DOJ opens criminal investigation into the Alaska Airlines 737 plane blowout, report says
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press — SEATTLE (AP) — The Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into the Boeing jetliner blowout that left a gaping hole on an Alaska Airlines plane this January, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday....
Gangs attack police stations in Haiti as Caribbean leaders call an emergency meeting Monday
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Police and palace guards worked Saturday to retake some streets in Haiti’s capital after gangs launched massive attacks on at least three police stations. Guards from the National Palace accompanied by an...
‘Oppenheimer’ set to overpower at the Oscars Sunday night
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hi, “Oppenheimer.” When Hollywood gathers for the 96th Academy Awards on Sunday, the blockbuster biopic is widely expected to overpower all competition — including its release-date companion, “Barbie” — at an...
Why is Haiti so chaotic? Leaders used street gangs to gain power. Then the gangs got stronger
By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press Haiti’s prime minister was last seen in Puerto Rico, negotiating his return to a homeland gripped by violence and controlled by heavily armed gangsters. With his fate in the air and the situation in Haiti deteriorating by the...
