| Army Pilots Might Have Struggled to See Passenger Jet Before D.C. Crash
- Light pollution from Washington and the passenger jet’s dim lights might have contributed to difficulties spotting American Airlines Flight 5342 before the collision on Jan. 29, Army experts said.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 02:34:32 +0000
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| Jeannie Seely, Who Pushed Boundaries and Broke Hearts at the Grand Ole Opry, Dies at 85
- She blazed a trail for women in country music with the candor of her songs and her bold fashion sense. She was also the first woman to host a segment on the Opry.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 02:26:21 +0000
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| Trump Fires BLS Commissioner, Claiming Weak Jobs Numbers Were ‘Rigged’
- Economists said ousting the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics could undermine confidence in government economic data.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 02:22:20 +0000
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| 4 Dead in Anaconda, Montana, Bar Shooting; Police Search for Gunman
- Law enforcement officials engaged in a growing manhunt for the suspect, who lived close to the bar. They warned that he was believed to be armed.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 02:04:52 +0000
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| Senate Passes Its First Spending Bills, but Battles Lie Ahead
- Overwhelming bipartisan passage of $488 billion in federal funding masked a bigger fight ahead over funding the rest of the government before a Sept. 30 shutdown deadline.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 01:26:47 +0000
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| Why Trump’s Firing of the B.L.S. Commissioner Is So Damaging
- The way the Bureau of Labor Statistics produces data is widely trusted. Firing the commissioner is damaging to that trust.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 01:03:44 +0000
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| Contractor Arrested in Connection With Death of Alabama 3-Year-Old in Hot Car
- The child, who was in foster care, died on July 22 after being left in a vehicle. A contractor for the state’s Human Resources Department was charged with a felony on Friday.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:56:38 +0000
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| Appeals Court Allows Trump Order That Ends Union Protections for Federal Workers
- A famously liberal circuit court ruled in President Trump’s favor, authorizing a component of his sweeping effort to assert more control over the federal bureaucracy.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:40:16 +0000
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| Trump Says He Ordered Nuclear Submarines Repositioned After Threats From Medvedev
- In a social media post, the president described the move as a deterrent prompted by threats by a former Russian leader. It is unclear if any submarines did actually change position.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:34:29 +0000
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| After D.C. Plane Crash, Air Traffic Controllers Were Not Tested for Alcohol
- The F.A.A. has since been training on-call specialists to be snappier about administering alcohol and drug tests after a serious incident, an official said.
Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:23:59 +0000
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| Corporation for Public Broadcasting Will Shut Down
- The company is among the first casualties of a vote to strip roughly $500 million in federal funding from NPR, PBS and local stations across the country.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:58:55 +0000
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| Fed Governor Resigns, Giving Trump Opportunity to Shape Central Bank
- The resignation comes as President Trump has openly pressured the central bank to lower interest rates and called for Jerome H. Powell, the chair, to step down.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:31:32 +0000
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| Before D.C. Crash, Fates of 2 Pilots and Air Traffic Controller Entwined
- Documents released in the inquiry into the deadly midair collision over the Potomac River on Jan. 29 reveal new details about three people whose decisions shaped the outcome of the disaster.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:15:15 +0000
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| Why Is California So Chilly This Summer?
- It’s been so cold in San Francisco, painters on the Golden Gate Bridge had to break out heaters.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 22:02:09 +0000
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| Jury Says Tesla Was Partly to Blame for Fatal Crash
- Lawyers for the family of a woman struck and killed by a Tesla sedan in 2019 argued that the company’s Autopilot software should have avoided the crash.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:59:02 +0000
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| Newsom Wants to Gerrymander California. Schwarzenegger May Disagree.
- As governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state’s nonpartisan redistricting system. Now, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to pause it to help Democrats.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:38:50 +0000
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| Michael Cardozo, 84, New York City’s Longest-Serving Chief Lawyer, Dies
- As the city’s corporation counsel under Mayor Michael Bloomberg, he defended stop-and-frisk policing and a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:32:11 +0000
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| After a Weak Jobs Report, Trump Fired the Agency’s Leader
- Also, radioactive wasp nests were found in South Carolina. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:31:05 +0000
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| In Tense Hearing, Texas Republicans Defend Redrawn Political Map
- The legislative hearing was part of a rapidly moving redistricting process, pushed by President Trump, that could see the map approved next week.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:28:19 +0000
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| For Some, Return of Presidential Fitness Test Revives Painful Memories
- Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced that he was reinstating the annual assessment.
Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:24:25 +0000
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