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United flight 1996 from Chicago O’Hare to San Juan was delayed three hours when the captain spilled coffee in the cockpit. The Airbus A321neo was already taxiing out when this happened, and had to return to the gate. That delayed the return flight from San Juan back to Chicago O’Hare by nearly three hours as well. Spilling much more than a little bit in the cockpit would certainly have cancelled the flight. Not only does the spill need to be cleaned, but whatever was spilled on needs to be inspected as well. Coffee is especially bad because it’s hot, acidic,...

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna and Harvard Scientist Avi Loeb are calling for NASA to monitor the Manhattan-sized interstellar object 3I/ATLAS as it passes the sun on Halloween Eve to ensure it does not drop off “mini probes” that could invade Earth. Luna (R-Fla.) and the Ivy league astrophysicist appeared together on a podcast and called for both the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and Jupiter’s Juno probe to adjust their current courses and monitor the object that NASA has deemed a comet. “If we are visited by a technological object like 3I/ATLAS — it could either visit us or release some mini-probes...

In the sun-drenched villages dotting Spain’s Costa del Sol and Costa Blanca, a culinary revolution is frying up a storm. Local tapas bars, once steadfast purveyors of patatas bravas, croquetas, and gambas al ajillo, are flipping tradition on its head by embracing a quintessentially British institution: fish and chips. The debate and controversy are also cooking. Dubbed “Fish and Chips Fridays,” this unlikely trend has taken hold in expat-heavy towns, transforming sleepy village squares into bustling hubs of cross-cultural feasting. From Málaga to Alicante, restaurants are battering up cod and hake, serving golden chips with a side of sangría, and...

Germany’s beer market is undergoing a profound transformation, driven by changing consumer preferences and the evolving tastes of younger generations. While traditional beer consumption is declining, the demand for alcohol-free alternatives has surged, signalling a shift in the country’s long-standing beer culture. In the first half of 2025, German beer sales fell by 6.3%, amounting to a reduction of around 262 million litres and bringing total consumption to roughly 3.9 billion litres. This represents the steepest decline in the domestic beer market since 1993, excluding non-alcoholic products. Economic pressures, rising prices, and shifts in social habits, particularly among younger consumers,...

Rep. Yassamin Ansari, D-Ariz., sparked a social media firestorm on Thursday for saying she does not "give a sh--" whether people in her district can vote for her in a rebuke of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. During a press conference on Capitol Hill on Thursday, Ansari was asked about her use of the term "constituents" while criticizing the Trump administration’s mass deportation efforts. "So, I didn’t realize this was such a controversy until the right-wing media started attacking me for using the word, so I Googled the word constituent. The definition of constituent is somebody who is part of...

Beginning Sept. 1, the European Union has banned an ingredient commonly found in gel nail polish. The banned substance, TPO (trimethylbenzoyl diphenylphosphine oxide), gives nails a super glossy sheen and a quick dry time under UV or LED light. However, it has been deemed toxic in the EU after several studies have shown that it can cause fertility issues and adversely affect reproductive health. Gel nail polish, which has gained popularity since the 2000s, is cured under UV or LED light, resulting in a hard, durable manicure.

Pre-born baby found dead and in pieces in women's toilet at a Burlington Coat Factory. This happened in Akron, Ohio in March of 2025.

A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for invading users' privacy by collecting data over an eight-year period on millions of people who had turned off a tracking feature in their Google account. The verdict on Wednesday in San Francisco comes after a trial in a class-action case applying to roughly 98 million users in the U.S. between July 1, 2016, and Sept. 23, 2024. The jury found that the company had been spying on users in violation of California privacy laws. Google denied that it was improperly accessing devices to collect, save, and use data of people...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a dig at congressional Democratic leaders Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries — and other establishment members of the party — Thursday for not backing Zohran Mamdani in New York City’s mayoral race. The lefty “Squad” member noted that she backed former President Joe Biden when he became the 2020 Democratic nominee, prevailing over her favored candidate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. “We have a Democratic nominee. Are we a party who rallies behind our nominee or not?,” Ocasio-Cortez, a Mamdani booster, told NY1 when asked about Schumer and Jeffries withholding endorsements of the Democratic mayoral candidate. “Because...

A hero Alaskan man prevented a Labor Day tragedy when he wrestled a loaded gun from an attacker who threatened to use it at a crowded fairground. Jaden Perry, 24, was visiting the Alaska State Fair in Anchorage to help a friend take down a booth when a fight broke out between around eight young men. The fight escalated when one of the men pulled out an extended magazine Glock in the middle of the fair, Perry told the Daily Mail. He didn't hesitate, going for the gun and tackling one of the men while making sure the weapon remained...

In July 2025, the U.S. unemployment rate was at 4.2% — which, historically speaking, is rather low. But that doesn’t mean that all job seekers are thriving.An NBC News analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data finds that the unemployment rate among men ages 23 to 30 with a bachelor's degree has reached 6%. By comparison, the unemployment rate among women with a bachelor's degree in that same age range is 3.5%.During the pandemic, the term “she-cession” was created to illustrate just how unfavorable the economy was for working women at the time. Now, with many young men struggling to find...

UTICA, N.Y. -- A "rarely used charge" has been deemed appropriate for a Utica woman following her son's involvement in various felony and misdemeanor activities. According to a release from the Utica Police Department, Nurto Mohamed, 36, was arrested for endangering the welfare of a child due to "failure to exercise due diligence in control of a child." The charge follows her 11-year-old son's involvement in criminal acts since the start of this year. According to officials, the child has been linked to at least four felony acts, including a robbery, and a recent burglary with a 12-year-old accomplice. The...

Halfway into a recent weeklong backpacking trip through California’s Sierra Nevada, nine members of a scout troop and their scoutmaster came across a man standing alone in a meadow deep in the Emigrant Wilderness. He appeared disoriented and didn’t have any hiking or camping gear. The California Highway Patrol confirmed the man was Douglas Montgomery. The group soon learned the 78-year-old was an experienced outdoorsman and former scoutmaster himself. The group also learned that he was stranded after veering 15 miles off his intended route, had lost his backpack, and had been battling hypothermia for two days. “We started very...

There has been a steep rise in the number of citizens of the US seeking asylum in Ireland. Fifty-one people from the US applied for international protection in the first half of this year, more than in 2023 and 2024 combined. New figures from the Department of Justice show that 104 American citizens have looked for asylum in Ireland since the beginning of 2022. […] Immigration sources said that any individual seeking international protection from the United States was likely to face an uphill battle. “The number of claims from the US is small in terms of the volume of...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A 13-year-old boy is facing charges after he was caught on camera groping a Louisville woman on her front porch. WLKY spoke with the woman whom the boy groped, 78-year-old Jan Fletcher, on Aug. 26. Fletcher said the boy asked her for directions to a nearby park before pretending to dust something off her back and groping her. "As soon as that happened, I said, let me tell you something, you better get out here and you better go now. So he did. He was gone," Fletcher said. Fletcher says she has a question for the teen....

Several urgent care workers in Santa Barbara have been fired after a TikTok taken inside medical exam rooms went viral over Labor Day weekend, officials confirmed to KTLA. The post shows a compilation of photos where Sansum Clinic workers are joking and posing with patients’ bodily fluids left on exam tables. Text over one of the first images reads, “Are patients allowed to leave you guys gifts?” followed by slides showing staff laughing, pointing, and even posing playfully around the stains with the caption: “guess the substance!” In another frame, the on-screen words say “all shades and opacities.” In the...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A 42-year-old man is charged with murder after he allegedly shot an 11-year-old boy who was playing the "ding dong ditch" game with his friends Saturday night. Gonzalo Leon Jr. is accused of fatally shooting 11-year-old Julian Guzman on Saturday night. Court records show that Guzman, his cousin, and some other friends were at a relative's house on Racine Street attending a birthday party. The boys reportedly got bored and decided to play the "ding dong ditch" game around the neighborhood. Guzman and his cousin were ringing doorbells of homes in the area and running away,...

What a screenshot. Florida Woman Gets Shot After Charging at Officer With Knifehttps://t.co/Cky1Vjeqbi pic.twitter.com/OjK7qWdeT5— PoliceActivity (@Police_Activity) September 2, 2025The incident happened on August 15 in Bay County, Florida. Police in Port St. Joe responded to a call from a repo driver at at 3:42 p.m. who said 41-year-old Tikila Walker had fled while trying to repossess her white Ford Fusion for failure to make payments. Police located Walker, but she fled, getting involved in a hit-and-run at 4:19 p.m. The other driver didn't press charges against Walker, but the repo driver caught up and police had to deescalate an argument...

Grand juries in Washington, D.C. refused to indict two people accused of threatening the life of President Donald Trump, prosecutors confirmed to Fox News Digital Tuesday. Officials from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Washington said both cases involved threats against the president while jurors rejected charges, preventing the cases from moving forward to trial. One case involved Nathalie Rose Jones, who is accused of posting online threats to assassinate Trump and later repeating those threats directly to Secret Service agents during an interview. U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, whose office pushed for the indictment, blasted the jury’s refusal...

Shirkers of the world, unite! A strong collective of Zohran Mamdani’s core brain trust are 30-somethings or even younger Gen Zers with little-to-no experience in government — but long histories of radical left-wing politics, a review by The Post found. Mamdani’s frontrunner status in the Big Apple mayoral race puts these untested youths – who variously have ties to billionaire George Soros, grew up in swanky homes and went to posh private schools – a stone’s throw from the levers of power. “We’re getting ready for another administration of shocking naïveté,” one Democratic operative said. The 33-year-old socialist Queens lawmaker...