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A Florida man's hobby of allegedly pointing lasers directly at incoming aircraft was recently caught after a Jet Blue pilot experienced the blinding rays of a laser. The Tampa Police Department said in a press release that 47-year-old Douglas Sollenberger allegedly pointed lasers at more than 40 incoming flights at Tampa International Airport since Jan. 1.Police said the lasers posed a serious danger to both pilots and passengers.FLORIDA TEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY POINTING LASER AT SHERIFF'S HELICOPTER: ‘HE’S BLINDING OUR PILOT'On Thursday, a Jet Blue pilot confirmed that he had been struck by the blinding light of a laser as he

A transitional council tasked with bringing political stability to Haiti was installed Thursday in the capital of this Caribbean country, which is marred by gang violence and soaring hunger and poverty.The freshly sworn-in council will appoint a new prime minister and Cabinet, and create a road map to eventually hold long-awaited general elections. Its mandate expires Feb. 7, 2026, when a new president would be sworn in.ARIEL HENRY RESIGNS AS PRIME MINISTER OF HAITI AS COUNTRY CONTINUES TO FACE DEADLY GANG VIOLENCEThe council is made up of eight men and one woman. Seven members have voting powers.Here’s a glimpse at

Smokers in Minneapolis will pay some of the highest cigarette prices in the country after the City Council voted unanimously Thursday to impose a minimum retail price of $15 per pack to promote public health.The ordinance not only sets a floor price. It prevents smokers and retailers from getting around it by prohibiting price discounts and coupons, which several tobacco companies circulate online to lure customers and reinforce brand loyalty. The minimum price also applies to four-packs of cigars. Distribution of free samples is prohibited.Consumer prices are expected to run even higher after taxes are figured in. While retailers will

San Francisco tourists and locals were in for a shock on Wednesday, April 24, when they spotted apes riding horseback. Not real apes, of course, but actors dressed up as ones, which looked pretty realistic. This spectacle was at Crissy Field in San Francisco, where three actors dressed as apes rode along the beach on horses with a small camera crew following alongside them. THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND CLIMACTIC SPACE-RELATED MOVIES THAT WILL CAPTIVATE YOU THROUGH BOUNDLESS JOURNEYSThe three apes on horseback were being filmed, with the Golden Gate Bridge as a stunning backdrop, for a commercial promoting "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,"

Courteney Cox has some regrets as a parent to her now teenage daughter, Coco.During her interview on Minnie Driver’s podcast, "Minnie Questions," she spoke about wishing she had taken a slightly different approach when Coco was younger."I wish so bad I could have realized in the moment a way to protect Coco from things that I didn’t, because of my own issues, whether it was codependency or seeing her in relationships with people I knew this was not good," Cox said."But I didn’t want to step in, even though I knew something wasn’t right, because she would get so mad

Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.Henry presented his resignation in a letter signed in Los Angeles, dated April 24, and released on Thursday by his office on the same day a council tasked with choosing a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti was due to be sworn in.The council would be installed more than a month after Caribbean leaders announced its creation

A U.S. Army reservist who sounded the clearest warning ahead of Maine’s deadliest mass shooting is expected to answer questions Thursday from the commission investigating the tragedy.Six weeks before Robert Card killed 18 people at a bar and bowling alley in Lewiston, his best friend and fellow reservist Sean Hodgson texted their supervisors, telling them to change the passcode to the gate at their Army Reserve training facility and arm themselves if Card showed up."I believe he’s going to snap and do a mass shooting," Hodgson wrote on Sept. 15.MAINE MASS SHOOTING SUSPECT ROBERT CARD HAD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURIES, NEW

Biden’s week of gaffes continued Wednesday with an embarrassing teleprompter reading.At a trade union conference in Washington, D.C., Biden, reading off a teleprompter, appeared to incorporate script instructions in the middle of his speech, resulting in an awkward applause line. "Imagine what we could do next. Four more years, pause," he said before laughing as the audience began chanting, "Four more years."Biden’s "pause" moment quickly led to online reactions ranging from outright mockery to concern.BIDEN TAKES HEAT OVER GAFFE URGING AMERICANS TO 'CHOOSE FREEDOM OVER DEMOCRACY:' 'GET THIS MAN OUT OF OFFICE!'"I’m Ron Burgundy?" Fox News contributor Guy Benson joked, referencing

At first glance, it might seem like inside baseball.A bunch of former prosecutors and cable pundits talking to each other about how much they don’t like Donald Trump and how he’s in deep legal trouble? Doesn’t that happen every day in green rooms and the corner bar?But this, as disclosed by Politico, is different. These are some of the most prominent commentators in the media universe, and they appear to be consulting/coordinating/conspiring about their main target.DAVID PECKER CALMLY LINKS TRUMP, MICHAEL COHEN TO SUPPRESSING STORIES, PUSHING FAKE NEWSEven if that’s not the case, it looks awful.It plays into the hands