May 5, 2024

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Commercial pilot shortage opens flight paths to opportunity

Commercial pilot shortage opens flight paths to opportunity

Posted 44 mins ago

A frantic push for pilots to take early retirement during the pandemic, the federal requirements for pilot training and a hard cutoff on commercial flying past a certain age are just a few of ...

Joerg Arnu, a 62-year-old Rachel resident and a love for military aviation, runs the town’s tourism website and Dreamland Resort, a hub for information related to Area 51, explains some of the technology believed to be used behind the gates of Area 51 in Rachel, Nevada on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

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Joerg Arnu, a 62-year-old Rachel resident and a love for military aviation, runs the town’s tourism website and Dreamland Resort, a hub for information related to Area 51, explains some of the technology believed to be used behind the gates of Area 51 in Rachel, ...

Close encounters of a different kind: This German immigrant is Rachel’s Area 51 aficionado

Posted 44 mins ago

By Grace Da Rocha

Joerg Arnu, 62, a German-born retired computer programmer, has a love for military aviation, the mystery of Area 51 and the desert — making Rachel, a town of only 50 people, the perfect place for him. For the past 25 years, Arnu has ran ...

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President Biden clear: Campus protests are not peaceful

President Biden clear: Campus protests are not peaceful

Posted 44 mins ago

We have witnessed in the past few weeks some students as well as many others who have no business on campus, under the guise of free speech, storm university buildings, camp out on university quads, prevent free passage of other students to their classrooms, libraries and ...

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Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in a 3-horse photo finish at Churchill Downs

Sierra Leone, with jockey Tyler Gaffalione, (2), Forever Young, with jockey Ryusei Sakai, and Mystik, with jockey Dan Brian Hernandez Jr., cross finish line at Churchill Downs during the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky.

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Sierra Leone, with jockey Tyler Gaffalione, (2), Forever Young, with jockey Ryusei Sakai, and Mystik, with jockey Dan Brian Hernandez Jr., cross finish line at Churchill Downs during the 150th running of the Kentucky Derby horse race Saturday, May 4, 2024, in Louisville, Ky.

Posted 4:30 p.m.

Mystik Dan won the 150th Kentucky Derby, edging out Forever Young and Sierra Leone for the upset victory. Mystik Dan and jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. rode ...

Australian police shoot dead a 16-year-old boy armed with a knife in Perth

Rio de Janeiro set for Madonna’s massive Copacabana beach concert that will be her biggest ever