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‘We are desperately short of air traffic controllers — could AI help close the gap?’ Sheldon H. Jacobson at The Hill The “modern era’s volume of flights is overwhelming how controllers communicate with flight crews and perform flight tracking,” says […]

Rikers Island is one of the most infamous jail complexes in the U.S., and it is now under new management: a federal judge has seized control of the facility from New York City and placed it under the care of

‘FEMA prepares for disasters worse than hurricanes’ Eric S. Edelman and Franklin C. Miller at The Wall Street Journal FEMA “does more than write checks after hurricanes hit,” say Eric S. Edelman and Franklin C. Miller. It “plays a vital

‘The US needs a plan to stop Haiti’s free fall’ The Washington Post editorial board The “crisis in Haiti is worsening by the day, pushing the Western Hemisphere’s poorest, most unfortunate country to the brink of collapse,” says The Washington

The spaceflight company SpaceX has made itself a new home: Residents of Texas‘ Cameron County voted on May 3 to incorporate Starbase, Texas, a city located near Boca Chica along the Lone Star State’s southern border. The city will serve

Pope Leo XIV may have broken a historic barrier by becoming the first pontiff from the United States, but his views on the Catholic Church could harken back to more traditional times. There are also some areas of the church’s

‘America’s roads are killing us’ Andrew Rogers at The Hill For “generations, America has approached road safety with a reactive mindset: wait for fatalities, then fix the road,” says Andrew Rogers. This has “left us with roads built for speed

‘Why I’m still performing at Trump’s Kennedy Center’ Lidiya Yankovskaya at The Washington Post Some “audience members have chosen to shun” the Kennedy Center “regardless of the nature of the performance,” but “such self-censorship is misguided,” says Lidiya Yankovskaya. Art

President Donald Trump’s new nominee for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, is unlike most prior figures who have held the position. A “wellness influencer” who has notable links to the Make America Healthy Again movement, Means was nominated to replace

What happened Tesla said Thursday it was recalling almost every Cybertruck in the U.S. over a stainless steel panel that could fall off and “create a road hazard for following motorists.” Who said what This was the eighth and “one