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Co-pilot who nearly crashed plane was barred from flying by Oman

International News October 3, 2026

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The FlyDubai co-pilot who officials said nearly crashed a Tel Aviv-bound flight with 182 people aboard was barred from flying by his native Oman over concerns he had adopted extremist views, a person familiar with the matter said Saturday. The co-pilot was subsequently hired by the United Arab Emirates-based airline, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. It was not immediately clear to what extent he was vetted when he was hired in the Emirates. Oman’s move to bar the co-pilot from flying was first ...

Moss House celebrates ancestry of local residents for America’s 250th

Local News October 3, 2026

MINERAL RIDGE — A special display is inside the Moss Ancestral Home showcasing the ancestors of local residents who served in the Revolutionary War as part of America’s 250th celebration this year. Marci Buchanan, president of the Mineral Ridge Historical Society, said Mary Lou Godleski, ...

US hiring slows and unemployment ticks higher

Business October 3, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. Hiring dropped from a revised 133,000 in August, the Labor Department said. The unemployment rate rose to a still-low 4.2% from 4.1% in August. Economists had expected September payrolls to come in around 90,000. Labor Department revisions also shaved 60,000 jobs off combined July and ...

Amazon to invest $1B into data center communities amid backlash against rollouts

National News October 3, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is investing more than $1 billion over the next five years into communities where it operates data centers for education, job training, water and energy preservation projects and other local priorities as it reacts to a growing backlash from politicians and consumers to the tech industry’s rollout of the massive buildings. According to a blog post on Friday by Matt Garman, Amazon’s CEO of its cloud computing arm, Amazon has already spent more than $1 billion in communities with a large data center presence over the past three years. Garman also said that ...

Woman told Cornell investigators she ‘felt like bait’ during alleged gang rape

National News October 3, 2026

A woman who says she was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity told the school’s investigators last year that she “felt like bait” as the attackers were “like lions around me,” according to records from the school’s disciplinary investigation. The documents, reviewed Friday by The Associated Press, include excerpts of interviews Cornell’s investigators did with the woman and the men she accused and shed more light on the university’s handling of the case. While heavily redacted, the records offer a fuller but sometimes conflicting timeline of events and a ...

Groups sue Trump administration over rollback of vehicle fuel economy rules

National News October 3, 2026

DETROIT (AP) — A group of environmental organizations sued the Trump administration on Friday over its recent relaxation of key vehicle fuel economy rules, a decision that the group says will make vehicles less efficient, contribute to more pollution and increase gas consumption. On Monday, the Trump administration lowered Corporate Average Fuel Economy, or CAFE, standards that set out how far new vehicles need to travel on a gallon of gasoline. The announcement was made as the Trump administration negotiated with Iran over reopening the Strait of Hormuz. About a fifth of the ...