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By Sarah Dewberry, CNN Tulsa, Oklahoma (CNN) — The United States aviation industry continues to grapple with the worst air traffic controller shortage in nearly 30 years as a recent spate of incidents has thrust the high-stress profession into the spotlight. Now a federal collegiate training program is aiming to fill vacancies at US air

By Susannah Cullinane, CNN (CNN) — Five people are dead and hundreds displaced after a fire at a multistory apartment building in Milwaukee on Sunday morning sent residents jumping from their windows for safety. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic fire that occurred early this morning, May 11, at a four-story residential building in

By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Operations have returned to normal after another air traffic control equipment outage caused the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a ground stop for Newark Liberty International Airport-bound flights Sunday morning. “There was a telecommunications issue at Philadelphia TRACON Area C, which guides aircraft in and out of Newark

By Eric Bradner, Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call. The new pope — who calls John every day — was well aware of the global interest in his selection as the first pontiff born in the

CNN By Eric Bradner, Whitney Wild, CNN (CNN) — The morning after John Prevost watched his younger brother Robert become Pope Leo XIV, he received a familiar phone call. The new pope — who calls John every day — was well aware of the global interest in his selection as the first pontiff born in

By Rebekah Riess, Allison Chinchar, CNN (CNN) — A mild 4.1 magnitude earthquake about 30 miles south of Knoxville, Tennessee, was felt across the southeastern region of the United States Saturday morning from Chattanooga, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Georgia; Asheville, North Carolina; and Greenville, South Carolina. The approximately 15-mile-deep quake struck shortly after 9 a.m., according

WCBS, CNN By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning. The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “There was a telecommunications outage that

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — After 100 days as Secretary of the Department of Transportation, Sean Duffy says he has the best job in the government because he can make things safer for Americans. It’s a job that didn’t come with many days off since the moment the 53-year-old started. Duffy, sworn by

By Gloria Pazmino, Rebekah Riess, Dalia Faheid, CNN Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk on Saturday arrived in her home state of Massachusetts after she was snatched by masked federal agents near her home and spent six weeks in ICE detention as part of the Trump administration’s effort to deport noncitizens who have spoken out

By Pete Muntean, CNN Washington (CNN) — Air traffic controllers handling flights approaching and departing Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another outage early Friday morning. The blackout included losing radar for about 90 seconds at 3:55 a.m. local time, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a statement. “There was a telecommunications outage that impacted communications

By Jean Casarez, CNN (CNN) — Bushy eyebrows. DNA on a knife sheath. Amazon purchase records. The evidence that Judge Steven Hippler is allowing prosecutors to admit in the death penalty trial of Brian Kohberger is substantial. Defendants in other high-profile death penalty cases have been down Kohberger’s road, faced with potentially making a life-or-death

By Eric Bradner, Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN (CNN) — The world watched in rapt anticipation on Thursday as newly appointed Pope Leo XIV stepped up to the velvet-draped ledge of the St. Peter’s Basilica balcony, raising his hand to greet a sea of Catholics who believe he had been appointed by the grace of God. But

By Andy Rose, Taylor Romine and Matthew Rehbein, CNN (CNN) — When Father Tony Ricard watched Pope Leo XIV deliver his first address to the faithful Thursday in St. Peter’s Square, he felt an instant kinship. “When he came to the balcony, I looked up, and I was like, ‘That dude looks like he could