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  • Emergency landing at LAX for United Airlines flight on Friday was the fourth this week

    03/10/2024 7:33:04 PM PDT · by T Ruth · 37 replies
    Just the News ^ | March 9, 2024 | Staff
    A United Airlines plane flying from San Francisco to Mexico City made an emergency landing in Los Angeles on Friday after a hydraulics issue was reported by the crew. The plane, an Airbus A320 jetliner, safely landed at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) around 4:30 p.m. local time Friday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). *** This was the fourth emergency landing of a United Airlines flight this week and will be investigated by the FAA. ***
  • United Boeing 737 Max veers OFF the runway into the grass 'after gear collapse' at Houston airport: FAA launches new probe after litany of safety issues

    03/08/2024 10:33:39 AM PST · by Cecily · 52 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | March 8, 2024 | Will Potter and Keith Griffith
    A Boeing 737 Max 8 operated by United Airlines veered off the runway after landing in Houston early Friday in the latest near-miss involving the embattled airliner. The aircraft, which arrived from Memphis, is said to have suffered some form of gear collapse as it exited the runway at George Bush Airport, although the 160 passengers and six crew were not injured. Shocking footage showed the plane lying flat on its wings on grass by the side of the runway, while passengers were hurried off from an emergency gate ladder.
  • June Bugs Emerge as Houston's Latest Annoying Insect

    03/07/2024 1:25:07 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 21 replies
    Houston Chronicle ^ | March 7, 2024 | Ariana Garcia
    The beetles have emerged to mate and lay eggs in this pleasant spring weather.Just when crane flies seemed to be dominating the Houston area, a different kind of bug has emerged to replace them. Droves of so-called June bugs are being spotted all over H-Town, piling up at doorsteps, buzzing underneath bright street lights, and crashing hard enough into windows and screens at night that it brings to mind the sound of popping popcorn. But why now? As their name suggests, these scarabs typically emerge from the ground during warmer weather in the late spring and early summer, typically in...
  • Houston's Democrat DA tried to vote yesterday but found out someone had already voted in her name

    03/06/2024 10:43:40 AM PST · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    Not The Bee ^ | Mar 6, 2024 | Staff
    The irony of this happening to a Democrat DA is absolutely the sweetest thing possible. The District Attorney for Harris County, Texas, showed up at her polling place on Super Tuesday only to find out that someone else had been there and voted in her name. Yeah, apparently Ogg's lesbian partner might have accidentally signed her name on the wrong line since they live at the same address. But don't worry! Our elections are 100% airtight! In the end, Ogg's vote made little difference. The two-time incumbent was swamped at the ballot box and her opponent Sean Teare is set...
  • Outrage in Houston After Police Audit Reveals 260,000 Crimes Not Investigated

    02/29/2024 1:01:29 PM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 19 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/29/2024 | ILDEFONSO ORTIZ and BRANDON DARBY
    Politicians and law enforcement figures in Houston are dealing with the massive blowback after an audit revealed that for at least eight years, authorities had “suspended” and not investigated more than 260,000 criminal cases. Officials say a lack of manpower led to the suspension of about 10 percent of the crimes reported. The revelations led to various groups calling for the firing of Houston Police Chief Troy Finner. The issue first began earlier this month when information from an internal audit revealed that thousands of sexual assault cases had been suspended from investigations and simply filed as not enough manpower....
  • Why NASA's First Landing On The Moon in 50 Years Matters - It's Commercial, Cryogenic & Confused

    02/26/2024 5:54:23 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 58 replies
    YouTube ^ | February 24, 2024 | Scott Manley (fly safe)
    Intuitive Machines have successfully soft landed on the Moon, carrying a number of payloads for NASA, this represents a return to the moon for the USA. However far more significantly, it's the first purely commercial lander to land on the surface of the moon, and the first lunar lander to use purely cryogenic propellents for all its deep space maneuvering. Both of these factors are core to NASA's Artemis program, and so seeing success here is important to NASA's plans.However.It's far from a perfect success, because it appears to have fallen over during the landing, and this is limiting the...
  • Surprise! Japan’s SLIM Moon Lander Wakes Up After a Freezing Night

    02/26/2024 12:14:04 PM PST · by Red Badger · 37 replies
    Universe Today ^ | 26 February 2024 | ALAN BOYLE
    An artist's conception shows Japan's SLIM lander in its upended position on the lunar surface. (Credit: JAXA) Japan’s space agency didn’t expect its wrong-side-up SLIM moon lander to revive itself after powering down for a circuit-chilling lunar night on Feb. 1. But that’s exactly what happened. “Last night, a command was sent to SLIM and a response received, confirming that the spacecraft has made it through the lunar night and maintained communication capabilities!” the SLIM mission team reported today in a posting to X / Twitter. This wasn’t SLIM’s first resurrection: The boxy spacecraft touched down and tumbled onto its...
  • Sideways moon landing cuts mission short, private US lunar lander will stop working Tuesday

    02/26/2024 11:58:08 AM PST · by yesthatjallen · 36 replies
    AP ^ | 02 26 2024 | MARCIA DUNN
    A private U.S. lunar lander is expected to stop working Tuesday, its mission cut short after landing sideways near the south pole of the moon. Intuitive Machines, the Houston company that built and flew the spacecraft, said Monday it will continue to collect data until sunlight no longer shines on the solar panels. Based on the position of Earth and the moon, officials expect that to happen Tuesday morning. That’s two to three days short of the week or so that NASA and other customers had been counting on. The lander, named Odysseus, is the first U.S. spacecraft to land...
  • Moon Stock Plummets After Odysseus Lunar Lander Tips Over. NASA Calls Landing a Success.

    02/25/2024 12:09:42 PM PST · by DoodleBob · 61 replies
    Barons via MSN ^ | February 24, 2024 | Al Root
    Stock in Intuitive Machines sharply dropped in after-hours trading Friday after the company’s Odyessus lunar lander tipped over when it landed on the moon’s surface. The extreme stock move shows just how hard it is to trade events that will move a small capitalization stock. Intuitive and NASA held a news conference on Friday evening. The lander “is stable, near or at the intended landing site,” said Intuitive CEO Steve Altemus. One hiccup though—the lander is on its side. Altemus said the craft was going 25,000 miles an hour in orbit and landed at about 6 miles an hour, with...
  • HOUSTON COLLEGE STUDENT SENTENCED FOR JAN. 6 CAPITOL RIOT, SAYS FBI AGENT ALLEGEDLY STOLE FROM HIM

    02/17/2024 2:27:58 PM PST · by lowbridge · 18 replies
    abc13.com ^ | February 16, 2024 | Jessica Willey
    A Houston college student sentenced for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 breach at the U.S. Capitol is one of the alleged victims of a FBI agent who was indicted for theft. Alexander Fan was sentenced to 12 months probation for trespassing during a sentencing hearing on Friday. His attorney, Mark Thering, said he pleaded guilty and expressed genuine remorse in a statement to the court. Fan's home was searched after his arrest in June 2023. Court records filed ahead of the hearing state, "the next day, Fan reported to the FBI that some items--including cash and silver bars--had...
  • Texas deputies shoot woman mistaken for intruder, bodycam video shows (It was murder-watch the video)

    02/13/2024 6:06:09 PM PST · by dynachrome · 59 replies
    ABC ^ | 2-12-24 | Luke Jones
    The Harris County Sheriff's Office in Texas released body camera videos one week after a woman was shot by deputies after allegedly being mistaken for an intruder. On Feb. 3, deputies responded to a burglary at the Pines of Woodforest Apartments in the Cloverleaf area at about 2 a.m. The caller spoke with our sister station, ABC13 Eyewitness News in Houston, last week, saying he wishes he hadn't reported the suspected break-in, considering what happened next. "I was sitting on my couch, and I just started hearing glass breaking," Mitchell said. "I heard [the sheriff's office] knock on the door,...
  • Man asleep in truck after fight with girlfriend fatally shoots accused thief: TX cops

    02/13/2024 2:22:48 PM PST · by grundle · 47 replies
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram via Yahoo ^ | February 13, 2024 | Mitchell Willetts
    A Texas man was shot to death after breaking into a truck while the owner was asleep inside, with a rifle in reach, officials say. Deputies responded to the scene of a shooting overnight at an apartment complex in north Houston, Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said in a Feb. 13 post on X, formerly Twitter. The owner of a truck awoke to find another man inside the vehicle, having broken in, Gonzalez said, and the owner opened fire with an AR-15. The alleged thief died at the scene, Gonzalez said, adding that he was “possibly armed with pistols.” Deputies...
  • Houston ABC Affiliate Points to Permitless Handgun Carry Law After Rifle Attack in Joel Osteen’s Church

    02/13/2024 7:37:00 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 23 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02/13/2024 | AWR HAWKINS
    Houston’s ABC 13 pointed to Texas’s permitless carry law for handguns following Sunday’s rifle attack inside Lakewood Church. Breitbart News reported the female shooter, who formerly identified by the name “Jeffery,” possessed two guns when she entered the church: an AR-15 and a .22 rifle. ABC 13 covered the story by noting, “Texas is coming up on two years since permitless carry passed in the State Legislature, which has allowed Texans to carry handguns without a license since September 2021.” They elaborated, “Before permitless carry was signed into law, Texans generally needed to be licensed to carry handguns openly or...
  • Houston police announce results of their investigation into Church shooter's pronouns

    02/13/2024 6:23:49 AM PST · by NetAddicted · 24 replies
    Twitchy.com ^ | 2/12/2024 | Brett T
    As Twitchy reported and no mainstream media outlet probably will, a transgender woman from El Salvador tried to shoot up Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church with an AR-15 Sunday, only to be taken down by two off-duty police officers. Genesse Moreno, who went by the name “Jeffrey,” had "Free Palestine" written on her rifle, so the motive is still unclear. The Houston Police have announced that through an investigation that included documents and interviews, they have determined that the shooter was a female Hispanic and will be referred to by she/her pronouns. This is all very confusing, but it seems that...
  • Harrowing video shows worshippers fleeing Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church with small kids as two off-duty cops battle female shooter who opened fire on congregation

    02/12/2024 8:07:58 AM PST · by Morgana · 29 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 12, 2024 | Germania Rodriguez Poleo
    A harrowing video shows the moment worshippers at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church ran for cover as shots rang out in the Texas congregation. The footage captured the horrifying seconds after a woman in a trench coat shot up the Houston megachurch of the celebrity pastor - before being killed by two off-duty cops. The suspect entered the building during a Spanish-language sermon with a five-year-old boy shortly before 2pm and the child was shot and critically injured. Images from the scene show the chaotic moment terrified congregants run to safety after hearing several shots fired. Police Chief Troy Finner said...
  • BREAKING: Joel Osteen church shooter identified as Genesse Moreno, also went by Jeffrey: local media

    02/12/2024 8:21:12 AM PST · by conservative98 · 87 replies
    PM ^ | 2.12.24 | Libby Emmons
    The individual who walked into Joel Osteen's Lakewood, Texas church on Sunday and pulled out a gun was identified as Genesse Ivonne Moreno, 36. Moreno had a 4 or 5-year-old child when entering the church wearing a trenchcoat. Local news reports that multiple sources have said that Genesse Ivonne Moreno is suspected of being the "armed woman" who was killed at the church Sunday. Reports indicated that the shooter was female, but it has since been revealed that Moreno was male. Moreno was shot and killed by off duty officers, and the weapon was emblazoned with the slogan "Free Palestine."...
  • A woman walked into a Houston megachurch with a child and began shooting. Here’s what we know

    02/12/2024 8:14:14 AM PST · by conservative98 · 40 replies
    CNN ^ | Updated 10:22 AM EST, Mon February 12, 2024 | Christina Maxouris and Lauren Mascarenhas
    A woman who walked into a popular Texas megachurch Sunday afternoon with a long gun and a young child opened fire before she was killed by law enforcement officers on scene. The gunfire left the child in critical condition and another man injured, officials said. Authorities are now probing the shooting at televangelist and pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church – roughly 6 miles from downtown Houston. The woman, estimated to be between 30 and 35 years old, entered the church shortly before 2 p.m. wearing a trench coat and backpack and opened fire, Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said in...
  • 'Evil will not prevail!' Joel Osteen says he's 'devastated' by shooting at his 16,800-seat Houston megachurch that saw female shooter killed and five-year-old boy critically injured - as cops raid house connected to suspect

    02/12/2024 3:46:11 AM PST · by Morgana · 31 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | February 12, 2024 | Stephen M. Lepore
    Celebrity pastor Joel Osteen has said he's 'devastated' by the shooting at his Houston megachurch after two off-duty cops killed the shooter. Two other people were shot and injured, including a five-year-old boy who was hospitalized in critical condition. Osteen wrote on X that his 'community is devastated by today's events and grateful for the swift actions of law enforcement.' 'In the face of such darkness, we must hold onto our faith and remember that evil will not prevail,' he added. 'God will guide us through the darkest of times. Together, we will rise above this tragedy and stand firm...
  • Woman firing gun at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church killed; 5-year-old child in critical condition

    02/11/2024 7:02:01 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 42 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 02/11/2024 | CP Staff
    Members of Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church were overcome with shock on Sunday afternoon after a woman described as wearing a trench coat and backpack and accompanied by a young child began shooting a rifle inside the church. She was shot dead by two off-duty officers. The woman, who has not been identified but was described as between 30- to 35-years-old, entered the Houston-based church just before the start of the 2 p.m. Spanish language service and was accompanied by a 5-year-old child. Houston Police Chief Troy Finner said during a Sunday press conference that the two off-duty officers —...
  • Child and man wounded, suspected shooter dead in incident at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston

    02/11/2024 4:06:55 PM PST · by CFW · 39 replies
    NBC news ^ | 2/11/24 | Dennis Romero and Rebecca Cohen
    A child and a man were injured, and a woman was killed after opening fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday, police said. The woman entered the church, accompanied by a boy believed to be about 5 years old, and started shooting, Police Chief Troy Finner said. Two off-duty law enforcement officers who were at the church when shots were fired about 1:50 p.m. opened fire, and the woman was killed, Finner said. The child was in critical condition, and a man, who is in his 50s, was being treated for an injury to his leg, Houston...