All 197 Aboard New Orleans River Cruise Ship Accounted For After Tanker Strike

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All one hundred and ninety-seven passengers and crew aboard a river cruise ship that was struck by a tanker and partially submerged in the Mississippi River at New Orleans have been accounted for, with no fatalities reported, the Port of New Orleans said. More than thirty people were treated at local hospitals, and no critical injuries were reported. The collision occurred Friday, when the tanker Atlantic Asphalt struck the American Heritage paddleboat while it was docked near the Port of New Orleans, forcing a chaotic river rescue. A portion of the Mississippi remained closed on Saturday. The Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans has sued to gain control of the tanker, saying it caused at least one million dollars in damage to its terminal. A judge issued a warrant Friday giving federal officials control of the ship for now, and the litigation is ongoing.

In the United States, the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a rare nationwide ground stop for all departing flights on Friday, citing a communication issue affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers and invoking extraordinary circumstances and reasons of safety. The stoppage, the longest in the United States in twenty-five years, ended around eight:fifteen p.m. The stoppage lasted nearly five hours. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the crisis to overloaded and outdated air traffic communications equipment, and officials said there was no evidence of a cyber attack. FlightAware data cited in reports put the number of delayed or canceled flights at nearly seven thousand, while other tallies exceeded eight thousand two hundred, or more than thirty-one percent of scheduled U S flights. Flights resumed after the order was lifted, but Duffy said operations were slowly returning to normal on Saturday and warned that further delays and cancellations were likely. Officials expected a full recovery by Sunday.

Meanwhile, in the technology sector, Microsoft said its services were fully restored on Saturday morning after a global outage that disrupted governments, courts, healthcare services, businesses, airlines and banks for more than twenty-four hours. The company said service had been restored to all remaining customers and regions affected across Teams, Outlook, Copilot and other applications. Microsoft had earlier apologised for the disruption and reported a broad recovery for Outlook and other services. Governments including Japan, Singapore and Australia reported impacts on some operations, and the outage affected the N H S, police and schools across the U K. The U S homeland security chief confirmed there was no Microsoft link to the separate nationwide air stoppage.

In Washington, D.C., a federal judge on Saturday ordered a two-week delay to any work at the East Potomac Golf Links, temporarily blocking the Trump administration from closing the historic public course for redevelopment. U S District Judge Ana C Reyes, who has overseen combative litigation in the case, said the administration would not be responsible for operating the course while the case proceeded.

In Alaska, former state legislator Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has won the governor's race, becoming the first Democrat elected to the office since one thousand nine hundred and ninety-eight. At thirty-seven, he will be the youngest governor in Alaska's history. Kreiss-Tomkins defeated three Republican opponents after a campaign emphasizing bipartisanship in a state that usually votes Republican. His victory means Democrats will hold thirty U S governorships, including several they flipped after years of Republican control in states such as Iowa, Georgia, Ohio and Texas.

In Illinois, a bomb was found Friday afternoon at the BioUrja Renewables ethanol and alcohol plant in Peoria, prompting a mandatory evacuation within a one-mile radius. Officials said the device was rendered safe and later defused, and residents were allowed to return to their homes. No additional devices were found. The F B I is investigating the discovery, which officials called a credible threat.

In rugby, Wales defeated New Zealand thirty-five-twenty-eight in Cardiff on Saturday, securing their first men's rugby union victory over the All Blacks since one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three. The win ended a seventy-three-year wait and prompted astonishing scenes at the final whistle.

In South Sudan, the election commission has postponed the country's first-ever national elections until February eleven. The vote had originally been set for December and was first expected in twenty twenty-two. South Sudan has not held a national election since gaining independence from Sudan in twenty eleven, and analysts had warned the December vote faced a legitimacy crisis.

In space, SpaceX's Starship spacecraft returned to Earth on Saturday and was caught midair by giant mechanical arms at its launchpad in Texas, completing the first-ever such catch after an aborted recovery attempt. SpaceX officials said the catch by the chopsticks arms demonstrates Starship's full reusability, which is crucial for rapid, low-cost recycling.

In Italy, the data protection agency has fined Facebook parent company Meta eight hundred and five million euros, or eight hundred and eighty-seven million dollars, for accessing users' photos, videos and related metadata through the Facebook application on Android devices without obtaining specific consent. The agency said Meta did not inform twenty million users it had access to their photos. The fine is among the largest an Italian authority has imposed on a tech giant, and Meta said it plans to appeal.

In the United States, Family Dollar has agreed to pay sixty-three million dollars to settle allegations that it overcharged customers at checkout, according to a complaint filed by federal regulators and seventeen states. The Federal Trade Commission and the states alleged that since twenty twenty-three the discount retailer failed to honor prices displayed on store shelves, price tags and in advertisements, overcharging shoppers by millions of dollars.

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