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By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — The federal hiring freeze implemented by President Donald Trump has affected the hiring of a crucial group of federal workers: firefighters. The freeze comes at a critical time, when fire departments across the country would typically onboard thousands of seasonal federal firefighters in preparation for wildfires in the spring

By Hanna Park and Alexandra Skores, CNN (CNN) — All major pieces of the American Airlines plane and Black Hawk helicopter that collided last week in Washington, DC, have been recovered, the National Transportation Safety Board announced Saturday. The wreckage from the two aircraft, which crashed January 29 over the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan

By Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN (CNN) — Diversity, equity and inclusion programs were created to help communities that have historically faced obstacles to equal opportunities in the workplace or felt a lack of belonging in majority-White corporate settings. These programs expanded on the Civil Rights Act, signed in 1964 by President Lyndon B. Johnson, outlawing

By Karina Tsui and Michelle Watson, CNN (CNN) — The bodies of all 10 people who were killed when a regional airline flight crashed off the coast of western Alaska have been recovered and identified, authorities said Saturday. “All ten individuals aboard the Bering Air plane have been officially brought home,” the Nome Volunteer Fire

By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — A 6-year-old first grader in New York City has been asking to visit the school nurse almost every day for the last month, hoping to be sent home. Her teacher eventually figured out why. “She is afraid if she waits to the end of the day, she’s not going

CNN By Rebekah Riess, Jessie Yeung, Emma Tucker, and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — An aircraft matching the description of the regional airline flight that disappeared in Alaska with 10 people aboard Thursday has been found, the US Coast Guard said Friday. All 10 people aboard the small commuter plane are dead, the US Coast

By Andy Rose and Eric Zerkel, CNN (CNN) — The year’s first deadly US tornado struck after dark Thursday, killing two people in a small East Tennessee community as the first of five back-to-back, jet stream-driven winter storms pummeled the eastern United States. Severe weather blasted through Morgan County, killing a mother and daughter in

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its January jobs report today, which showed fewer job gains than expected at the start of the year. The relatively steady labor market now appears to be approaching some obstacles in the road, with a pullback in hiring, a high interest rate environment

By Emma Tucker, Rebekah Riess, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, CNN (CNN) — A regional airline flight that disappeared in Alaska Thursday has been found and all 10 people who were aboard are dead, the US Coast Guard said Friday. The small commuter aircraft was found Friday about 34 miles southeast of Nome, the flight’s

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By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — Three former athletes at the University of Pennsylvania women’s swimming program sued the school, the Ivy League Council of Presidents and athletics organizations Tuesday, claiming they violated federal law to allow transgender athlete Lia Thomas to compete against them. The lawsuit comes amid a flurry of efforts attempting to

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — California utility company Southern California Edison on Thursday said its equipment “may be associated with” the ignition of the Hurst Fire, which burned alongside the Eaton and Palisades fires during January’s Los Angeles firestorms. The admission came amid a required filing with the state’s utility regulators. Last month, the

By Hanna Park, Lauren Mascarenhas and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — The man accused of killing two people in a mass shooting at an Ohio warehouse Tuesday night said in court Thursday he did not resist arrest and was ordered held on a $20 million bond. Bruce Reginald Foster III, 28, was arrested at a

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — The National Weather Service, which is suffering its lowest staffing in decades, is staring down further cuts and the nomination of an agency leader its employees are wary of. A former agency official has warned that more staff reductions could decrease the number of life-saving weather warnings sent to

By Alexandra Skores, Hanna Park, Andy Rose and Holly Yan, CNN Washington (CNN) — Investigators trying to determine what caused last week’s deadly midair collision between a US military Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines plane near Washington, DC, briefed lawmakers Thursday on what they’ve learned after combing through data from both aircraft and

By Rachel Wilson, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump is seeking to end birthright citizenship in the US, a nearly 160-year-old practice guaranteed by the 14th Amendment of the Constitution, which grants citizenship to anyone born on American soil. But realizing this controversial order will be challenging as it is already facing major legal hurdles.