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Aviation advocates are pushing Congress to modernize the nation&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s air traffic control systems, blaming stagnant funding in part for the Federal Aviation Administration&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s growing backlog of essential upgrades.

Congress urged to shift billions to improve aging flight controls

Aviation advocates are pushing Congress to modernize the nation&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s air traffic control systems, blaming stagnant funding in part for the Federal Aviation Administration&Ccedil;&fnof;&Ugrave;s growing backlog of essential upgrades.

October 13, 2024, 5:48am Nation & World

Aviation advocates are pushing Congress to modernize the nation’s air traffic control systems, blaming stagnant funding in part for the Federal Aviation Administration’s growing backlog of essential upgrades. Read story

This jaguar cub was illegally sold for $25,000 in Texas to a buyer in California.

OnlyFans, trafficking and drug dealers: How a jaguar cub wound up in a California suburb

This jaguar cub was illegally sold for $25,000 in Texas to a buyer in California.

October 12, 2024, 12:30pm Latest News

At less than a month old, unsteady on his small paws, the jaguar cub was already working. Read story

Voter fraud is rare, elections take safeguards to catch it

October 12, 2024, 6:04am Election

You’ve heard the horror stories: Someone casting multiple ballots, people voting in the name of dead relatives, mail-in ballots being intercepted. Read story

&ldquo;I Voted Early&rdquo; stickers sit in a bucket by the ballot box Sept. 19 at the city of Minneapolis early voting center in St. Paul, Minn.

Countering distrust in U.S. elections: System not perfect, but still perfectly reliable

&ldquo;I Voted Early&rdquo; stickers sit in a bucket by the ballot box Sept. 19 at the city of Minneapolis early voting center in St. Paul, Minn.

October 12, 2024, 6:01am Nation & World

On Election Day, some voting lines will likely be long and some precincts may run out of ballots. An election office website could go down temporarily and ballot-counting machines will jam. Or people who help run elections might just act like the humans they are, forgetting their key to a… Read story

In this image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a NOAA crew on a reconnaissance flight, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, into the eye of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, gather before dropping a package containing the ashes of Peter Dodge, an award-winning scientist who made almost 400 hundreds flight into the eyes of hurricanes, as a lasting tribute to the longtime radar specialist and researcher.

NOAA releases hurricane scientist’s ashes into Hurricane Milton’s eye

In this image released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a NOAA crew on a reconnaissance flight, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024, into the eye of Hurricane Milton in the Gulf of Mexico, gather before dropping a package containing the ashes of Peter Dodge, an award-winning scientist who made almost 400 hundreds flight into the eyes of hurricanes, as a lasting tribute to the longtime radar specialist and researcher.

October 12, 2024, 5:58am Nation & World

As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes — almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one more, dropping his ashes into the storm as a lasting tribute to the longtime National Oceanic… Read story

FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum flashes a hand-heart sign during her closing campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, May 29, 2024. Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, will be sworn in as Mexico&rsquo;s first woman president on Oct. 1.

No war on narcos, Mexico’s new president vows as she outlines plan to reduce violence

FILE - Presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum flashes a hand-heart sign during her closing campaign rally at the Zocalo in Mexico City, May 29, 2024. Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former Mexico City mayor, will be sworn in as Mexico&rsquo;s first woman president on Oct. 1.

October 12, 2024, 5:03am Nation & World

Rejecting a renewed “war” against drug-traffickers, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday unveiled her strategy to battle organized crime in a nation where each day brings word of new assassinations, gang wars, massacres and other carnage. Read story

People, mostly Turkish nationals, disembark from Turkish TCG Sancaktar military ship after being evacuated from Lebanon&rsquo;s capital Beirut to Turkey, in Mersin port, southern Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.

Turkish citizens fleeing Lebanon mourn the homes and family left behind

People, mostly Turkish nationals, disembark from Turkish TCG Sancaktar military ship after being evacuated from Lebanon&rsquo;s capital Beirut to Turkey, in Mersin port, southern Turkey, early Friday, Oct. 11, 2024.

October 11, 2024, 5:16pm Nation & World

ON BOARD THE TCG SANCAKTAR (AP) — Eyup Sabri Kirgiz gathered up his loved ones — both family and pets — and with a heavy heart left his beloved city of Beirut behind, after two weeks of deadly airstrikes that had traumatized his family. Read story

FILE - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge rises behind the price board of a gas station in San Francisco on July 20, 2022.

California Senate passes bill aimed at preventing spikes in price of gas

FILE - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge rises behind the price board of a gas station in San Francisco on July 20, 2022.

October 11, 2024, 3:51pm Nation & World

The California Senate passed a measure Friday to prevent gas prices from spiking in a state where it is notoriously expensive to fill up at the pump. Read story

Trump brings his anti-immigration message to Colorado

October 11, 2024, 12:55pm Nation & World

Donald Trump is detouring from the battleground states Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that’s been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns, often using false or misleading claims to do so. Read story

This photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows an example of a Fisher-Price Snuga Swing being recalled Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, following the death of five infants. (U.S.

Fisher-Price recalls over 2 million ‘Snuga Swings’ following the deaths of 5 infants

This photo provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows an example of a Fisher-Price Snuga Swing being recalled Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, following the death of five infants. (U.S.

October 11, 2024, 12:49pm Health

Fisher-Price is recalling parts of over 2 million infant swings across the U.S., Canada and Mexico due to a serious suffocation risk, following reports of five infant deaths. Read story