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Thousands of Boeing workers who build fighter jets go on strike

Saying “enough is enough,” thousands of workers at three Boeing manufacturing plants went on strike overnight less than a year after the company boosted wages to end a separate, 53-day strike by 33,000 aircraft workers. On Monday, about 3,200 workers at Boeing facilities in St. Louis; St. Charles, Missouri; and… Read More

NTSB hearings reveal what went wrong in DC plane, helicopter crash that killed 67

Over three days of sometimes contentious hearings this week, the National Transportation Safety Board interrogated Federal Aviation Administration and Army officials about a list of things that went wrong and contributed to a Black Hawk helicopter and a passenger jet colliding over Washington, D.C., killing 67 people. The biggest revelations:… Read More

Earthquake rattles New York City over weekend

A relatively mild, 3.0 magnitude earthquake shook the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. Here’s what to know. What happened? The earthquake hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights at about 10:18 p.m. Eastern time at a depth of about 6.2 miles (10 kilometers). It was felt fairly… Read More

Report: Top Democrat leaders to be arrested at 3 p.m. today!?

A large group of Texas House Democrats who fled the state to avoid a redistricting vote they say would significantly tilt the scales in favor of the Republican Party, now face expulsion from their offices — or jail time. Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued a statement warning Democrats who fled… Read More

Loni Anderson, star of hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ dies at 79

Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan. “We are heartbroken to announce the… Read More

13-year-old dies after getting trapped in storm drain

A 13-year-old boy died after he was trapped in a storm drain in Maryland during heavy rainfall and flooding on the East Coast, officials said. Kids were playing in the rain Thursday in a common area between apartment buildings in Mount Airy, a town of about 10,000 people about 30… Read More

FBI to open new headquarters in… New Zealand!?

FBI Director Kash Patel provoked diplomatic discomfort in New Zealand by suggesting the opening of a new office in the capital aims to counter China’s influence, drawing polite dismissals from Wellington and ire from Beijing. Patel was in Wellington on Thursday to open the FBI’s first standalone office in New… Read More

White House announces construction of new $200M ballroom

The White House on Thursday announced that construction on a massive, new $200 million ballroom will begin in September and be ready before President Donald Trump ‘s term ends in early 2029. It will be the latest change introduced to what’s known as “The People’s House” since the Republican president… Read More

President Trump revives the Presidential Fitness Test for American children

President Donald Trump on Thursday reestablished the Presidential Fitness Test for American children, a fixture of public schools for decades that gauged young people’s health and athleticism with 1-mile runs, sit-ups and stretching exercises. “This is a wonderful tradition, and we’re bringing it back,” Trump said of the fitness test… Read More