Watch: Great White Shark Turns Nantucket Shallows into a Bloodbath

A great white shark tears into a seal just feet from dry sand on Nantucket, turning ankle-deep water red and underscoring the island’s new shark reality.

Dashel PiersonSep 21, 2026 12:30 PM EDT

A great white shark tears into a seal just feet from dry sand on Nantucket, turning ankle-deep water red and underscoring the island’s new shark reality.

Dashel PiersonSep 21, 2026 12:30 PM EDT

It was a full-blown bloodbath in ankle-to-waist-deep-looking water — and another reminder that Nantucket has become prime great white territory.

The reason is food.

The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy says white shark abundance around Cape Cod has increased over the past decade “primarily in response to the local population recovery of gray seals,” one of the species’ favorite prey items.

And Nantucket has been especially sharky this year. In June, fisherman Elliot Sudal unexpectedly hooked an estimated 8½- to 9-foot great white from the island’s south shore. “Everything has been showing up earlier the last few years,” Sudal said, noting that even with water temperatures still in the 50s, sharks had already arrived.

Massachusetts officials later tightened restrictions on shore-based shark fishing around Nantucket after several incidents involving anglers targeting whites close to swimmers and surfers. State officials called the practice an “acute public safety risk.”

The broader Northeast has also seen unusual shark activity. In August, Maine lifeguard Greg Wilfert said a shark grabbed his rescue buoy and dragged him about five feet underwater before he escaped. Marine resources officer Daryen Granata said at least a dozen sharks had recently been spotted near popular beaches — “a large volume, larger than I’ve seen” in more than 30 years.

For Nantucket, however, the equation is simple: seals bring sharks.

And sometimes the hunt unfolds practically on the beach.

https://www.surfer.com/news/great-white-shark-nantucket-video

https://youtu.be/9Y9Qp4S-OUc

Flights at Newark, JFK, LaGuardia airports disrupted due to equipment outage, FAA says

By Alexa Herrera, Christine Sloan

Updated on: September 21, 2026 / 4:51 PM EDT / CBS New York

Flights into and out of Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia airports are delayed due to an equipment outage, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The outage is having aripple effect on air traffic throughout the country.

A ground stop was ordered at around 10 a.m. Monday at Newark and has been extended multiple times. Currently, it's set to expire at 5:45 p.m.

A stop was ordered at 12:38 p.m. for JFK, which is now a ground delay until 10:59 p.m. LaGuardia's stop was issued at 12:43 p.m. and is now a delay until 9:59 p.m., according to the FAA. Included in the stop were flights to the two airports from more than a dozen regions across the U.S. and Canada, including Chicago, Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Miami, Toronto and Montreal.

"The FAA is pausing flights into Philadelphia International, Teterboro and Newark Liberty International airports due to issues with some frequencies at Philadelphia TRACON," a spokesperson said Monday morning.

TRACON stands for Terminal Radar Approach Control. It is an air traffic control facility that uses radar and radios to guide planes approaching and departing from airports.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said an Amtrak crew accidentally cut into a Verizon fiber line in New Jersey, causing the outage, according to a social media post. CBS News New York reached out to Amtrak, which said the incident happened on NJ Transit property.

NJ Transit then released the following statement:

"At approximately 9:45 a.m. today, a construction crew working on the Delco Lead project between New Brunswick and North Brunswick accidentally severed a fiber-optic cable while working at the site. We've been made aware that this cable served as a back-up to a primary circuit system that failed," NJ Transit said.

"Preliminary information indicates the crew was operating approximately 10 feet from the utility markings. NJ TRANSIT staff is currently on site working to determine the status of the repairs, while also determining whether it was Verizon or the contractor who made the utility markings at the site.

"We will continue to work closely with Verizon and the contractor as the circumstances surrounding the incident are being investigated. We will provide additional updates as information becomes available."

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the primary circuit in Philadelphia TRACON failed. The backup line also had a break, he said.

"That fiber break is probably 13 hours to repair. It's massive, I'm told," he said.

Bedford said the cut is somewhere between New Brunswick and Newark. A new circuit is being installed, he said.

Some flights that were already in the air when the ground stops went into effect were sent to other airports. A spokesperson for Boston's Logan Airport confirmed they were "getting a lot of diversions from impacted airports."

Travelers are encouraged to check with their airlines for the latest information about individual flights.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/newark-airport-ground-stop-flights-delayed-faa-equipment-outage/

Hungary seeks US sanctions exemption over Russian energy

Budapest relied on Moscow for around 90% of its crude oil supplies in 2025

Published 21 Sep, 2026 19:04 |

Hungary’s new government has asked for an exemption from US sanctions targeting Russian energy buyers, despite pledging to reduce the country’s dependence on supplies from Moscow.

The request comes after US President Donald Trump signed a sweeping expansion of sanctions against Russia into law on Friday. The legislation, criticized by the Kremlin as an “unfriendly move,” allows tariffs of up to 100% on goods from major buyers of Russian oil and gas, while providing for exemptions on US national security grounds.

The Hungarian Foreign Ministry approached the US State Department over the potential impact of the legislation before it was adopted, according to local media reports on Monday. The issue was also raised in Washington last week by Marton Hajdu, chairman of the Hungarian parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee and a member of the ruling Tisza party.

Hajdu said he told Republican lawmakers that Tisza was aware of the “risks and disadvantages of dependence on Russian energy,” while asking them to help exempt Hungary from the measures.

Washington reportedly said the legislation could apply to Hungary only after its existing US sanctions exemption expires on November 21 and if it is not renewed. The exemption was secured under former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Tisza pledged during its election campaign to end Hungary’s dependence on Russian energy by 2035, describing it as a “systemic risk.”The new pro-EU government under Prime Minister Peter Magyar has also described Moscow as a “threat.”

The policy marks a shift from Orban, who resisted EU efforts to curb Russian energy imports and secured exemptions for landlocked Hungary.He maintained that cutting Europe off from comparatively cheap Russian energy would damage the bloc’s economy.

Hungary remains heavily reliant on Russian supplies, which accounted for around 90% of its crude oil in 2025, according to S&P Global. Much of the oil has traditionally arrived through the Soviet-built Druzhba pipeline, where flows were halted for nearly three months earlier this year after Ukraine claimed its section had been damaged by a Russian strike, a claim disputed by Moscow. Hungary and Slovakia accused Kiev of deliberately delaying the restart for political reasons.

The EU has sharply reduced Russian energy purchases since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. Russia’s share of the bloc’s gas imports fell from 45% in 2021 to 12% in 2025, while Russian crude dropped from 27% to around 2%. Brussels plans to phase out Russian LNG by the end of 2026 and pipeline gas by late 2027.

Moscow has rejected Western sanctions as “illegal,” saying that they have backfired on EU consumers.Russia has redirected much of its exports to other markets.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has acknowledged that the EU “cannot remain an industrial powerhouse” if energy prices remain structurally high.

https://www.rt.com/news/646048-hungary-russian-energy-us-sanctions/

JD Vance Dismisses Three Media Networks Apoplexy About Losing White House “Special Access”

September 21, 2026 | sundance |

President Trump has revoked the special white house access privileges of CNN, MSNow and Politico.Those outlets and all of the other self-centered media allies who make everything about themselves, have promised to file lawsuits.

The media claim that President Trump has removed their First Amendment rights by revoking their special White House access cards, seats on Airforce One and privilege tents on the white house grounds. Apparently, if the media don’t get the luxuries of influence they claim their rights are removed – or something equally stupid.

JD Vance is asked about it as he departs Joint Base Andrews for a campaign rally in North Carolina

Vance speaks to reporters ahead of North Carolina trip

4:04

https://youtu.be/JQQTjjtphYU

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2026/09/21/jd-vance-dismisses-three-media-networks-apoplexy-about-losing-white-house-special-access/