Pilot walks away uninjured from plane crash in Rocky Mount; FAA & NTSB to investigate The FAA said a single-engine Cessna 172 crashed in Rocky Mount around 9:30 p.m. The Rocky Mount Police Department said the crash happened on West Raleigh Boulevard in between Nashville Road and ... 04/14/2024 - 11:15 pm | View Link
Ford’s Blue Cruise self-driving tech was in use during fatal crash, probe finds The driver of an electric Ford SUV involved in a fatal crash earlier this year was using ... that the Ford Mustang Mach-E involved in the deadly accident on on Interstate Highway 10 in San Antonio ... 04/12/2024 - 6:50 am | View Link
Driver assistance feature may be factor in deadly I-95 crash near Betsy Ross Bridge: NTSB PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating a deadly crash on I-95 last month that involved a Ford Mustang with an advanced, hands-free driving system. 04/11/2024 - 4:31 pm | View Link
NTSB conducting new interviews with Boeing on 737 MAX 9 door plug probe opens new tab and Federal Aviation Administration personnel this week in its probe of the January Alaska Airlines (ALK.N) , opens new tab 737 MAX 9 in-flight emergency. NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy ... 04/10/2024 - 9:11 pm | View Link
Baltimore bridge probe focused on electrical failure, NTSB chair says Homendy said she and other investigators believe there is a connection between the lights going out on the ship, as seen in videos recorded just before the crash, and the vessel heading off course ... 04/10/2024 - 10:01 am | View Link
Decorated Chinese athlete He Jie had been stripped of his Beijing half-marathon win Friday after an investigation found that the three African runners who competed alongside him had “actively slowed down” to let him cross the finish line first during the race on Sunday, April 14.
He won the 21 km.
ISLAMABAD — An important ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif demanded the government lift a two-month-old ban on the social media platform X, saying on Friday that it violates citizens’ right to speech and expression.
The ban on X has been in place since February, when the party of imprisoned former Prime Minister Imran Khan announced a nationwide protest against alleged election rigging ahead of the Feb.
BEIJING — San Francisco is the latest U. S. city preparing to receive a pair of pandas from China, in a continuation of Beijing’s famed “panda diplomacy.”
San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced the panda loan in Beijing on Friday, alongside officials from China Wildlife Conservation Association, or CWCA. It will be San Francisco’s first time hosting the beloved animals long-term—the result of a yearlong advocacy campaign, Breed said.
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San Diego previously announced it was receiving two pandas back in February.
China is home to the only natural habitat for pandas and owns most of the black-and-white bears in the world.
Earlier this month, two Indian writers published an ode to their Prime Minister, Narendra Modi. Written in lyric form and titled “Forever In Our Hearts,” it recounts his achievements while singing his praises in highly effusive language. “With courage and wisdom/you show citizens the way,” it gushes. “Oh Modi, oh Modi/their hopes never sway/A people’s beacon, in whom they see light/Oh Modi, oh Modi, guiding day and night.”
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Such reverence captures the essence of Modi’s popularity.
The U. S. blocked on Thursday a draft resolution that would have allowed the United Nations General Assembly to vote on allowing a Palestinian state to become a full member state of the U. N. The move has triggered backlash from other states and pro-Palestinian groups, as global divisions continue to sharpen over Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Apple Inc. said that it removed Meta Platforms Inc.’s WhatsApp and Threads from its China apps store after an order from the country’s internet regulator, which said the services pose risks to the country’s security.
The order comes on the heels of a cleanup program Chinese regulators initiated in 2023 that was expected to remove many defunct or unregistered apps from domestic iOS and Android stores.