November 2023

PLANO, Texas (AP) — A Federal Aviation Administration incident report says the pilot of a small plane that crashed and burned on the doorstep of a strip mall in Texas was trying to pull out of a landing before the accident. The Dallas Morning News reports that records released Wednesday show the pilot aborted a landing before the plane crashed on Tuesday. Plano police on Wednesday identified the pilot, who died in the crash, as 87-year-old Elzie Monroe McDonald of Arizona. Authorities say nobody on the ground was injured. Photos from the scene show the wreckage in a parking space just outside of the shopping center in the Dallas suburb of Plano. The crash is under investigation.

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It's been a record-breaking year for sea turtles in Florida. Just as they have for millions of years, the turtles have crawled onto beaches, digging pits in the sand to lay their eggs. Florida's preliminary count shows more than 133,840 loggerhead turtle nests and 76,500 green turtle nests, breaking records set years ago. Other southeastern U.S. states also report high numbers. But only one in 1,000 hatchlings lives to adulthood and climate change is threatening their species as beaches disappear under rising seas. Hotter sand makes more females, and the hatchlings are smaller and slower. Experts say their future remains ominous.

(The Center Square) – A consumer advocacy group’s newest dangerous toys report highlights smart devices that spy on children.