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Newsweek
3 days ago
- General
- Newsweek
Plane Passengers Not Prepared for What Caused Long Delay and Hysteria: 'Won't Go Away'
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. What should have been a routine short-haul flight quickly descended into chaos when two pigeons were found onboard. The incident occurred on a Sunday night Delta flight from Minneapolis to Madison, Wisconsin, with traveler Tom Caw telling CBS Minnesota affiliate WCCO that as he boarded, he overheard someone telling the flight attendant that they thought there was a pigeon on the plane. Airport personnel were called to deal with the unexpected guest, and a Delta baggage handler removed the pigeon safely, clearing the way for what was expected to be a routine takeoff just after 10 p.m. Stock image of a pigeon. Stock image of a pigeon. Photo by Taviphoto / Getty Images "The pilot got on the mic and confirmed a pigeon was on the plane, and said he had no experience with this situation," Caw posted on Instagram. "Baggage handlers boarded and carried the pigeon off. People applauded. A young girl asked if she could pet it." Just after pushing back from the gate, however, the crew discovered a second pigeon had also made its way onboard. The flight crew alerted air traffic control to the situation, and in an audio recording, air traffic controllers can be heard saying, "There's a pigeon on the airplane and it won't go away." 'My guess is the pigeons were tired of flying' "It was caught, and we returned to the gate," Caw wrote on his post, which featured a video of a man trying to capture the bird with his jacket. "Pilot said when he radioed the control tower about us coming back due to a pigeon, the guy said that was a first for him. "Pilot told him it was the second time for him—the first being half an hour earlier. Another baggage handler boarded and removed it—still alive. "My guess is the pigeons were tired of flying and wanted snacks. They didn't know this flight to [Madison] is too short for Delta to offer beverage/snack service." The flight, which was carrying 119 passengers and five crew members, only arrived in Madison 56 minutes later than scheduled, according to Delta. "Delta appreciates the careful actions of our people and our customers to safely remove two birds from the aircraft prior to departure, and we apologize to our customers for the delay in their travel," a spokesperson for the airline told Newsweek in an email. Unexpected Stowaways A couple of pigeons might cause a bit of a disturbance, but other incidents have been more serious. In 2023, a Cape Cobra—which is capable of killing a person in an hour with its bite—found its way into the cockpit of a private flight in South Africa, forcing an emergency landing. In 2018, a man was caught traveling with 20 live snakes in his hand luggage on a flight from Germany to Russia. That same year, a monkey that was headed for a wildlife sanctuary escaped from his crate in a San Antonio baggage area. So, while pigeons might have been an unusual discovery, the situation certainly could have been worse. Newsweek reached out to bird experts requesting further comment.
New York Post
25-04-2025
- New York Post
Minnesota shoplifting bust narrowly thwarts potential mass-shooting planned by suspect: ‘Deathtoamerikka'
A Minnesota shoplifting spree turned out to be something far more nefarious — with police alleging the deranged suspect was plotting to carry out a religiously-charged 'mass-casualty' shooting within hours. Mohamed Adan Mohamed, 24, was arrested on April 17 after he took off from a Mankato sporting goods store with more than $2,000 worth of ammunition magazines, body armor and bear spray, according to Blue Earth County charging documents. Store employees had noticed Mohamed prowling about the shop in an oversized jacket, medical mask and hat, and grabbing expensive items off the shelves without checking the prices. When they confronted him, he explained he was buying supplies for his AR-style rifle, according to the docs. Mohamed Adan Mohamed, 24, was arrested after allegedly plotting to carry out a mass shooting in Minnesota Embed LInk Police were called to the scene over reports of a suspicious person, but before they could arrive, Mohamed ran off with the goods as store security tried to stop him. He then leapt into a minivan without plates and sped away — jumping a curb and nearly hitting somebody in the process, the papers alleged. However, he left behind a shopping list at the scene, labelled 'Survival Gear List with Alternative' — which included a sleeping bag, gun magazines, pepper spray, knives, lighters and bow and arrows. One of the responding officers reviewing the bizarre list remembered a recent investigation into a local man who'd been posting videos of himself pointing guns at the camera. And the hashtags on those videos — allegedly posted by Mohamed — read 'deathtoamerikkan&israelliImperialism,' according to police. Investigators found that a Sienna matching the one seen at the scene was registered to Mohamed's address in nearby St. Peter, and determined 'there were strong indicators that Mohamed was preparing to conduct some sort of attack in the next twenty-four hours,' which they also called a possible 'mass casualty event.' Investigators searched Mohamed's home and found an assault rifle and two 3D-printed guns. He was then arrested at his home. The St. Peter home where Mohamed had an assault rifle and 3D printed guns that he allegedly planned to use in a shooting CBS News Neighbors said they are saddened by Mohamed's arrest but not entirely surprised. A former classmate recalled that he had been struggling with mental health since high school. 'We grew in St. Peter together, and it's heartbreaking,' a neighbor named Dunia told CBS Minnesota. 'We just start seeing Mohamed just start talking to himself, not socializing with us, with the kids.' 'He has a very beautiful heart,' she added. 'He's a really good guy. It's just, he's not mentally, physically there right now at the moment.' Mohamed was charged with felony theft, and threats of violence. Both charges could carry sentences of up to five years in prison.
Yahoo
07-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
'Trump Derangement Syndrome' Jabs Keep Going Left — And It Shows A Specific Weakness
Many right-wingers have made it a habit to label those who strongly oppose President Donald Trump and his administration's policies as having 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.' The concept of a so-called 'derangement syndrome' isn't new. The term had previously been used to label some opponents of former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama when they served in office. It's also been applied to critics of other prominent people. And Trump touted the so-called 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' phrase to attack his naysayers during his first term as president. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R), who served as the White House press secretary during Trump's first term, once said in 2018: 'Trump Derangement Syndrome is becoming a major epidemic among Democrats.' In recent months, conservatives have often used the made-up condition as a line of attack against anyone who opposes the actions of the current administration, such as Trump's flurry of executive orders, the president's foreign policy approach and his sweeping tariffs, among other issues. During a Friday appearance on Fox News' 'Hannity,' Lara Trump, the president's daughter-in-law, said that several Democratic elected officials who were criticizing Trump's tariffs were living with 'Trump Derangement Syndrome.' But her remarks went awry after a clip of her interview was shared on X, formerly Twitter. People pointed out that criticizing a president's policies is — and should be — considered a standard aspect of a healthy democracy, not a 'syndrome.' 'Not hard to oppose worldwide tariffs that are going to raise the prices on [goods] in the U.S.,' one X user wrote. 'Trump derangement syndrome is actually believing what he says, not being suspicious of it,' wrote another. Similarly, several GOP Minnesota state senators were slammed for wasting taxpayer resources last month when they introduced a bill to have 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' recognized as an official form of mental illness in the state. Minnesota state senate majority leader Erin Murphy, a Democrat, said at the time, per CBS Minnesota, that if the bill was 'meant as a joke, it is a waste of staff time and taxpayer resources that trivializes serious mental health issues.' 'If the authors are serious, it is an affront to free speech and an expression of a dangerous level of loyalty to an authoritarian president,' she said. New York City psychiatrist Leon Hoffman warned in a letter published in The Guardian at the time that such a bill would infringe 'on our constitutional right to freely criticize our elected leaders and can serve as a stepping stone towards labeling and punishing political opponents under the guise of utilizing a variety of compulsory psychiatric interventions.' The same day the bill was introduced, GOP Minnesota state senator Justin Eichorn — one of the bill's co-authors — was charged with soliciting a minor for prostitution. He has since resigned. The bill had described the faux 'syndrome' as an 'acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal persons that is in reaction to the policies and presidencies of President Donald J. Trump.' Trump adviser Elon Musk — who was not elected to office by American voters but has proposed sweeping cuts to the federal government — publicly promoted this 'syndrome' during a sit-down interview with Fox News in February. The billionaire said he experienced this so-called condition while at a dinner party, where he said people around him were being 'irrational' with their concerns about Trump. So, why do so many right-wingers level 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' attacks at the president's critics? Jacob Neiheisel, associate professor of political science at the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences, told HuffPost that he thinks the charges of 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' are 'as much, if not more, about the person or persons leveling them than they are the intended targets of such rhetoric.' 'Labeling concerns about Trump or his policies 'TDS' provides individuals with a way to deal with disagreement such that they don't actually have to encounter or consider different points of view,' he said. 'Instead, they can simply write off others as having some form of mental illness.' Neiheisel explained that saying someone who criticizes Trump's policies has 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' is a 'rhetorical tack' meant to 'shut down debate or discussion about the president.' 'But it could also be about protecting one's own worldview as much as it is about minimizing or attacking different perspectives,' he said. Neiheisel, whose expertise includes political communication, campaigns and the U.S. presidency, said that while he doesn't exactly think the 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' label will be effective in silencing the concerns of Trump critics, he believes 'any orientation that is geared toward shutting down debate and minimizing the extent to which we see other sides as having a legitimate point of view is a negative from the perspective of the overall health of a democratic system.' He said he's concerned that such labels could further push people supporting different political parties to 'give up entirely on the prospect of communicating across lines of difference.' Neiheisel said that people who oppose the actions of the Trump administration should 'of course' speak out and reject the 'Trump Derangement Syndrome' label, since the way we use different labels in society is crucial. He referenced debates about the labeling of the word 'liberal,' and how it had been disparaged by conservative politicians for decades. 'There is some speculation that Democrats' refusal to defend the word 'liberal' gave Republicans the opportunity to make it something of a dirty word,' he said. 'As a result, perhaps, 'liberal' is a lot less popular as a label in the general public than we might think it should be given the comparative popularity of liberal policies.' He added: 'This narrative does suggest that political language is important and that political actors fight (or should fight) about the use of different labels.' J.P. Morgan Chase CEO Has Grim Warning About Trump's Tariffs Trump Threatens More Tariffs On China As Global Markets Plunge How Republicans Could Stop Donald Trump's Tariffs
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
AI Cameras Are Busting Drivers For Holding Their Phone
Read the full story on The Auto Wire A recent report out of the Minneapolis area about AI cameras being used to catch drivers holding their phone caught our attention. This sort of thing has been done all over the US in the past while and is becoming increasingly common. While some hail the tech as revolutionary and lifesaving, others believe it's an erosion of constitutional rights as privacy is further the Minneapolis metro area, the cameras are being set up at temporary locations along Highway 7, a popular route that runs East-West, says CBS Minnesota. A sergeant with the Minnetonka Police Department excitedly told a reporter about how the community there 'asked… for a solution' to the distracted driving problem. That solution is the cameras which peer into cars as they drive down the highway. Artificial intelligence then determines if the driver was holding their phone. Police waiting nearby then speed off to pull over violators, either giving them a warning of a citation. This is important because 472 people died on public roads in Minnesota last year, with 27 attributed to distracted driving. The solution is to surveil everyone. Not surprisingly, the company which approached the state with this AI camera solution is based out of Australia. Down Under they have cameras everywhere and they bust people for supposedly not wearing seatbelts and all sorts of other violations. In other words, it starts with speed cameras, then the distracted driving, then it's all sorts of other violations cameras are used to uncover. This is why someone in Long Island has been covering cameras with fake flowers. These or similar cameras are being used to bust drivers for holding their phones in Houston, North Carolina, Phoenix, Tampa, and many other areas. Expect this sort of thing to come to your city soon, if it hasn't already. The ACLU calls these AI surveillance cameras 'invasive technology' and the beginning of 'indiscriminate mass surveillance.' The organization worries in the quest to save lives by cracking down on distracted driving, governments are chipping away at constitutional rights and civil liberties. But not everyone agrees. Some are scared enough of the dangers on public roads, they think there needs to be more government surveillance instead of restraints. We expect people will be divided on whether these distraction detection cameras are a good thing or not. Image via KARE 11/YouTube Join our Newsletter, subscribe to our YouTube page, and follow us on Facebook.
