Mar 24 WATCH: Truck in plane collision at LaGuardia lacked transponder to trigger warning system, NTSB says By Michael R. Sisak, Josh Funk, John Seewer, Associated Press A runway warning system failed to sound an alarm moments before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided while the plane was landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, federal investigators said Tuesday. Continue reading
Mar 24 'Basically the entire U.S. is going to be hot' as record-smashing heat spreads By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press And it's not going away for awhile. Continue reading
Mar 23 Watch 4:49 Deadly LaGuardia plane collision comes as U.S. air system faces significant stress By Stephanie Sy, Ryan Connelly Holmes A collision between a commercial airliner and a fire truck on the runway at New York's LaGuardia Airport killed two pilots and injured dozens. As Stephanie Sy reports, it comes at a moment when the nation's air system is under… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 6:14 ICE agents deploy to major U.S. airports as TSA faces shutdown shortages By Stephanie Sy, Jonah Anderson The Trump administration deployed ICE agents to more than a dozen airports to assist the understaffed TSA. To discuss more, Stephanie Sy spoke with John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE director under President Obama. Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 4:12 News Wrap: Senate on track to confirm Mullin as DHS secretary In our news wrap Monday, the Senate is on track to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next Homeland Security secretary, law enforcement officials in London are investigating an apparent arson attack as an antisemitic hate crime and Cuban officials… Continue watching
Mar 23 Watch 6:17 Supreme Court hears mail-in ballot case that could impact the midterms By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz, Leila Jackson The Supreme Court heard a case that could reshape how millions of mail-in ballots are counted in this fall's elections. Some states count mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day as long as they are postmarked by Election Day. The… Continue watching
Mar 23 How Cesar Chavez is being scrubbed from public spaces after abuse allegations By Joshua Barajas The swift undoing of public declarations to the civil rights leader leaves communities asking what's next. Continue reading
Mar 23 WATCH: Duffy and FAA chief hold news briefing on deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport By Associated Press Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that New York’s LaGuardia Airport is "well-staffed" but still faces "shortages" of air traffic controllers. Continue reading
Mar 23 Geoff Bennett on his new book and the 'golden age' of Black sitcoms By Amna Nawaz What sparked the explosion of Black sitcoms in the 1990s, and why didn’t it last? Those are some of the questions PBS News Hour co-anchor Geoff Bennett explores in his new book, “Black Out Loud: The Revolutionary History of Black… Continue reading
Mar 23 What to know about the collision between a plane and fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport By Philip Marcelo, Associated Press Photos and videos from the crash’s aftermath show the jet’s nose crushed and the fire truck on its side. Continue reading