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Ground collision of two planes in Chicago sparks FAA investigation 01/16/2024 01:35pm • CHICAGO (AP) — A plane taxiing for departure clipped another aircraft at Chicago O'Hare International Airport on Sunday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said Monday. No injuries were reported, both planes were of Boeing design, and the FAA says it will investigate the incident. The le Grammy-nominated for tunes with Miley Cyrus and Reneé Rapp, Justin Tranter writes hits by talking 01/16/2024 01:34pm • NEW YORK (AP) — Sit down and talk to Justin Tranter for just a while and likely a hit song will emerge. The Grammy-nominated songwriter credited with some of the biggest bangers of the past decade — “Sorry” by Justin Bieber and “Believer” by Imagine Dragons, among them — usually begins Woman dies after falling 100 feet in Virginia cave 01/16/2024 01:19pm • A woman was found dead on Friday afternoon inside a cave in southwestern Virginia, where authorities say she had fallen roughly 100 feet. The incident is under investigation. The cave is in Staffordsville, a rural community Giles County. The county sits along the West Virginia border about an hou Provider of faulty computer system apologizes to hundreds affected by UK Post Office scandal 01/16/2024 01:15pm • LONDON (AP) — Fujitsu, the company whose faulty computer accounting system resulted in the wrongful conviction of hundreds of Post Office branch managers across the U.K., apologized to the victims on Tuesday for its role in the one of the country's biggest miscarriages of justice and said it was l Mauritius and Reunion assess damage from Indian Ocean cyclone that killed at least 4 people 01/16/2024 12:36pm • SAINT-PAUL, Reunion (AP) — Mauritius lifted its highest weather alert and eased a nationwide curfew Tuesday after a deadly cyclone battered the Indian Ocean island, causing heavy flooding and extensive damage in the capital and other parts of the country. The nearby French island of Reunion was as Kenya doomsday cult pastor and others will face charges of murder, cruelty and more 01/16/2024 12:07pm • NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya’s top prosecutor on Tuesday ordered that 95 people from a doomsday cult be charged with murder, cruelty, child torture and other crimes in the deaths of 429 people believed to be members of the church. The country's director of public prosecutions, Mulele Ingonga, was Korean Air plane bumps another aircraft when towing tractor slips at a Japanese airport 01/16/2024 10:20am • TOKYO (AP) — A Korean Air plane carrying 289 people hit a parked Cathay Pacific aircraft while being pushed by a ground vehicle ahead of takeoff at northern Japan's New Chitose Airport on Tuesday but caused no fire or injuries, fire and airline officials said. The incident happened only two weeks Millennial Money: 4 strategies for using side hustles to fund retirement savings 01/16/2024 09:44am • At the start of 2022, I panicked after realizing I was in my early thirties with only about $4,000 saved for retirement. Once the panic subsided, my solution was to use side hustles to fast-track my retirement savings. Within two years, I was able to use my freelance and 9-to-5 income to grow my ret Eight dead and an estimated 100 people missing after the latest Nigeria boat accident 01/16/2024 07:13am • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Eight passengers were confirmed dead and an estimated 100 were missing after their overloaded boat capsized in north-central Nigeria, the emergency services said Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of deadly boat accidents that increasingly point to regulatory failures. The Evacuation underway for stranded tourists after multiple avalanches trap 1,000 people in China 01/16/2024 07:12am • BEIJING (AP) — Rescuers evacuated tourists on Tuesday from a remote skiing area in northwestern China where dozens of avalanches triggered by heavy snow have trapped more than 1,000 people for a week, state media said. The avalanches have blocked roads, stranding both tourists and residents in a v Iceland faces daunting period after lava from volcano destroys homes in fishing town, president says 01/16/2024 03:58am • REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland’s president said the country is battling “tremendous forces of nature” after molten lava from a volcano in the island’s southwest consumed several houses in the evacuated town of Grindavik. Scientists said Monday that the eruption appeared to be dying down The ruling-party candidate strongly opposed by China wins Taiwan's presidential election 01/16/2024 03:28am • TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Ruling-party candidate Lai Ching-te emerged victorious in Taiwan’s presidential election on Saturday, a result that will determine the trajectory of the self-ruled democracy’s contentious relations with China over the next four years. China had called the poll a choice be Up to 4 inches of snow measured in parts of DC area as flakes continue to fall 01/15/2024 11:46pm • Snowfall intensified Monday evening as temperatures dropped, making for slushy roads and a messy commute in the D.C. area. Here's what you need to know. After steady morning snowfall Monday, a heavier round of snow fell on the D.C. region starting at around 6 p.m. and was expected to last until a Woman's body found in water near where small plane crashed in ocean south of San Francisco 01/15/2024 09:25pm • HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (AP) — A woman's body was found in the water near where a single-engine plane crashed into the ocean off the California coast after witnesses reported it flying erratically, authorities said Monday. The crash was reported shortly after 7 p.m. Sunday by a 911 caller who said Arctic freeze continues to blast huge swaths of the US with sub-zero temperatures 01/15/2024 08:55pm • BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brutally cold temperatures and dangerous wind chills stayed put across much of the U.S. Monday, promising the coldest temperatures ever for Iowa’s presidential nominating contest, holding up travelers, and testing the mettle of NFL fans in Buffalo for a playoff game that was