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Stephen Brashear/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Boeing has paid Alaska Air Group approximately $160 million in compensation following the door plug incident on Alaska flight 1282, according to an SEC filing from the carrier.Alaska said the money is "initial compensation" from Boeing "to address the financial damages incurred as a result of Flight 1282 and the 737-9 MAX groundings," the filing stated.The airline said as a result of the incident, it lost approximately $160 million i...

Tom Williams/Roll Call(WASHINGTON) -- No Labels will not run a third-party "unity" ticket against Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential election, the group said Thursday.In a statement, the centrist group said they were unable to find a candidate that had a credible path to winning on their hypothetical bipartisan platform -- "so the responsible course of action is for us to stand down.""We will remain engaged over the next year during what is likely to be ...

Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution in his New York hush money case, in part because he failed to invoke the defense in a timely fashion, the judge in the case ruled Wednesday.Trump was "well aware" he could try to claim presidential immunity after he was indicted one year ago on charges of falsifying business records related to a hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels, Judge Juan Merchan ruled. "Nonetheless...

World Central Kitchen(NEW YORK) -- The bodies of six of the seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in an Israeli military missile strike this week left Gaza on Wednesday, hospital officials said, as the fallout from the deadly incident continues to grow.The bodies were taken by ambulance from the Abu Youssef Al-Najjar Hospital morgue in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, hospital officials said, beginning the long journeys home to their respective countries around the globe."On this d...

D3sign/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Bird flu, also known as highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus, was first detected in 1996 among birds in China, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One year later, an outbreak occurred in Hong Kong that resulted in 18 human cases, including six deaths, after the people were infected directly by birds.In late 2021, a version of the virus arrived on U.S. shores and was detected in wild birds. Since February of 2022, the virus has bee...

Sony ClassicsTake a peek back at the trolls of old with Oscar winner Olivia Colman in the new film Wicked Little Letters.The period comedy is based on the true story of a town in 1920s England that was rocked by scandal when someone started writing vicious letters to various villagers.Colman plays Edith Swan, one of the women unnerved by the poison pen missives. She explains to ABC Audio they have an all-too-common modern-day equivalent. "Now its trolling. Now you can be vicious anonymously...

People watch the Annular Solar Eclipse with using safety glasses in Brownsville, Texas on Oct. 14, 2023. (Mike Gonzalez/Anadolu via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- A fully booked hotel in Maine said it received its first request from a solar eclipse tourist five years ago. A portable toilet vendor in Indiana said it is doing 10 times more business than it usually would at this time of year. A botanical garden in Texas already sold out its eclipse viewing event, warning "walk-ups will not be acce...

World Central Kitchen(GAZA) -- Seven aid workers with World Central Kitchen were killed during an Israel Defense Forces attack in Gaza, the food-relief organization said, adding that it plans to pause its operations in the region."This is not only an attack against WCK, this is an attack on humanitarian organizations showing up in the most dire of situations where food is being used as a weapon of war," CEO Erin Gore said in a statement. "This is unforgivable."WCK identified ...

RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Trump Media & Technology Group is attempting to force two of the companys co-founders to forfeit their shares and give up any claim to the companys leadership.Trumps social media company filed the lawsuit against Wesley Moss and Andrew Litinsky -- co-founders and former Apprentice contestants -- in a Florida court on March 24, two days after shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve the companys merger.The lawsuit alleges that Moss and Litinsky "fai...

Disney/Frank MicelottaOscar winner Jared Leto replaced Pat Sajak as the host of Wheel of Fortune during Monday nights episode -- temporarily -- in an April Fools Day prank.The episode, which aired April 1, began with Leto walking out with Vanna White and waving at the audience as the announcer introduced them as "the stars of our show," as usual.As they arrived at their marks, Leto channeled Sajak, telling White to "have a great show" before the two separated and made their w...