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Thousands more flights canceled as Duffy warns the FAA's aging system could fail again

Travelers wait for their luggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)AP Photo/William LiangAirlines canceled thousands more flights S...

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After 26 years, the U.S. has lost its measles elimination status

Nearly all measles cases have been in people who had not received the highly effective measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine or whose vaccination status is unknown. - Jayla Whitfield-Anderson/Reuters Th...

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Police find credible bomb threat at Illinois plant and urge evacuations

Police in Peoria, Illinois, are investigating a bomb threat at BioUrja Renewables, formerly the ADM plant, and are urging anyone who lives or works within a one-mile radius of the facility to evacuate...

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Microsoft restores service to Outlook and Teams after global outage

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Saturday that services had fully recovered across Teams, Outlook and its other products, ending a global outage that crippled online communications for businesses ...

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Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins becomes first Democrat since 1998 elected governor in Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alaska voters have elected a Democrat for governor for the first time since 1998, part of a national midterm elections wave that gave the party sweeping wins in state governments...

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White House seeks $50 billion to overhaul air traffic control after outage

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Trump administration boosted its request for air traffic control funding to $50 billion late Friday after a communications issue forced a nationw...

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FAA lifts nationwide ground stop after thousands of flight cancellations

Travelers wait for their luggage at Los Angeles International Airport on Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)AP Photo/William LiangThe Federal Aviation Administration announ...

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FAA says nationwide ground stop for U.S. flights has been lifted

The Federal Aviation Administration announced that the nationwide ground stop it issued earlier on Friday has been lifted, according to the AP. This is a breaking story. Follow for more updates. The o...

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Trump, Xi and Putin plan unprecedented summit as wars strain global relations

WASHINGTON (AP) — The leaders of the United States, China and Russia plan to meet Thursday on the sidelines of next week's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in China's tech hub of Shenzhen — an...

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All passengers accounted for after tanker hits cruise ship, New Orleans mayor says

The mayor of New Orleans said on Friday evening that all of the more than 100 passengers aboard a cruise ship docked at the Port of New Orleans on the Mississippi River had been accounted for after a ...

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FAA issues nationwide ground stop due to 'extraordinary circumstances'

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a nationwide ground stop for all flights in the United States until further notice, "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety."U.S. T...

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Rescues underway after tanker hits cruise ship in New Orleans

A large tanker collided with a cruise ship carrying more than 100 passengers while it was docked on the Mississippi River in New Orleans on Friday afternoon, according to multiple media reports. Bysta...

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Lauren Boebert loses House seat to Democratic challenger in Colorado

In what had been considered Colorado's most Republican-leaning congressional district, incumbent Rep. Lauren Boebert has been defeated by Democrat Eileen Laubacher.The Associated Press called the race...

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Deadly building collapse brought Brooklyn neighbors together. Now they want answers.

Emergency personnel work at the scene of a partial building collapse where, according to local reports, people are trapped in the Brooklyn borough of New York, on Wednesday, November 11. - Angelina Ka...

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Supreme Court will consider Trump order suspending asylum access at the border

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider President Donald Trump’s ban on asylum at the southern border, a pillar of the Republican president’s far-reaching crackdown on immigratio...

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Murdaugh seeks to toss murder indictments over what investigator told grand jury

Attorneys for Alex Murdaugh are expected in court Friday to ask a judge to throw out the original murder indictments for killing his wife and son, alleging the chief investigator in the case lied to t...

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Bessent points finger at Lutnick over Nvidia chip exports

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has reportedly agreed to testify before lawmakers next month as the spotlight on him grows harsher amid Nvidia's (NVDA) turmoil.Both Democrats and Republicans alike a...

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Bessent says Treasury favored limits on Megaspeed and places blame on Commerce

Treasury Secretary Secretary Scott Bessent, picutred left alongside Secretary of State Marco Rubio, when Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the White House on September 24, 2026 (Brendan SMIALOWSKI)...

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Users worldwide still facing Microsoft outage — but company says it sees progress

Microsoft was still investigating a global outage Friday that left users unable to access Outlook email and other products. Businesses and governments were also affected by the massive outage. Outlook...

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SpaceX is trying to solve a decades-old challenge: Making rockets fully reusable

SpaceX's Starship Flight 14 launches at Starbase in Texas on September 28, 2026 (RONALDO SCHEMIDT)Elon Musk's SpaceX was poised Friday to carry out its latest test of the world's biggest and most powe...

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Trump says 'we don't need a deal with Iran' and that Vance should focus on Democrats

By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON, Nov 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Thursday the US does not need a deal with Iran and directed Vice President JD Vance, who has played a role in efforts to re...

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Hegseth honors guard who scolded him for laughter at Tomb of Unknown Soldier

WASHINGTON – Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth bestowed a prestigious medal on the U.S. Army sentinel who scolded Hegseth and a group of his senior advisers for laughing at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier a...

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1 dead, 4 wounded in a shooting in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle

At least five people were shot and one was killed in Washington, D.C.’s Logan Circle neighborhood early Thursday, and police said the suspected shooter, who was barricaded inside an apartment building...

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At least 5 people shot in Washington, D.C.'s Logan Circle; shooter barricaded in building

Five people were shot in the Logan Circle neighborhood of Washington D.C. Thursday, in what police described as an "active shooting."The shootings were reported about 1 mile north of the White House.D...

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns as new affair allegations emerge

Nvidia (NVDA) stock tanked in premarket trading after Jensen Huang resigned as CEO. The company's CFO, Colette Kress, will serve as the interim head of the business until a permanent successor is name...

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Nvidia board reportedly preparing to oust embattled CEO amid new affair allegations

Nvidia (NVDA) stock tanked in premarket trading following a report from The New York Times that embattled Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital affair. The com...

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Brooklyn building collapse leaves multiple people dead and at least 17 injured

At least five people were killed and 17 others injured Wednesday, when a three-story building collapsed in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.The four-unit apartment building crump...

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Brooklyn building collapse leaves at least 2 people dead and 17 injured

At least two people were killed and 17 others injured Wednesday, when a three-story building collapsed in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City.The four-unit apartment building crumpl...

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Famed ship heads for afterlife as artificial reef in deliberate sinking off Florida

By Steve Gorman Nov 11 (Reuters) - Famed ocean liner SS United States, the largest passenger ship ever built in America and the world's fastest, headed for the sea floor near Florida on Wednesday in a...

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Democrat Scott Colom flips Mississippi Senate seat in a historic upset

Mississippi Democrat Scott Colom has narrowly defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith to flip another Senate seat for Democrats.According to figures from the Associated Press, Colom won 49.2% of the...

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At least 1 person dead, 2 critically injured after building collapses in Brooklyn, police say

At least one person is dead and multiple others injured, including an individual who is trapped, after a building collapsed in Brooklyn, according to New York City authorities.The FDNY said rescue ope...

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Embattled Nvidia CEO reportedly involved in a 2nd extramarital affair

Nvidia (NVDA) stock tanked in after-hours trading following a report from the New York Times that embattled Nvidia (NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang was allegedly involved in a second extramarital affair. The c...

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Democrats frustrated by absences in failed Hegseth impeachment vote

From left: Nancy Pelosi, Steven Horsford and Haley Stevens missed the vote on Tuesday evening.Composite: Getty Images, Bloomberg Democratic lawmakers expressed outrage at nearly a dozen of their colle...

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Hegseth's group reprimanded by guard at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier issued a verbal reprimand to a group of advisers and staffers with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth following a Veterans Day ceremony...

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Scott Colom's growing lead puts a rare Democratic Senate win in Mississippi within reach

Democrat Scott Colom on Wednesday was on the brink of wrapping up a historic win in the Mississippi Senate race after he extended his lead by gaining ground in a new batch of votes. Colom increased hi...

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Trump defends Iran war in Veterans Day address

US President Donald Trump takes part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Veterans Day observances at Arlington National Cemetery (MANDEL NGAN)President Donald Trump u...

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Transit officials investigate 'unsafe' incident after 2 horses boarded public bus

Transit officials in Detroit said they are looking into a recent incident in which two horses were captured on video briefly boarding a public bus.The Detroit Department of Transportation (DDOT) said ...

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Democrat Scott Colom's lead grows in Mississippi Senate race with certification days away

Democrat Scott Colom's lead over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith in the uncalled Mississippi Senate race grew to 3,041 votes on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press, as officials work to...

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Top White House lawyer warns Dems that threats of oversight could be criminally probed

The White House counsel's office is warning Rep. Robert Garcia, the future head of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, that Democrats' threats to engage in oversight against the Tr...

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Iran vows not to give up 'a single particle' of nuclear material

What to know about the Iran war today:The head of Iran's Supreme National Security Council Secretary vowed Wednesday that Tehran would not allow the removal of "even a single particle of enriched nucl...

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Police confirm Russell Brand report after ex-girlfriend accuses him of abuse

A police force in the U.K. said Tuesday it has been contacted by "several people" about possible criminal allegations against disgraced comedian and actor Russell Brand, who was sentenced Monday to mo...

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ICE arrests haven't slowed despite Trump's misgivings after the GOP's midterm rout

It’s business as usual for President Donald Trump's deportation offensive despite the Republican wipeout in the midterm elections. In Los Angeles, masked immigration officers in body armor blocked a h...

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U.S. Treasury chief Bessent reportedly moved to military base after Iranian threats

By David Lawder and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has recently moved from his Washington, DC residence to a US military base ‌after Iranian threats ...

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3 people dead after vehicle reportedly strikes pedestrians in North Hollywood

Three people were killed and at least three others critically injured after a vehicle reportedly struck pedestrians in North Hollywood Tuesday evening, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Th...

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JFK's family sues Trump over arch they say would cast a shadow on late president's grave

Several members of the Kennedy family have sued President Donald Trump, aiming to stop the building of the triumphal arch he hopes to build near Washington, D.C., new court filings show.  The proposed...

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House Republicans block Hegseth impeachment effort as Democrats vow to try again

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives voted on Tuesday to effectively kill the articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth — for now — by blocking their considerat...

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Sanders won't back Schumer as Democratic leader in new Congress

Washington — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Tuesday he won't support New York Sen. Chuck Schumer as Democratic leader when the party takes control of the Senate, becoming the most prominent progress...

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The 1st snowfall of the season may be coming as a nor'easter may be developing

A nor'easter could be on the way later this week, bringing rain, gusty winds and a chance of the season's first snow to parts of the Northeast and Great Lakes.The National Weather Service's Weather Pr...

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U.S. Army soldier suspected of spying for Russia arrested near NATO headquarters

A soldier in the US Army has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia, British counter-terror police have said.The 41-year-old senior serviceman was arrested near Gloucester on Tuesday.Counter ...

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House Republicans choose Ohio's Jim Jordan as their next party leader

By David Morgan WASHINGTON, Nov 10 (Reuters) - House Republicans chose Jim Jordan on Tuesday to lead them in opposition to a Democratic-controlled Congress, according to a person familiar with the mat...

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