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U.S. safety board probes United runway incident at Honolulu airport

16 Feb 2023

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said on Wednesday that it would open an investigation into a Jan. 23 incident at Honolulu Airport involving a United Airlines widebody crossing a runway and conflicting with a Cessna landing on the same runway. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which is also investigating, …

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Senator says U.S. should consider mandating transponders on high-altitude balloons

16 Feb 2023

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senator Mark Kelly says Congress should consider mandating transponders on high-altitude weather and research balloons to help the U.S. military differentiate between potential threats. The issue has drawn new attention in recent days after U.S. fighter jets shot down a Chinese balloon and three other objects. “If we require …

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Two sheriff’s deputies suspended for role in Tyre Nichols incident

16 Feb 2023

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) – The Shelby County sheriff on Wednesday suspended two deputies without pay for five days for unspecified conduct after they appeared at the scene where Memphis city police severely beat Tyre Nichols, a Black man who died three days later. Five Memphis police officers have been charged with second-degree murder and …

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FBI searched University of Delaware in Biden documents probe: CNN

16 Feb 2023

(Reuters) – The FBI carried out two searches in recent weeks at the University of Delaware in connection to a probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing an unnamed source familiar with the investigation. The searches occurred with the consent and cooperation of Biden’s legal team, the report …

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U.S. could face debt-ceiling crisis this summer without deal, CBO warns

16 Feb 2023

By David Lawder and Richard Cowan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Congressional Budget Office on Wednesday said the U.S. Treasury Department will exhaust its ability to pay all its bills sometime between July and September, unless the current $31.4 trillion cap on borrowing is raised or suspended. In a report issued alongside its annual budget outlook, the …

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Nikki Haley swipes at ‘faded names’ in bid for Republican 2024 nomination

16 Feb 2023

By Gram Slattery CHARLESTON, S.C. (Reuters) -Former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley called on Republicans to move on from “stale ideas” and “faded names,” a veiled swipe at her former boss Donald Trump, as she made her first stop on Wednesday in a campaign for the 2024 presidential nomination. The former South Carolina governor is just …

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Buffalo mass shooting gunman apologizes, sentenced to life without parole

15 Feb 2023

By Robert Kirkham and Tyler Clifford BUFFALO (Reuters) – An avowed white supremacist on Wednesday apologized to the families of the 10 Black people he fatally shot last year at a western New York grocery store before being sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole during a chaotic and emotional hearing. At …

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