A jury in Chicago awarded $49.5 million to the family of a woman who was killed in the March 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 737 MAX. The jury late on Wednesday awarded the family of Samya Stumo $21 million for her experience on the fatal flight, $16.5 million for the family’s loss of companionship and $12 million for the family’s grief. This is the second jury verdict stemming from the fatal crash. In November, a jury ordered Boeing to pay more than $28 million to the family of a United Nations environmental worker who was killed in the 2019 crash. Boeing faced dozens of lawsuits after fatal 737 MAX crashes in Indonesia and Ethiopia in 2018 and 2019 killed 346 people. Stumo, 24, worked for the nonprofit organization ThinkWell, and was a passenger on the flight from…
DEAR ABBY: I have a next-door neighbor who is retired and takes care of his wife, who has dementia. He’s a nice enough person, but he has no personal boundaries. He is intrusive and knocks on my door while I’m working two to three days per week. My work area is close to the door, and if I ignore the knock, he just knocks again. I am on the phone most of the day for my job, and his incessant knocking is disruptive. I’m sure he’s lonely, but he does have other friends. In the beginning, there was a bit…
Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! There comes a point every spring when jeans just start feeling…offensive. Between stiff waistbands that dig into your stomach, rigid denim that refuses to stretch and tight silhouettes that somehow feel restrictive and uncomfortable at the same time, it’s no wonder so many of Us are ready to swap our skinny jeans for flowy styles the second temperatures climb above 70 degrees. And unfortunately, finding pants that are actually soft, breezy and flattering usually means shelling out way more money…
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SEREMBAN: Malaysia will not oppose a bid by a fugitive businessman involved in the massive 1MDB corruption scandal to seek a pardon from United States President Donald Trump, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday (May 15).Speaking to reporters during a visit to Seremban district, south of Kuala Lumpur, Anwar described the plea by Low Taek Jho as a “non-issue”.The businessman, better known as Jho Low, is formally seeking a “pardon after completion of sentence”, according to the US Department of Justice website.Whistleblowers allege that Jho Low, a well-connected Malaysian financier with no official role, helped set up the 1MDB state investment fund…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The Supreme Court on Thursday extended its administrative stay blocking enforcement of a lower court ruling that would have restricted access to the abortion pill mifepristone, allowing telehealth prescribing and mail distribution of the drug to continue while the legal battle wages on.The decision keeps in place current FDA rules allowing patients to obtain mifepristone without an in-person doctor visit.Justice Clarence Thomas dissented from the court’s order. Justice Samuel Alito also filed a separate dissent.The case stems from challenges to FDA changes that expanded access to mifepristone in 2023, allowing telehealth prescribing…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! As details emerge from President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, a key reality is coming into focus: China still wants U.S. business and Trump may have the upper hand.Trump’s high-profile business delegation highlights the economic balancing act the two nations are seeking to strike. Xi wants investment and continued access to American corporate power, while Trump is positioning himself to use trade pressure and market access as leverage with Beijing.The heavyweight lineup alongside Trump for the trip includes tech executives like Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk,…
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with counterparts from Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior on Thursday during a high-level visit to the island nation amid “complex bilateral relations” between the long-time adversaries.A CIA official told Fox News correspondent David Spunt that Ratcliffe met with Cuban officials including Raulito Rodriguez Castro, Minister of Interior Lazaro Alvarez Casas and the head of Cuban intelligence services in Havana to “personally deliver President Trump’s message that the United States is prepared to seriously engage on economic and security issues, but only if Cuba makes fundamental changes.”During the…
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Here’s an upshot to inflation. Social security recipients could soon be seeing an increase in benefits amid the rising costs of living. Seniors and others who receive Social Security benefits could receive a 2027 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) of 3.9%, according to a new estimate from the Senior Citizens League, an advocacy group for older American citizens. “This is up quite a bit from earlier in the year, when our projection generally sat between 2% and 3%,” Alex Moore, the statistician for the Senior Citizens League, told CBS News. The nearly 4% increase is up from this year’s 2.8%. As of…
