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North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting U.S.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un observed a test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine and hailed it as a development to boost the country’s strategic military capability, state media reported Sunday. Source link
Air traffic controller’s 'I messed up' highlights human limits — but experts urge caution
The comment, captured on live air traffic control audio, has quickly become one of the most haunting elements of the crash that killed two Canadian pilots and injured dozens more. But aviation experts warn the remark risks oversimplifying what is potentially a more complex chain of failures. Source link
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