A flight was forced to make an emergency landing at Will Rogers World Airport in Oklahoma due to an unruly passenger.Police officials said Saturday that a Delta flight was heading from Los Angeles to Atlanta when it was forced to land. Other passengers told police that the man was trying […]
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For the first time in more than a year, 2 million people go through US airports
The airline industry’s recovery from the pandemic passed a milestone as more than 2 million people streamed through U.S. airport security checkpoints on Friday for the first time since early March 2020.The Transportation Security Administration announced Saturday that 2.03 million travelers were screened at airport checkpoints on Friday. It was […]
WATCH: 7-year-old gets the chance to meet his favorite superhero
Superheroes teamed up to make a dream come true for a 7-year-old boy.Ricky was diagnosed with Stage 4 connective tissue cancer at the age of 3. It impacts his growth and development.Ricky said Spiderman movies helped him get through his treatments.He got to meet his favorite web-slinger thanks to the […]
COVID: More than half of all eligible Californians are fully vaccinated
More than half of Californians 12 and older, the current minimum age to be eligible for one of the vaccines against COVID-19, are fully inoculated, a significant milestone just days before the state’s major lifting of pandemic restrictions on Tuesday. Additionally, 68.5 percent of Californians 12 and older have received […]
Santa Cruz police recover $225K in stolen vintage guitars
SANTA CRUZ — Local police investigators played a role this week in recovering several stolen vintage guitars, part of a nearly year-old $2 million Southern California heist. Police are continuing to investigate a Santa Cruz connection to a Marina Del Rey heist nabbing some $2 million in stolen guitars. (Santa […]
‘This gives some independence back’: Unique wheelchair built for surfers with disabilities
College engineering students and a nonprofit organization are working on a high-tech helping hand that will allow people with disabilities to go surfing independently.Dana Cummings, founder of California’s AmpSurf, describes the unique wheelchair as a “mini tank.” “Everyone wants their independence,” she told KSBY. “It doesn’t matter who you are. […]
‘A bad feeling in the pit of my stomach’: Mom speaks out after her two children were found dead
Videos bring back happy memories of Mary Nielsen’s two children.”Teddy was just so sweet and loving. He was a mama’s boy, you know,” Nielsen said, “Emmy was exceptionally smart. She just had turned 5 in January, and you wouldn’t have known it.” Now these memories are all Nielsen has, after […]
On shooting’s fifth anniversary, President Biden says Pulse Nightclub will become national memorial
President Joe Biden said on the fifth anniversary of a mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando that he will sign a bill naming the site as a national memorial.The deadliest attack on the LGBTQ community in U.S. history left 49 people dead and 53 people wounded as “Latin […]
‘It was amazing’: Pandemic, stroke doesn’t keep man from being with daughter at wedding
A father and daughter in New Hampshirre were able to make sure that neither COVID-19 nor a stroke would stop them from being together at her wedding.The dining room of the Exeter Center, a rehabilitation facility, was transformed for a wedding on Friday, when, through a blur of smiles and […]
Masks for unvaccinated workers, not for vaccinated: new Cal/OSHA proposal
Under new roles proposed by a beleaguered state board Friday, vaccinated workers in California will be able to cast aside their face coverings, but unvaccinated workers will have to continue to wear masks. If passed, the Cal/OSHA workplace rules would align with the state’s reopening plans for Tuesday. But under […]