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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

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Prosecutors present fired investigator’s sexist texts in Karen Read’s retrial as defense chooses not to read them

Jurors in the retrial of Karen Read on Monday heard a spate of sexist messages the lead investigator of the case sent his friends, after the judge ruled to allow the since-fired Massachusetts State Police trooper’s texts into evidence.“She’s a whack job c*nt,” Michael Proctor wrote about Read, according to testimony Monday by his childhood friend, Jonathan Diamandis, who was on the group chat where Proctor sent the message.“Yeah, she’s a babe,” Proctor said, less than 24 hours into the investigation of the death of Read’s boyfriend, John O’Keefe. “Weird Fall River accent th

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The top sources of U.S. steel and aluminium imports

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he planned to double tariffs on steel and aluminium imports to 50% from 25%, starting from Wednesday, ratcheting up pressure on global producers and deepening his trade war.Here's a summary of the major trade partners it will affect.STEEL:Roughly a quarter of all steel used in the U.S. is imported, the bulk of it from neighbours Mexico and Canada or close allies in Asia and Europe such as Japan, South Korea and Germany.While China is the world's largest steel producer and exporter, it sends very little to the United States. Tariffs of 25% imposed in 2

Video shows suspect in Colorado antisemitic attack

China rejects Trump's accusation that it breached Geneva trade deal

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Colorado attack suspect charged with federal hate crime

A Colorado man has been charged with a federal hate crime for his alleged role in a gasoline-bomb attack on a pro-Israeli rally in Boulder that injured eight people, according to an affidavit issued by the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday.Mohamed Sabry Soliman was already facing an array of state charges, including attempted murder, after the attack on Sunday in the city of Boulder on a group seeking to draw attention to hostages seized in Hamas' 2023 attack on Israel.U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the suspect would be held accountable to the fullest extent of the law for what

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FBI says 8 injured in Colorado attack by man with makeshift flamethrower who yelled 'Free Palestine'

A man with a makeshift flamethrower yelled “Free Palestine” and hurled an incendiary device into a group that had assembled to raise attention for Israeli hostages in Gaza, law enforcement officials said Sunday. Eight people were injured, some with burns. The suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, 45, was booked into the Boulder County jail north of Denver and expected to face charges in connection with the attack the FBI was investigating as a terrorist act. Online records did not immediately show when he would make a court appearance. The burst of violence at the po

Man attacks Colorado crowd with firebombs, 8 people injured

French Open: Coco Gauff reaches quarterfinals and jokes with Frances Tiafoe about forgetting rackets

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Harvard says internal Trump administration records show the White House directed agencies to freeze grant money

Harvard University told a judge it has a trove of internal Trump administration documents that show the White House directed the abrupt freezing of more than $2 billion in federal funds headed to the university’s research programs, in violation of federal law.Harvard argues in the Monday court filing this approach shows the agencies violated the law in the way they abruptly froze university research grants, and that the federal government made no effort to investigate its accusations of antisemitism at Harvard.“The directive to freeze and terminate every dollar of Harvard’s research fund

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Portuguese police launch new search for Madeleine McCann in the Algarve

Portuguese police have launched a new search for Madeleine McCann in Portugal's Algarve region where the British three-year-old disappeared in 2007, following a request from German authorities, the country's investigative Judicial Police (PJ) said on Monday. In a statement, the PJ said it was executing a European Investigation Order on behalf of the public prosecutor's office in the German city of Braunschweig, which in 2022 formally identified German national Christian Brueckner as an official suspect in McCann's disappearance.It added that "a wide range of investigations, namely search warra

Northern lights could be visible again in some US states after weekend solar storms

Inside Ukraine’s audacious drone attack on Russian air bases

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German border police's expulsion of asylum seekers unlawful, court rules

Germany has acted unlawfully by turning away asylum seekers at the border, a Berlin court ruled on Monday, citing a case in which border police expelled three Somalis who tried to enter the country from Poland.The two men and a woman were sent back to Poland from a train station in the eastern city of Frankfurt an der Oder on Germany's eastern border on the grounds that they had sought to enter from a safe third country, a court statement said. The ruling could challenge the tougher migration stance by Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative-led coalition, which was elected in February promis

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Wild card Lois Boisson, ranked No. 361 in the world, stuns Jessica Pegula at the French Open

French wild card Lois Boisson produced a stunning upset at Roland Garros on Monday, ousting American world No. 3 Jessica Pegula in a thrilling 3-6, 6-4, 6-4 victory.Boisson, ranked No. 361 in the world, is making her grand slam debut at the French Open having only made her WTA Tour-level debut in April. To say she was given long odds of beating Pegula would have been an understatement.But in front of a raucous home crowd, the 22-year-old produced the biggest shock of the tournament so far, becoming the first French wild card to reach the quarterfinals of the women’s draw since Mary Pierce in

4 additional victims identified in Boulder attack, bringing number of injured to 12

National Weather Service adding around 125 new hires after laying off hundreds

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Turnout in Mexico's first judicial election estimated at 13%

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Trump administration proposal would lift Biden-era limits on Alaska oil drilling

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Trump returns to Supreme Court with emergency appeal over mass firings

Trump officials visit key operations at prolific Alaska oil field amid push to expand drilling

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List of ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’ removed from DHS website after law enforcement outcry, questions about accuracy

Supreme Court will consider reviving Republican challenge to Illinois law on mail ballots

The Supreme Court has agreed to consider reviving a Republican challenge to an Illinois law that allows mail ballots to be counted if they are received up to two weeks after Election Day

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Trump asks US Supreme Court to allow mass federal layoffs

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Trump asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for federal downsizing plans

President Donald Trump’s administration has renewed its request for the Supreme Court to clear the way for plans to downsize the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds

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