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United Airlines flight to Spain returns to U. S. after Bluetooth device is labeled a "certain four-letter word"
2+ hour, 48+ min ago (339+ words) (CBS NEWS) " A United Airlines flight bound for Spain from Newark Liberty International Airport turned around midflight Saturday due to a possible security threat. The flight departed around 6 p. m. for Palma de Mallorca, Spain, but landed back at Newark at 9: 37 p. m. , according…...
Exceptionally early heat wave shatters records and brings deaths in Europe
6+ day, 10+ hour ago (516+ words) London recorded a rare "tropical night," defined as one in which the temperature does not fall below 20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit), and Britain's Met Office weather service said the temperature in southern England could reach 35 C (95 F) on Tuesday. Monday was the U. K.'s…...
Pop star Shakira is acquitted in a Spanish tax fraud case
2+ week, 11+ hour ago (240+ words) The decision follows'years of tax troubles'in Spain for the Colombian superstar. The ruling relates to a'dispute over the 2011 tax year'in which Spanish tax authorities did not prove that the singer was a resident of Spain, the Madrid-based court said in…...
17 Americans from hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrive in U. S. , including 1 who tested positive, another with symptoms
3+ week, 10+ hour ago (1380+ words) (CBS) " Seventeen Americans and a British citizen evacuated from the cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of hantavirus arrived in the U. S. early Monday. One American on the repatriation flight began showing symptoms of hantavirus and another "tested mildly PCR…...
3 passengers, French and American, test positive or have symptoms of hantavirus after evacuation
3+ week, 13+ hour ago (634+ words) Passengers from the ship began flying home aboard military and government planes Sunday after the vessel anchored in the Canary Islands. Personnel in full-body protective gear and breathing masks had escorted the travelers from ship to shore in Tenerife in…...
Passengers evacuated from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship begin flying home from Canary Islands
3+ week, 1+ day ago (947+ words) Spanish passengers were the first to leave the MV Hondius following its arrival in Tenerife, the largest island in the Spanish archipelago off the West African coast. They were then flown to Madrid and taken to a military hospital. Hours…...
3 evacuated from hantavirus cruise ship as Canary Islands does about-face, opts not to let it dock there
3+ week, 5+ day ago (789+ words) (CBS) " Three patients suspected of having the hantavirus have been evacuated from the MV Hondius cruise ship and are on their way to the Netherlands to receive medical care, the World Health Organization said Wednesday. The three are German, Dutch…...
Wildfires race across Chile, leaving 18 dead and forcing thousands to flee
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (560+ words) Chilean President Gabriel Boric declared a state of catastrophe in the country's central Biobio region and the neighboring "uble region, around 500 kilometers (300 miles) south of Santiago, the capital. The emergency designation allows greater coordination with the military to rein in…...
Liverpool player Diogo Jota and his brother were killed in a car accident in Spain, police say
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (726+ words) The accident occurred past midnight local time. Police said they were investigating the causes and the bodies were undergoing forensic analysis. Jota and Silva, both Portuguese soccer players, were the only ones in the car, according to police. It was…...