Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off plane's engines mid-flight relives "most consequential three seconds of my life"

Ex-Alaska Airlines pilot who tried to shut off plane’s engines mid-flight relives “most consequential three seconds of my life”

An off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot indicted for trying to shut off a passenger jet’s engines mid-flight in 2023 recalled the scary moment he slipped out of reality after eating “magic mushrooms.” Former airline captain Joseph Emerson said he takes full responsibility for the night in October 2023 that changed his life.  “I had no intention…

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Russia’s economic woes won’t stop Putin

Russia’s economic woes won’t stop Putin

Predictions that the Russian economy is on the verge of collapse are nothing new. Those forecasts have circulated widely since 2022, when the United States and Europe first imposed unprecedented sanctions on Moscow as punishment for invading Ukraine. But this wishful thinking has received a boost in recent weeks, in the wake of new reporting suggesting that the country’s oil exports are…

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Kylian Mbappé ups PSG compensation claims to $300M

Kylian Mbappé ups PSG compensation claims to $300M

Nov 17, 2025, 02:24 PM ET The legal dispute between Paris Saint-Germain and Kylian Mbappé escalated on Monday with both sides making colossal financial demands. The France star forward and his former club are at odds over alleged unpaid wages, and the financial dispute was examined by an industrial court. Mbappé, who did not attend…

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