East Coast storm system brings flooding from Florida to New England

East Coast storm system brings flooding from Florida to New England – CBS News Watch CBS News A major East Coast storm system has left its mark from Florida to New England. It prompted flash flooding with rainfall amounts up to 10 inches in South Carolina over the weekend. It also spawned a tornado near … Read more

Passenger numbers expected to explode over the holidays at SFO, Bay Area airports

FILE: Aerial view of San Francisco International Airport with United Airlines jets in 2017. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images In this week’s news, airline travelers are expected to number a record 3 million on several days over the Christmas holidays; a new competitor enters the busy SFO-Taipei route; Alaska Airlines inks a partnership with a fast-growing Canadian carrier; United updates … Read more

Bridget and Christian Ziegler: Everything We Know About the MAGA-Couple Scandal Involving Threesomes, an Alleged Payout, a Rape Accusation, and the Height of Republican Hypocrisy

A rape accusation against the chairman of the Republican Party of Florida. Same-sex sexual encounters involving a woman who has supported Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Allegations of secretly recorded threesomes. An alleged demand for $2 million to go away. A shout-out from Donald Trump. What do these things have in common? They all involve Bridget … Read more

Unpacking the California and Texas alliance in A24’s ‘Civil War’ movie trailer

A still from the new A24 Films movie “Civil War.” SFGATE politics reporter Alec Regimbal unpacks the film’s fictional military alliance between California and Texas.  Courtesy of A24 Films Seemingly, the only thing California and Texas have in common these days is their disdain for one another. Forget our similar origins, rooted in an unflagging pioneer spirit … Read more

Vigilante Who Shot Elderly Man After Minor Car Crash Convicted

A vigilante woman has been found guilty of murder after chasing down and shooting an elderly black man who left the scene of a minor car crash. Hannah Payne “acted like a cop” and pursued Kenneth Herring in her vehicle after seeing him hit a truck in May of 2019, according to the Daily Mail. … Read more

Man boards wrong flight at SFO. It happens more than you think.

FILE: A United Airlines plane takes off from SFO on April 22, 2023. Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images A man boarded a United flight at San Francisco International Airport earlier this month that was bound for Florida and it wasn’t until reaching his seat that he and the airline both discovered his boarding pass was for … Read more

Experience space as Jeff Bezos and William Shatner did, in Blue Origin’s rocket simulator at the Kennedy Space Centre

He was on hand last week to explain how the life-size simulator of the crew capsule works. It sits amid an array of displays and simulators from the likes of SpaceX, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and others within Kennedy Space Centre (KSC)’s Gateway attraction, which is free to visitors with paid admission to the centre in … Read more

The world’s most complained-about tourist queues ranked: The Eiffel Tower is No.1, followed by the London Eye – with the Empire State Building line attracting the most moans in the US

It’s one of the most striking structures in the world, but the visitor queue leaves a lot of people feeling Eiffel-y annoyed. In fact, the line at the iconic Eiffel Tower in Paris comes top of a world ranking of most-complained-about queues, with the London Eye second and the Colosseum third. The list, by hawaiianislands.com, … Read more

I’m an American – these are the things in British houses we NEED in the US

An American woman who moved to the UK has listed the five things she loves about British houses, that she wishes homes in the US had. Brittany Hayes, who’s originally from Florida, moved to Birmingham, where she is undertaking a renovation with her fiancé.  She goes by @thebrickhousechronicles on TikTok and has previously racked up … Read more

Meet the couple who’ve been on more than 200 cruises – and love life on the high seas so much they’re selling their house in Florida and paying $1.7million to LIVE on a cruise ship

Norman and Helen D’Silva have been on more than 200 cruises, but are far from being bored with them. In fact, they’re selling their home in Florida to turn their life into one long cruise. The couple, who have been married for 40 years, are among hundreds of high-fliers buying cabins on maritime firm Storylines’ luxury residential … Read more