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DHS warns it will run out of money to pay airport security workers in coming weeks

Reuters and Tami Luhby (Reuters) — Long security lines may reappear at airports next month after the Department of Homeland Security secretary warned Tuesday that the agency doesn’t have the funds to pay staffers after this month. The agency has been shutdown since mid-February, and the resulting lapse in paychecks prompted many Transportation Security Administration

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Pope Leo XIV walks next to Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo upon his arrival at Malabo International Airport

Many African Catholics have greeted Leo’s first visit with joy. Others fear he’s lent legitimacy to strongman leaders

By Nimi Princewill, CNN Abuja (CNN) — For Mauro Rui Callado Cortêz, a Catholic lay teacher in Angola, the “unique opportunity” to see Pope Leo XIV in person was unmissable, even though serious illness should have confined him to bed. “My visual contact with the Holy Father was a unique moment; it transmitted such a

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Paper flight strips are seen during a news briefing at the Department of Transportation on April 21.

$12.5 billion ‘down payment’ brings air traffic control out of 1990s. Now, more money is needed for new software and AI

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington (CNN) — The Department of Transportation is eliminating antiquated paper strips, copper communications wiring and computer floppy discs, but it says more money is needed to keep upgrading the decades-old air traffic control system, and integrate new technologies like artificial intelligence and software to streamline US flights. At a news

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Retired Air Force Maj. Gen. William Neil McCasland is pictured.

At least 10 scientists tied to sensitive US research have died or disappeared in recent years, sparking federal investigation

By Natasha Chen, Alex Stambaugh, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — A nuclear physicist and MIT professor fatally shot outside his Massachusetts residence. A retired Air Force general missing from his New Mexico home. An aerospace engineer who disappeared during a hike in Los Angeles. These are among at least 10 individuals connected to sensitive US

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Japan opens door to global arms market with biggest export rule change in decades

By Reuters Tokyo (Reuters) — Japan on Tuesday unveiled its biggest overhaul of defense export rules in decades, scrapping restrictions on overseas arms sales and opening the way for exports of warships, missiles and other weapons. The move aimed at strengthening Japan’s defense industrial base marks another step away from pacifist restraints that have shaped

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A photo shows Shamar Elkins

A Louisiana man killed 8 children, 7 of his own. His family said warning signs preceded the tragedy

KTBS, FACEBOOK, SHAMAR ELKINS, CNN, Facebook/Shamar Elkins By Zoe Sottile, Lauren Mascarenhas, Isabel Rosales, Maria Sole Campinoti, Taylor Romine, CNN Shreveport, Louisiana (CNN) — Freddie Montgomery looked across the street as he walked home from visiting a neighbor and saw Shamar Elkins. The 31-year-old was sitting on the front porch of his Shreveport, Louisiana, home

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