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☆ EVA Airlines flight attendants praised for breaking up a fistfight in the sky
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Lilit Marcus | Wayne Chang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Three flight attendants are winning praise for successfully defusing a physical fight between two passengers on board an EVA Air flight. That’s when three female flight attendants stepped in to handle the situation, says EVA. “The company has always adopted a zero-tolerance policy towards incidents of passenger nuisance,” EVA told CNN in the statement. Following the incident, EVA publicly expressed its “sincere gratitude” to its employees and vowed to look into the incident further. That same year, EVA reversed its policy of only hiring women as flight attendants and said it would hire men as cabin crew members too.

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☆ A Proposed Law Targeting ‘Foreign Interests’ in Georgia Riles the Opposition
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Ivan Nechepurenko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For the past month, the Georgian capital of Tbilisi has been engulfed in turmoil. Protesters have taken to the streets of the city night after night. A fistfight broke out between legislators in the country’s Parliament. And over the weekend, there were clashes between police and protesters at a large demonstration in the center of the city. The government backed down on a previous attempt to pass the law last year after facing massive protests, but this time appears determined to push it through Parliament.

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☆ Tank Dell: Houston Texans wide receiver injured in shooting, teen arrested
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Paradise Afshar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Tank Dell, a wide receiver for the NFL’s Houston Texans, was injured Sunday during a shooting in Sanford, Florida, the team has confirmed. Dell, 24, is in good spirits after he sustained minor injuries from the shooting, the team said in a statement posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. At least 10 people were injured in the shooting and were taken to the hospital. Dell is from Daytona Beach, Florida, according to the NFL. Daytona Beach is about 40 miles from Sanford.

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☆ Opinion | Dark Brandon in the House
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Michelle Cottle | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Enough already: It is time to unleash Dark Brandon on this soul-sucking downer of a presidential race. And the most obvious place to begin is to invite him to the State of the Union address. This is a big moment for Mr. Biden. When he steps behind the lectern, the president needs to slap on those aviators and start throwing some strategic punches. No one wants the man to start a fistfight on the House floor wearing sunglasses.

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☆ The Transport Department reminded fliers they can get a $37,000 fine for misbehaving on planes — after 2 passengers were filmed in a midair fistfight
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Two passengers on a Southwest got into a fistfight, a video shows. 42 days into the year, there have already been 206 reports of unruly passengers. AdvertisementThe Department of Transportation issued a reminder to fliers to behave on flights after two passengers had a fistfight in midair. A video obtained by the outlet shows concerned passengers and crew getting between them and trying to calm them down. Advertisement42 days into the year, the Federal Aviation Administration has already received 206 reports of unruly passengers.

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LATTINGTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — The wife and daughter of John Gotti Jr., the namesake son of the notorious New York mob boss John “Dapper Don” Gotti, are facing assault charges stemming from a fistfight with a woman at a high school basketball game on Long Island. Kimberly Gotti, 55, and her daughter Gianna Gotti, 25, are accused of assaulting the woman after she asked them to stop cursing at players from the bleachers. John and Kimberly Gotti's son Joseph was on the court playing for Oyster Bay High School against rival Locust Valley High School on Thursday night. The Gottis, who were each charged Friday morning with third-degree assault, disputed the woman's account. John Gotti Jr. told reporters on Thursday the woman assaulted his wife first.

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☆ Elon Musk’s quest in foreign affairs plagued by his own online behavior
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Washington CNN —Elon Musk is an increasingly important player in global affairs and has been touring the world to meet with political leaders in recent months. “We can observe Elon Musk’s Twitter/X activity that he regularly consumes right-wing content and this increased during COVID-19,” Facciani said in an email. More recently, however, Musk’s ambitions have come a bit closer to earth and become far more concrete. There are many world leaders who hold extreme or far-right views, of course. Musk’s outbursts that contradict widely held international norms and values are meant for a specific internet audience that Musk mistakes for being representative of the wider world.

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☆ 'We're not here to talk about fights': Drama in Congress is starting to spill over
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mike Rogers is restrained by Richard Hudson after getting into an argument with Matt Gaetz as House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy walks away. AdvertisementWhat happened: Greene called Boebert a "little bitch" on the House floor, according to The Daily Beast. When asked about it, Boebert told CNN, "I'm not in middle school." After his vote, Burchett told CNN that McCarthy had mocked his faith when he told then-speaker that he was praying over his decision. The aftermath: McCarthy told CNN that he did not purposefully run into Burchett.

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☆ Trump ‘engaged in an insurrection,’ judge says, but should remain on Colorado ballot
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —A Colorado judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump “engaged in an insurrection” on January 6, 2021, but rejected an attempt to remove him from the state’s 2024 primary ballot, finding that the 14th Amendment’s “insurrectionist ban” doesn’t apply to presidents. ‘Trump engaged in an insurrection’In her ruling, Wallace agreed with almost everything that the challengers argued, except on the critical question of whether a president can be disqualified by the 14th Amendment. The group said it would file an appeal “shortly” to the Colorado Supreme Court, and hailed Wallace’s finding that Trump engaged in insurrection. “We’re respectful that the judge made the right decision,” Gessler said on “The Source.” “I understand she threw a lot of shade on President Trump, and we’re not happy about that. “It says Trump engaged in insurrection but can appear on the ballot anyway.

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☆ 'Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly erupts in Senate
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Reuters Editorial | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

Politics'Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly erupts in SenatePostedAn Oklahoma senator challenged Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to a fight during a Senate hearing on Tuesday (November 14) rising from his seat, before the committee chair stepped in to defuse the confrontation.

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☆ The last time there was a fight in the Senate, they changed the rules to ban calling each other corrupt
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A fistfight nearly broke out in the US Senate on Tuesday but was stopped by Sen. Bernie Sanders. The last time there was actually a fight in the Senate, two Democrats brawled, hitting bystanders. The last time there was an actual fight in the Senate was in 1902, and it was so bad they changed the Senate's rules to ban insulting people. Tillman wasted no time reacting; he swung around and clocked McLaurin in the jaw, according to the Senate website. Both South Carolina senators were censured and a new rule was added that bans senators from calling each other corrupt.

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☆ GOP Sen. Mullin challenges Teamsters boss to fight at Senate hearing: 'Stand your butt up'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

A Republican senator and the president of the Teamsters union nearly got in a fistfight Tuesday in the middle of a Senate hearing, until Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders stepped in and broke it up. The exchange began when Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Okla., read a tweet that Teamsters President Sean O'Brien had posted in June. We can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here," Mullin said to O'Brien, who was testifying at a hearing on labor unions in America. Mullin, dressed in a white shirt and no jacket, then stood up and began to move toward O'Brien. shouted Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont independent and chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions CommitteeMullin and O'Brien continued to trash talk each other in the hearing room.

Persons: Vermont Sen, Bernie Sanders, Sen, Markwayne Mullin, Okla, Sean O'Brien, Mullin, O'Brien Organizations: Republican, Teamsters, United, Health, Education, Labor Locations: Vermont, America, United States

☆ Bernie Sanders stops GOP senator from fighting teamster president at hearing: 'You're a United States senator!'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Republican senator and the president of the Teamsters almost got into a fist fight Tuesday. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Markwayne Mullin read a tweet from Teamster boss Sean O'Brien which challenged Mullin to a fight. AdvertisementThe almost-brawl comes approximately eight months after a previous committee hearing in March where O'Brien accused Mullin of being a "greedy CEO" who "hid money."

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☆ Congress is lame fight club now
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

It's the latest in Congress' centuries of history moonlighting as a sporadic fight club. Breaking with "Fight Club's" first two rules, though, no one in Congress is keeping it a secret. AdvertisementWhat started as a quiet day on Capitol Hill quickly led to Congress devolving into a lame version of "Fight Club." You're pathetic man, you are so pathetic," Burchett reportedly told McCarthy. Around a half-hour later, Burchett told a separate reporter he could "still feel it" after taking a "clean shot to the kidney."

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☆ How Trump’s Election Lies Left the Michigan G.O.P. Broken and Battered
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Nick Corasaniti | More About Nick Corasaniti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Michigan Republican Party is starving for cash. This turmoil is one measure of the way Donald J. Trump’s lies about the 2020 election have rippled through his party. Mr. Trump’s election lies spread like wildfire in Michigan, breaking the state party into ardent believers and pragmatists wanting to move on. Bitter disputes, power struggles and contentious primaries followed, leaving the Michigan Republican Party a husk of itself. No Republican has won a statewide election there since Mr. Trump won the state in 2016.

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☆ GOP lawmaker says Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are on the verge of a fistfight at 'any moment'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Republican Rep. Tim Burchett predicted that Reps. Lauren Boebert and Marjorie Taylor Greene are nearing blows. "A fistfight could break out at any moment," Burchett told The Daily Beast of his colleagues. Greene is reportedly angry over her ouster from the House Freedom Caucus, which Boebert supported. "A fistfight could break out at any moment," Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, told The Daily Beast. she asked The Daily Beast.

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☆ Indiana Jones, John Williams and the Art of Music You Can Barely Hear - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Frank Lehman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +12 min

I’ve been fascinated with film music since elementary school, when I got a cassette tape called “Kid Stuff: An Afternoon at the Movies,” which featured Mr. Williams and the Boston Pops. No one exemplifies this better than Mr. Williams, who is still composing at 91. Mr. Williams accomplished this by inviting the trumpet section of the London Symphony Orchestra to blast away in its most piercing register. As he has with other cues, Mr. Williams has given this particular set piece an afterlife in concert performances. Keep your eyes shut!” Maybe then we’ll stop passively hearing film music and begin actively listening to it.

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☆ Russian and Ukrainian officials got into a fistfight at a conference in Turkey and had to be physically restrained
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ukrainian and Russian officials got into a physical altercation at a conference in Turkey. The most heated incident happened after a Russian official ripped a Ukrainian flag from a holster. In one video from the conference, an apparent Russian official rips a Ukrainian flag from a holster, and the Ukrainian parliament member Oleksandr Marikovski chases him down, initiating a brief fistfight. In the video, Marikovski lands a punch on the Russian official and corners him, retrieving the flag before the two are quickly separated by security staff. An earlier video shows officials from the two camps verbally clashing and pushing each other as Russia's Ola Timofeeva speaks during the conference.

☆ What ‘Get Into a Fistfight’ and Bosses’ Other New Year’s Resolutions Mean for You
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Callum Borchers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

There’s something that the strategy and development team at AppFolio should know about their boss: His New Year’s resolution is to get into a fistfight. “I’m excited to take one in the face and see what that feels like,” says Jay Choi, the Santa Barbara, Calif., real-estate software firm’s chief strategy and corporate-development officer.

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