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Passengers and crew subdue flydubai co-pilot accused of stabbing captain on flight to Tel Avivdeveloping
On flydubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Sept. 30, the co-pilot allegedly stabbed the captain in the cockpit. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the pilot apparently tried to crash the plane. Passengers and crew overpowered him and the jet made an emergency landing in Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, with 174 people aboard. The captain was seriously injured and is reported in stable condition. Saudi authorities are questioning the co-pilot. The motive has not been established.
Israel saysDefense Minister Israel Katz called it an "attempted jihadist terror attack"; Netanyahu said investigators will determine whether the pilot had accomplices and whether Iran was behind it.
Flydubai saysThe airline says "the underlying reasons and motives behind this event are unknown."
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Senate confirms Keith Sonderling as Labor Secretary before campaign breakconfirmed
The Senate confirmed Keith Sonderling as Secretary of Labor 47-41 late Wednesday, its last order of business before leaving for the midterm campaign. Sonderling had been acting secretary since April, after Lori Chavez-DeRemer left the post.
Supporters saySen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.): "I'm confident that he will protect workers, help businesses create more jobs, and help workers navigate AI-driven changes."
Opponents saySen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) said she fears a vote to confirm him is a vote "to strip overtime protections for our workers, to undercut our unions."
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Google unveils Gemini 4 Argon, its first new flagship AI model in nearly a yearconfirmed
Google unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, aimed at software engineering, knowledge work and cybersecurity. It is going first to a limited group of cybersecurity partners, with wider access after more testing. Google says it beats OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra on several benchmarks. Bloomberg reported some Google employees were skeptical of its performance in internal testing; Google disputed that.
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Yankees beat Red Sox 9-2 to sweep wild-card seriesconfirmed
Max Fried pitched six innings and Cody Bellinger drove in four runs as the Yankees beat the Red Sox 9-2 to sweep their AL Wild Card Series. New York plays the Tampa Bay Rays in the AL Division Series starting Saturday.
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