SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “The Golden Bachelorette‘s” Season 1 finale, which aired Wednesday night on ABC. Joan Vassos‘ journey as the first-ever “Golden Bachelorette” has come to a dramatic conclusion. Vassos, a school administrator, gave her final rose to insurance executive Chock Chapple — who proposed to her — and sent home ER […]
Credit: im_perpetual/Instagram Perpetual Ukadike, Nigeria’s star at the just-concluded 62nd Miss International pageant, has made history in a big way. She became the first Nigerian to make it to the Top 20 and the first African to win the prestigious Missosology Choice Award. On winning the Missosology Choice Award, Perpetual shared an emotional post on
The FAA announced it has prohibited all U.S. airlines from flying to Port-au-Prince, Haiti for at least 30 days. The action comes after three airliners were struck by bullets – two on departure, and a third on landing approach earlier this week. The ban limits humanitarian aid from reaching the country, which is widely savaged
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Fuel spilling out of the damaged wing. (FAA photo) The Honda Aircraft pilot reported that, after receiving clearance for the night time takeoff, he set the heading bug to the flight heading while entering the runway at the airport in Salt Lake City. He mistook the left runway edge lights for the runway centerline and
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Florida-based budget carrier Spirit Airlines has begun preparations to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after merger talks with Frontier Group Holdings broke down, according to a report published by The Wall Street Journal. The news follows recent reports that the airline’s finances were worsening plus bonds with key shareholders are soon to expire, as
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The United States will send a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery to Israel, along with the troops needed to operate it, the Pentagon said Sunday, even as Iran warned Washington to keep American military forces out of Israel. Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, Pentagon spokesman, said in a statement that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin authorized
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PARIS — The boom in space activity of the past few years has made Earth’s orbit more crowded and dynamic, and Western militaries need to step up space awareness to counter growing threats in the domain, defense officials and space company executives said. Commercial use of space now dwarfs the military, with thousands of new
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PARIS — The European Union has started work on a next-generation combat vessel that could enter service somewhere in the 2040s, and the bloc’s defense ministers may sign a letter of intent to pursue the project at a meeting in two weeks, the head of the maritime unit of the European Defence Agency said. Six
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In line with the aviation industry’s commitment to achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050, JetZero has designed a breakthrough blended wing body aircraft that burns 50% less fuel using today’s engines. It also has the internal volume to accommodate hydrogen. With a full-scale demonstrator being planned for 2027, the innovative aircraft requires a reliable
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Cleveland State University (CSU) inducted Callista Puchmeyer, chief counsel at NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, into the CSU College of Law Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Nov. 1. Puchmeyer provides expert legal advice to NASA Glenn’s center director and other senior leaders. She also manages Glenn’s Office of the General Counsel, a
