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BanksPhotos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Southwest Airlines has been handed a record $140 million fine for its operational meltdown during the 2022 holiday travel season, the U.S. Department of Transportation said Monday. The civil penalty leveled against the airline is about 30 times larger than any previous fine against an airline, DOT officials said in a […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, […]
Robert Yancy, Jr., 39, in a photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. — Texas Department of Criminal Justice (BRAZORIA, Texas) — A man serving a life sentence has escaped from prison in Texas, according to authorities. Robert Yancy, Jr., 39, was last seen on Sunday afternoon around 3:38 p.m. local time. He […]
Former Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor appears in this file photo. (David Madison/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will be memorialized this week in the nation’s capital. O’Connor, who died on Dec. 1 at age 93, will lie in repose in the great hall of the Supreme Court […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 130,000 customers were without power in Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey on Monday morning, as a powerful storm system moved north, according to poweroutage.us. A large swath of residents along the Eastern Seaboard are under flood and wind alerts as the storm system that inundated […]
Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images (GALVESTON, Texas) — A city in Texas has lifted a shelter-in-place after a “temporary increase in sulfur dioxide emissions” earlier Sunday at the Marathon Galveston Bay Refinery. “The shelter-in-place has now been lifted. All roadways are open, and there is no longer a need to shelter in place,” the city said […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former U.N. ambassador and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley sat down alongside New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu to tout his endorsement of her in a joint interview with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl. “It’s huge, you know, first to have the endorsement of the largest conservative, freedom-loving grassroots organization in the […]
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With less than a month until the first votes are cast in the 2024 Republican primary, former President Donald Trump spent his latest rally in New Hampshire praising multiple authoritarian leaders and quoting Russian President Vladimir Putin to try and discredit the criminal indictments against him — while sparking new backlash […]
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday said the Biden administration is not being heeded in its entreaties for Israel to reduce the civilian death toll from the military campaign against Hamas extremists in Gaza, which is being carried out with U.S. support. “I don’t think it’s getting through clearly enough because […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A large swath of residents along the Eastern Seaboard is under flood and wind alerts as the storm system that inundated the South moves north, bringing the same threats with it. Residents living along the I-95 corridor can expect a dangerous commute on Monday morning as heavy rain and strong winds […]
