Japan Airlines grounded a flight from Dallas to Tokyo last week after a hotel room noise complaint exposed the captain’s excessive drinking the night before its scheduled takeoff. The airline confirmed that flight JL11 from Dallas to Tokyo on April 23 was canceled because its unidentified 49-year-old pilot was allegedly drinking with crew members the night before, Japanese outlet The …
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Mexican beer the most popular in US: Cinco de Mayo will fiesta to the flavor of these cinco cervezas
Cinco de Mayo will be celebrated in the United States this year with a Mexican beer – for the first time – atop the leaderboard of American favorites. Modelo Especial, brewed in Mexico since 1925, surpassed Bud Light last year to become the top-selling beer in the U.S. It was a transformational moment in an industry long dominated by local …
Read More »Heavy rains over Texas have led to water rescues, school cancellations and evacuation orders
Heavy storms slammed the Houston area again Friday, widening already dangerous flooding in Texas and leading to numerous high-water rescues, including some from the rooftops of flooded homes. Officials redoubled urgent instructions for residents in low-lying areas to evacuate, warning the worst was still to come. “This threat is ongoing and it’s going to get worse. It is not your …
Read More »Dairy farm worker infected with bird flu; CDC urges workers to wear protective gear
The Texas dairy farm worker infected with H5N1 bird flu was not wearing respiratory or eye protection and had been exposed to cattle that appeared to have the same symptoms as those in a nearby farm with a confirmed outbreak of the virus, according to new details on the case released on Friday. The details, reported online in the New …
Read More »Texas AG files lawsuit against Biden administration for new gun sale requirements: 'Come and take it'
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is firing back at the Biden administration and suing them in an attempt to block new requirements for gun sales. “Today, myself and the Attorney General of Kansas announced that we are filing a lawsuit against a new Biden ATF regulation that would subject hundreds of thousands of law-abiding gun owners to presumptions of criminal …
Read More »Texas rep reiterates 'simple' stance when it comes to women's sports
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, on Wednesday made clear there was no shot the state would adopt the Biden administration’s Title IX changes. Fallon made his remarks on OutKick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich,” expressing his overwhelming support for Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to forgo the changes. Abbott, in a letter sent to the White House Monday, rebuked the Biden …
Read More »The first wrongful-death trial in Travis Scott concert deaths has been delayed
The start of the first civil trial stemming from the 2021 Astroworld festival, at which 10 people were killed in a crowd surge, has been delayed. Jury selection had been set to begin next Tuesday in the wrongful-death lawsuit filed the family of Madison Dubiski, a 23-year-old Houston resident who was killed during the crowd crush at the Nov. 5, …
Read More »Elderly Texas restaurant owner attacked by suspects who refused to pay bill and are still on the loose
A troubling video has been released showing the moment a Texas restaurant owner was attacked by a group of suspects he says refused to pay for their meals at his eatery. The video captures Sergio Alberto Vazquez, who is in his 70s, confronting the alleged deadbeats on Sunday outside his Mexican restaurant, Chekos,” in Austin, where he says one of …
Read More »Guns confiscated from anti-Israel protesters at UT Austin, University of South Florida
Firearms were confiscated at student protests at both the University of South Florida(USF) and the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) over the last two days, authorities say. Anti-Israel protester Atah Othman, 39, was one of 10 demonstrators arrested on the USF campus on Tuesday — and he was busted carrying a gun in his waistband, Fox 13 Tampa …
Read More »GOP rep looks to remove FAFSA aid for students convicted of rioting, assaulting police in Israel protests
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, will soon introduce legislation that would withhold federal financial aid from student protesters convicted of rioting or attacking police in the latest wave of anti-Israel unrest, Fox News Digital has learned. Police have already arrested hundreds of student protesters for various crimes at anti-Israel encampments across the country. New York City police alone arrested roughly 300 …
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