Heathrow Airport near London and at other airports in Britain were facing long lines at immigration checkpoints on Tuesday evening after the nation’s Border Force reported a nationwide computer outage, officials said. “Border Force is currently experiencing a nationwide issue which is impacting passengers being processed through the border,” Heathrow, the country’s largest airport, said on social media at 9:15 p.m. The problem was also affecting Manchester Airport, Gatwick Airport near London and Belfast International Airport in Northern Ireland. The overall number of affected airports wasn’t clear. Officials said that the problem originated with the Border Force’s “eGates,” immigration checkpoints that process arriving passengers through the border.

Organizations: Airport, nation’s Border Force, Force, Manchester Airport, Gatwick Airport, Belfast International Airport Locations: London, Britain, Heathrow, Northern Ireland

☆ In Latest Stunt, Airbnb Lists the ‘Up’ House. It Floats.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Orlando Mayorquín | More About Orlando Mayorquín | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was meeting her Airbnb host: Christina Aguilera. “It just felt like a dream,” Ms. Garza, 26, said. When she was growing up, her bedroom was decorated with posters of the pop star. Ms. Garza had nabbed one of the “once-in-a-lifetime” promotional stays that Airbnb has occasionally listed in recent years. On Wednesday, Airbnb announced that it was expanding stunt promotions like these under a new permanent category called “Icons,” featuring unusual and ambitious partnerships with brands and celebrities

Persons: Aubrey Garza’s, Christina Aguilera, Ms, Garza, Airbnb Organizations: Scottish Highlands Locations: Las Vegas, Scottish

A Southwest Airlines flight safely returned to Denver International Airport on Sunday after the engine cover of a Boeing 737-800 fell off during takeoff and struck the wing flap, the Federal Aviation Administration said. Flight 3695 was headed to Houston but returned to the Denver airport around 8:15 a.m. after the crew reported the engine cowling, or cover, fell off. The plane, which had 135 passengers and five crew members, was towed back to the gate. In a statement, Southwest Airlines said its maintenance teams were reviewing the aircraft. Southwest said the passengers boarded another plane and arrived at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston approximately three hours behind schedule.

Persons: William P Organizations: Southwest Airlines, Denver International Airport, Boeing, Federal Aviation Administration, Hobby Locations: Houston, Denver

At least 43 people were killed and dozens were injured when a fire ripped through a shopping mall late Thursday night in Dhaka, the Bangladeshi capital, officials said. “So far, we know that 43 have died,” Dr. Samanta Lal Sen, the health minister, told reporters outside a hospital where some of the injured were being treated. Some were being treated at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Mr. Sen said. The fire erupted at about 9:51 p.m. on the mall’s second floor, which features a popular biryani restaurant. It quickly spread to the rest of the seven-story building, fire officials said, ripping through a clothing store on the third floor.

Persons: ” Dr, Samanta Lal Sen, Sen Organizations: Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Mr Locations: Dhaka

☆ Amy Schumer Says She Has Cushing’s Syndrome, a Hormonal Disorder
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The comedian Amy Schumer has announced that she has been diagnosed with a rare hormonal disorder called Cushing’s syndrome, after she was swarmed with comments on social media about a change in her physical appearance. Schumer, 42, revealed her diagnosis in an interview for the News Not Noise newsletter on Friday. People commented on her “puffier” face after she appeared this month on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.” She said that the condition did not pose any serious threats to her health. The online buzz around her appearance, a mix of concern and negativity, was how she “realized something was wrong,” Schumer told the newsletter. Cushing’s syndrome is caused by excessive levels of cortisol, known as the stress hormone, and can cause a range of symptoms including a round face, weight gain and weak muscles, according to the National Institutes of Health.

Persons: Amy Schumer, Schumer, Jimmy Fallon, ”, ” Schumer Organizations: National Institutes of Health

☆ Hydeia Broadbent, H.I.V. and AIDS Activist, Dies at 39
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hydeia Broadbent, who was born with H.I.V. Ms. Broadbent was 6 years old when she began sharing her struggle with H.I.V. In 1992, when she was 7, Ms. Broadbent was interviewed opposite Magic Johnson, the basketball star who after his own H.I.V. “I want people to know that we’re just normal people,” Ms. Broadbent, her face crumpling as she fought through tears, told Mr. Johnson. Mr. Johnson posted a clip of the conversation online in a tribute Wednesday.

Persons: Hydeia Broadbent, Loren Broadbent, Broadbent, Magic Johnson, Ms, Johnson, “ Organizations: H.I.V Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Former W.W.F. Wrestler Arrested in Wife’s Murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-11 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

William Albert “Billy Jack” Haynes Jr., who in the 1980s competed in the World Wrestling Federation, was arrested in the killing of his wife at a home in Portland, Ore., on Thursday after a standoff with police. The authorities publicly identified Mr. Haynes, 70, on Saturday, days after the police said he shot and killed his wife, Janette Becraft, 85, in the Lents neighborhood of southeast Portland. At the peak of his career, wrestling as Billy Jack Haynes, he faced Randy “Macho Man” Savage and in 1987 went against Hercules Hernandez in WrestleMania III. After his arrest, the Portland Police Bureau said Mr. Haynes was taken to a hospital to get treatment for a medical condition that was “unrelated to the homicide or his contact with law enforcement,” adding that his stay could last “days.”

Persons: William Albert “ Billy Jack ” Haynes Jr, Haynes, Janette Becraft, Billy Jack Haynes, Randy “, ” Savage, Hercules Hernandez, ” Organizations: World Wrestling Federation, WrestleMania III, Portland Police Locations: Portland ,, Lents, Portland

☆ Several Die as Small Plane Crashes Into Mobile Home Park in Florida
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Videos posted online showed an orange blaze and a wall of thick smoke billowing over homes. Frances Yont, who lives across the street from the crash, told 10 Tampa Bay, a CBS affiliate, that she could feel the heat from the fire when she ran out of her home in Clearwater, roughly 20 miles west of Tampa. “We couldn’t do anything,” she said, adding that “it was horrible.”Fire officials were coordinating with the National Transportation Safety Board and the Federal Aviation Administration for an investigation, Chief Ehlers said. The Fire Department received the initial call at 7:08 p.m., and crews “quickly extinguished” the blaze after arriving at the park at about 7:15 p.m., Chief Ehlers said. About the same time that his department was called, the chief said, the St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport, roughly three miles away, had dispatched its own fire response vehicles to an “aircraft having an emergency.”

Persons: Frances Yont, ”, Ehlers Organizations: CBS, National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration, Fire Department, Pete, Clearwater International Airport Locations: Tampa, Clearwater

☆ Adele Springsteen, Rock Star’s Mother, Dies at 98
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Adele Springsteen, who nurtured the budding musical talent of her son, the pioneering rock star Bruce Springsteen, died on Wednesday. No cause was given, but Ms. Springsteen had struggled for more than a decade with Alzheimer’s disease. Her son has been outspoken about his relationship with his mother and her influence on him. Ms. Springsteen rented him his first guitar when he was 7, he said in 2021 during his Broadway show, “Bruce on Broadway,” which ran for more than two months as the city began to emerge from pandemic-related closures. The show had wide-ranging reflections, including thoughts about his mother.

Persons: Adele Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen, Springsteen, “ Bruce, James, ” Organizations: Broadway, St, James Theater, NBC

After the check, Mr. Young began asking the agents questions, which they said they answered, and he began video recording them. The arrest affidavit said that Mr. Young and his friends had followed them and began talking to the people there. Then the agent pushed Mr. Young with two hands, and Mr. Young staggered backward and hit his back on a corner of the bar table, causing him to briefly fall, the video shows. Mr. Young then got up, raised both of his hands in the air and walked backward from the agents. Another agent tried speaking to Mr. Young, who did not comply with the orders, the affidavit said.

Persons: Young, Mr, Joseph Phillips Organizations: Alcoholic Beverage Commission, DawgHouse

☆ Delta Air Lines Boeing 757 Lost Nose Wheel Before Takeoff, F.A.A. Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A Boeing 757 plane operated by Delta Air Lines lost a nose wheel as it prepared to take off from Atlanta’s main airport on Saturday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Delta Air Lines Flight 982 was preparing to take off from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport for a trip to Bogotá, Colombia, at about 11:15 a.m. Saturday when a “nose wheel came off and rolled down the hill,” the agency said in a preliminary report. More than 170 passengers who were aboard had to deplane, but no one was hurt, the report said. A Delta spokesman said the passengers were put on a replacement flight. A Boeing spokesman declined to comment and directed questions to Delta.

Organizations: Boeing, Delta Air Lines, Federal Aviation Administration, Hartsfield, Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Delta Locations: Atlanta’s, Bogotá, Colombia

☆ Iowa Teen Who Killed 2 Fellow Students Gets 65 Years in Prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An Iowa teenager who shot and killed two fellow students at an alternative school program for at-risk youths last year and wounded the program’s founder was sentenced on Thursday to 65 years in prison, prosecutors announced. Judge Larry McLellan of the Polk County District Court sentenced Mr. Walls to three consecutive prison terms, one for each charge, totaling 65 years, according to prosecutors. He was also ordered to pay $150,000 in restitution to the slain victims’ families, the Polk County Attorney’s Office said in a news release. All three were students at the program and knew each other, The Des Moines Register reported.

Persons: Preston, Larry McLellan, Walls, Rashard Carr, Gionni Dameron Organizations: Attorney’s, Des Moines Register Locations: Iowa, Preston Walls, West Des Moines, Polk County, Polk

Three Tacoma police officers who were acquitted in the death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who died in police custody in 2020 after pleading that he could not breathe, will each receive $500,000 for resigning from the Tacoma Police Department, according to documents released by the city on Tuesday. Two of the officers, Christopher Burbank, 38 and Matthew Collins, 40, both white, were acquitted last month on charges of second-degree murder. On Tuesday, Chief Avery L. Moore of the Tacoma Police Department said in a statement that the three officers had “voluntarily agreed” to resign from their positions. Though Mr. Collins violated the department’s 2020 policy on courtesy, all three men had otherwise been cleared of departmental violations based on policies at the time, Chief Moore said. “I acknowledge the detrimental impact of policing on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) communities, extending both a personal and collective apology,” he said.

Persons: Manuel Ellis, Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins, Timothy Rankine, Prosecutors, Ellis, Manny, Avery L, Moore, “, ”, Collins Organizations: Tacoma, Tacoma Police Department Locations: Black

☆ Dr Pepper Awards Two $100,000 Scholarships to Correct Halftime Blunder
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Big 12 Championship game between the Texas Longhorns and the Oklahoma State Cowboys on Saturday evening delivered the kind of controversy-mired barn burner that inspires legions of college football fans to pack stadiums and jam sports bars every weekend. But the real competition, it turned out, was not between the football teams (Texas won a one-sided 49-21 affair), but between two college students competing in the Dr Pepper Tuition Giveaway challenge at halftime, a college football tradition. Each student had to lob as many footballs as they could into their respective Dr Pepper-branded bin five yards away within the allotted time. Ryan Georgian, a freshman at the University of Pennsylvania, and Gavin White, a junior at Ohio State University, were tied at 10 points each at the end of regulation, forcing overtime.

Persons: Pepper, Ryan Georgian, Gavin White Organizations: Texas Longhorns, Oklahoma State Cowboys, Texas, University of Pennsylvania, Ohio State University

☆ Inmate Stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 Times, U.S. Says in Announcing Attempted Murder Charge
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An inmate stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 times last week at a federal prison in Tucson, Ariz., the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona said on Friday in announcing attempted murder charges. Mr. Chauvin survived the attack. According to a criminal complaint, Mr. Turscak attacked Mr. Chauvin inside the law library at the Federal Correction Institution in Tucson. Officers responded immediately and used pepper spray to subdue Mr. Turscak, court documents state. Mr. Turscak told officers that he would have killed Mr. Chauvin “had they not responded so quickly,” according to the complaint.

Persons: Derek Chauvin, John Turscak, Mr, Chauvin, Chauvin —, George Floyd —, Turscak, Chauvin “ Organizations: Attorney’s, Federal Correction Institution, Officers Locations: Tucson, Ariz, U.S, Arizona

The opening night of a revival of Richard Wagner’s “Tannhäuser” at the Metropolitan Opera in New York was interrupted Thursday night by climate protesters shouting “No Opera” from the balconies on both sides of the opera house. Protesters with the group Extinction Rebellion NYC unfurled banners that read “No Opera On A Dead Planet,” according to Peter Gelb, the general manager at the Met. Met officials were then forced to bring down the curtain at around 9:30 p.m., halfway through the second act. About eight minutes passed before security officials ushered out the protesters perched on the balconies, Mr. Gelb said. The crowd jeered the demonstrators and burst into applause when the curtains again opened, but the elation was short-lived.

Persons: Richard Wagner’s “, ”, Peter Gelb, Gelb Organizations: Metropolitan Opera, Met Locations: New York

☆ Red Lobster’s Popular Endless Shrimp Deal Ate Into Its Profits
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Red Lobster’s “irresistible” all-you-can-eat shrimp promotion has indeed proved hard to resist. The Ultimate Endless Shrimp deal has been so popular that it helped cause a drop in third-quarter profit for the restaurant chain, which had to raise the price to $25 from $20. Red Lobster hoped the promotion would bolster traffic at its U.S. locations through fall and winter, when its restaurants tend to be the emptiest. Ultimate Endless Shrimp had already been a Red Lobster “guest-favorite” staple for over 18 years. But the restaurant took it a step further this summer, offering the previously seasonal deal “all day, every day” instead of just on Mondays.

Organizations: Thai Union Group

The son of a once prominent Hollywood agent and executive has been charged in the murder of a woman investigators believe to be his wife and whose remains were found bagged inside a dumpster in Los Angeles this week, the police said. A Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman said on Saturday that investigators believed the woman whose torso was found on Wednesday to be Mei Li Haskell, 37, the wife of the suspect, Samuel Haskell, 35, though confirmation of identity was still pending. As of Saturday, officials also were still searching for Mr. Haskell’s in-laws, Yanxiang Wang, 64, and Gaoshan Li, 71, who remained missing. Detective Efren Gutierrez of the Los Angeles police said in a news conference this week that officers had been sent to a residence on Coldstream Terrace in Tarzana, Calif., on Tuesday night because construction workers had reported seeing a dead body inside a plastic bag.

Persons: Mei Li Haskell, Samuel Haskell, Haskell’s, Yanxiang Wang, Gaoshan Li, Detective Efren Gutierrez Organizations: Hollywood, Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles Locations: Los Angeles, Coldstream, Tarzana, Calif

☆ Former C.I.A. Officer Pleads Guilty to Sexual Abuse Charges
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Raymond’s crimes date as far back as 2006 and as recently as 2020 and took place in multiple countries where he had been working for the U.S. government, prosecutors said. Three of the criminal counts that he had faced were for crimes that had occurred in the Washington, D.C., area, according to the indictment. In total, Mr. Raymond abused 28 women over the 14-year period, prosecutors said. “Many of the recordings show Raymond touching and manipulating the victim’s bodies while they were unconscious and incapable of consent,” the Justice Department said in a news release on Tuesday. “Raymond attempted to delete the explicit photographs and videos depicting the victims after learning about the criminal investigation.”Mr. Raymond’s lawyer, Howard Bernard Katzoff, could not immediately be reached for comment on Tuesday evening.

Persons: Brian Jeffrey Raymond Credit, Raymond, “ Raymond, ” Mr, Raymond’s, Howard Bernard Katzoff Organizations: U.S ., Associated Press, D.C, Justice Department Locations: Mexico, Washington

☆ This Ancient Sea Creature Prowled the Waters Over North Dakota
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

They went extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs. “Do I necessarily agree that it’s a new genus and species?” Dr. Caldwell said. But those are sort of the scientific quibbles, right?”It’s more likely, Dr. Caldwell said, that the fossil described in the study is simply a new species of the clidastes genus. Under this view, it would take the name Clidastes walhallaensis. Still, the paper adds “extremely valuable” data for future research to consider as the field develops what is still a fledgling understanding of the evolution of mosasaurs, Dr. Caldwell said.

Persons: Amelia Zietlow, Richard Gilder, Jormungandr, Zietlow, Dr, Caldwell, walhallaensis Organizations: Richard, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Locations: clidastes

☆ Former Pennsylvania Nurse Is Linked to 17 Nursing Home Deaths
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A former Pennsylvania nurse who had been accused of killing two patients with doses of insulin faces more murder charges and has confessed to trying to kill 19 additional people at several locations, the authorities said Thursday. In May, Heather Pressdee, 41, admitted to the authorities that she had intended to kill three patients in her care with insulin doses, resulting in her arrest on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder. Now the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office says Ms. Pressdee has admitted to trying to kill 19 other patients with insulin at five different rehabilitation centers across the state as far back as 2020 and as recently as this year. In all, the authorities say 17 patients died under Ms. Pressdee’s care. The new charges announced on Thursday include two additional counts of murder, 17 counts of attempted murder and 19 counts of neglecting a care-dependent person.

Persons: Heather Pressdee, General’s, Pressdee Locations: Pennsylvania

☆ Toyota Recalls 1.8 Million RAV 4 S.U.V.s Over Potential Fire Risk
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, on Wednesday recalled over 1.8 million RAV 4 sport utility vehicles spanning several model years because a replacement battery could pose a fire risk. The voluntary recall covers 1.85 million vehicles from model years 2013 to 2018, the company said in a statement. Some of the vehicles may be equipped with replacement 12-volt batteries that have dimensions that are too small, it said. “If a small-top battery is used for replacement and the hold-down clamp is not tightened correctly, the battery could move when the vehicle is driven with forceful turns,” it said. Movement from a strong turn could create a short circuit that could potentially ignite a fire, the company said.

Organizations: Toyota Locations: ”

☆ Woman Is Accused of Fatally Poisoning Boyfriend With Antifreeze for Inheritance
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A North Dakota woman has been accused of fatally poisoning her boyfriend with antifreeze in what the authorities say may have been a plot to claim part of his $30 million inheritance. The woman, Ina Thea Kenoyer, 47, of Minot, N.D., was charged with murder on Monday in the Sept. 5 death of Steven Edward Riley, Jr., 51, her boyfriend of 10 years. Ms. Kenoyer was being held at the Ward County Detention Center in Minot, a city roughly 110 miles north of the state’s capital, Bismarck. She was set to appear in court on Wednesday; it was unclear if she had a lawyer. On Sept. 4, emergency workers were called to the couple’s home in Minot, where Mr. Riley was found unresponsive, according to an affidavit prepared by Erin Bonney, an officer with the Minot Police Department, and filed in Ward County District Court on Monday.

Persons: Ina Thea Kenoyer, Steven Edward Riley , Jr, Kenoyer, Riley, Erin Bonney Organizations: N.D, Detention, Minot Police Department Locations: Dakota, Minot, Ward, Bismarck, Ward County

Matthew Perry, who portrayed Chandler Bing in the acclaimed sitcom “Friends,” has died. The death was confirmed by Capt. He said the cause of death was not likely to be determined for some time, but there was no indication of foul play. Mr. Perry was well known to American television audiences, featuring in over 200 episodes in all 10 seasons of “Friends,” the hit NBC show that followed a group of friends and their journey as young professionals living in Manhattan. Mr. Perry starred alongside prominent actors like Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Chandler Bing, ”, Scot Williams, Perry, Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer, Lisa Kudrow, Mr Organizations: Los Angeles Police, NBC, Warner Bros . Television Group Locations: Manhattan

☆ The 45 King, Who Produced for Jay-Z and Eminem, Dies at 62
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The 45 King, the influential New York City hip-hop producer who worked with Queen Latifah, Eminem and Jay-Z, died on Thursday. Born Mark Howard James, he took the moniker The 45 King because of his fondness for sampling old, obscure records. His death was announced on social media Thursday afternoon by a fellow hip-hop producer, DJ Premier. Information on the cause or place of death were not immediately available. “His sound was unlike any other from his heavy drums and his horns were so distinct on every production,” DJ Premier wrote, referring to James as DJ Mark The 45 King.

Persons: Queen Latifah, Eminem, Jay, Mark Howard James, James, DJ Mark Organizations: New, DJ Locations: New York

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