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Midair collisions and near misses raise questions about air traffic control towers

By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press

Do more U.S. airports need control towers? That's one of the questions that has arisen following a midair collision at an airport in southern Arizona last week.

Supreme Court rules against drivers in case that could make civil rights claims harder

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press

The Supreme Court has found that people who score early court wins in civil rights cases won’t necessarily be able to recover their legal fees. It's a finding that advocacy groups across the ideological spectrum had argued could make it…

Apple shareholders reject conservative think tank’s proposal to scrap company’s diversity programs

By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press

After a brief presentation about the anti-DEI proposal, Apple announced shareholders had rejected it without disclosing the vote tally.

Trial starts for Illinois landlord charged with 2023 hate crime and murder of Palestinian American boy

By Sophia Tareen, Associated Press

The landlord, Joseph Czuba, is accused of fatally stabbing 6-year-old Wadee Alfayoumi and wounding his mother Hanan Shaheen on Oct. 14, 2023.

NBC’s Lester Holt to step down as ‘Nightly News’ anchor after a decade

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

No firm date or successor for "NBC Nightly News" has been named yet.

Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma man Richard Glossip’s murder conviction and death sentence

By Mark Sherman, Associated Press

The justices on Tuesday found that Glossip's trial violated his constitutional rights.

A Black community in Louisiana was eligible for historic landmark designation. The National Park Service withdrew it from consideration

By Jack Brook, Associated Press

The agency withdrew the 11-mile stretch of land known as Great River Road from consideration for National Historic Landmark designation at the request of state officials, who celebrated the move as a win for economic development.

News Wrap: Judge declines to restore AP’s position in White House press pool

In our news wrap Monday, a federal judge declined to give the Associated Press its spot back in the White House press pool for now, the Supreme Court declined to hear a pair of cases from abortion opponents over their…

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Altadena’s Black homeowners face challenging future after devastating wildfires

By William Brangham, Mike Fritz, Sam Lane

The fires that burned parts of Southern California will likely become the most expensive wildfires in U.S. history. They also burned a scar through historically Black neighborhoods in Altadena. Families there are still sifting through the debris and are concerned…

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For refugee communities in Missouri, freeze on resettlement leads to furloughs and uncertainty

By Gabrielle Hays

In Missouri, refugee resettlement organizations are fundraising and furloughing dozens of employees to stay afloat among federal funding uncertanties.