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Air Canada ranks last for on-time performance in North America

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

A new report says Air Canada had the worst on-time performance among large airlines in North America in 2023.Aviation data firm Cirium says the country’s biggest carrier landed 63 per cent of its flights on time last year, placing it last among the continent’s 10 biggest airlines.The score was five percentage points below the second- and third-lowest carriers, JetBlue Airways and Frontier Airlines, respectively.Amounting to roughly 140,000 tardy planes last year, the figure also marked the poorest on-time percentage of the airlines listed in the report, which spanned Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the Middle East.WestJet placed seventh in North America with a score of 69 per cent, while Delta Air Lines came first at 85 per cent.Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau acknowledged the company’s relatively low ranking after a wave of flight delays in June and July, pointing to a shortage of air traffic controllers, bad weather and a network running at full tilt amid hig...

Gunman breaks into Colorado Supreme Court building; intrusion unrelated to Trump case, police say

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

DENVER (AP) — A man leaving the scene of a car wreck Tuesday shot his way into the Colorado Supreme Court building and inflicted “extensive damage” to the building before being arrested by police, authorities said, adding the incident seems unrelated to the court’s recent ruling banning former President Donald Trump from the ballot.Colorado’s justices have received threats ever since they ruled 4-3 last month that a rarely-used constitutional provision barring from office those who “engaged in insurrection” applies to Trump. Authorities, however, said Tuesday’s incident appears unrelated to that case. Trump is expected to appeal that ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court later Tuesday.“The CSP and DPD are treating this incident seriously, but at this time, it is believed that this is not associated with previous threats to the Colorado Supreme Court Justices,” the Colorado State Patrol said in a statement said, using the acronyms for the state patrol and Denver Police D...

Donald Trump is expected to appeal the Colorado and Maine rulings banning him from primary ballots

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday is expected to appeal rulings from Colorado and Maine that ban him from the states’ ballots, setting up a high-stakes showdown over a 155-year-old addition to the Constitution that bars from office those who “engaged in insurrection.”Trump would appeal the Colorado Supreme Court ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court and the decision by Maine’s Democratic secretary of state to that state’s Superior Court.It would mark the first time the nation’s highest court could rule on Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, two sentences added to the Constitution after the Civil War to prevent Confederates from returning to their former government offices. The clause says that anyone who swore an oath to support the Constitution and then “engaged in insurrection” against it is no longer eligible.The appeals come as tensions mount over rulings that could keep the 2024 Republican presidential front-runner off ballots, though both the Maine and Colorado ruli...

Czechia stuns Canada with late goal to advance in World Juniors quarterfinal

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

Jakub Stancl scored his second goal of the game with 11.7 seconds left in third period as Czechia survived a blown 2-0 lead to defeat Canada 3-2 and advance to the semifinals at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday.Tomas Cibulka had the other goal for Czechia. Jakub Vondras got the win.Matthew Wood and Jake Furlong replied for Canada. Mathis Rousseau took the loss in his fifth straight start at the under-20 tournament.The North Americans carried the play for most of the final 40 minutes before Stancl fired a shot on goal in the dying seconds of regulation that deflected off the stick of Canadian defenceman Oliver Bonk — the son of former NHLer Radek Bonk — and beat a stunned Rousseau.Tuesday’s quarterfinal was a rematch of last year’s gold-medal matchup in Halifax, which Canada took 3-2 in overtime. Five members of that Czech team dressed Tuesday, while forward Owen Beck was Canada’s lone returnee.Canadian winger Matthew Savoie returned to the lineup Tuesday from a lower-...

Woman in toll road crash struck, killed by alleged intoxicated driver in Northwest Indiana

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

LAKE COUNTY, Ind. — A woman who was involved in a crash on the Indiana Toll Road was struck and killed by an alleged intoxicated driver on the expressway.Indiana State Police were dispatched to eastbound I-90, at the .9 mile marker near the state line, on the report of a multi-vehicle crash Friday at around 4:45 p.m.Following a preliminary investigation, police believe the a gray Nissan SUV may have hydroplaned and struck the concrete barrier that separates the east and westbound lanes.A driver in a white Lexus saw the crash, which blocked the left and center lanes, and pulled over. The woman in the SUV asked him to call 911 and began to walk across the roadway toward the Lexus.Police said a blue Ford F250 was traveling eastbound and approached the scene. The driver, Scott Schuch, 55, of Porter, allegedly made a sudden lane change and struck the woman. She died at the scene.Schuch's pickup truck then crashed into the Lexus. Two occupants suffered non life-threatening injuries. ‘Th...

Toddler, parents ID'd after boy found wandering alone on South Side; police investigating

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

CHICAGO — A toddler and his parents have been identified after the boy was found wandering alone on the city's South Side.According to police, the boy, who is 2 or 3-years-old, was seen walking alone in the 100 block of West 107th Street in the Roseland neighborhood on December 21.As of Tuesday morning, police said he and his parents have been identified. An investigation is ongoing.

ICYMI: 1/2 What happened last week?

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

Here’s a recap of the top stories you may have missed over the weekend and last week:Explaining the 14th Amendment challenges that could disqualify TrumpMaine has now become the second state to remove former President Donald Trump from the 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot. (Read more...)Migrants surge at southern borderWith thousands of migrants arriving at the U.S. southern border Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to Mexico Wednesday to discuss options for slowing down the influx. (Read more...)Military changes policy regarding sexual assaultsThis week, the military changed how it investigates allegations of sexual assault, taking that responsibility away from the chain of command, and into the hands of independent investigators. (Read more...)

Trailblazing Texan Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson dies at 88

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – Former Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson passed away at the age of 88 on Sunday.“She was the single most effective legislator Dallas has ever had,” Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said in a statement. “Nobody brought more federal infrastructure money home to our city. Nobody fought harder for our communities and our residents’ interests and safety. And nobody knew how to navigate Washington better for the people of Dallas.”The Congressional Black Caucus put out a statement detailing Johnson’s impressive accomplishments. “A former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, the first registered nurse elected to Congress, the first Black woman elected to Congress from Dallas, and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Incorporated, Congresswoman Johnson was a trailblazer who served her constituents and her country honorably in the U.S. Congress for 30 years.”Johnson was also the first Black woman to chair the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.President ...

New research in Austin explores different approach to treat severe depression

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A small study is digging into a new way to help people with treatment-resistant depression.“This is something that is very unique in the field," said Dr. Sabrina Segal, the author of the study and director of research at Family Care Center (FCC), with locations in Austin.“This particular protocol has been shown in a in just a handful of studies to be particularly helpful in treating anxiety symptoms and PTSD symptoms. But what we didn't expect to see is such an incredible effect on the depressive symptoms,” she said.Chief Medical Officer of FCC, Dr. Chuck Weber has been using transcranial magnetic stimulation or TMS for several years to help patients.“TMS is a novel new technology that has been around since the 90’s, FDA approved since 2008, which takes a magnetic pulse, and that creates an electrical charge,” said Dr. Weber. “It is a non-invasive approach to treatment of depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, smoking sensation, in a wide range of mental conditi...

Southbound MoPac lane closure planned near Barton Skyway Thursday

Published Sun, 29 Dec 2024 12:15:24 GMT

Editor’s note: The above video shows KXAN’s morning headlines for Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Closures are expected along a southbound portion of MoPac Expressway later this week, the Central Texas Mobility Authority shared in a social media post Tuesday.Beginning Thursday, southbound MoPac will be closed between Barton Skyway and Loop 360 from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. CTRMA officials said drivers will be detoured onto the frontage road using the Barton Skyway exit and will then continue through the intersections at Barton Skyway and Loop 360, per a project update.Barton Skyway Ramp Relief project map (Courtesy: Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority)During the closure, crews will reconfigure the traffic pattern before the main lanes reopen Friday. Entrance ramps from both Barton Skyway and Bee Cave Road will lead to a new through lane, "and drivers entering from Barton Skyway will have more space to accelerate before merging onto MoPac," the update said.The left lane will be s...