Travis Gettys is a senior editor for Raw Story based in northern Kentucky. He previously worked as a web editor for WLWT-TV and a contributing writer for the Kentucky Enquirer, and he also wrote ...

The Philadelphia PhiPies are about to open the 2025 season. At least, the "PhiPies" is somehow what New Era calls the reigning National League East-champion Philadelphia Phillies on its newest ...

In her letter to the court, the woman, an illegal migrant from Paraguay, detailed the torture she suffered from Jose Espinoza, a dad of three who ended up sentenced to 22 years in prison Monday ...

Valentino paraded high fashion inside public toilets in one of the season’s most provocative backdrops, especially for a house as classical as Valentino — upending traditional notions of ...

Nearly two months after an explosion sent flaming debris raining down on the Turks and Caicos, SpaceX launched another mammoth Starship rocket on Thursday, but lost contact minutes into the test ...

Across the top of its wings, Wissa and her team had carefully attached three rows of thin, flexible plastic flaps, hinged with tape. Guided by a mini flight computer once up in the air ...

The Durham community is mourning the loss of a longtime Ajax resident who dedicated his career to local journalism. Keith Gilligan died suddenly last week, roughly 40 years after he started his job as ...

Clarington is condemning a recent act of “hate-motivated graffiti” at a local park. Durham Regional Police are investigating the incident.

MAROA — The cause of a massive fire that engulfed a vacant building north of Maroa Saturday afternoon remains under investigation, but the extinguished flames no longer present an active threat ...

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CHARLOTTE — An American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Mississippi was diverted to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida, due to a flap issue requiring a longer runway. The incident occurred on ...

Flaps, or more properly “trailing edge high lift devices,” have two functions—they increase drag and enable the wing to sustain lift at a lower speed. The purpose of increasing drag is not ...