A plane briefly left the runway at Raleigh-Durham International Airport on Friday night as winter weather hit parts of the southeast, officials said.There were no injuries in the 9 p.m. incident in which Delta Flight 5501 from Washington, D.C., “landed safely and rolled into the mud while taxiing,” the airport said.No injuries were reported Friday…Continue Reading
HANOI, Vietnam — Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped pioneer the concept of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East, has died. He was 95.A post on Nhat Hanh’s verified Twitter page attributed to The International Plum Village Community of Engaged Buddhism confirmed the news. The post…Continue Reading
Monkeys were on the loose Friday night in rural Pennsylvania after they escaped after a crash involving the vehicle carrying the primates, authorities said.Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Andrea Pelachick confirmed the hunt for the escaped monkeys in Montour County’s Valley Township, but wasn’t able to say how many were loose.”The vehicle involved was following a…Continue Reading
Snow storm blasts the SoutheastA winter storm was forecast to bring a miserable mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain to parts of the Southeast on Friday and into early Saturday. The winter storm could ice over a large swath of eastern North Carolina and the northeastern corner of South Carolina, while dumping snow around…Continue Reading
While he’s had multiple game-winners in his career, Steph Curry hasn’t drilled a game-winning shot as time expired at the buzzer until Friday’s contest against the Houston Rockets at San Francisco’s Chase Center. As time expired in a back-and-forth battle, the Warriors and Rockets were knotted at 103 for a tie ballgame. A defensive stop…Continue Reading
LAS VEGAS – Many of Adele’s fans seemed ready to call it “Water Under the Bridge,” even after the songstress left thousands angered and disappointed after the last-minute cancelation of her Las Vegas residency.On Friday evening, instead of preparing to enter The Colosseum at Caesars Palace for Adele’s much-ballyhooed arrival, packs of fans waited in…Continue Reading
Coming off an upset loss from the short-handed Indiana Pacers in overtime at home on Thursday, the young Houston Rockets gave the Golden State Warriors everything they could handle on Friday night. However, the ending was different on the second leg of Golden State’s back-to-back. After a rough start against a gritty performance from the…Continue Reading
Perennial All-Star and MVP candidate Steph Curry hit the first buzzer-beater of his storied NBA career on Friday night, lifting the host Warriors to a 105-103 victory (box score) over the visiting Rockets. Curry shot just 6-of-21 (28.6%), but he finished with 22 points and 12 assists and came through when Golden State needed him…Continue Reading
Milwaukee Bucks guard Grayson Allen was ejected with 5 minutes, 45 seconds left in the third quarter of the Bucks’ game against the Chicago Bulls on Friday night at Fiserv Forum for committing a Flagrant 2 foul on Bulls guard Alex Caruso.On a fast break, Caruso took off for a layup and Allen swept in…Continue Reading
New Delhi: The Election Commission is holding a series of virtual meets on Saturday to decide whether the ban imposed by it on physical rallies and roadshows to prevent the spread of coronavirus should continue. Announcing dates for elections in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur on January 8, the poll panel had announced…Continue Reading