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New court documents say an off-duty airline pilot who tried to cut the engines on a flight in mid-air told police he had been struggling with depression

Reuters. Joseph David Emerson, 44, an Alaska Airlines pilot, was riding as a standby employee passenger in the cockpit "jump seat" of Sunday's flight from Everett, Washington, to San Francisco, when the airborne altercation occurred, authorities said.

This storm is anticipated to disrupt travel significantly in at least six states, according to AccuWeather. As of midday Tuesday, roughly 2.5 million residents are living in areas under some form of winter weather alert due to the storm, according to the National Weather Service. States affected include Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and North Dakota. Winter storm warnings and watches have been issued for sections of the Cascades and northern Rockies as the storm approaches. Meanwhile, tropical Storm Otis strengthened early Tuesday as it approached Mexico’s southern Pacific coast and was forecast to become a hurricane before making landfall near the resort of Acapulco late Tuesday or early Wednesday. The US National Hurricane Center said that Otis was about 155 miles (250 kilometers) south-southeast of Acapulco on Tuesday morning with winds of 70 mph (110 kph). It was moving north-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph). In the Atlantic, Hurricane Tammy has made landfall on the Caribbean's Barbuda as Category 1 hurricane.

(Reuters) — An off-duty pilot accused of trying to shut off the engines of an Alaska Airlines jet on a weekend flight over the Pacific Northwest was due to make his first court appearance on Tuesday in Portland, Oregon, where he faced 83 counts of attempted murder.

An off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit of a Horizon Air passenger jet tried to shut down the engines in midflight

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot has been charged with 83 counts of attempted murder after he allegedly tried to disable the engines of a passenger plane mid-flight.

Elizabeth Hoffman, famous for her role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor, the mother of the daughters in the NBC drama 'Sisters,' has died at the age of 97. She passed away on August 21 due to natural causes at her home in Malibu, as confirmed by her son, Chris. Hoffman's notable roles included portraying Eleanor Roosevelt in the miniseries 'The Winds of War' (1983) and 'War and Remembrance' (1988-89). She also played Meryl Streep's mother in 'The River Wild' (1994) and an elderly character named Ruth in 'Dante's Peak' (1997). In 'Sisters,' Hoffman's character, Bea, kickstarts the story as her four daughters reunite to care for her after she turns to alcohol to cope with her husband's passing and sells the family home. She appeared in 87 out of the show's 128 episodes during its six-season run from 1991 to 1996. Born on February 8, 1926, in Corvallis, Oregon, Hoffman began her acting career in theater before making her on screen debut in 1980 with a role on 'Little House on the Prairie.' She also appeared in 'Matlock' and 'Stargate SG-1' in the late 1980s and 1990s. Hoffman's film credits include 'Fear No Evil' (1981), 'Nuts' (1987), and 'Born on the Fourth of July' (1989). She also made appearances on various television shows such as 'The Greatest American Hero,' 'The A-Team,' 'Hunter,' 'L.A. Law,' 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' and 'Thirtysomething.' Her theatrical work featured performances in Tennessee Williams plays and the role of a woman who takes in a young Jewish girl in Diane Samuels' 'Kindertransport.' She is survived by her sons Chris and Paul, as well as her grandchildren Erica, Alison, Lauren, and Lily.

By Jonathan Stempel

(Reuters) — An Alaska Airlines flight bound for San Francisco was diverted to Portland, Oregon Sunday after a jump seat passenger inside the cockpit attempted to disable the aircraft engines, according to an Federal Aviation Administration notice seen by Reuters.

Reuters, called for the protection of civilians including those who are trying to get to safety, notes that states must comply with international law when responding to "terrorist attacks", and urges the "continuous, sufficient and unhindered" delivery of aid to the Gaza Strip, Reuters reported. However, it was not immediately clear if or when the United States planned to put the draft resolution to a vote.

Federal regulators have approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top West Coast officials

Back in 2001, seven years before Tesla introduced its electric-powered Roadster and a dozen years before the more affordable Chevrolet Spark EV went on sale, lawmakers in Oregon recognized that the adoption of EVs and hybrids would eventually mean less revenue from the state’s gas tax, which would mean less money to pay for roads and bridges. So they formed a committee to study the problem. After considering a tire tax, a battery tax and numerous other options, the committee concluded that Oregonians should be charged based on how many miles they drive.

A volleyball shoe startup is bringing attention to colleges' multi-million-dollar contracts with athletic apparel companies and terms that prevent athletes from wearing other brands

2024 Lok Sabha polls. He said the result of the 2024 general elections could be surprising as there is an opposition coalition and there are chances of the INDIA bloc coming to power at the Centre by trouncing the BJP-led NDA government next year, PTI reported.

Environmentalists are poised to return to court in an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine

New York-listed Albemarle has walked away from its $6.6 billion takeover bid of West Australian lithium hopeful Liontown Resources, citing the “growing complexities” of undertaking the transaction.

Biden administration over a Nevada lithium mine, environmentalists are poised to return to court with a new approach accusing US wildlife officials of dragging their feet on a year-old petition seeking endangered species status for a tiny snail that lives nearby. The Western Watersheds Project said in its formal notice of intent to sue that the government's failure to list the Kings River pyrg as a threatened or endangered species could push it to the brink of extinction. It says the only place the snail is known to exist is in 13 shallow springs near where Lithium Americas is building its Thacker Pass Mine near the Oregon line. US President Joe Biden has made ramped-up domestic production of lithium a key part of his blueprint for a greener future.

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Reuters visuals journalist Issam Abdallah, 37, who was killed on Friday while filming Israeli missile attacks at the Israeli-Lebanon border, brought courage, compassion and insight to his work covering some of the biggest news stories of the past decade.

ALSO READ: Solar Eclipse 2023 on October 14: Will the ‘Ring of Fire’ be visible in India? All you need to know The annual solar eclipse will not be visible in India, despite it will begin at 11.29 pm IST and end at 11.34 pm IST. It will last for about five minutes. The solar eclipse will be visible in major parts of North America, covering the United States, Mexico, and several countries in Central America and South America.

A solar eclipse will darken skies across parts of North America this weekend — one of two must-see celestial events over the next six months that the continent won’t see again for years.

Unions representing 75,000 health care workers who recently held a strike against industry giant Kaiser Permanente over wages and staffing shortages have reached a tentative agreement with the company