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Were 2 enough? Experts question number of air traffic controllers during LaGuardia midnight shift
Following the deadly collision between an Air Canada jet and a fire truck on the runway at New York City’s LaGuardia airport last week, concerns have been raised about whether there was adequate air traffic control staffing that night. Source link
'We will be fighting': Indian transgender activist says as new bill strips right to self-identify
Seven years after India adopted legislation to protect transgender people, it has passed new amendments to scale back those rights. Source link
U.S. lawmakers demand answers after Canadian man says border officers made him give DNA sample
American lawmakers are demanding answers from the Trump administration after a Canadian man says U.S. customs officers held him for three hours and forced him to provide a DNA sample before sending him home. Source link
Undercover police operation thwarts plot to firebomb NY-based Palestinian activist's home
A New Jersey man who planned to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian activist was arrested Thursday following a weeks-long undercover operation, according to a federal complaint and the New York City Police Department. Source link
No Kings protests in the U.S. on Saturday could be the biggest yet. Here's why
More than 3,100 events are being organized in communities large and small across all 50 states on Saturday in the latest No Kings protests, with demonstrations also planned internationally, including in Canada. Source link
Savannah Guthrie sets Today show return after mother's disappearance
After a two-month absence sparked by her 84-year-old mother’s apparent abduction, Savannah Guthrie will return to NBC’s Today show next month, saying in an interview that aired Friday ‘joy will be my protest.’ Source link
2 humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says
Mexico’s navy said on Thursday it had activated a search-and-rescue operation in the Caribbean to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba after the vessels failed to arrive in Havana as scheduled. Source link
Israel launches strikes on 'heart of Tehran' as Trump delays Strait of Hormuz deadline
Israel launched a wave of strikes on Iran early Friday ahead of a planned United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss attacks on Iranian civilian infrastructure, while Iran and the United States appeared at a diplomatic impasse, setting the stage for more potential escalation as the first month of the Middle East war neared its […]
Sora, OpenAI's generative video app, is history. Here's what that means for the firm's future
OpenAI has decided to scrap Sora, its app that generated videos based on user prompts. The move reveals that the company, once the disruptor-in-chief of the AI world, is now facing something of an identity crisis as it struggles to pick a lane on the busy road to profitability. Source link