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Flight 2231 was departing for Atlanta at around 6.30 p.m. when it “exited a taxiway” before takeoff, according to a statement posted on the airport’s Twitter page. No injuries were reported and buses were dispatched to the Boeing 717 to help passengers disembark, officials said. Eleanor Sharp, a passenger on the plane, told Newsweek: “We were taxiing about to take off and, all of a sudden, we slid downward abruptly and then there was this horrific noise....

At a news conference on Tuesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, joined by Attorney General Ashley Moody, announced that Florida and 20 other states are suing President Joe Biden’s administration with the aim of ending the universal mask mandate on airplanes. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced on March 10 that the federal mask mandates, which were set to expire on March 18, were being extended until April 18 per a recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)....

The club's prized offseason acquisition was still speaking to the media, much to his restless teammates' chagrin. Johnson, naturally, didn't want to keep them waiting. For all of the goals, caps and accolades that fill his resume, he's still new to the United family. "I'm at 13 years as a professional soccer player," Johnson told Sporting News/Goal USA from the Carolina Challenge Cup preseason tournament. "I know what it means to be a new player....

Rory McIlroy is on top of the world as the 2020 golf season swings into high gear this weekend with the Players Championship. McIlroy, the defending 2019 champion at TPC Sawgrass, looks to become the first repeat winner in the history of the PGA Tour’s so-called “fifth major.” He’s yet to win in 2020, but the Northern Irishman is still planted firmly at No. 1 in the World Golf Ranking having finished top five in four consecutive tournaments to start the year....

The players had refused to practice Wednesday as a show of support for interim coach Aaron Keen, who took over after Hoffner was arrested in 2012. A judge later said he had been wrongly accused and the images were an innocent video of his children playing after a bath. "As a team, we are ready to get back to playing football," junior defensive back Sam Thompson and sophomore wide receiver Kyle Riggott said in a statement after the players and coaching staff held a nearly two-hour closed-door meeting....

The state is the first in the country to mandate compliance with federal safety recommendations. Some long-beloved fixtures–monkey bars among them–will bite the dust, and others such as swings, slides and seesaws will have to be scaled down or modified. Traditionalists scoff at what they see as undue protectionism, but activists say changes are long overdue. About 150,000 children a year wind up in emergency rooms with playground injuries, and 15 or so die....

Giving welfare to team owners is America’s newest civic sport. By one count, 44 major-league pro teams have recently finagled new playpens for themselves or are angling to do so. Critics call much of this extortion: you help me or I’ll take my team to a city that will. Local officials typically cower when the owners play hardball, fearful that the loss of a pro franchise will relegate their city to the status of a ghost town....

Will next year be the lousy one? Some economic numbers are looking pretty soft. Over the summer, growth slowed to 2.2 percent, down from the zippy 4.7 percent that was registered last spring. Republicans warned of an impending ““Clinton recession’’; Democrats called it their perfect ““Goldilocks economy’’–not too hot, not too cold, just right. Unfortunately for Goldilocks, some vital demographic data indicate a cooling trend. The number of young householders is dropping off, and they’re the secret spark of economic growth, says Richard Hokenson, chief economist of the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) in New York....

Here are the important settings for DraftKings single-game contests: It’s full-point PPR, and there are three-point bonuses for 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards, and 100 receiving yards. The Captain pick costs 1.5 times a player’s original price, but he also gets his point total multiplied by 1.5. MORE DK SHOWDOWN: How to win a Showdown contest DraftKings Showdown Picks: Bengals vs. Chiefs AFC Championship $50,000 budget, need at least one player from each team....

You already know the result, don’t you? Everything will take longer the second way. Retrieving the weather bulletin happens in three seconds by newspaper, perhaps 50 seconds by Web-enabled mobile phone. Finding the film listing is a 20- to 25-second task by old media, but takes at least two minutes by new media. “WAP stands for Wrong Approach to Portability,” usability researcher Jakob Nielsen told analysts, after releasing a report last month in which he found that 70 percent of trial users of WAP phones said they wouldn’t go on to buy the technology....

Alli, 21, has been unable to find his best form consistently this season and played just 22 minutes in England’s friendlies against Netherlands and Italy. England boss Gareth Southgate was unwilling to guarantee Alli a starting spot for the World Cup, which is less than three months away. But Pochettino again backed Alli, who has been the PFA Young Player of the Year the past two seasons. “I have full confidence in him and his talent and because I know him....

Pogba missed the FA Cup win at Huddersfield Town due to illness after Mourinho had told reporters the France international would definitely play in the fifth-round clash. Asked about his absence before United’s 2-0 win at the John Smith’s Stadium, the United manager said “I don’t know and, honestly, I don’t care” how long the player would be out. The midfielder has struggled for form in recent weeks, with Mourinho replacing him during Premier League defeats away to Tottenham and Newcastle United....

The France international found the net with a sweetly struck half-volley to lead his side to victory and is keen to convert on a more regular basis in order to help the team. The strike saw Pogba take his club tally for 2016-17 to four goals in 15 appearances in all competitions, with the midfielder having previously scored once against Leicester City and a double versus Fenerbahce. How Sir Alex wooed Ronaldo...

In the summer of 2016, the Red Devils moved to bring a former academy graduate back onto their books after seeing him mature into a global icon at Serie A giants Juventus. Pogba arrived in England as part of a record-breaking deal and has seen his every move scrutinised in minute detail ever since, with his antics on and off the field dividing opinion and sparking endless debate. The 25-year-old has since slipped behind the likes of Neymar and Philippe Coutinho on the list of costliest talents in world football, but he insists he was not relieved to see Paris Saint-Germain raise the bar when landing a Brazil international for €222m (£195m/$263m) in 2017....

Last week they got a big break. One of the six men in U.S. custody in the embassy case, an Egyptian-born former U.S. Army sergeant named Ali Mohamed, pleaded guilty to helping plan the bombings–and attributed them to bin Laden. “Among the targets I did surveillance for was the American Embassy in Nairobi,” Mohamed declared on Friday. “Bin Laden looked at the picture of the American Embassy and pointed to where the truck could go as a suicide bomber....

Dworczyk’s comments come as an increasing number of European countries have suspended the vaccine over unconfirmed reports that the shot could cause fatal blood clots. “Most countries that have temporarily suspended [AstraZeneca] vaccinations have given in to panic caused by media-fueled information about alleged complications,” Dworczyk said, according to a Euronews editor. “In my opinion, it is possible that we are dealing with a planned disinformation campaign and a brutal fight by medical companies, possibly supported by the countries in which these companies are registered,” he added....

Polestar says that the new model comes with an increased range, starts at a lower price point, and a bespoke configuration. The company, owned by Volvo and Geely, has been expanding its footprint across the globe recently. Test drives are currently available in 12 major U.S. cities and moving to put its showroom stamp in 18 markets worldwide. 25 showrooms are slated to be opened by the end of the year in the U....