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Joseph Emerson charged with 83 counts of reckless endangerment over incident on flight to San Francisco An Alaskan Airlines pilot who attempted to shut off the engines of a passenger plane mid-flight after ingesting magic mushrooms said his actions were “unfathomable”, in some of his first public remarks after he was indicted on 83 counts of reckless endangerment.In an interview with ABC’s Good Morning America, Joseph Emerson described the events of 22 October as “30 seconds of my life that I wish I could change, and I can’t”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/23/us-pilot-magic-mushrooms-plane-engines Author : Léonie Chao-Fong Publish date

Ex-footballer, 41, says ‘I let myself down, my family, friends and colleagues down’ in interviewJermaine Jenas has apologised to the “women with whom I was messaging” after he was sacked from the BBC.“I am ashamed, and I am deeply sorry,” the 41-year-old former footballer said in an interview with the Sun. “I have let myself down, my family, friends and colleagues down, and I owe everyone an apology – especially the women with whom I was messaging. I am so, so sorry. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/aug/23/sacked-bbc-presenter-jermaine-jenas-ashamed-of-inappropriate-messages Author : PA news Publish date : 2024-08-23 21:24:35 Copyright for syndicated

Emmitt Martin pleaded guilty to federal civil rights violations in killing that renewed calls for police reformFederal prosecutors recommended a 40-year sentence for a former Memphis police officer who pleaded guilty on Friday to federal civil rights violations in the 2023 fatal beating of Tyre Nichols.Emmitt Martin is the second former officer to plead guilty in the killing that sparked outrage and renewed calls for police reform. Three former officers still face trial in federal court in September, and two of their former colleagues could testify against them. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/23/tyre-nichols-memphis-police-emmitt-martin-sentence Author : Associated Press Publish date

Police sources quoted as saying knife used in attack at festival marking western German city’s 650th anniversaryPeople have been killed and injured in an attack at a festival in the city of Solingen in western Germany, the German news agency dpa has reported.It was not immediately clear how many casualties there were. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/aug/23/people-killed-and-injured-at-festival-in-solingen-in-germany-report Author : Agencies Publish date : 2024-08-23 21:44:57 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.