New details released on deadly Mexican Navy ship, Brooklyn Bridge collision

New details released on deadly Mexican Navy ship, Brooklyn Bridge collision

TheMexican naval ship that rammed into the Brooklyn Bridgein May was swiftly moving backward at the time of the crash despite commands directing the vessel in the opposite direction, according to apreliminary report from the National Transportation Safety Board. Federal investigators have not yet determined the cause of the crash but released a report on Monday detailing the timeline leading up to the May 17 collision, whichkilled two sailors and injured 19 others. The Cuauhtémoc, a 197-foot-long ship named after the last Aztec emperor, was on a monthslong training cruise that was scheduled to stop in at least 15 countries when it smashed into the iconic bridge. The crash occurred as the ship was heading to an anchorage to refuel before departing for Iceland. Videos captured the ensuing chaos as people on the shoreline and bridge span ran in terror, and Navy cadets dangled from the ship's crossbeams and sailcloth. It remains unclear why the ship was moving backward at nearly 7 mph at the time of the crash. The preliminary report did not say whether there was in issue with the ship's engines or if the vessel had lost power, as officials have previously stated. Federal investigators' full report, which will detail the likeliest cause of the crash, is ongoing and could take more than a year to complete. Before 8 p.m. on May 17, a sea pilot and a local docking pilot spoke with the ship's captain, who told them "the propulsion and steering systems were in good order, and there were no deficiencies," according to the report. After assessing the visibility and weather conditions on the East River, the ship pulled away from Pier 17 in lower Manhattan around 8:19 p.m. with the help of a tugboat, the Charles D. McAllister. The docking pilot directed the ship to move backward – instructions that were acknowledged by the captain, translated into Spanish and relayed to crewmembers, the report said. Once clear of the slip, the docking pilot gave a stop command and then a dead-slow-ahead order – directing the ship to move forward at the slowest speed possible. The pilot then directed the tugboat to reposition itself on the front right side of the ship. After the tugboat detached from the vessel, the pilot "ordered additional commands in the ahead direction." As the tugboat pushed on the vessel's front right side, the ship began to swing toward the Brooklyn Bridge, according to the preliminary report. At that point, the docking pilot ordered the tugboat to back away and maneuver toward the right rear side of the ship. Around 8:24 p.m., the ship's backward speed increased from 3.7 mph to 5.8 mph and the harbor pilot called for nearby tugboat assistance. Moments later, the upper section of all three of the ship's masts collided with the span of the Brooklyn Bridge. At the time of impact, the ship was moving backward at 6.7 mph, according to the NTSB. After the crash, the Cuauhtémoc was towed to a local shipyard for repairs and analysis. Investigators have boarded the ship for a preliminary examination and found scraped paint on the rear left side of the ship and a deformed rudder post. The New York City Department of Transportation inspected the Brooklyn Bridge and determined there was no significant structural damage. It was reopened soon after the crash. Federal investigators, meanwhile, have interviewed crewmembers on the ship as well as the two pilots and the tugboat crew. The preliminary report said the pilots and tugboat captain all passed drug and alcohol tests. "The NTSB investigation of all aspects of the accident is ongoing; we are examining the propulsion system, operating control system, relevant crew experience and training, and operating policies and procedures," the agency said in a statement. The estimated damage from the crash is expected to exceed $500,000, according to the report. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:New details revealed about deadly ship, Brooklyn Bridge collision

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New details released on deadly Mexican Navy ship, Brooklyn Bridge collision

New details released on deadly Mexican Navy ship, Brooklyn Bridge collision TheMexican naval ship that rammed into the Brooklyn Bridgein May...

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Hurricane Flossie could become a major hurricane off the Pacific coast of Mexico

Hurricane Flossie could become a major hurricane off the Pacific coast of Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Flossie strengthened to a Category 2 cyclone Tuesday offthe Pacific coast of Mexicoand could become a major hurricane before weakening later this week, forecasters said. The National Hurricane Center said Flossie had maximum sustained winds at 110 mph (175 kph) and that rain was falling over parts of coastal Mexico. The hurricane was centered 180 miles (285 kilometers) southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico. On Tuesday afternoon, it was on the brink of becoming a Category 3 hurricane. The hurricane was forecast to continue strengthening and could be a major hurricane as soon as Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. A major hurricane is classified as Category 3 or higher, with maximum sustained winds of at least 111 mph (180 kph). Flossie was moving to the northwest at 10 mph (17 kph) and was expected to generally continue that motion over the next few days. The system should move away from southwestern Mexico by Tuesday night, forecasters said. A tropical storm warning was in effect from Punta San Telmo to Playa Perula. Rainfall totals up to 6 inches (15 centimeters) were possible in some areas, the hurricane center said. Forecasters expect Flossie to rapidly weaken starting late Wednesday.

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Hurricane Flossie could become a major hurricane off the Pacific coast of Mexico

Hurricane Flossie could become a major hurricane off the Pacific coast of Mexico MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hurricane Flossie strengthened to a Cate...

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Clint Eastwood's 'Addictive' Affairs Detailed in New Biography: 'I Was Going to Do as I Pleased'

Clint Eastwood's 'Addictive' Affairs Detailed in New Biography: 'I Was Going to Do as I Pleased'

Nik Wheeler/Corbis via Getty Shawn Levy's new Clint Eastwood biography,Clint: The Man and The Movies, includes details about the actor-filmmaker's personal and professional life The book recounts the Oscar winner's marriages, long-term relationships and many affairs with women Eastwood's extramarital trysts, he was quoted as saying, became "addictive" Clint Eastwoodis the subject of a new biography that lays bare many ofhis marital — and extramarital — relationships. Shawn Levy'sClint: The Man and The Movies(on bookshelves July 1) collects quotes from Eastwood, 95, and many of his contemporaries to shed light on his marriages, with Maggie Johnson andDina Ruiz, and other long-term partnerships, includingSondra LockeandFrances Fisher. The Oscar-winning filmmaker has eight knownchildrenwith six women. "By many accounts, including his own, he more or less comported himself as if he were a bachelor," writes Levy of Eastwood's first marriage to Johnson, which lasted from 1953 to 1984. During that time he had multiple affairs, which the biography claims Johnson was aware of. "One thing Mag had to learn about me was that I was going to do as I pleased," the filmmaker toldPhotoplayin 1963. "She had to accept that, because if she didn't, we wouldn't be married." PEOPLE is out to Eastwood for comment on Levy's book. Eastwood was also quoted as saying, "I'm independent, a vagabond, and [Johnson] accepts me as I am and doesn't strangle me with female possessiveness." His many extramarital trysts, he admitted to his authorized biographerRichard Schickel, "just became… I don't know… addictive… like you have to have another cigarette." (Schickel's book,Clint Eastwood: A Biography, was released in 1997 and features interviews with the star.) Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. TheRawhideactor's flings ranged from casual to serious enough to include children; he and stuntwoman Roxanne Tunis welcomed his second daughter, Kimber Lynn, in 1964, while he was married to Johnson. It's unclear if Johnson was aware of the affair, although inClint Eastwood: A Biography, the couple's friend Fritz Manes said that Johnson had once asked if he thought her husband was "playing around." Manes admitted to lying about Eastwood's affairs to reassure her, and Johnson said she preferred not to "dwell on it." Looking back on their relationship years later, Eastwood toldPlayboythat he believed Johnson was "a woman who knows how much room I need." Clint: The Man and The Moviesalleges Eastwood picked up women in his acting classes, on studio lots where he worked and in the neighborhood and even apartment complex he shared with his first wife. The biography also recounts Eastwood's affair with Locke, who he cast in his 1975 filmThe Outlaw Josey Wales.In her 1997 autobiography,The Good, the Bad, and the Very Ugly: A Hollywood Journey, Locke alleged that Eastwood said "there was no real relationship left" between him and Johnson. After Eastwood and Locke's relationship ended in 1989, she alleged in her book that she had had two abortions and a tubal ligation, as Eastwood told her he didn't want any more children, perVanity Fair, though the filmmaker denied the allegations. "Funny how it never even crossed my mind to ask him to have surgery," she wrote. One interview Eastwood gave, recounted in the biography, involved a night of debauchery with jazz legendMiles Davis. After one of Davis' concerts, Eastwood recalled, "He came over and said, 'Let's go out and get some bitches' … So we went out and screwed off." In describing Eastwood's seductive ways,Clintalso mentions a 1986 PEOPLE interview with Mamie Van Doren, a classmate of his at Universal Talent School (UTS). The rising star "was always straight and direct," she quipped. "He always knew the most straight and direct path to my dressing room." Clint: The Man and The Movies, from Harper Collins, is available for purchase now. Read the original article onPeople

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Gavin Adcock blasts Beyoncé after 'Cowboy Carter' ranks higher than his album

Gavin Adcock blasts Beyoncé after 'Cowboy Carter' ranks higher than his album

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter'srecord-breaking albumis stillruffling feathers within the country music scene, with country singerGavin Adcocksounding off about the success of"Cowboy Carter." The 26-year-old Georgia native unleashed his harsh, candid thoughts about Beyoncé'sGrammy-winning albumduring a recent concert. Ina clipfrom the show, Adcock let off steam about his album "Own Worst Enemy" being ranked lower than "Cowboy Carter" in the Top 5 on Apple Music's country album chart. Beyoncé's 27-track project currently ranks No. 3 on the chart. Meanwhile Adcock's album sits at No. 4. Parker McCollum's self-titled album is No. 2, and Morgan Wallen's album "I'm the Problem" tops the list. And that's clearly not sitting well with Adcock. During his mid-concert rant he told the crowd, "You can tell her we're coming for her (expletive)." "That s*** ain't country music, and it ain't never been country music. And it ain't gonna be country music," he said as the crowd cheered him on. Adcock later doubled down on his stance in a video meant to clear up his onstage comments. He captioned it, "It just ain't country." View this post on Instagram A post shared by Gavin Adcock (@gavinadcockmusic) He acknowledged hearing a ton of Beyoncé songs growing up. "I really don't believe that her album should be labeled as country music," he said. "It doesn't sound country. It doesn't feel country. And I just don't think people who have dedicated their whole lives to this genre and this lifestyle should have to compete or watch that album stay at the top just because she's Beyoncé." As fans know, Beyoncéfirst announcedher eighth studio album "Cowboy Carter" on March 29, 2024, and has brokenmany recordsandmade historyon multiple fronts. The project has also been acatalystfor the recent spotlight on Black country artists and the genre's roots. Consequently, it has challenged music industry norms and sparked conversations pertaining to the intersection of race and country music. In 2025, the album wonbest country album at the Grammy Awards.It was the first time a Black woman was nominated and won in the category. She alsotook home the top prize of the evening, album of the year, joining only three other Black women in the show's history to earn the honor. Throughout its first year, the project also received many other awards and nominations. While it has become a huge force within country music and the music industry as a whole, it has alsorevealed deep-seated biasesstill present in parts of the industry. The album wassnubbed at the 2024 Country Music Association Awards, garnering zero nominations. The CMAs are considered one of the most prestigious awards in the country music industry, and fanssuspected this year the megastar would be the first Black woman to be nominatedand win album of the year for her groundbreaking and culture-shifting project. Prior to releasing the album, Beyoncégot candidabout creating the five-year project and alluded to her 2016 performance at theCMA Awards, which was met with an icy reception and harsh criticism. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) "It was born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed…and it was very clear that I wasn't," she wrote onInstagram. "The criticisms I faced when I first entered this genre forced me to propel past the limitations that were put on me. Act ii is a result of challenging myself and taking my time to bend and blend genres together to create this body of work." Beyoncé is currently in the middle of herCowboy Carter and the Rodeo Chitlin' Circuit Tour, with which she's alreadymade history Follow Caché McClay, the USA TODAY Network's Beyoncé Knowles-Carter reporter, onInstagram,TikTokandXas @cachemcclay. This article originally appeared on Nashville Tennessean:Gavin Adcock slams Beyoncé after 'Cowboy Carter' outranks his album

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What we know about Idaho firefighters, sniper who ambushed them

What we know about Idaho firefighters, sniper who ambushed them

An Idaho community is reeling days after a manset a brush fire and ambushed responding firefighters, fatally shooting two and injuring a third. Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Frank Harwood and Coeur d'Alene Fire Department Battalion Chief John Morrison were killed in the attack June 29, authorities said. Coeur d'Alene Fire Department Dave Tysdal was recovering after two surgeries, according to Coeur d'Alene Fire Chief Tom Greif. "This community lost two dedicated public servants," Gabe Eckert, president of the Coeur d'Alene Firefighters' union, said at anews conference. "These men were dedicated firefighters; they were dedicated to their community. These guys were hard workers who loved their families." Authorities identified the suspect, who is also deceased in an apparent suicide, as 20-year-oldWess Roley. Roley's body was discovered after a six-hour manhunt that drew a response of hundreds of law enforcement officials from local, state and federal agencies. Here's what we know: The firefightersresponded to a callat about 1:21 p.m. June 29 that fire had broken out on the east side of Canfield Mountain near Coeur d'Alene, a city of about 57,000 in the northwest part of the state. At 2 p.m., firefighters broadcast that shots had been fired, officials said. Hundreds of law enforcement officers responded, and gunfire was exchanged with the suspect, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said. "This was a total ambush," Norris said. "These firefighters did not have a chance." Investigators used cell phone data to locate a signal that hadn't moved since about 3:16 p.m. and discovered the body of the suspect, authorities announced just after 7:40 p.m. As the manhunt unfolded, the brush fire grew unchecked until it was considered safe for firefighters to access, the Idaho Department of Lands said. As of the evening of June 30, the blaze was being held at about 26 acres with no evacuations or structures at risk, the departmentsaidin an update. The suspect, a transient with a history of "minor" run-ins with police, appeared to be living out of his car at the time of the shooting, Norris said. Investigators were still looking into a possible motive and what brought Roley to Coeur d'Alene, he said. Past encounters with law enforcement were mostly about suspicions of trespassing, authorities said. He came from an "arborist family" and appeared to have fired from up a tree, Norris said. The suspect "at one point wanted to be a firefighter," Norris said. "We don't know if there's a nexus between that desire and what happened." Formerclassmates remembered Roleyin interviews with USA TODAY as having "Nazi tendencies" and "obsessed with guns." Read more. The firefighters killed in the attack wereremembered as "selfless public servants." Harwood, 42, had been with the Kootenai agency for 17 years, according to Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Chief Christopher Way. He was married with two children. "He did an amazing job," Way said. "This loss is felt by so many." Morrison, 52, had been with the Coeur d'Alene department since 1996, said Greif, the city's fire chief. Eckert, of the firefighters' union, shared a recent memory of smoking cigars with Morrison on a backyard patio. "We talked about being better fathers, we talked about being better leaders, and we talked about being better firefighters," Eckert said. "I'm so incredibly grateful that that gets to be my last memory with him." Contributing: John Bacon, Michael Loria, Christopher Cann, N'dea Yancey-Bragg, Josh Meyer and Will Carless This article originally appeared on USA TODAY:What we know about slain Idaho firefighters, sniper suspect Wess Roley

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What we know about Idaho firefighters, sniper who ambushed them

What we know about Idaho firefighters, sniper who ambushed them An Idaho community is reeling days after a manset a brush fire and ambushed ...

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Iran assesses the damage and lashes out after Israeli and US strikes damage its nuclear sites

Iran assesses the damage and lashes out after Israeli and US strikes damage its nuclear sites

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is assessing the damage and lashing out over theAmerican and Israeli airstrikeson its nuclear sites, though Tehran kept open the possibility Tuesday of resuming talks with Washington over its atomic program. The comments by government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani also included another acknowledgment that Fordo, Isfahan and Natanz — key sites within Iran's nuclear program — had been "seriously damaged" bythe American strikes. Iran's state-run IRNA news agency quoted Mohajerani as making the remarks at a briefing for journalists. That acknowledgment comes as Iran's theocracy has slowly begun to admit the scale of the damage wrought bythe 12-day war with Israel, which saw Israeli fighter jets decimate the country's air defenses andconduct strikesat will over the Islamic Republic. And keeping the door open to talks with the United States likely shows Tehran wants to avoid further economic pain as another deadline over U.N. sanctions looms. "No date (for U.S. talks) is announced, and it's not probably very soon, but a decision hasn't been made in this field," Mohajerani said. Iran offers rising death toll Israeli airstrikes, which began June 13,decimated the upper ranksof Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard and targeted its arsenal of ballistic missiles. The strikes also hit Iran's nuclear sites, which Israel claimed put Tehran within reach of a nuclear weapon. U.S. intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency had assessed Iran last had an organized nuclear weapons program in 2003, though Tehran had been enriching uranium up to 60% — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%. On Monday, Iranian judiciary spokesman Asghar Jahangir offered a sharply increased, government-issued death toll from the war. He said that the Israeli attacks killed 935 "Iranian citizens," including 38 children and 102 women, IRNA reported. "The enemy aimed to change the country's circumstances by assassinating military commanders and scientists, intending to spread fear and exert pressure," Jahangir added. However, he asserted — like others up to 86-year-old Supreme LeaderAyatollah Ali Khamenei— that Iran had "won" the war. Iran has a long history of offering lower death counts around unrest over political considerations. The Washington-based Human Rights Activists group, which has provided detailed casualty figures from multiple rounds of unrest in Iran, has put the death toll at 1,190 people killed, including 436 civilians and 435 security force members. The attacks wounded another 4,475 people, the group said. Activity seen at Iran's Fordo facility Meanwhile, it appears that Iranian officials now are assessing the damage done by the American strikes conducted on the three nuclear sites on June 22, including those at Fordo,a site built under a mountainabout 100 kilometers (60 miles) southwest of Tehran. Satellite images from Planet Labs PBC analyzed by The Associated Press show Iranian officials at Fordo on Monday likely examining the damage caused by American bunker busters. Trucks could be seen in the images, as well as at least one crane and an excavator at tunnels on the site. That corresponded to images shot Sunday by Maxar Technologies similarly showing the ongoing work. The tunnels likely had been filled in by Iran before the strikes to protect the facility. The presence of trucks before the attacks has raised questions about whether any enriched uranium or centrifuges had been spirited away before the attack, something repeatedly claimed by Iranian officials. Even before the strikes, the IAEA warned that its inspectors hadlost their "continuity of knowledge"regarding the program, meaning material could be at undeclared sites in the country. Iran hasn't said what work is being done at the sites, though it has said that the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran planned to issue a report about the damage done by the strikes. Hard-liners lash out Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, whose profile sharply rose during the war, also has kept open the possibility of talks with the U.S. However, hard-liners within Iran are increasingly criticizing any effort at negotiations or cooperation with the West. Iran's hard-line Kayhan newspaper, in a piece written by its Khamenei-appointed managing editor, Hossein Shariatmadari, mocked any possible talks Tuesday by saying being a "traitor or stupid are two sides of the same coin." Shariatmadari's newspaper on Saturday also suggested that the IAEA Director-General Rafael Mariano Grossi, should be "tried and executed" if he visited Iran — something that drew immediate criticism from European nations and others.

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Iran assesses the damage and lashes out after Israeli and US strikes damage its nuclear sites

Iran assesses the damage and lashes out after Israeli and US strikes damage its nuclear sites DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran is ass...

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Charles Spencer Shares Rare Photo from Princess Diana’s 6th Birthday — Featuring Their Dad’s Big Surprise

Charles Spencer Shares Rare Photo from Princess Diana's 6th Birthday — Featuring Their Dad's Big Surprise

Charles Spencer/Instagram; Georges De Keerle/Getty Princess Diana's younger brother, Charles Spencer, honored her on what would have been her 64th birthday The late Princess of Wales died at age 36 in 1997 and would have turned 64 on July 1 The 9th Earl Spencer shared a new photo captioned, "Another July 1st, from long ago" showing them together at her 6th birthday party Princess Diana's brother,Charles Spencer, is remembering her on what would have been her 64th birthday. On July 1, the 9th Earl Spencer posted a previously unseen photo of himself with his elder sister. The black-and-white childhood throwback showed Charles and Diana riding a camel at a celebration identified as her 6th birthday party. "Another July 1st, from long ago - 1967, in fact: for Diana's 6th birthday party, my father (standing, left) - to huge excitement - secured the services of Bert the Camel, from Peterborough Zoo," Charles, 61, wrote below the photo onInstagram. Princess Diana was the third daughter born toJohn SpencerandFrances Shand Kydd, and she grew up with elder sisters,Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, and younger brother, Charles. She became a princess when she married the futureKing Charlesin 1981, and they went on to welcome two sons,Prince WilliamandPrince Harry. Charles and Diana separated in 1992 and divorced in 1996, amid speculation of marriage trouble and infidelity by both parties. Princess Diana died on Aug. 31, 1997 at age 36 following a car accident in Paris, while the vehicle she was traveling in was pursued by paparazzi. The 9th Earl Spencer famously delivered apassionate eulogyat his sister's royal ceremonial funeral in 1997 and continues to honor her memory today. In May, Charles appeared onLoose Men, a special edition of the ITV talk showLoose Womenfor Mental Health Awareness Week,where he spoke about the enduring pain of sibling grief. David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty; Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty "It's such an amputation. It's like the other guys were saying, you grow up with these people, they are your flesh and blood, they're with you forever, and then they're gone," said Charles, an author and historian. "For years after Diana died, I would think, 'I must ring her and tell her something,' because we shared the same sense of humor and you just realize, of course, that's not going to happen," he added about the deep bond they shared. Over the weekend, the author ofA Very Private School: A Memoirposted a photoof the gallery wall including a portrait of Diana atAlthorp House, the Spencer family's ancestral home in Northamptonshire, England, and last week, he shared another previously unseen picture with his sister. Can't get enough of PEOPLE's Royals coverage? Sign up for our free Royals newsletter to get the latest updates on Kate Middleton, Meghan Markle and more! "Trying to remember what this rather formal family photograph was for — it shows my sisters and brothers-in-law, flanking my father and stepmother, at the base of the main staircase (in the central hallway, known as the Saloon) at@althorphousein the late '80s. Perhaps it was something to do with my father's 65th birthday, in January 1989?" Earl Spencer wrote below theInstagramphoto. "Definitely an '80s air to it all," he added in part. Read the original article onPeople

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Charles Spencer Shares Rare Photo from Princess Diana’s 6th Birthday — Featuring Their Dad’s Big Surprise

Charles Spencer Shares Rare Photo from Princess Diana's 6th Birthday — Featuring Their Dad's Big Surprise Charles Spencer/Instagram;...

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