14 days ago
Sources identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami.
The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane's captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.
Multiple sources familiar with the investigation identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami.
The officials told ABC News that Al Hammami, while working as a co-pilot trainee for Oman Air in 2024, was found to be in possession of extremist materials. The suspect was allowed to continue working for the airline in an administrative role, the sources said.
United Arab Emirates Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi on Saturday said the aircraft's co-pilot had attempted to carry out a terrorist act and that he began executing his plan during the flight by ***** aulting the pilot inside the ***** pit using a crash axe and attempted to seize control of the aircraft's controls, according to WAM state news agency.
#attacker #year
The co-pilot of the FlyDubai plane who allegedly attacked the plane's captain and attempted to crash a flight bound for Israel on Wednesday is an Omani national who was previously suspended from flying by Oman Air after being identified as a security risk, according to senior intelligence and law enforcement officials.
Multiple sources familiar with the investigation identified the suspected attacker as 29-year-old Hamam Al Hammami.
The officials told ABC News that Al Hammami, while working as a co-pilot trainee for Oman Air in 2024, was found to be in possession of extremist materials. The suspect was allowed to continue working for the airline in an administrative role, the sources said.
United Arab Emirates Attorney General Hamad Saif Al Shamsi on Saturday said the aircraft's co-pilot had attempted to carry out a terrorist act and that he began executing his plan during the flight by ***** aulting the pilot inside the ***** pit using a crash axe and attempted to seize control of the aircraft's controls, according to WAM state news agency.
#attacker #year
1 month ago
President Trump reacted to Wednesday's Fed rate hike, saying "Interest Rates in the United States should be 1%, or less" and acknowledging he discussed with Kevin Warsh the Fed chair's plans for how to vote ahead of time.
"I talked to Kevin and I said, 'you might as well vote with the board because it's not going to matter,'" Trump told reporters Wednesday evening.
The Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to raise rates by 25 basis points, its first hike in three years and the first under Warsh.
The president, who has spent more than a year calling for lower rates, first posted on Truth Social that rates should be dropping and that the trade deficit was a reason to "LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!" days after he threatened to stop trading with countries that have a trade deficit unless the Fed cuts rates.
Later Wednesday, when he was asked by reporters if he still has confidence in Warsh, Trump said he did, but said "he's got a very tough board." He called the FOMC "a bunch of politicians."
#Trump #warsh #united #states
"I talked to Kevin and I said, 'you might as well vote with the board because it's not going to matter,'" Trump told reporters Wednesday evening.
The Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously Wednesday to raise rates by 25 basis points, its first hike in three years and the first under Warsh.
The president, who has spent more than a year calling for lower rates, first posted on Truth Social that rates should be dropping and that the trade deficit was a reason to "LOWER THE INTEREST RATES FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FAST!" days after he threatened to stop trading with countries that have a trade deficit unless the Fed cuts rates.
Later Wednesday, when he was asked by reporters if he still has confidence in Warsh, Trump said he did, but said "he's got a very tough board." He called the FOMC "a bunch of politicians."
#Trump #warsh #united #states
1 month ago
A mom of five was convicted last week of delinquency of a minor. Her offense: allowing her 5-year-old son to walk about a half-mile by himself in their gated community.
Until very recently, Karyann Parkinson lived in leafy Williamsburg, Virginia. She and her husband, Dallin, moved there from Utah so Parkinson could attend William and Mary Law School.
In June, when Parkinson was preparing for the bar—and also happened to be eight months pregnant with her fifth child—she and her then-youngest, Sam, went for a bike ride, as they often do. They stopped for her son's favorite activity: collecting goose feathers from the path near their community pond. When they got home, he asked if he could walk back and get some more.
Parkinson said yes. It's a short walk, along a sidewalk separated from the street by 10 feet of grass. Sam would have to cross two streets with crosswalks, which she'd seen him do safely hundreds of times—including six times that morning, she says. Off he went while she made lunch.
A passerby saw Sam and alerted security. One of the community's security guards escorted the boy back and gave Parkinson an earful. Pretty soon there were three cop cars, just as many cops, a security vehicle, and two Child Protective Services (CPS) workers at Parkinson's door.
#went #until #karyann
Until very recently, Karyann Parkinson lived in leafy Williamsburg, Virginia. She and her husband, Dallin, moved there from Utah so Parkinson could attend William and Mary Law School.
In June, when Parkinson was preparing for the bar—and also happened to be eight months pregnant with her fifth child—she and her then-youngest, Sam, went for a bike ride, as they often do. They stopped for her son's favorite activity: collecting goose feathers from the path near their community pond. When they got home, he asked if he could walk back and get some more.
Parkinson said yes. It's a short walk, along a sidewalk separated from the street by 10 feet of grass. Sam would have to cross two streets with crosswalks, which she'd seen him do safely hundreds of times—including six times that morning, she says. Off he went while she made lunch.
A passerby saw Sam and alerted security. One of the community's security guards escorted the boy back and gave Parkinson an earful. Pretty soon there were three cop cars, just as many cops, a security vehicle, and two Child Protective Services (CPS) workers at Parkinson's door.
#went #until #karyann
3 months ago
By Pete Schroeder
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street surged on Thursday while oil prices retreated, as investors rekindled their enthusiasm for technology shares, shaking off worries about renewed military action in the Middle East.
All three major U.S. indices ended the day higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 0.27%, the S&P 500 rising 0.81% and the Nasdaq Composite jumping 1.3%.
The MSCI gauge of stocks across the globe was up 0.72%.
Stocks rose despite renewed conflict in the Middle East, with the U.S. and Iran both announcing military strikes in the Gulf as their tenuous interim peace deal frayed. Oil prices, which jumped when U.S. strikes were announced on Wednesday, retreated on Thursday even though shipping activity through the critical Strait of Hormuz has once again ebbed.
WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - Wall Street surged on Thursday while oil prices retreated, as investors rekindled their enthusiasm for technology shares, shaking off worries about renewed military action in the Middle East.
All three major U.S. indices ended the day higher, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 0.27%, the S&P 500 rising 0.81% and the Nasdaq Composite jumping 1.3%.
The MSCI gauge of stocks across the globe was up 0.72%.
Stocks rose despite renewed conflict in the Middle East, with the U.S. and Iran both announcing military strikes in the Gulf as their tenuous interim peace deal frayed. Oil prices, which jumped when U.S. strikes were announced on Wednesday, retreated on Thursday even though shipping activity through the critical Strait of Hormuz has once again ebbed.
4 months ago
Dockless e-bikes that have been parked dangerously will be seized by a central London council in a further crackdown.
Westminster City Council said it would physically remove Lime, Forest, Voi and Bolt e-bikes that were obstructing the highway, including bikes on dropped kerbs, bus lanes, cycle lanes, doorways or access ramps.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said badly parked e-bikes were a serious safety threat to people with sight loss.
Forest, Voi, Bolt and Lime said they supported efforts to tackle poor parking and were working to encourage responsible use of their e-bikes.
The council said that once any bikes had been seized, they would be taken to a storage facility and become available for collection after the company that owned them had paid a fee.
Westminster City Council said it would physically remove Lime, Forest, Voi and Bolt e-bikes that were obstructing the highway, including bikes on dropped kerbs, bus lanes, cycle lanes, doorways or access ramps.
The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said badly parked e-bikes were a serious safety threat to people with sight loss.
Forest, Voi, Bolt and Lime said they supported efforts to tackle poor parking and were working to encourage responsible use of their e-bikes.
The council said that once any bikes had been seized, they would be taken to a storage facility and become available for collection after the company that owned them had paid a fee.
