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A routine transatlantic journey from Canada to Portugal became a fight for survival when an Air Transat passenger jet lost both its engines over the Atlantic Ocean in August 2001. With no engine power and land still some distance away, Captain Robert Piché and First Officer Dirk DeJager had to guide the aircraft towards an…

Actor and director Josh Duhamel partnered with Bobcat Company to surprise Los Angeles firefighters with a brand-new Bobcat UV34XL utility vehicle in June 2025. The donation was made in recognition of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s first full-time, paid wildland hand crew, which helps mitigate and control wildfires. Duhamel personally handed over the keys to…

A federal appeals court has rejected all civil rights claims filed by the owner of an Omaha apartment complex against city officials. The decision upholds the dismissal of a lawsuit that began after the city closed the building over code violations in 2018. The ruling was issued on Friday, 6 November 2026, by the U.S….

PC: LinkedIn/Elizabeth Stein Elizabeth Stein founded ‘Purely Elizabeth’ in 2009, building the US-based modern wellness food brand around granola, oatmeal, and cereals. Seventeen years later, Ferrero Group announced an agreement to acquire the company, adding it to its breakfast and better-for-you portfolio. Stein, the company’s founder and chief executive, said she was proud of what…

Living beside a quiet country road in French Settlement, Louisiana, Mona Matherne spent more than ten years trying to stop her neighbours from using a private stretch of land that passes her home. On Friday, 6 November 2026, state appeals judges brought the long-running dispute to an end. They ruled that the 73-year-old landowner has…

An Ohio man has been allowed to keep sole ownership of a house he bought six years before getting married. State appeals judges rejected his former wife’s claim that paying the mortgage with shared money during their marriage had turned the house into marital property. The ruling was issued on 6 November 2026 by the…

An Ohio homeowner who refused to pay for a newly built concrete foundation after noticing visible defects has been ordered by an appeals court to pay the contractor $45,806. The judges found that the basement walls were structurally sound, even though they had some cosmetic flaws. The dispute began with a residential construction agreement signed…

File photo: Trump blames midterm result for $3 trillion market crash, vows to return ‘bigger and stronger’ US president Donald Trump has blamed the Democrats’ sweeping victory in the midterm elections for a $3 trillion wipeout in stock market value, saying America had “taken a giant step back in history” but promising that his party…