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FAA meeting with Pentagon officials as agency considers new restrictions on military helicopter flights near DCA

By Pete Muntean, CNN (CNN) — The Federal Aviation Administration is meeting with Pentagon officials Thursday as the agency is considering slapping new restrictions on military helicopter flights near Reagan National Airport. “Everything’s on the table right now,” FAA Deputy Chief Operating Officer Franklin McIntosh told a hearing of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.

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Israel ramps up strikes in Gaza, killing dozens, as Trump floats ‘freedom zone’

By Tim Lister, Ibrahim Dahman, Kareem Khadder, Eugenia Yosef and Mohammad Al-Sawalhi, CNN (CNN) — The Israeli military intensified operations across Gaza Thursday, killing more than 100 people, and pledged to continue bombings as US President Donald Trump suggested establishing a “freedom zone” in the enclave. Many of the casualties were in Jabalya in northern

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Palestinians at a food distribution center in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on April 7.

A US-backed group says it will deliver aid to Gaza, but humanitarian organizations are skeptical. Here’s what we know

By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — A controversial new American-backed organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has announced it will begin delivering aid to the besieged territory within two weeks and says it has Israel’s approval. The move would provide some relief for Gazans facing acute hunger from 19 months of war and a two-and-half

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Palestinians at a food distribution center in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza on April 7.

A US-backed group says it will deliver aid to Gaza, but humanitarian organizations are skeptical. Here’s what we know

CNN By Mick Krever, CNN (CNN) — A controversial new American-backed organization, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), has announced it will begin delivering aid to the besieged territory within two weeks and says it has Israel’s approval. The move would provide some relief for Gazans facing acute hunger from 19 months of war and a

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5 things to know for May 15: Qatar, Drinking water, Voting Rights Act, National Weather Service, Child care

By Jade Walker, CNN (CNN) — The fate of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia that were supposed to begin in Turkey today remains uncertain. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky committed to attending the highly anticipated discussions in hopes of ending Russia’s aggression against his country. However, Russian leader Vladimir Putin decided to skip the talks

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At least 31 suspected Maoist rebels killed in India’s ‘biggest ever operation’ against decades-old insurgency

By Rhea Mogul, CNN (CNN) — Indian police have killed 31 suspected Maoist rebels in what is being described as the “biggest ever operation” against the long-running insurgency. Security forces spent 21 days attempting to capture the rebels along the border of the states of Chhattisgarh and Telangana in central India, Home Minister Amit Shah

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‘It pains our souls’: Venezuelans react to first video of relatives in Salvadoran prison after Matt Gaetz TV report

By Ana Melgar and Caroll Alvarado, CNN (CNN) — Sitting on a couch in her home in Maracay, Venezuela, Mirelis Cacique López watches her son Francisco Javier García Cacique on her cell phone in the first video released of a group of Venezuelans sent by the United States to El Salvador’s maximum-security prison Cecot. “Among

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A mom is accused of buying ammunition and tactical gear for her son, despite repeated warnings about violent plans at school

By Andy Rose, Dalia Faheid, CNN (CNN) — Warning signs that a San Antonio middle school student had deadly intentions had been building for months, police say. They took on a new urgency Sunday when his grandmother walked into his bedroom. There, she found rifle and pistol magazines “loaded with live ammunition” and a homemade

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Overdose deaths decline, a cross-species kidney transplant, poems help conservation efforts: Catch up on the day’s stories

Morgan Severson, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! Do you consistently clock in overtime? Working long hours could come with a cost. Along with physical and emotional overexertion, new research found “significant changes” in the brains of people who are overworked. Here’s what else you might have missed during your busy day: 5 things

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Former county clerk in Murdaugh murder trial charged with obstruction of justice and misconduct

By Dianne Gallagher and Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — The former clerk of court who read the guilty verdicts against notorious convicted double murderer Alex Murdaugh is now facing multiple felony charges. Rebecca “Becky” Hill was arrested early Wednesday morning in Colleton County, South Carolina, and charged with obstructing justice and two counts of misconduct,

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