Southwest Airlines flight abruptly rises to avoid another plane crossing Chicago runway

Southwest Flight 2504 safely landed “after the crew performed a precautionary go-around to avoid a possible conflict with another aircraft that entered the runway,” an airline spokesperson said in an email. File | Photo Credit: AP Pilots on a Southwest Airlines flight attempting to land at Chicago’s Midway Airport were forced to climb back into … Read more

Indonesia residents run outside as shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake hits near Sulawesi

Representational image of a seismograph recording an earthquake. File | Photo Credit: Reuters A shallow 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit near the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Wednesday (February 26, 2025), the United States Geological Survey said, forcing residents to flee outside but with no damage or casualties reported. The tremor hit at 6:55 a.m. local time … Read more

Vatican says Pope Francis is critical but stable with no new respiratory crises

Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday (February 25, 2025) as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and the Vatican announced some major governing decisions that suggest he is getting essential work done and looking ahead. The Vatican’s evening update said the 88-year-old pope had had no new respiratory crises … Read more

Pope signs decree making José Gregorio Hernández, ‘doctor of the poor,’ Venezuela’s first saint

People look at an image of Venezuelan doctor Jose Gregorio Hernandez outside La Candelaria church, which holds his remains, in Caracas. File | Photo Credit: AFP A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela after Pope Francis approved a decree Tuesday (February 25, 2025). A … Read more