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Goldman Sachs CEO won rights to Whitney Houston DJ remix & more | Today’s Business Headlines

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http://youtu.be/D6SDnUqPSrI Here are The Post’s biggest business headlines for Wednesday, February 8, 2023: Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon, who moonlights as DJ Sol, won the rights to remix Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody," Mark Zuckerberg is reportedly culling middle managers as a part of his "year in efficiency," and Megyn Kelly claims to be concerned with Madonna's health and well-being. #davidsolomon #goldmansachs #djsol #markzuckerberg #meta #megynkelly #madonna #grammys2023 The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New Y...

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Model influencer found dead in her car with 11 stab wounds | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/Lmu25V0UudE A Brazilian model and nightclub owner was discovered dead with 11 stab wounds in what authorities are calling a homicide. The grisly incident came to light on Feb. 3 after the body of Thaís Rocha Secundino, 28, was found in her jeep in São Paulo, Brazil. According to authorities, she had sustained knife wounds to her neck, abdomen and back, however, the murder weapon has yet to be recovered. Police suspect that Secundino, who owned several night clubs, was killed “over issues involving alleged embezzlement” of her businesses, said police spokeswoman Ivalda Aleixo. Authorities have since apprehended two suspects in the alleged killing: her 45-year-old male driver, Leandro Aparecido Dos Santos, and Cintia Maria Feliciano Peixe, 31, one of the victim’s best fri...

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AOC smears The Post as she falsely claims Hunter Biden laptop story is ‘half-fake’ | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/rwiA-I1dCJI Far-left Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez falsely claimed on Wednesday that Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop is “half-fake” — as she smeared The Post’s bombshell reporting that first exposed the device and its contents. “We’re talking about Hunter Biden’s half-fake laptop story. I mean, this is an embarrassment,” the 33-year-old raged, suggesting the House Oversight Committee hearing should have been focused on issues like abortion and civil rights. The Bronx and Queens lawmaker made the remarks as lawmakers grilled Twitter executives over the social media giant’s suppression of The Post’s October 2020 stories on the so-called “laptop from hell.” AOC’s rant got off to a bad start when she confused New York’s favorite tabloid with the reliably liberal Washington P...

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Teen helps save elderly man and his dog after car falls through icy lake | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/JtAMMzWVkTs A high school student and several strangers jumped into action to save an elderly man and his dog after his car fell through an ice-covered lake in Iowa, dramatic drone footage of the rescue shows. Thomas Lee, 83, and his 6-year-old pup Cooper were heading to his son-in-law’s fishing shack when his Jeep plunged through the ice into the frigid waters of East Okoboji Lake in Dickinson County around 3 p.m. on Saturday, The Des Moines Register reported. Joe Salmon, 17, who was ice-fishing with his mother and watching snowmobile races nearby, called 911 and jumped into the water without hesitation to help as the vehicle began sinking. Corey McConnell, 30; Kody Harrelson, 26; Cody Chester, 27; and Chris Parks, 27; also helped pull the man and dog to safety, accor...

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ABC producer Dax Tejera choked to death while drunk as he & wife left kids in hotel room | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/HP0Pw2QaVyk An ABC News producer who died after he left his kids at a hotel so he and his wife could go to a posh Midtown restaurant choked to death because he was drunk, officials revealed Wednesday. New York City’s Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed to The Post that Dax Tejera’s official cause of death was “asphyxia due to obstruction of airway by food bolus complicating acute alcohol intoxication.” Tejera, who was the executive producer of ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” died suddenly on Dec. 23 at 37. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/08/abc-producer-dax-tejera-choked-to-death-while-drunk/ #daxtejera #abc #media The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estat...

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Connecticut socialite who secretly filmed minors gets out of jail early | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/qsS9hTspCZE The wealthy Connecticut socialite who was sentenced to prison last November for secretly recording nude minors in her ritzy seaside mansion has been let out of prison early. Hadley Palmer, 54, was granted early release and entered into a transitional supervision program on Wednesday instead of completing her one-year sentence, the Daily Beast reported. The program allows inmates with shorter sentences — two years or less — to serve some of their time in a halfway house or with a sponsor, according to the outlet. Palmer completed just 161 days — less than half her full sentence — in a state penitentiary, the publication tallied. The mother of four, who comes from a wealthy family, admitted that she filmed three minors who were naked or in their underwear wit...

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Burt Bacharach, legendary ‘Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head’ composer, dead at 94 | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/k4J26aGLbSg Legendary composer Burt Bacharach, whose hits include “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again,” “Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” and “I Say a Little Prayer,” has died. He was 94. The Oscar winner died Wednesday at home in Los Angeles of natural causes, his publicist Tina Brausam told The Associated Press on Thursday. Bacharach had top 10 hits since the 1950s including songs like “Alfie,” “I Say a Little Prayer,” “I’ll Never Fall in Love Again” and “This Guy’s in Love with You” as well as “Walk on By,” recorded by Dionne Warwick. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/burt-bacharach-legendary-singer-dead-at-94/ #burtbacharach #celebrities The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real e...

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Massive death toll after Monday’s earthquake in Turkey & Syria & more | Today’s Headlines

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http://youtu.be/cCl6BNm_n2k Here are The Post’s biggest video headlines for Thursday, February 9, 2023: Massive death toll after Monday’s devastating earthquake in Turkey and Syria, second NJ council member dead, and Nets trade Durant #turkey #syria #earthquake #newjersey #crime #kevindurant #brooklynnets The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

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Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after feeling lightheaded at Democratic retreat | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/j0c99gaj5qg Sen. John Fetterman was hospitalized Wednesday night after feeling lightheaded at the end of a Senate Democratic retreat, his office said. The symptoms do not appear to be the result of a new stroke, like the one Fetterman suffered in May 2022 just days before winning Pennsylvania’s Senate Democratic primary. Fetterman is “in good spirits and talking with his staff and family” at the hospital, where he will remain overnight while doctors conduct further testing, his communications director, Joe Calvello, said in a Wednesday night statement. The lingering effects of Fetterman’s 2022 stroke have left him with speech difficulties and trouble processing questions unless they are written or typed out. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/sen-john-fetter...

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Lawyer dies after gun triggered by hospital MRI scanner | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/f5fJqpaX1J4 A Brazilian lawyer tragically died after his gun was discharged by an MRI machine’s magnetic field at the hospital. The freak accident occurred on January 16 while the gun-loving lawyer, named Leandro Mathias de Novaes, was taking his mother to get scanned at the Laboratorio Cura in São Paulo, Jam Press reported. Unbeknownst to hospital staff, the attorney had a registered firearm in his possession. Staff had reportedly asked the pair to remove all metal objects before entering the MRI room, as is protocol at hospitals due to the device’s powerful magnetic field. However, Novaes decided to go in sans announcing his concealed weapon. Disaster struck after the machine yanked the weapon from his waistband, causing it to go off and strike the lawyer in the stoma...

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Biden: Americans ‘not going to pay attention’ to House GOP Hunter probes | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/Iy6or6lAtZo President Biden tried Wednesday to downplay House Republican investigations of his embattled son Hunter and the rest of the first family — claiming that voters just won’t be interested. In an interview with “PBS NewsHour” correspondent Judy Woodruff, Biden was asked how he planned to deal with the House Oversight Committee’s investigation into his son’s shady business interests in China and Ukraine. “The public is not going to pay attention to that,” Biden, 80, insisted. “They want these guys to do something. If the only thing they can do is make up things about my family, it’s not going to go very far.” Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/biden-says-public-isnt-interested-in-hunter-probes/ #joebiden #hunterbiden #politics The New York Post is your...

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Before and after satellite images show scale of Turkey earthquake destruction | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/oAOPsIklZoM Satellite images taken on Wednesday (February 8) showed the extent and damage in Turkish cities caused by the devastating earthquake in southern Turkey. Photographs released by Maxar Technologies showed entire blocks of buildings collapsed and lying in ruin. Emergency white tents set up were seen standing amid destroyed buildings reduced to massive piles of debris. #turkey #earthquake #satellite The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www....

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NJ councilman Russell Heller shot dead just a week after slaying of Eunice Dwumfour | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/tfSdVoz9Fls A New Jersey municipal council member was shot dead in his car Wednesday, exactly a week after the unsolved slaying of Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour. Russell Heller, 51, was found dead just after 7 a.m. in the Somerset parking lot of PSE&G, the local energy company where the Milford Republican worked. Cops quickly IDed a former employee, Gary Curtis, 58, as a suspect — and found him dead in his car from a suspected self-inflicted gunshot around three and a half hours after the slaying. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/nj-councilmember-russell-heller-shot-dead-second-in-a-week/ #russellheller #newjersey #crime The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture,...

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Aerials show extent of devastation in Antakya, Turkey | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/SbM-W8zg-XA Aerial images captured on Thursday showed the extent of the destruction in the Turkish city of Antakya, following a devastating earthquake that killed more than 20,000 people. Antakya was one of the hardest hit areas when the 7.8 scale earthquake struck on Monday. The quake and a cascade of strong aftershocks cut a swath of destruction that stretched hundreds of kilometers (miles) across southeastern Turkey and neighboring Syria. Tens of thousands of people who lost their homes huddled around campfires in the bitter cold and clamored for food and water Thursday as international humanitarian aid made its way into the region. #turkey #earthquake #antakya #dronefootage The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, ...

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Ron DeSantis on Disney tax status in Florida: ‘There’s a new sheriff in town’ | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/REJHn1A3Z9c Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said "there's a new sheriff in town" when asked about changes in Florida tax law that will affect Walt Disney World's special taxing district. RELATED: DeSantis proposes measures aimed at ‘woke’ ideologies in education https://bit.ly/3RLGR4m Florida legislators will hold a special session this week to tackle several hot topics. Walt Disney World's special taxing district is among those expected to generate widespread attention. Last month, a public notice was posted in Osceola County about a bill making major changes to the Reedy Creek Improvement District. While no details were provided, Gov. Ron DeSantis' staff told Fox News the legislation would give district control to a state-controlled board appointed by the governor. "T...

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Biden on Republicans’ reaction to State of the Union: ‘They seemed shocked’ | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/Ql4sMql1cOo President Joe Biden commented on Republicans heckling him during the State of the Union after he suggested they wanted to cut funding for Medicare and Social Security. RELATED: President Biden heckled by Republicans during State of the Union address https://bit.ly/3lpQYQt If President Joe Biden wants a second term, the path could start in Wisconsin where his tiny victory in 2020 over former President Donald Trump sparked a two-year war in this evenly split battleground state over the state's system of elections. Now, following his State of the Union address and ahead of a potential 2024 announcement, Biden made his first stop in Dane County — a voting powerhouse for Democrats that also is one of the only areas of the state with consistent population growth —...

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Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits United Kingdom for first time since Russia invasion | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/6EtrKAQSt28 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the U.K. on Wednesday for the first time since Russia's invasion, a rare trip out of his war-torn country. RELATED: Ukraine's Zelenskyy 'not interested' in a meeting with 'nobody' Putin https://bit.ly/3XhpuJX Zelenskyy met U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and addressed parliament in a bid for more military aid in the form of advanced weapons and "wings for freedom" fighter jets as Ukraine prepares for expected spring offensives by Russian forces. It is Zelenskyy's second known trip outside Ukraine since Russia's invasion nearly a year ago. He visited the U.S. in December. "President Zelenskyy’s visit to the UK is a testament to his country’s courage, determination and fight, and a testament to the unbreakable f...

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President Biden heckled by Republicans during State of the Union address | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/56XP-ObqSgw Republican members of Congress booed and yelled accusations at President Joe Biden during the State of the Union address after his comments about Medicare and Social Security. RELATED: Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republicans boo Biden at State of the Union https://bit.ly/3DRs42i Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., stood up from her seat in the back of the House chamber to heckle President Joe Biden after he said during his State of the Union address Tuesday that “some Republicans want Medicare and Social Security to sunset” while discussing the need to raise the debt ceiling in order to avoid a US default. “Liar!” she said. Other lawmakers in the chamber booed him. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, seated behind Biden, shook his head in disapproval. The president...

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Family rescued from rubble of collapsed building in Syria after earthquake | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/ivDy2lK8NJk Earthquake survivors erupted in cheers as civil defense officers rescued a family from the rubble of a collapsed building in Harem, Syria. RELATED: Footage shows buildings collapse in Syria, Turkey after 7.8-magnitude earthquake https://bit.ly/3HO7Esa The search for survivors grew more desperate, the homeless problem more acute and the death toll rose sharply Wednesday as rescuers labored to find signs of life amid the rubble of Monday's earthquakes and aftershocks that laid waste to a wide swath of Turkey and Syria. Turkey’s disaster management agency said the country’s death toll passed 8,500. The Syrian Health Ministry placed the toll in government-held areas at more than 1,200, and at least 1,400 people have died in the rebel-held northwest, according ...

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Marjorie Taylor Greene carries white balloon ahead of State of the Union speech | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/D7eRpIx04qo Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene walked around her office carrying an "innocent white balloon" in a nod to the Chinese surveillance balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina. RELATED: Chinese spy balloon shot down by US Air Force over Atlantic Ocean https://bit.ly/3YdD02A » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3QYKjbc » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #MarjorieTaylorGreene #China #Balloon

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Toddler chased down after running onto Topgolf driving range | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/rjvVVmcCZ3w A rebellious toddler had to be chased down and caught after running down the driving range at a Topgolf facility in Wichita, Kansas. RELATED: This 8-year-old girl has a better golf game than you https://bit.ly/3JOXdYb » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/3QYKjbc » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #Golf #Kids #Funny

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Dramatic video shows building collapse in Turkey during deadly 7.8 quake | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/lGiozlR4bnk Harrowing footage emerged early Monday showing an apartment building in Turkey collapsing into a pile of rubble, sending terrified people running for their lives, during a monster magnitude 7.8 earthquake that hit central Turkey and northwest Syria. More than 1,700 people were killed and thousands were injured in the natural disaster that knocked down apartment blocks in Turkey and devastated cities in Syria that were already heavily damaged by years of war. Dramatic footage that was recorded in the daytime hours in the city of Sanliurfa in southeastern Turkey shows a seven-story building coming down as a result of the powerful tremors. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/06/video-shows-building-collapse-in-turkey-during-deadly-7-8-quake/ #turkey #earth...

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Ohio residents urged to evacuate over fears of ‘catastrophic’ blast from train derailment | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/grJjKueLvH8 Residents who live near the scene of a fiery train derailment in northeastern Ohio are being urged to evacuate to safety — with officials warning that “catastrophic tanker failure” could cause an explosion that sends “deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile.” Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine expressed fears for the safety of people living within a mile of the site of Friday’s Norfolk Southern train crash, which sparked a fire that burned into Sunday night. “Within the last two hours, a drastic temperature change has taken place in a rail car, and there is now the potential of a catastrophic tanker failure which could cause an explosion with the potential of deadly shrapnel traveling up to a mile,” the governor said in a statement Sunday that urged nearby residents to eva...

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Deadly earthquake devastates Turkey and Syria & more | Today’s Video Headlines

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http://youtu.be/ux224fC5uNI Here are The Post’s biggest video headlines for Monday, February 6, 2023: Deadly earthquake devastates Turkey and Syria, Virginia teacher warned administrators about student’s behavior before being shot, and Ben Affleck roasted at the Grammys. #turkey #syria #earthquake #virginia #benaffleck #grammys The New York Post is your source for breaking news, news about New York, sports, business, entertainment, opinion, real estate, culture, fashion, and more. Subscribe to New York Post Sports: https://www.youtube.com/c/nypostsports Catch the latest news here: https://nypost.com/ Follow The New York Post on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/nypost Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/NYPost

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Teacher Abigail Zwerner sent emails about 6-year-old’s behavior before shooting | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/LGY_6OA-PKQ The Virginia teacher who was shot by her 6-year-old student had warned administrators about his behavior — including allegedly sticking up his middle finger at a classmate and shoving another — and said she felt “uncomfortable” with him returning to her classroom. Teacher Abigail Zwerner reported two disturbing incidents involving the boy in emails to her superiors on Nov. 22, less than two months before he allegedly shot her at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, according to documents obtained by 13News Now. Zwerner said the boy had stuck up his middle finger to a classmate on Oct. 11 — and a month later had bumped “into a classmate while running around the class” and then pushed the student to the floor. “As of today, I do not feel comfortable wit...

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Dramatic air traffic control audio captures near miss between FedEx, Southwest planes | NY Post

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http://youtu.be/gvNvRhmgruY Dramatic audio appeared to capture the pilot of a FedEx cargo plane that nearly collided with a Southwest Airlines flight last week in Texas telling the other aircraft to abort its takeoff. FedEx Flight 1432 from Memphis was cleared to land on Runway 18 Left at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport early Saturday — but seconds later, Southwest Flight 708 also alerted air traffic control that it was “ready” for departure short of the runway, as is customary, according to a recording by LiveATC.net. “Fly heading 170, Runway 18 Left, cleared for takeoff. Traffic three miles final is a heavy 767,” the controller tells Flight 708, which was bound for Cancun, Mexico. The term “heavy” refers to planes above a certain weight to alert pilots of wake turbulence...

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Drone video shows massive destruction from earthquake epicenter in Turkey | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/-wwQPst33LI More than 1,500 people have been confirmed dead after a massive 7.8-magnitude earthquake rocked southeast Turkey and Syria early Monday, leveling several buildings as people slept in their beds. The devastating toll has continued to rise as rescuers frantically search for survivors trapped under the rubble. Thousands more people in both countries were injured, officials said. The earthquake’s center struck an area about 20 miles from Gaziantep, a major city and provincial capital 60 miles from the Syrian border, according to the US Geological Survey. It was centered 11 miles deep and was followed by a strong 6.7-magnitude aftershock about 10 minutes later. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/05/7-8-magnitude-earthquake-knocks-down-buildings-in-centra...

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Migrants abandon NYC for Canada with taxpayer-funded bus tickets | New York Post

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http://youtu.be/12keyKbm9Cw Disgruntled migrants fed up with the Big Apple’s crime and grime are taking off to the Great White North — on bus rides paid for by New York taxpayers, The Post has learned. National Guard soldiers have been helping distribute tickets at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan to migrants who want to head upstate before crossing into Canada, several migrants said. Venezuelan native Raymond Peña and his family arrived at a gas station bus stop in Plattsburgh, NY — about 20 miles south of the Canadian border — at 4 a.m. Sunday. “The military gave me and my family free bus tickets,” Peña said. “I am going to Canada for a better quality of life for my family.” Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/02/05/migrants-abandon-nyc-for-canada-with-taxpayer-funded-b...

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China ‘knows precisely why’ the spy balloon was over the United States | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/C1H6hpQuX6o State Department spokesman Ned Price called out China for sending a spy balloon above the U.S. RELATED: Chinese spy balloon shot down by US Air Force over Atlantic Ocean https://bit.ly/3x9E1fT The Pentagon did not shoot down the Chinese balloon as it approached Alaska in late January because it did not pose a military threat to the United States or Canada, the top commander for defending the United States said Monday. The balloon, which Pentagon officials said was built to spy on sensitive military sites, was shot down Saturday off the coast of South Carolina after entering the country in Alaska. Air Force Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, briefed reporters on the decision to allow the ba...

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Chinese spy balloon shot down by US Air Force over Atlantic Ocean | USA TODAY #Shorts

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http://youtu.be/3hQPfP_0clA Recovery efforts are underway to retrieve the debris from the downed balloon, Pentagon officials said. The balloon was shot down by an F-22. RELATED: Chinese spy balloon shot down off coast of South Carolina, DOD says https://bit.ly/3RxYtRb A U.S. warplane shot down the suspected Chinese spy balloon off the South Carolina coast Saturday afternoon, sending its surveillance gear into relatively shallow water where recovery efforts began immediately, Pentagon officials announced. The balloon was downed after it passed into U.S. territorial waters, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement.The balloon, which carried a large payload of spy gear according to U.S. officials, had soared over several strategic sites, including nuclear missile silos, and beca...