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Yahoo
4 days ago
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Fuel to Air India plane was cut off moments before crash, investigation report says
The report, issued by India's Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau, also indicated that both pilots were confused over the change to the switch setting, which caused a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff.
Newsweek
02-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Newsweek
Family Adopts Dog From Texas Shelter, Her Journey to New Home Goes Viral
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. A couple from Citrus Heights, California, had their new rescue dog flown in to them via plane, and the footage of her trip has left internet users in tears. In a viral TikTok video shared on Friday under the username @thecavileers, the pup can be seen napping at the back of the small plane, wearing headphones to protect her ears. Her owners Taylor and Jason Cavileer told Newsweek that Lumina was adopted from Hannah's Southern Paws Rescue in Dallas, Texas, and she had to be transported via plane to them, because it was too far from their home. The shelter transported her only up until Rancho Santa Fe, which is about eight to nine hours away from where the couple live, so they contacted another rescue program to get help taking her home. Screenshots of the viral video show Lumina in headphones, right, being flown home by volunteer pilots. Screenshots of the viral video show Lumina in headphones, right, being flown home by volunteer pilots. @thecavileers "Volunteer pilots (Promit Sinha and Victor Vasquez) flew her to Auburn, California, which is about 30 minutes from our home for us to pick her up. She was flown through the program Pilots n Paws, which is an organization that flies shelter dogs and rescue pups to their forever homes," the Cavileers said. According to her owners, Lumina has already settled in so beautifully, and it is like she has always been part of the family. "She's already figured out her favorite cozy spots, loves snuggling up with us, and follows us around like a little shadow. She's been so gentle, curious, and full of personality, and we're honestly amazed by how quickly she's adjusted. We're so proud of her and can't wait to see her continue to blossom in her forever home," the Cavileers said. Lumina and her two siblings were abandoned at an early age, all suffering from severe mange, and it seemed like they couldn't stand a chance, until Hannah's Southern Paws Rescue stepped in. The owners said: "Hannah gave Lumina and her sister the care, love, and medical attention they desperately needed to heal and thrive. Heartbreakingly, their brother didn't make it, but his memory lives on through his sisters. Thanks to Hannah and her rescue, Lumina now has a second chance—and we're so honored to be part of her journey." After losing their soul dog, Tiny, last year, the Cavileer family went on Petfinder to adopt another pup and give them a chance at life. That was when they met Lumina, who stole their hearts immediately. "She had already been adopted and returned twice, but now we understand why—she was meant to be ours all along. From the moment we met her, it just felt right. We are so happy she is a part of our family forever," the Cavileers said. In 2024, almost 3 million dogs entered shelters across the country, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA). In some states, shelter intake rates are much higher than others. Data by Statista shows that Western states usually deal with much higher numbers than Eastern ones. The state with the highest rate is New Mexico, which, in 2019, registered more than 3,200 animals surrendered per 100,000 inhabitants. Next up were Idaho, Colorado, Montana, and Nevada, all with more than 2,000 animals taken in per 100,000 residents. @thecavileers Huge thank you to our pilots who volunteered & flew her to us. Faith in humanity restored! Follow her at @ 🫶🏼🐾 #dogsoftiktok ♬ original sound - thecavileers The video quickly went viral on social media and it has so far received over 169,400 views and more than 44,400 likes on the platform. One user, Ashlee Morales, commented: "Omg [oh my God] the ear protectors! I didn't know they had those for dogs! Definitely bonus points." EP posted: "Let this be a sign to everyone to adopt dogs from the south!!! Shelters are so overcrowded here in Alabama. Adopt, don't shop." User6956035913199 added: "Omg she has the best parents. God bless y'all." Do you have funny and adorable videos or pictures of your pet you want to share? Send them to life@ with some details about your best friend, and they could appear in our Pet of the Week lineup.
Travel Daily News
11-06-2025
- Business
- Travel Daily News
Finnair starts flights to Toronto in Summer 2026
Finnair resumes Toronto flights in May 2026 after 11 years, while securing a new three-year collective labor agreement with its pilots. Finnair will start flights to Toronto, Canada, on 4 May 2026 and will have three weekly frequencies to the city next summer; on Mondays, Wednesdays and Sundays. The route re-opening sees Finnair return to Toronto after a 11-year hiatus, as the company last flew to Toronto in summer 2015. 'We are excited to grow our North American network and bring Canada back as a destination. Toronto is a popular travel destination and offers especially our European customers great connections also to other parts of Canada,' says Christine Rovelli, Finnair's Chief Revenue Officer. Toronto, Canada's biggest city and the country's commercial and financial hub, is known for its multicultural and vibrant cultural life. Just over a hundred kilometers from the city is also one of Canada's most famous attractions, Niagara Falls, making it easy for travellers to combine a city break with nature experiences. A negotiation result in the collective labour agreement discussions with Finnair pilots Meanwhile, a negotiation result was achieved on 8 June, in the collective labour agreement discussions with Finnair pilots. The negotiation result, which covers three years, with the last year optional, needs approval by both parties' administrations. The negotiations have been ongoing since last August. 'I am very pleased that we have reached a result after lengthy negotiations. Finnair pilots are a group of top professionals vital for our hundred-year history. This agreement is a platform on which we build our future together,' says Kaisa Aalto-Luoto, Finnair's Chief People Officer.
Wall Street Journal
06-06-2025
- Sport
- Wall Street Journal
59-0! The College Baseball Team That Never Lost a Game.
59-0! What a ridiculous baseball accomplishment. Sounds like witchcraft, honestly. It might be unbreakable, like Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and Cal Ripken's 2,652 consecutive games played. The Louisiana State University Shreveport Pilots just completed a college baseball season in which they went 59-0. Baseball isn't supposed to work like that. This is a game in which even greatness is humbled by repeated failure. Miss 70% of the time at the plate and you might have the swing of a Major Leaguer. Juggernauts that win 100 games still lose 62 times. Even the Savannah Bananas drop a few. Baseball has long seasons, rainouts, injuries, bad days, double-headers, missed calls and quirky bounces. Fifty-nine and oh? Nobody goes 59-0. Until now. LSU Shreveport's run is historic. There's never been a college baseball season like it, at any level. The Pilots, who are part of the LSU system and play in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, won the school's first ever national championship at the NAIA World Series this past weekend. I'm still flabbergasted. How on earth do you go 59-0? LSU Shreveport isn't really sure, either. 'I don't think anybody sets a goal of trying to not lose a game,' says Pilots head coach Brad Neffendorf. 'We wanted to put ourselves in a position to win every game, but am I ever thinking we won't lose? No. Heck no. What we did was dang near impossible.' Not that the players were even talking about it. Neffendorf says he didn't have to warn his team about letting the win streak go to their helmeted heads. 'They never did,' says the coach. 'There were reminders about staying true to who we are, staying humble, staying focused on what we're trying to do. They were phenomenal with it.' LSU Shreveport has a tradition of stellar baseball—the school has won numerous conference titles and made multiple trips to the NAIA World Series. There have been some 40-plus win seasons and even 50-plus win ones. But 2025 was something else. The Pilots—by the way, these are riverboat pilots, not airplane ones—returned a talented team stacked with senior leadership and flew right out of the gate. They swept their season opening three-game series against McPherson by a combined score of 38-4, and it was pretty much off to the races from there. They didn't play many close games. In February there was a 7-6 walkoff win against Indiana University Southeast, a team coached by Neffendorf's brother, Brett. The Pilots had only three more one-run wins the rest of the way. LSU Shreveport never got taken to extra innings. They won a boatload of games by double digits. Translation: They were really, really good. 'We always talk about being different here,' says Neffendorf. 'We play fast, up-tempo and aggressive. But most of all I want to play the right way. We respect the opponent, the umpires, everyone.' Baseball is a superstitious sport—try yapping about a no-hitter during a no-hitter sometime. That was another reason not to talk about the streak. But as LSU Shreveport's winning snowballed, it became hard to ignore, says athletic director Lucas Morgan. 'I still remember the conversation I had with Brad,' Morgan says. 'We were like 30-0, approaching the best start in program history, and we were like, 'This is something we want to publicize, but we don't want to jinx it.'' The AD recalls thinking: 'We're going to lose eventually, so we'll just wait until we lose, and then we'll put the announcement out there.' 'And then we didn't lose.' Baseball in the NAIA is not a mega-money extravaganza. There's plenty of talent, including some D1 caliber players, but it's not awash in dilemmas over name, image, likeness or portal reform (NIL and the portal exist, however.) LSU Shreveport, which also has strong programs in basketball and soccer, tends to recruit from junior colleges and transfers from other four-year schools. Games aren't on prime-time TV; they're streamed. Plane rides? The Pilots took one plane ride the whole season—to Spokane for the World Series in Lewiston, Idaho. The rest of the year was spent on the bus, with one back-and-forth to New Mexico stretching 10 hours each way. Back in Shreveport, The Baseball Team That Didn't Lose became a point of pride. Pilot Field (capacity 1,000) was the hottest ticket in town. 'Our stands were packed,' says Morgan, the AD. 'You had huge groups of little kids trying to get autographs after the game. It's not that Shreveport hasn't supported our program before, but this was on a whole other level.' Streaks of any kind create pressure. Neffendorf, a longtime pitching coach who took his first collegiate head coach job with the Pilots in 2020, says he was often asked if he wanted his team to lose so they could relax. 'I can't tell you how many people reached out and they're like, 'Man, what you're doing is unbelievable, but don't you feel like it'd be good if you lost one?'' the coach says. He understood what they meant, but he felt his ball club was handling the situation just fine. 'I didn't believe in the process of, like, 'Hey, we've got to lose a game.'' In the end, they didn't lose at all. They hit well, they pitched well, they played stellar defense. They mastered high-tempo Pilots baseball. They also stayed healthy. LSU Shreveport didn't suffer any season-ending injuries, says the school's sports medicine director, Meghan Neffendorf—Coach Brad's wife. 'I mean, that's just luck,' Meghan says. 'You have to have a little bit of luck to go 59-0.' You sure do. That's why you may never see it again—what the mighty riverboat Pilots of LSU Shreveport just pulled off. 'We made the impossible possible,' says Brad Neffendorf. Write to Jason Gay at
Yahoo
05-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tony's Take Perfection Comparisons The Butcher Broken Record
By Tony Duckworth, tonyduckworthsr@ Perfection. 59 – 0 is the best baseball record in the history of college baseball. History didn't happen in the SEC or Big Ten. Historical runs don't happen often, so let's celebrate a small university who accomplished the unthinkable. Advertisement While you may have never heard of LSU Shreveport, the Pilots recently won the 2025 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics National Championship. For the record, this was the 68th Annual NAIA Baseball National Championship. LSUS won the championship game 13 – 7. In storybook fashion, the Pilots overcame a 7 – 6 deficit in the bottom of the 5th. How impressive is it that the squad embraced the pressure of the moment and kept this remarkable streak alive to win the hardware? Go Pilots! Comparisons. The most successful seasons in college baseball history include the 2019 Vanderbilt team (59-12), the 1975 Texas team (59-6), and the 1995 Cal State Fullerton team (57-9). Other notable seasons include the 2011 South Carolina team (55-14), the 1978 USC team (54-9), and the 1983 Texas team (66-14). 66 wins will never happen again, but that season didn't top the 59-0 LSUS season. It does make you wonder how many classes the 1983 team attended given they played 80 games. This was well before remote learning options. Gotta love it. Dynasty. One of the newest members of the SEC achieve dynasty status several season ago. While they have been eliminated from winning the 2025 national championship, the Oklahoma Sooner's recent successes under Patty Gasso are remarkable. Advertisement OU has won eight national championships including four in a row between 2021 – 2024. While the Sooners have taken advantage of playing in front of a home crowd, no one will argue the remarkable run they are on. The college softball world series has been played in Oklahoma City since 1990. The standard of excellence of winning four naty's in a row is the best in college softball history. The Butcher. As the AD at Northeastern State University, I told my Senior Associate AD my feelings following meetings with one of our highly successful head coaches. My right-hand man heard me say on more than one occasion that Coach ____ better be glad he wins at a high level. Meaning, this coach's on-the-field success kept me from moving in a different direction. The New York Knicks have been irrelevant for a quarter of a century until the arrival of Tom Thibodeau. The Butcher led the Knickerbockers to their first Eastern Conference finals since 2000. According to ESPN Research, Thib's led New York to 24 playoff wins which is 17 more than the team's past 13 coaches combined. Re-read the last sentence. Advertisement While Thib's isn't without flaws, it is hard to imagine the Knicks making a change despite the dysfunctional ownership. The Butcher made the NYK's relevant again while making the center of the basketball universe, Madison Square Garden, a high-energy home-court advantage again. I, along with the rest of the hoops community, will be watching what direction the organization goes. Broken Record. The Atlanta Braves do not get hits when runners are in scoring position. Follow Tony Duckworth on the X platform at @tonyduckworthsr. Duckworth is a native of Macon and serves as the President and CEO of the Albany Area YMCA. Tony worked in intercollegiate athletics for thirty-one years. He was an NCAA Division II Director of Athletics at three universities, including Albany State, following ten years as a head men's basketball coach at two colleges.
