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Air France flight AF687 from Atlanta, USA to Paris CDG, France requested to return to the gate on Tuesday, March 19 2024. The Boeing 777-200ER was about to depart from runway 27R when the crew had to reject the takeoff. The aircraft (registration F-GSPA) was delivered in 1998. Pilots contacted the tower about an open door alarm and requested to return to the gate. About one hour later, the pilots asked for a shortcut because connecting pax were going to be late. Thanks to that, the flight AF687 landed only 30 minutes late in Paris.

Footage captures DC officers talking Antifa, exhorting rioters to run into Capitol and may provide roadmap to future security reforms to avoid "blue-on-blue tragedy." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VIDEO AT LINK................. Congressional investigators have obtained hours of video footage from undercover officers who were dispatched by the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department to the U.S. Capitol to conduct electronic surveillance during the Jan. 6 riot, a critical new piece of evidence that could help lawmakers fashion long-delayed security reforms. The footage reviewed by Just the News ranges from the mundane -- such as chronicling moments when Capitol Police officers are impacted by tear...

Headquartered in SoMa, Opendoor is a so-called “iBuyer," or instant buyer, a data-driven real estate buyer that uses pricing algorithms to quickly buy and sell homes. Opendoor has steadily expanded its services metro by metro, and in early 2022, it started buying houses in the Bay Area. Other real estate tech firms like Zillow and Redfin have halted their own buying initiatives amid economic pressure and complaints about the controversial business method. Opendoor went public through a special purpose acquisition company in June 2020 and saw its valuation peak the following February. But the real estate market, at a frenzy...

HUNTINGTON, WV - Powerful winds and heavy rain blew through the area Friday. In West Huntington, the winds were so strong, they ripped off a roof and steeple at Open Door Baptist Church on Madison Avenue. Dan Houdyschell said he heard the storm roll through. "Just a lot of wind around 2 a.m.; garbage cans flying and stuff like that," he said. Steve Wayne is a pastor at Celebration Church, which is just across the street from the damage. "I couldn't believe when I saw that their roof is in the road and the steeple; I can't imagine the damage...

Despite the Iranian government's ongoing crackdown of Christians living in the primarily Islamic country, the number of Muslims converting to become Christians is growing at an explosive rate, according to the persecution watchdog group Open Doors USA. There is even talk of witnessing a Christian revival, especially among young people living in the country, say Open Doors ministry workers in the Middle East. A house church movement within Iran is part of that revival and has triggered "many secret meetings." The growth in the number of Christians is happening in all regions, but mostly in larger cities, say Open Doors...

KEVIN Rudd and the architect of the Howard government's Pacific Solution, Philip Ruddock, yesterday clashed over whose administration was tougher on boatpeople, with Mr Ruddock claiming recent policy changes left Australia exposed to a "pipeline" of 10,000 unauthorised arrivals a year. As Coalition figures lined up yesterday to take advantage of the surge in boatpeople, West Australian Premier Colin Barnett slammed the decision to grant asylum to 42 Afghan men whose boat blew up following an act of sabotage. But the Coalition's criticism drew a counter-attack from the Prime Minister, who said yesterday the Howard government's tough rhetoric on asylum-seekers...