18 days ago
Wisconsin congressman Tom Tiffany was on his way home Saturday evening following a demanding day of parades and political events when his plane plunged into the pitch-black darkness of Lake Wausau.
As he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner in Onalaska, Wisconsin, Tiffany, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, was aboard a Beechcraft K35 when it lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport, the congressman told reporters during a Sunday news conference.
"Hang on, Tom, and buckle up because we're going to go down," Tiffany recounted pilot Len Bolt warning him moments before the emergency landing.
About 10 seconds later, the plane hit the water.
"We were down to 70, 80 miles an hour at that point, and so it was a fast-moving car crash, and all that happened to me was my head hit the dash in front of me, and that was the extent of the damage," Tiffany said. "We're just really fortunate. We're fortunate the plane didn't flip."
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As he was returning from the La Crosse County Lincoln Day Dinner in Onalaska, Wisconsin, Tiffany, the Republican gubernatorial nominee, was aboard a Beechcraft K35 when it lost power as it approached Wausau Downtown Airport, the congressman told reporters during a Sunday news conference.
"Hang on, Tom, and buckle up because we're going to go down," Tiffany recounted pilot Len Bolt warning him moments before the emergency landing.
About 10 seconds later, the plane hit the water.
"We were down to 70, 80 miles an hour at that point, and so it was a fast-moving car crash, and all that happened to me was my head hit the dash in front of me, and that was the extent of the damage," Tiffany said. "We're just really fortunate. We're fortunate the plane didn't flip."
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2 months ago
TOKYO, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people in southwestern ***** an were ordered to evacuate and more than 500 flights cancelled on Friday as slow-moving Typhoon Dolphin approached the region to bring violent winds, heavy rain and high waves.
The Category 1 typhoon had maximum sustained winds of 144 kph (89.5 mph) with gusts reaching 198 kph and was nearing a chain of islands between the Kyushu region and Okinawa prefecture, the ***** an Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Authorities issued evacuation orders for nearly 260,000 residents in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, while Toyota suspended work at nine factories on Friday.
Dolphin was expected to maintain its strength as it approached Okinawa prefecture, raising the risk of winds that could damage or collapse some structures, authorities warned. A linear rain band — or a narrow band of intense precipitation and thunderstorms — could also develop, possibly triggering flooding, the weather agency said.
The large storm was also enveloping much of the southernmost main island of Kyushu with strong winds, including ***** amoto prefecture, still reeling from last week's magnitude 7.1 earthquake.
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The Category 1 typhoon had maximum sustained winds of 144 kph (89.5 mph) with gusts reaching 198 kph and was nearing a chain of islands between the Kyushu region and Okinawa prefecture, the ***** an Meteorological Agency (JMA) said.
Authorities issued evacuation orders for nearly 260,000 residents in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, while Toyota suspended work at nine factories on Friday.
Dolphin was expected to maintain its strength as it approached Okinawa prefecture, raising the risk of winds that could damage or collapse some structures, authorities warned. A linear rain band — or a narrow band of intense precipitation and thunderstorms — could also develop, possibly triggering flooding, the weather agency said.
The large storm was also enveloping much of the southernmost main island of Kyushu with strong winds, including ***** amoto prefecture, still reeling from last week's magnitude 7.1 earthquake.
#winds #Okinawa #Japan
2 months ago
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela confirmed on Tuesday that three people died of infections of hantavirus, but stressed there was no evidence of human-to-human transmission in the South American country, which has rarely reported cases of the rodent-borne disease in humans.
The Health Ministry said hantavirus was also suspected in the deaths of two health workers in the southwestern state of Barinas. Those cases remain under investigation and were not linked to the three fatalities in the eastern state of Anzoátegui, about 655 kilometers (407 miles) away.
Both states were spared the worst of the back-to-back major earthquakes that hit northern Venezuela earlier this month.
The ministry described the deaths in Anzoátegui and Barinas as isolated incidents that "do not represent a risk to the general community." But it added that health workers would be sent to the affected states to "guarantee the health security of all Venezuelans," without elaborating.
The Venezuelan Medical Federation, a national professional group, said the deaths in Anzoátegui were from the same family in the rural municipality of Miranda in the south of the state.
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The Health Ministry said hantavirus was also suspected in the deaths of two health workers in the southwestern state of Barinas. Those cases remain under investigation and were not linked to the three fatalities in the eastern state of Anzoátegui, about 655 kilometers (407 miles) away.
Both states were spared the worst of the back-to-back major earthquakes that hit northern Venezuela earlier this month.
The ministry described the deaths in Anzoátegui and Barinas as isolated incidents that "do not represent a risk to the general community." But it added that health workers would be sent to the affected states to "guarantee the health security of all Venezuelans," without elaborating.
The Venezuelan Medical Federation, a national professional group, said the deaths in Anzoátegui were from the same family in the rural municipality of Miranda in the south of the state.
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3 months ago
The South Carolina Republican Party has filed a lawsuit in a bid to force the state's open primary elections to close as part of a long-running push to restrict GOP contests to only registered Republican voters.
The Palmetto State currently does not require registration by party and allows voters to participate in either of the state's primary contests regardless of their partisan affiliation. Voters can choose to participate in one but not both.
In the new lawsuit, filed July 6, the South Carolina GOP argues the open-primary model violates its First Amendment rights to free ******* ociation and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment by compelling the party to open its primaries to those who are not affiliated with it and "do not subscribe to the party's principles."
"An open primary system permits voters who have not joined the Republican Party to influence the Party's most important ******* ociational act: choosing its nominee, thus depriving the Party of the fundamental right of ******* ociation and the fundamental right to govern its own affairs," lawyers wrote on behalf of the party.
The challenge asks a federal judge to force the South Carolina Election Commission to comply with a new state party rule that limits Republican primary participation to only GOP voters.
The Palmetto State currently does not require registration by party and allows voters to participate in either of the state's primary contests regardless of their partisan affiliation. Voters can choose to participate in one but not both.
In the new lawsuit, filed July 6, the South Carolina GOP argues the open-primary model violates its First Amendment rights to free ******* ociation and the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment by compelling the party to open its primaries to those who are not affiliated with it and "do not subscribe to the party's principles."
"An open primary system permits voters who have not joined the Republican Party to influence the Party's most important ******* ociational act: choosing its nominee, thus depriving the Party of the fundamental right of ******* ociation and the fundamental right to govern its own affairs," lawyers wrote on behalf of the party.
The challenge asks a federal judge to force the South Carolina Election Commission to comply with a new state party rule that limits Republican primary participation to only GOP voters.
3 months ago
The Governor in Utah declared a state of emergency over the Cottonwood fire which has now burned more than 70,000 acres. NBC News' Dana Griffin reports on the fire and fears it will grow worse in the days to come.
4 months ago
Fox Corp. announced plans to acquire the video streaming giant Roku in a deal valued at $22 billion. NBC News' Brian Cheung spoke with Natalie Jarvey from "The Ankler" to discuss what this means for Roku and its millions of users.
