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Fleet of UPS planes grounded after deadly crash expected to miss peak delivery season

A fleet of planes that UPS grounded after a deadly crash isn’t expected to be back in service during the peak holiday season due to inspections and possible repairs, the company said Wednesday in an internal memo.

The airline expects it will be several months before its McDonnell Douglas MD-11 fleet returns to service as it works to meet Federal Aviation Administration guidelines, said the memo from UPS Airlines president Bill Moore to employees. The process was originally estimated to take weeks but is now expected to take several months.

A fiery MD-11 plane crash on... Read More

At least 94 dead as Hong Kong firefighters battle burning towers for a second day

HONG KONG (AP) — Firefighters battled for a second day to extinguish a blaze at a high-rise apartment complex in Hong Kong on Thursday, as the death toll rose to 94 in one of the deadliest blazes in the city's modern history.

Rescuers holding flashlights were going from apartment to apartment at the charred towers as thick smoke poured out from some windows at the Wang Fuk Court complex, a dense cluster of buildings housing thousands of people in Tai Po district, a northern suburb near Hong Kong’s border with the mainland.

Officials said firefighters were still... Read More

Girls flag football is finally catching on. Florida high schools were 20 years early

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — For Alicia and Taylor Jones, whether they would play football in high school was never really a question.

When the identical twins stepped foot onto the football field as freshmen in 2023, they became the fourth and fifth daughters in their family to carry on the family tradition of playing flag football. It's all happened at the girls flag football dynasty built by Robinson High School in Tampa, Florida, a program that's racked up 10 state championships.

“Our sisters tried so hard, they put in all the work,” said Taylor. “So it lets us do the... Read More

Deposed Guinea-Bissau President EmbalÃ³ arrives in neighboring Senegal as soldiers name junta leader

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Thursday announced a new junta leader, cementing a forceful takeover of power that began after this week's disputed presidential election and led to deposed President Umaro Sissoco Embaló departing for neighboring Senegal.

The military high command in the West African nation inaugurated Gen. Horta Inta-a as the head of the military government, which will oversee a one-year transition period, according to a declaration broadcast on state television.

Embaló, meanwhile, arrived in Senegal with a flight chartered... Read More

Warriors star Stephen Curry will be sidelined at least a week with a quad injury

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Warriors star Stephen Curry will be sidelined for at least a week with a right quadriceps contusion and strained muscle after getting injured during Golden State’s 104-100 loss to the Houston Rockets on Wednesday night.

He had an MRI exam after the game and the Warriors said Thursday that Curry would be reevaluated in a week — meaning he likely will miss at least three games. Golden State's medical staff and coaches typically use a progression of building back up in practice before an injured player returns to game action, so it could be longer before... Read More

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Fleet of UPS planes grounded after deadly crash expected to miss peak delivery season

At least 94 dead as Hong Kong firefighters battle burning towers for a second day

Girls flag football is finally catching on. Florida high schools were 20 years early

Deposed Guinea-Bissau President EmbalÃ³ arrives in neighboring Senegal as soldiers name junta leader

Warriors star Stephen Curry will be sidelined at least a week with a quad injury

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