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Getty Images/Robert Nickelsberg (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — A 52-year-old JetBlue pilot was pulled off a plane in Buffalo, New York, after blowing a blood alcohol content over the legal limit for pilots, according to Helen Tederous, public affairs director for the Niagra Frontier Transportation Authority. Pilots face strict blood alcohol restrictions, with .04 considered illegal. According to […]

(DETROIT) — Figure skaters Candice Tamakloe and Angela Blocker-Loyd have turned their passion project into reality. The Dream Detroit Skating Academy co-founders both started skating when they were young girls and always found themselves returning to the rink. They met when they were both skating for the same club outside Detroit and reunited last year […]

(BAKERSFIELD, Calif.) — The more than yearlong search for two missing California toddlers took a disturbing twist Tuesday night when their adoptive parents were jailed on murder charges, authorities said. Trezell West, 35, and Jacqueline West, 32, were being held without bail on Wednesday at the Kern County Jail, according to online jail records. The […]

(NEW YORK) — Approximately 46,000 people died on U.S. roads last year, according to preliminary data from the National Safety Council. That number is up 9% from 42,339 deaths recorded in 2020, and up 18% from 39,107 deaths in 2019, according to the nonprofit health and safety organization. “This devastating news serves as yet another […]

(NEW YORK) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump have appealed a ruling that he and his two eldest children must testify in the investigation by the New York state attorney general into the family’s business practices. Trump’s attorneys filed the notice of appeal on Monday, nearly two weeks after a New York judge ruled […]

(WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has spent more than $2 million on its investigation, including $1.64 million between October and December — an indication that the panel’s work is speeding up. The $1.64 million is roughly four times the $418,000 the panel spent from July […]

(NEW YORK) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine prompted thousands of people to leave the Eastern European country, but should North Carolina native Craig Lang depart Ukraine and return to the United States, he could immediately be taken into custody by federal authorities. Lang, a 32-year-old U.S. Army veteran-turned-murder suspect who previously moved to Ukraine, is […]

(LOS ANGELES) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, paid tribute to Ukraine as they accepted their NAACP President’s Award. The couple addressed what was happening overseas as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continued to escalate over the weekend. “We would like to acknowledge the people of Ukraine, who urgently need our […]

(NEW YORK) — Traffic deaths surged during the pandemic, despite less cars on the road. A new study from AAA found an increase in reckless drivers on the roads may be to blame. The study, conducted in fall of 2020, found an estimated 4% of drivers in the United States reported they increased their driving […]

(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — When Murray was released from prison in July, he didn’t have a source of income. The 54-year-old, whose last name is being withheld ​because he fears for his safety, is no stranger to struggling financially; he grew up poor in Gainesville, Florida, and resorted to stealing or shoplifting in the past. “When […]