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A new ATSB probe into the incident, which took place in July 2020, found the pilot who “was unresponsive to air traffic control calls for 40 minutes had fallen asleep due to fatigue likely exacerbated by mild hypoxia from the intermittent use of supplemental oxygen,” the report said. The pilot woke up and contact was reestablished when the plane was “about 111 km [around 70 miles]” from the intended destination of Redcliffe....

A new update on the emergency situation was provided Monday afternoon by Manatee County public safety officials and government leaders, including U.S. GOP Representative Vern Buchanan of Sarasota. Jacob Saur, the county’s public safety director, said the leak continues at the containment wall at the former phosphate plant and announced the possible discovery of a new opening. “At approximately 2 a.m. an infrared drone identified a signature that could indicate a second breach and the engineering team evacuated the site,” Saur said....

Dozens of journalists talked with us as we walked to the big metal bridge connecting Hong Kong with mainland China. Since they weren’t allowed to cross over, they tried to give us cameras to record our stay. Some of my teammates also turned into regular news reporters, keeping notes and snapping pictures for the rest of our six-day trip. We stuck out like sore thumbs. All the Chinese wore uniforms, either gray or blue pants with high-collared tunics, while we were each decked out in typically American garb: jeans, windbreakers, T shirts....

What may come as good news is that the pirated version of Modern Warfare 3 is apparently not the whole game. The PC version is said to launch on two discs and the pirated version only contains the contents from the second disc. The leak has been traced to a stolen disc from a shipping warehouse, though it’s not really clear as to why someone would only steal one of the discs....

So it only makes sense that there was a “Seinfeld” moment on Monday during the first night of the MLB Draft. MORE: 15 best “Seinfeld” baseball moments That’s right. Two of the Pirates’ first three draft picks have the last names Kramer and Newman, with Ke’Bryan Hayes sandwiched between the two Seinfeldian picks. The irony of it all is that both player’s first names are Kevin, meaning they cancel each other out....

The pit bull, named after iconic movie character boxer Rocky Balboa, was left with cuts and bruises across his body after he chased the big cat that had entered the Padres family home in La Verne on Monday. Rocky’s owner Mary Padres noticed her two dogs barking in the backyard and went out to see what had caught his attention. Surveillance video obtained by CBSN Los Angeles showed the moment that Padres set eyes on the mountain lion and immediately raced to get back inside the house....

“Lesson learned, I guess,” said Krol, who left the door unlocked. “It was a mistake on my part but at the same time, what’s wrong with people?” Krol said that $6,000 worth of cash was missing, but everything else seemed to be there. He went back to his apartment to grab some of the cash to take his parents out to dinner when he discovered he had been burglarized....

He went to the city’s Reddit page and saw a posting from Jon Potter that said he had an extra $500, and asked if anyone needed some cash. Peters swallowed his pride and sent Potter a message, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “It was one of the more humbling moments of my life, because I’d never asked a stranger for money,” Peters said. He said in his message he needed $70 for groceries....

To add insult to injury for Islanders fans, Pittsburgh’s Twitter account went out of its way to mock a meme Islanders fans had been using throughout the streak. Fan account @IslesTerritory had been producing a graphic featuring the Grim Reaper — stylized with the Islanders’ logo over his face — moving through a row of doors in a hallway. Each opened door showed the teams New York had defeated in its last 10 games, complete with bloodstains marking the ground of past victories....

This statement is ringing truer and truer as the days go by and the saga with Antonio Brown continues. The Steelers disgruntled wide receiver has been at the center of drama for years now. It used to be sideline, childlike tantrums with coaches and coordinators. However, it has reached a boiling point and gone far beyond that in the past year or so. Brown has still been throwing his childish tantrums on the sidelines, footballs at Ben Roethlisberger in practice, and even furniture off of a high rise balcony in Miami, Florida....

Automakers are beginning to think inside the Xbox. After all, games like GT3 and Need for Speed by Electronic Arts are turning millions of couch potatoes into living-room racers. Far from being a child’s plaything, videogames are becoming the new virtual showroom and design studio for automakers. Videogame-inspired models are hot sellers, and programmers have more street cred these days than car designers. That’s why car execs are treating programmers like royalty, turning over top-secret designs of future models and even inviting them into their styling studios to solicit advice....

Former Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas has admitted once and for all it was he who threw pizza into the face of legendary Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson in October 2004, the match which became known as the Battle of the Buffet. Chelsea 15/2 to win PL with dabblebet An infamous tunnel brawl between Arsenal and United players at Old Trafford followed a controversial 2-0 win for the hosts, which ended the Gunners’ historic 49-match unbeaten run, Wayne Rooney having been awarded a contentious penalty....

Interestingly, Bengaluru Bulls led by Rohit Kumar, had defeated Gujarat by 12 points in the first qualifier to directly book a place in the summit clash. Gujarat, on the other hand, led by Sunil Kumar overcame a resurgent UP Yoddha in the second qualifier Thursday, to book a place in the final. The two finalists have played thrice before with both sides winning a game each and one ending in a tie....

It was the first ever win for Puneri Paltan against Gujarat Fortune Giants. This was also second successive loss for the Giants, who lost against U Mumba last week. It was also the match in which Giants defender Parvesh Bhainswal completed 150 tackle points in his PKL career. Soon after the toss, Puneri Paltan drew the first blood and tried to take the control of the mat soon after the first whistle....

Naveen Kumar picked up another Super 10 (13th consecutive) as Delhi produced a composed performance, despite being closely challenged in the second half by the Fortunegiants, to pick up five points and consolidate their stay at the top of the points table. The initial minutes of the match suggested it would be a closely-fought encounter with both defences looking sharp. Ravinder Pahal pulled off two successful tackles for the Delhi side while at the other end Ruturaj Koravi was looking in form....

Manjeet Chhillar who also scored 300 tackle points in VIVO Pro Kabaddi League began the half strongly for Tamil Thalaivas as he tackled Pardeep “Record Breaker” Narwal and dangerman Jang Kun Lee. Jaideep, on the other hand, was a rock at the back for Patna Pirates and showed tremendous amount of strength and toughness. Rahul “The Showman” Chaudhari who always delivered his best against Patna got his first raid point in the 4th minute to give Thalaivas a 4-0 lead....

“Record-breaker” Pardeep Narwal grabbed the headlines and the former Patna Pirates star will now ply his trade for UP Yoddha in the eighth edition of the PKL. The team signed him for a whopping ₹1.65 crores, making Pardeep the most expensive player in the history of the Pro Kabaddi League. Moreover, Siddharth Desai once again joined the crorepati club for a second consecutive season after the Telugu Titans used their Final Bid Match (FBM) card to retain his services for PKL 8 at ₹1....

Mohit Goyat and Govind Gurjar have been drafted into Puneri Paltan for PKL 8. Moreover, the Telugu Titans have signed Haryana-based all-rounder Prince, while U.P. Yoddha have snapped up the former Rajasthan captain of 45th Junior Nationals, Nitin Panwar. All four out of the 96 players from the New Young Players (NYP) list have received an amount of ₹8 lakh each. The New Young Players (NYP) list consist uncapped players who come through the Mashal Sports’ flagship Future Kabaddi Heroes (FKH) program....

In an event that calls for side-by-side racing over bumps and jumps at high rates of speed, Place took the victory Saturday over Canadian teammates Leman and Kevin Drury. Leman captured the Olympic crown at the Pyeongchang Games last February in the fast-paced competition. On the women’s side, Marielle Thompson of Canada beat Swiss racer Fanny Smith for the win. Alizee Baron of France captured the bronze. Thompson was the gold medalist at the 2014 Sochi Games....