Spirit plane towed after brakes overheat, ignite

 Spirit plane towed after brakes overheat, ignite

Passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Tampa are safe after one of the plane’s brakes overheated and briefly caught fire upon landing in Atlanta

ByThe Associated Press

July 11, 2022, 12:46 AM

ATLANTA -- Passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Tampa are safe after one of the plane’s brakes overheated and briefly caught fire upon landing in Atlanta on Sunday, airport officials said.

The brakes in the landing gear of Spirit Airlines flight 383 from Tampa ignited upon landing, officials at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport wrote in a tweet about the incident. Atlanta firefighters put out the fire and the plane was towed to the gate for passengers to disembark, airport officials said.

Spirit Airline said one of the brakes on the plane overheated. No passengers were injured, the airline said.

Video posted on social media showed smoke coming from under the plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

“The aircraft was towed to the gate where guests safely deplaned without any injuries. Thank you to the Atlanta first responders for immediately meeting the aircraft. The plane will be temporarily removed from service for maintenance,” a statement from the airline read.

Scottie Nelms, a passenger on the plane and told FOX 5 that the flight was uneventful until after landing and passengers heard a weird noise from the left side of the plane."

Nobody knew what it was until we stopped completely in the middle of the landing strip,” Nelms told FOX 5. “We saw a flame coming from the engine and people and myself started freaking out.”

Clotilda descendants mark anniversary of last slave ship

 Clotilda descendants mark anniversary of last slave ship

Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America's shores gathered to pay tribute to their ancestors

ByThe Associated Press

July 11, 2022, 6:20 AM

FILE - Crew members leave Mobile, Ala., on their way to the wreck of the last U.S. slave ship, the Clotilda, on May 2, 2020. Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to American shores gathered on July 9...

The Associated Press

MOBILE, Ala. -- Descendants of the last African people abducted into slavery and brought to America's shores gathered over the weekend on the banks of an Alabama river to pay tribute to their ancestors.

The descendants of the 110 people aboard the Clotilda, the last known slave ship to bring enslaved African people to the United States, held a ceremony to mark the anniversary of the vessel's arrival.

Dressed in white and walking slowly to the beat of an African drum, the descendants made their way to the banks of the Mobile River near Alabama's coast. A wreath of white, yellow and red flowers was carried into the river by a kayaker and released into the waters.

The event marked the anniversary of the ship arriving 162 years ago with 110 enslaved people brought to the country against their will, Darron Patterson, president of the Clotilda Descendants Association, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press.

In 1860, the Clotilda illegally transported 110 people from what is now the west African nation of Benin to Mobile, Alabama. The voyage, which happened decades after the law banning the importation of slaves had taken effect, began as a bet when a wealthy plantation owner wagered he could import a shipload of slaves without being caught.

Sri Lankan parties agree to form all-party govt after President's resignation; New Delhi says, India stands with people of Sri Lanka

Jul 11, 2022 ,  8:24AM @DDIndialive Sri Lanka's main opposition parties have agreed to form an all-party interim government after the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday. Opposition parties held talks to seek ways to steer the country forward in the current unprecedented economic crisis after Rajapaksa's resignation. Wimal Weerawansa of the ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party's breakaway group said that this will be a government where all parties are represented. President Rajapaksa informed Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Saturday that he will resign on Wednesday after the country's opposition parties demanded his resignation. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has also offered to resign. The protesters who have occupied the key administration buildings since Saturday's mass protests said they would not leave until Rajapaksa resigns.   The cash-starved island nation witnessed a tumultuous day on Saturday when protesters broke into Rajapaksa's official residence in Colombo. Protesters did not spare Prime Minister Wickremesinghe despite his offer to resign and set on fire his private residence in an affluent neighborhood in the capital. Meanwhile, India has extended unprecedented support of over 3.8 billion US dollars this year itself for ameliorating the serious economic situation in Sri Lanka. In response to media queries on the situation in Sri Lanka, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said, India will continue to follow closely the recent developments in Sri Lanka. He said, India stands with the people of Sri Lanka as they seek to realize their aspirations for prosperity and progress through democratic means and values.  Mr Bagchi said, India is Sri Lanka’s closest neighbour and the two countries share deep civilizational bonds. He said, India is aware of the many challenges that Sri Lanka and its people have been facing, and we have stood with the Sri Lankan people as they have tried to overcome this difficult period.

England beat India by 17 runs in third and final T-20 International in Nottingham; India clinch three-match series 2-1

England beat India by 17 runs in third and final T-20 International in Nottingham; India clinch three-match series 2-1

Jul 11, 2022 ,  8:21AM @BCCI In Cricket, England beat India by 17 runs in the third and final T-20 International of the series at Trent Bridge in Nottingham last night. India has won the 3-match series 2-1. Chasing a victory target of 216 runs, India made 198 for the loss of nine wickets in the stipulated 20 overs. For India, Suryakumar Yadav with 117 runs in 55 balls was the top scorer. Suryakumar Yadav scored a splendid hundred from 48 balls, as he became the fifth batsman from the country to breach the three-figure mark in the shortest format of the game. He also now holds the record of the second-highest individual score by an Indian batsman in T20Is. He also became the second-fastest Indian to reach 100 runs after KL Rahul achieved the milestone in 46 balls against West Indies. For England, Reece Topley scalped three wickets while David Willey and Chris Jordan took two wickets each. Richard Gleeson and Moeen Ali also picked a wicket. Reece Topley was declared Player of the Match. Bhuvneshwar Kumar was declared Player of the series.   Batting first after winning the toss, England scored 215 runs in the stipulated 20 overs with the help of a scintillating 77 run off 39 balls from David Malan. Liam Livingstone also played the role of cameo. For India Spinner Ravi Bishnoi and Hrshal Patel scalped two wickets each while Avesh Khan and Umran Malik also claimed a wicket each.

 Japan's ruling coalition heading for victory in Parliamentary polls

Jul 11, 2022 ,  8:18AM Tweeted by @AIR Prime minister Fumio Kishida’s ruling coalition is heading for a clear victory in elections for Japan’s upper house of Parliament, presenting a historic opportunity to revise the country’s pacifist constitution. State broadcaster NHK’s exit polls last night suggest that the LDP and its coalition partner, Komeito, won 73 of the 125 seats up for grabs. The vote came two days after the country’s longest-serving prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a lone gunman while giving a campaign speech in the western city of Nara. Analysts had initially expected voter turnout to be a historic low. But projections from NHK suggest that more people voted than in the 2019 election after political parties united in condemning Abe’s shooting as “a challenge to democracy”. The strong outcome gives Prime minister Kishida a chance to revise Article 9, which stipulates that land, sea, and air forces will never be maintained. This was a life-long ambition for former PM Abe.

 Fed: Sharply higher rates may be needed to quell inflation

Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were starting to anticipate higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it

ByChristopher Rugaber Ap Economics Writer

July 07, 2022, 1:23 AM

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Thursday, June 23, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve officials were concerned at their meeting last month that consumers were increasingly anticipating higher inflation, and they signaled that much higher interest rates could be needed to restrain it.

The policymakers also acknowledged, in minutes from their June 14-15 meeting released Wednesday, that their rate hikes could weaken the economy. But they suggested that such steps were necessary to slow price increases back to the Fed's 2% annual target.

The officials agreed that the central bank needed to raise its benchmark interest rate to “restrictive” levels that would slow the economy’s growth and “recognized that an even more restrictive stance could be appropriate” if inflation persisted. After last month's meeting, the Fed raised its key rate by three-quarters of a point to a range of 1.5% to 1.75% — the biggest single increase in nearly three decades — and signaled that further large hikes would likely be needed.

The Fed has been ramping up its drive to tighten credit and slow growth with inflation having reached a four-decade high of 8.6%, spreading to more areas of the economy. Americans are also starting to expect high inflation to last longer than they had before — a sentiment that could embed an inflationary psychology and make it harder to slow price increases.

And with midterm elections nearing, high inflation has surged to the top of Americans’ concerns, posing a threat to President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress.

 Investigator: DNA could identify 2 Tulsa massacre victims

Investigators seeking to identify victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre have found enough usable DNA for testing on two of the 14 sets of remains removed from a local cemetery a year ago

ByKen Miller Associated Press

June 23, 2022, 1:09 AM

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Investigators seeking to identify victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre have found enough usable DNA for testing on two of the 14 sets of remains removed from a local cemetery a year ago, a forensic scientist said Wednesday.

Danny Hellwig with Intermountain Forensics in Salt Lake City, which is examining the remains, told The Associated Press that it's a promising step toward identifying the people whose remains were removed from Oaklawn Cemetery.

“We have two (sets) that we’re very excited about,” Hellwig said. “It doesn’t guarantee us a result, but it gives us hope” for learning the names.

The key, Hellwig said, is having descendants of those individuals provide DNA to a database so a match can be made when DNA sequencing is complete.

The sequencing is expected to begin in July or August, Hellwig said. A match to a family member could be made within days if the descendant is in Intermountain Forensics' DNA database.