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SAN FRANCISCO — Two airliners aborted landings at San Francisco International Airport last week after pilots spotted a Southwest Airlines jet taxiing across runways on which the other planes had been cleared to land. An air traffic controller told the…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A frigid winter storm killed at least 18 people as it swept across the country, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses and leaving millions of people on edge about the possibility of…
Everyone is suddenly talking about Qatar. Normally dwarfed by its neighbors Iran and Saudi Arabia, both in physical size and the energy they both consume in official Washington, the oil-rich Arab nation has in the last six months become a…
Donald Trump’s firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Tuesday was welcomed in many quarters of official Washington as a kind of deliverance—or evidence, perhaps, of justice served. The crowing could be heard all the way to the pages…
A Galatasaray youth player has received widespread praise for deliberately missing a controversially awarded penalty. Beknaz Almazbekov was, who was captaining Gala’s under-14 side against Istanbulspor, was awarded the spot-kick after an apparent foul by a defender on the edge…
The Russian aircraft, said to be Tu-95s and Il-78s, reportedly took off from a Murmansk airbase by the Barents Sea. Both the Russian and the UK Defence Ministries have yet to comment on the information. The Russian ministry stated previously…
The Kildare Intermediate camogie panel has criticised Kildare county board for allegedly withdrawing the team from this season’s All-Ireland Championship without their consent. In a statement issued of their behalf by the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), the squad said they…
Virgin Media has announced live coverage of a further five Airtricity League of Ireland games in April, this season. Shamrock Rovers win over Bohemians in April was the first League of Ireland game shown live on Virgin Media, and it…
Midfielder Sergio Busquets will leave Barcelona this summer, ending an 18-year association with the club. The 34-year-old, who joined the Catalans’ youth team in 2005, made his first-team debut in 2008 but has decided to move on after turning down…
Wolves are interested in signing Coventry striker Viktor Gyokeres. One source has told Sky Sports News they are the leading club in the Premier League for his signature this summer. There are no ongoing negotiations to sign the player yet,…