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A Southwest Airlines flight returned safely to Denver International Airport on Sunday after the engine cover of a Boeing 737-800 fell off during takeoff and hit the wing, the Federal Aviation Administration said.Flight 3695 was headed to Houston, but returned to Denver Airport around 8:15 AM. after the crew reported that the engine cover fell off.The plane, which had 135 passengers and five crew members, was towed back to the gate. The FAA said it would investigate.In a statement, Southwest Airlines said its maintenance teams were examining the aircraft. Southwest said the passengers boarded another plane and arrived at William…

Germany defended itself at the International Court of Justice on Tuesday against accusations that its arms shipments to Israel fueled the genocide in Gaza, arguing that most of the equipment it has provided since October 7 was non-lethal and that it was also one of the largest donors. humanitarian aid to the Palestinians.At the UN court in The Hague, Germany’s lawyers said the allegations made by Nicaragua had “no factual or legal basis” and were based on an assessment of the military behavior of Israel, which is not a party to the case.”Germany strongly rejects Nicaragua’s accusations,” Tania von Uslar-Gleichen,…

It sounds like a dream for some working parents: school for 12 hours a day, starting bright and early at 7am and finishing after dinner at 7pm, all for free.One elementary school, Brooklyn Charter School, is experimenting with the idea as a way to tackle two problems at once. The first is the sharp decline of students in urban schools. Families are leaving urban public schools across the country, including New York City, which has led some districts to consider merging schools or even closing them.The second is the logistical nightmare many parents face as they try to juggle work…

The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating claims by a Boeing engineer that parts of the 787 Dreamliner’s fuselage are not properly fastened together and could break in flight after thousands of trips.The engineer, Sam Salehpour, who worked on the plane, explained his allegations in interviews with the New York Times and in documents sent to the FAA. An agency spokesman confirmed it was looking into the allegations but declined to comment.Mr. Salehpour, whose resume says he has worked at Boeing for more than a decade, said the problems arose from changes in the way the huge parts were placed and…

Beeper, the app that brought iPhone messaging to Android smartphones, has been acquired by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, to support the development of a single service for sending and receiving WhatsApp chats, Signal, LinkedIn and more.The deal, valued at about $125 million, was announced Tuesday. It comes as regulators in Europe and the United States pressure the biggest tech companies to open up their messaging services to third parties. Regulators believe this will make it easier for people to contact friends and family and switch messaging providers.Automattic is betting that the changing regulatory environment will make people more interested…

Zwickau, a city in eastern Germany, may not be as famous as Detroit, but its economy has revolved around internal combustion engines since August Horch founded Audi here in the early 20th century.So when Volkswagen announced in 2018 that it would convert its factory in Zwickau, the largest private employer in the region, to make nothing but electric vehicles, it was a big deal.”A lot of people were skeptical,” said Michael Fuchs, who has worked at the plant for more than a quarter of a century. They asked themselves: “What will happen?” he said.Volkswagen shut down assembly lines building its…

New Yorkers, take note: If you come across a bird or animal that is sick, dead or acting strangely, keep yourself and your pets at a safe distance. The bird flu virus, H5N1, is present in at least a small portion of New York’s birds, according to a new study.The finding is not surprising given that H5N1 has now been shown to affect migratory birds, a wide range of wild animals, poultry and, since last month, dairy cows. However, its discovery in the city is an unpleasant reminder that urban spaces are not exempt.People generally associate zoonotic diseases with rural…

Europe’s top human rights court said in a landmark ruling on Tuesday that the Swiss government violated the human rights of its citizens by not doing enough to stop climate change.However, the court rejected climate cases brought by the former mayor of a coastal town in France and a group of young people in Portugal as inadmissible.The cases, the first of their kind to be heard at the court, the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, are part of a wider movement of climate-related lawsuits aimed at using human rights law to push governments to act against global…

Jennifer and James Crumbley, who were convicted of involuntary manslaughter for failing to stop their teenage son from killing four classmates in the worst school shooting in Michigan history, will be sentenced by a judge on Tuesday.Separate jury trials resulted in guilty verdicts in February and March, making them the first parents in the country to be convicted of the deaths of their child in a mass shooting.Involuntary manslaughter charges are punishable in Michigan by up to 15 years in prison, and prosecutors asked in sentencing briefs filed in court last week that the Crumbleys serve at least 10 years…

Investors were betting on Federal Reserve rate cuts as early as 2024, betting that central bankers would cut rates to around 4 percent by the end of the year. But after months of persistent inflation and strong economic growth, the outlook is starting to look much less dramatic.Market pricing now suggests that rates will end the year in the neighborhood of 4.75%. That would mean Fed officials had cut interest rates two or three times from today’s 5.3 percent.Policymakers are trying to strike a delicate balance as they consider how to respond to the economic moment. Central bankers don’t want…