Author: Leslie Stewart

With Category 3 Hurricane Erin hitting the Caribbean, nearly 155,000 utility customers are out of power in Puerto Rico.”The bad weather has caused multiple interruptions across the island,” Puerto Rican power company Luma Energy said on X.Meanwhile, the two divers who were blown away by a dangerous surf near St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands had to be rescued by local crews on Sunday, according to the US Coast Guard.Video of the rescue by Jason Henry of the St. Croix Rescue Tribe showed the diver being pulled by a boat.And on the island of Sint Marchen, the video showed…

A Fulton County judge mispoke while reading the defendant’s verdict in a Georgia court on Friday, telling him he was guilty when the ju judge deemed him innocent.Alton Oliver was tried in 2022 over the murder of a Fulton County deputy and faced counts of six, including three murders, reported WXIA, Atlanta’s NBC affiliate.Videos from the court show the moment when the judge accidentally told Oliver he was guilty.After confirming with the ju apprentice that the documents were correct, the judge read the verdict.Oliver and his legal team sat silently, but the courtroom began to question the judge’s reading audibly,…

Air Canada halted all operations Saturday morning after more than 10,000 flight attendants finished work beyond wage and conflict schedules and urged the Canadian government to step in.Employment and Family Minister Patty Hajidu directed the Canadian Commission on Labor and Management Relations to impose binding arbitration and extended the existing contract until a new contract was reached.”This decision will help ensure that hundreds of thousands of Canadians and visitors to our country will not be affected due to cancelled flights,” Hajidu said in a statement on Saturday afternoon. The strike has already overturned travel plans around the world during the…

According to a law enforcement video released Thursday, a Southwest Airlines pilot was pulled out of the cockpit and arrested police for accusing a bag of nicotine when he said he smelled alcohol on allegations that he had attempted to fly while in a disability.According to a report from the Chatham County Police Department, David Allsop was at the helm of a flight 3772 from Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, and at the helm of a Chicago Midway tied up by Chicago Midway.David Allsap.Chatham County Police DepartmentWhen asked if he had been drinking recently, Allsop said “10 hours ago.” “Do you…

The local Mexican restaurant chain in Pennsylvania is about to move forward a week ago when workplace immigrants at the two storefronts left property damage and the workforce was afraid to get their jobs, according to witnesses who spoke with two employees and NBC News.It began on August 7th when the Immigration Bureau appeared at two Emiliano Mexican restaurants and bar locations in the Pittsburgh area. As many as 16 workers were detained. The nine worked at Gibsonia location north of Pittsburgh.A social media post containing videos filmed by workers accused the business of assaulting the restaurant, leaving behind a…

Authorities said he was attacked and killed on a Southern California highway on Thursday while fleeing an immigrant raid at Home Depot.Dylan Fake, mayor of Monrovia in Los Angeles County, about 10 miles northeast of Pasadena, said officers saw the attack after officers received a call about US immigration and customs enforcement activities in the area. During the activity, someone drove onto the 210 highway, he said. Shortly afterwards, the fire department and paramedics responded to the call of vehicles hitting pedestrians. The person was taken to hospital and died of injuries in the incident, Fake said. The California Highway…

Wall Street veteran David Zelbos added his name on Thursday to the list of potential Federal Reserve committees that the central bank believes are in the past to approve interest rate cuts.Jeffries’ chief market strategist told CNBC that central bankers should not challenge the producer price index for July.Instead, he actively advocated the Fed’s move as a way to prevent a slowdown in the labor market, in fact, helping to create jobs for a million people. In the last three Federal Reserve meetings, Zervos has advocated a point cut of half the federal funding rate, and has repeated his position…

The man accused of throwing a sandwich at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Washington, D.C., was an employee of the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondy said Thursday.”I learned that this defendant worked for the Department of Justice. He was now working for the Department of Justice. He was not only fired, but also charged with a felony,” Bondy said in a post on X. Defendant sandwich slinger Shawn Charles Dan worked in the International Affairs Division of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division, a DOJ source told NBC News.Dan’s attorney did not immediately respond to a request…

Wholesale prices rose more than expected in July, providing potential signs that inflation remains a threat to the US economy, a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Thursday.The producer price index, which measures the price of final demand goods and services, jumped to 0.9% of the month, compared to Dow Jones’ estimates with a profit of 0.2%. This was the largest monthly increase since June 2022.Excluding food and energy prices, Core PPI rose 0.3% to 0.9% against forecast. Excluding food, energy and trade services, the index rose 0.6%, the biggest profit since March 2022.Each year, headline PPIs are…

Economist Mark Schmerlin, one of nearly 12 reported candidates for the Federal Reserve Chair, said Thursday he was interested in work and thought aggressive interest rate cuts were appropriate.Schmerlin, former senior economist for then-President George W. Bush, told CNBC that lowering the Fed’s key rate would now be an easy decision.The current yield structure, combined with labor market debilitating and stable inflation, shows that “a 50 basis point cut can be easily performed…without confusion. The basis point equals 0.01%, so 50 basis points is half the point.With the widespread openness towards the success of current Chairman Jerome Powell, Schmerlin’s position…