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Specialists investigating the Air Canada plane crash at LaGuardia Airport that killed two pilots were held up by delays at other airports Monday, according to the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board, as a partial U.S. government shutdown is causing security delays across the country. Source link

Officials in Minnesota sued the Trump administration Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings in the state earlier this year by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Source link

OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated by artificial intelligence, but also raised alarms in Hollywood and beyond about the dangers of letting people create AI videos that resulted in nonconsensual images and realistic deepfakes. Source link

A New Mexico jury found Tuesday that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law. Source link

Epic Games will cut more than 1,000 jobs following a drop in engagement for Fortnite, the latest layoffs in the video game industry where growth has stalled due to economic uncertainty. Source link

The WNBA board of governors unanimously ratified the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement on Tuesday. Source link

Israel will occupy southern Lebanon up to the Litani River to create a “defensive buffer,” Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Tuesday, spelling out for the first time Israel’s intent to seize territory amounting to nearly a tenth of Lebanon. Source link

NASA is pausing plans to deploy a space station in lunar orbit and will instead use its components to construct ‌a $20 billion base on the moon’s surface over the next seven years, its new chief Jared Isaacman said on Tuesday. Source link

A huge heat dome is spreading across the United States. After breaking March records in 14 states with temperatures as high as 44.4 C, it’s now widening and may become the most expansive heat dome ever. Source link

A social media post by Dion herself and the new posters across Paris are fueling speculation about the singer’s reported return to performing. But representatives for the Quebec star have not confirmed any performances. Source link