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FAA issues industrywide call to action following runway close calls

By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration told airlines in a rare industrywide bulletin Wednesday to step up vigilance at airports after a series of close calls on or near runways. The agency published an “aviation safety call to action,” urging carriers to “reinforce adherence to published processes and procedures.” “Operators should evaluate information

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The Coast Guard renewed a mariner’s ability to work at sea after he was accused of rape. Now, the agency is trying to keep him off ships

By Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken, CNN More than a year after a student told the US Coast Guard she was plied with alcohol and raped by her boss while training at sea, the agency is going after her alleged assailant’s ability to work on commercial ships. Coast Guard officials filed administrative charges against mariner

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Los Angeles schools will reopen Friday after workers’ massive 3-day strike for better pay and working conditions

By Elizabeth Wolfe and Taylor Romine, CNN The union representing thousands of Los Angeles school workers said members will return to work Friday after concluding a massive three-day strike that demanded increased wages and better working conditions. The Service Employees International Union Local 99, which represents about 30,000 Los Angeles school custodians, cafeteria workers, bus

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Uganda parliament passes bill criminalizing identifying as LGBTQ, imposes death penalty for some offenses

By Larry Madowo and Catherine Nicholls, CNN Ugandan lawmakers on Tuesday approved some of the world’s harshest anti-gay laws, making some crimes punishable by death and imposing up to 20 years in prison for people identifying as LGBTQ+. The new legislation constitutes a further crackdown on LGBTQ+ people in a country where same-sex relations were

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New Haven police chief recommends terminating officers charged in the transport incident that left Randy Cox paralyzed

By Sara Smart, CNN The New Haven police chief is recommending terminating four of the officers charged in the transportation incident that left a man paralyzed from the chest down in a police van last year. Five officers with the New Haven Police Department were arrested and charged with second degree reckless endangerment in November

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New Haven police chief recommends terminating officers charged in the transport incident that left Randy Cox paralyzed

By Sara Smart, CNN The New Haven police chief is recommending terminating four of the officers charged in the transportation incident that left a man paralyzed from the chest down in a police van last year. Five officers with the New Haven Police Department were arrested and charged with second degree reckless endangerment in November

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2 inmates were found at an IHOP in Virginia after escaping by digging a hole with tools made from a toothbrush and a metal object, officials say

By Sara Smart, CNN Two inmates who escaped from a Newport News, Virginia, jail by digging out and scaling a wall were found at a nearby IHOP hours later Tuesday, officials said. The Newport News Jail Annex discovered the two inmates, John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, missing during a routine head

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