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A federal investigator announced earlier on Wednesday the UPS cargo plane's left wing caught fire and an engine fell off shortly after takeoff from the Louisville Muhammad Ali international airport, causing the plane to crash and explode into a fireball. The National Transportation Safety Board has said it is investigating the plane's maintenance history which was in Texas for repairs weeks before the crash.

SAN JOSE Two tech companies, IBM and Infineon, have disclosed new rounds of employment cutbacks that will erase the jobs of more than 100 tech workers in the Bay Area. The staffing reductions extend what has turned out to be a difficult two weeks for Bay Area tech workers, who are collectively facing the loss of several hundred jobs in the region as a result of recent layoff disclosures by their employers.

Former NFL star Antonio Brown has been arrested on an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting after a celebrity boxing event in Miami, police confirmed Thursday. Brown, 37, was taken into custody by U.S. Marshals in Dubai, said Miami police spokesman Mike Vega. He was flown to Essex County, New Jersey, where he is being held pending extradition to Miami, Vega said.

But Stearn, who serves on the patient advisory council for Johns Hopkins Medicine, says the loss of telehealth services complicates life for almost everyone from the working person to Stearn's own 90-year-old mother, who hates traveling to and from the doctor. "When I have a cold, do you really want me to go into the doctor's office and confer with everybody else?" Strearn says. "There are just so many different reasons why telehealth is a good idea."

Over decades, the government has spent billions ondisability payments for veterans with sleep apnea, a common condition that interrupts breathing during sleep and causesfatigue. In early 2022, officials were determined to pare that back. Medical advances mean most apneasufferers now have few or no symptoms and can hold jobs. So Denis McDonough, then the secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, announced a proposal to change the benefits system to reflect the new reality, and - going forward - slash monthly checks for many veterans.

His intention was, I'm going to follow this officer's instruction. I am going to get out of there,' said Greg Jackson, a partner in the Simon Law Group, which is preparing a claim against federal authorities on behalf of Jimenez as a required precursor to a lawsuit. I think they did not follow proper protocol for a person who is not a threat.

On the afternoon of Sunday, August 11, 2024, a few hours after attending church with his wife and three children, Ryan Borgwardt, a 44-year-old carpenter, left home with his kayak, tackle box, and fishing rod and arrived at Big Green Lake, one of the deepest lakes in Wisconsin. The Perseid meteor shower was expected to peak that night, one of the best times of the year to see shooting stars.

Eight days before his employment was to end, Luo allegedly hooked up an external hard drive to his Intel laptop, but when he tried to download a file, the company's internal controls blocked the transfer, the lawsuit claimed. Five days later, the lawsuit alleged, Luo deployed a different technology, a more sophisticated gadget that resembles a small computer server, called a network storage device.

If you're going to steal, why not steal from the most profitable company on the planet, Santa Clara-based chipmaker Nvidia? That's what six Southern California-based burglars allegedly thought, as they're accused of a $7 million heist of Nvidia chips last December from a Burlingame warehouse that were headed for Supermicro facility in San Jose the next day. Same goes for their alleged June 3 theft of nearly $200,000 worth of Nvidia chips in Fremont.

The FBI is attempting to track down the identity of the owner of Archive.today and its numerous mirrors, like Archive.is and Archive.ph. As reported by , the FBI subpoena, which was posted on the official Archive.today X account, was sent to web domain registrar Tucows on October 30th demanding the "customer or subscriber name, address of service, and billing address" associated with Archive.today.

On November 2, as reported by Entertainment Weekly, a woman in her 40s visiting Disney World was taken to a local hospital, where she died. The news was confirmed by a representative from the Orange County Sheriff's Office via a statement shared with the outlet. No cause of death was shared, but authorities denied "foul play." Disney World didn't provide a comment when asked by EW.

Upon arriving at the scene, troopers observed a gray 2019 Honda Civic off the roadway in a nearby wooded area with significant damage to its passenger side, according to the Bristol County District Attorney's Office. Two occupants had been ejected from the vehicle, officials said. One of those ejected was pronounced dead at the scene and was later identified as Gabriel Bertolino Siqueira, 17, of West Yarmouth, a senior at Dennis-Yarmouth Regional High School.

A lack of coordination between the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles Fire Department contributed to evacuation delays and chaos during the Palisades fire, according to a new after-action report from the LAPD. The Los Angeles Police Department had difficulties coordinating with other agencies during the blaze namely the Los Angeles Fire Department and a lack of stable communication channels and technology, according to the report, released Tuesday, Nov. 4.

"Chance is a well-respected lifeguard and surfer, and one of the humblest people you will ever meet,"

"We are not waiting until 2028 to tap into Los Angeles' resilience, generosity and grit. This unique initiative channels the spirit of volunteerism long before the opening ceremony, and we have the chance to create a model for future host cities, as well as a legacy for Los Angeles and the Games," LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover said in a statement. "Our hope is that this program can be a catalyst for Angelenos to give back to the city they love, unite across communities and help build a stronger city together."

For now, it's... not. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( NYSEMKT: VOO) is actually looking pretty healthy so far, up 0.2% premarket. And why is that? Perhaps investors are thinking all these layoffs, caused by cheap AI replacing expensive workers, and allowing corporate profits to rise. Or investors could be encouraged by the way oral arguments went before the Supreme Court yesterday, with the Justices apparently doubtful of President Trump's ability to legally and unilaterally impose tariffs on imports without Congressional assent.

Holiday travel is starting to look incredibly dicey. The shutdown so far has created massive air traffic control delays, leaving some airports so understaffed that they had to temporarily shut down. Starting on Friday, federal officials will reduce 10% of flights at 40 US airports to manage traffic. Five airports - Atlanta, Charlotte, Boston, Seattle, and Philadelphia - confirmed to Business Insider that they are among those temporarily losing some service.

There are a multitude of arms manufacturers. Some are more well-known than others, like Colt, Glock, Smith & Wesson, and Sig Sauer. These prominent gun brands are known throughout the world, receive positive reviews, and are typically the weapons of choice for many law enforcement agencies. However, as many great choices you may have for firearms, there are also many brands that you should avoid - those that don't have a positive reputation.

On Wednesday, the FAA announced it would reduce capacity by 10% at 40 airports across the country to maintain passenger safety - leaving Bay Area residents wondering just how major the region's three airports actually are in the eyes of the FAA. SFO will "likely fall in the '40 high-volume category,'" SFO spokesperson Doug Yakel told KTVU-TV Wednesday. Yakel told the outlet he expects that the airlines will be managing how the reductions play out,

All military influencers, regardless of follower count or content style, operate in a murky space between personal branding and military ethics guidelines. Some share lighthearted or mundane glimpses of daily military life; others push boundaries with sexualized or irreverent posts. Across the ranks, Pentagon policies on social media are vague and unevenly enforced, leaving troops eager to grow their followings but wary of the consequences, according to interviews with six military influencers and five public affairs officers.

An NYPD officer shot and killed a dog in Queens on Thursday morning that bit him in the leg, amNewYork has learned. The bizarre incident unfolded at around 7:50 a.m. on 114 Road and 155 Street in Jamaica on Nov. 6. Officers from the 113th Precinct say they received a 911 call reporting that dogs were chasing people. When they arrived, they found two dogs running freely without a leash.

Officials identified the two victims of an apparent murder-suicide in Beverly Monday night as a 58-year-old woman and a 56-year-old man. Becky Lynn Center and John Patrick Nesbitt were both found dead at a home on Colonial Drive on Monday, the Essex County District Attorney's Office said Wednesday night. Police responded to the home around 9:40 p.m. Monday night, the DA and Beverly police previously announced. Nesbitt and Center were pronounced dead at the scene with apparent gunshot wounds.

Some outlets have already published theirs, but we like to wait until Qualifying Offer decisions have been revealed because they can have such a significant impact on a free agent's market. This makes us a little bit late to the party, but allows us to provide a bit more analysis and (hopefully) more accuracy. It's our biggest post of the year and you should keep an eye out for it later today!