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Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Apr 11, 2022
April 11, 2022
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Two airline passengers accused of "unruly behavior" have been hit with the largest fines ever proposed by the FAA. In one incident, an American Airlines passenger has been asked to pay a $81,950 fine for threatening to hurt a flight attendant who'd offered to help the passenger after she fell into the aisle of the plane. The woman then pushed the attendant and tried to open the cabin door. While flight attendants attempted to restrain her, she repeatedly hit one staff member in the head. When she was placed in cuffs, "she spit at, headbutted, bit and tried to kick the crew and other passengers," the FAA said.
Julian Lennon broke his longstanding vow never to perform his father’s song, “Imagine,” during a benefit for Ukrainian refugees Saturday. His performance closed out a televised European Union pledge drive that raised $10.1 billion for refugee assistance.
Pink Floyd is getting back together after nearly 30 years to put out new music to raise funds for Ukraine. Money raised by the song, “Hey Hey Rise Up” will support the UN’s Ukraine Humanitarian Fund. David Gilmour has a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren that are half-Ukrainian.
“The Real” is over. Loni Love said she feels Covid cancelled the show after 8 seasons on the air. “The Real” premiered in 2003 with five co-hosts, Tamera Mowry, Jeannie Mai, Tamar Braxton, Adrienne Bailon and Love. It won three Daytime Emmy Awards, including outstanding entertainment talk show hosts in 2018.
If you're a fan of Dancing with the Stars, the next seasons --31 and 32-- will be on Disney-plus. That'll let ABC run Monday night football games in the slot in the fall.
The U.S. government will release its latest monthly inflation data tomorrow (Tuesday). Experts expect prices to have climbed more than 8 percent.
A guy from Maryland won a $25,000 lottery prize after playing the numbers on his younger brother's license plate. He placed eight 50-cent bets using the numbers on his sibling's license plate: 2, 6, 6, 6, and 4. The odds on winning in the "Pick 5" game are just 1 in 100,000, according to the lottery.
No winner in Powerball Saturday night... jackpot is up to $288-million for Monday night's drawing...
More than 100 streets in New York City's five boroughs will go car-free from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, April 23rd to celebrate Earth Day.
David and Victoria Beckham's son, Brooklyn and Nicola Peltz got married Saturday in Palm Beach, Florida. He's 23; she's 27. Venus and Serena Williams, Eva Longoria, Gordon Ramsay, Mel C, Marc Anthony and Jordana Brewster were also at the ceremony.