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FAA's strict limits at Newark airport: What's at stake for travelers this summer?

Newark Liberty International Airport is grappling with a severe air traffic controller shortage, prompting the Federal Aviation Administration to impose stringent flight caps that could disrupt travel plans across the U.S. during the peak summer season. Despite recent hiring efforts, the FAA has not met its staffing goals for the Newark airspace, resulting in operational constraints and raising concerns about the broader implications for the national airspace system. Effective immediately, the FAA has limited Newark's operations to 28 arrivals and 28 departures per hour, a reducti

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U.S. shoppers face surprise tariff bills as new import fees hit online purchases

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How Fortnite’s return to iOS could change app industry rules forever

Fortnite’s return to Apple’s App Store in the U.S. after nearly five years marks a pivotal moment for mobile gaming and digital marketplaces. The game was originally removed in 2020, following a high-profile legal battle between Epic Games and Apple over app store payment policies. A recent court ruling forced Apple to allow alternative payment systems, opening the door for Fortnite’s comeback and potentially reshaping the rules for app distribution and monetization on iOS devices. Fortnite’s ban on iOS stemmed from Epic Games’ decision to bypass Apple’s in-app purchase sys

Repelling danger: Can we hack our scent to fool mosquitoes?

Volunteers target invasive black mustard to preserve Sepulveda basin ecosystem

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Beachgoers Beware: Wildfire fallout still threatens L.A. waters

Months after the devastating January 2025 wildfires swept across Los Angeles, concerns persist about whether local beaches are truly safe for swimming, surfing, and general recreation. While agencies have lifted many advisories, experts emphasize that fire-related impacts, especially water contamination and debris, still demand caution. In April 2025, the L.A. County Department of Public Health officially lifted its last ocean water quality advisory linked to wildfire impacts. Testing showed that the water met state standards and posed no significant health risks for recreational use. Howe

Rent crisis soars, pushing California homes out of reach for the average worker

Surviving Memorial Day weekend: Navigate travel chaos with these tips

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US Supreme Court lets Trump revoke humanitarian legal status for migrants

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday let President Donald Trump's administration revoke the temporary legal status of hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants living in the United States, bolstering the Republican president's drive to step up deportations.The court put on hold Boston-based U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani's order halting the administration's move to end the immigration "parole" granted to 532,000 of these migrants by Trump's predecessor Joe Biden, potentially exposing many of them to rapid removal, while the case plays out in lower courts.Immig

Trump called it a disaster. Biden blocked it. Now Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh to celebrate Japan’s takeover of US Steel

President Donald Trump traveled to Pittsburgh Friday to celebrate a deal he once vowed to oppose - Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel’s long-announced plans to buy iconic American steelmaker US Steel.“We’re going to be so successful. You have just, you have just started, you watch, we’re here today to celebrate a blockbuster agreement that will ensure this storied American company stays and American company, you’re going to stay in American company,” Trump said at a US Steel plant just outside of Pittsburgh, before an audience of steelworkers in hard hats and safety vests.And he also

Supreme Court allows Trump to suspend deportation protections for immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela

Joe Biden strikes optimistic tone about cancer diagnosis: ‘We’re going to be able to beat this’

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Trump fires National Portrait Gallery director, citing DEI support

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he had fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., describing her as a supporter of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and saying she was inappropriate for the role. Trump did not cite any specific actions or comments by Kim Sajet that may have triggered her firing, which he announced in a brief social media post. Representatives for Sajet, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Institution, which owns the museum, did not immediately reply to requests for comment. "Upon the request and recommendation of

Sellers outnumber prospective homebuyers as high prices and mortgage rates skew the housing market

Homeowners eager to sell may have to wait a while before a buyer comes along. As of April, the U.S. housing market had nearly 34% more sellers than buyers shopping for a home, according to an analysis by Redfin. Aside from April 2020, when the pandemic brought the economy and home sales activity to a standstill, there haven’t been this few buyers in the market for a home before, based on records that date back to 2013. The trend is good news for home shoppers — if they can afford to buy at current mortgage rates and prices, which are still rising

S&P 500 posts best month since 2023 as Wall Street tries to ignore the trade war

Michigan Gov. Whitmer says Trump agreed not to pardon kidnapping plotters

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Controversial new Gaza aid group isn’t screening recipients — despite being established to keep supplies from Hamas

The embattled Israeli-backed aid group that began operating in Gaza earlier this week is not screening Palestinians at aid distribution sites, despite Israeli officials saying that additional security measures were a core reason for the creation of the new program.The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which is operating in the strip with US and Israeli approval, was established amid Israeli accusations that Hamas is stealing aid in Gaza and profiting off its sale. Humanitarian organizations have said there is no evidence tying significant diversion of aid to Hamas, and Israel has presented none pu

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These toys are so hot that Chinese customs agents have seized hundreds of them in recent weeks

Unveiling their latest seizure in front of news cameras last month, two Chinese customs agents revealed not drugs or weapons – but suitcases full of plush toys.The stash on display included dozens of Pop Mart Labubus - the toothy, fluffy figurines that have sparked buying frenzies around the world, and in some cases, brawls among fans outside shops selling them.Even in China, where Pop Mart is based and most of its toys are made, people are struggling to get their hands on Labubus. When CNN recently visited a Pop Mart store at a bustling shopping mall in downtown Beijing, Labubu dolls were n

Hegseth gutted Pentagon office that said it would oversee testing of Golden Dome missile defense system

Ukraine keeps Russia guessing over talks, US senator warns Moscow of sanctions

PBS sues Trump to reverse funding cuts

PBS sued Donald Trump on Friday over the U.S. president's executive order to cut its federal funding, calling it an unconstitutional attack that would "upend public television."In a complaint filed in the Washington, D.C. federal court, PBS and a public TV station in Minnesota said Trump's order violated the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment by making the president the "arbiter" of programming content, including by attempting to defund PBS.The May 1 order "makes no attempt to hide the fact that it is cutting off the flow of funds to PBS because of the content of PBS programming and out of a

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Career pathways in the US dim for international students as Trump cracks down on visas

Since coming from China as a teenager for boarding school, Bob Zeng has imagined building a career in the United States. But as he prepared to graduate Thursday from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it felt like the last chapter of his life in America. Zeng said he has been rethinking his plans because of the Trump administration's pledge to aggressively revoke the visas of Chinese students. Having completed a masters degree in science and management, he is thinking about moving to Europe. Or going home to China. “I am worried about working here,” s

Americans pulled back on their spending in April amid tariff rollout

US consumers pulling back spending; inflation slowing for now

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Appeals court keeps block on Trump administration's downsizing of the federal workforce

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Trump’s mass firings at several agencies will remain on hold, appeals court rules

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Conditions in Gaza are catastrophic despite renewed aid, UN says

The situation in Gaza is the worst since the war between Israel and Hamas militants began 19-months ago, the United Nations said on Friday, despite a

Trump says he plans to double steel tariffs to 50%

Trump: No requests to pardon Sean 'Diddy' Combs, but will look at the facts

President Donald Trump said on Friday that no one has asked him to pardon Sean "Diddy" Combs but that he would look at the facts of the hip-hop mogul's case.

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Police were investigating if migrant was set up for threatening Trump well ahead of Noem’s tweet

Trump doubles steel tariffs to 50% in ‘major announcement’

Trump called it a disaster. Biden blocked it. Now Trump is traveling to Pittsburgh to celebrate Japan’s takeover of US Steel

Answering your questions about President Trump's tariffs

President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January determined to overturn decades of American policy and build a tariff wall around a U.S. economy that used to be pretty much wide open to foreign products

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