Trump directs Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen Alcatraz. Can he do that?

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he was ordering the FBI to reopen the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, the historic prison on an island off of San Francisco that has been closed since 1963.

“REBUILD, AND OPEN ALCATRAZ!” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.

Once fortified with the goal of becoming the world’s most secure prison, the government closed Alcatraz because it was too expensive to run — costing three times as much as most other federal prisons.

Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi, in a statement posted Sunday to social media, said that Trump’s proposal “is not a serious one.”

—The Mercury News

Newark radar failure left controllers blind for 90 seconds

WASHINGTON — Air traffic controllers guiding planes bound for Newark Liberty International Airport lost radar and radio communication for more than a minute early last week before flights at the key hub were snarled for days, according to people familiar with the matter.

The outage of those key systems occurred on April 28 and lasted nearly 90 seconds, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the matter because it isn’t public. Following the incident, multiple employees were placed on trauma leave, the people said.

The incident and resulting reduction in staffing contributed to a week of flight delays and cancellations at Newark airport that pushed United Airlines Holdings Inc. to cut 35 daily round trips at the key hub, its biggest for international departures and a primary gateway for domestic flights.

On Monday, Delta Air Lines Inc., which has about 30 departures a day at Newark, said it is also canceling a “small number” of flights due to air traffic control restraints.

—Bloomberg News

Lamborghini yacht that sank near Miami Beach was overloaded by 20 people, its specs show

MIAMI — The 65-foot yacht that sank near Miami Beach Saturday with more than 30 social media influencers on board was woefully over capacity, according to the specifications on a for-sale listing for the vessel.

The Tecnomar Lamborghini 63 — named TNT — went down in shallow water near Monument Island shortly after 5 p.m.

All 32 passengers and crew were safely removed from the vessel, which has since been floated to the surface and removed from the waterway, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, which is the lead investigative agency on the incident.

According to the listing for the boat on the Yacht World vessel broker site, its maximum capacity is 12 people. With 32 passengers, that’s 20 people over its limit. It is not immediately known who owns the boat, which is listed for sale at $4.7 million.

—Miami Herald

All cardinals have arrived for papal conclave

ROME — All cardinals who are eligible to elect the next head of the Catholic Church have arrived in Rome two days before the conclave begins.

On Wednesday, a total of 133 Catholic dignitaries will begin the process of electing a successor to Pope Francis, who died on Easter Monday. The meeting or conclave will be held in the Sistine Chapel.

The most promising candidate is considered to be the current number two in the Church, 70-year-old Pietro Parolin from Italy. However, more than a dozen candidates are now being discussed.

On Tuesday, a final preparatory meeting of the College of Cardinals, known as a General Congregation, will take place before the conclave.

—dpa