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Officials inspect the wreckage of an Air Canada Express regional jet on Wednesday at LaGuardia Airport in New York.

‘Playing with fire’: LaGuardia Airport collision renews concerns air traffic controllers are spread too thin

By Alexandra Skores, Pete Muntean, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — This week’s deadly collision at LaGuardia Airport has renewed concerns about how much is too much for one air traffic controller to handle. Controllers, already spread thin by decades of staffing shortages and long hours in a high-stress job under intense scrutiny, can sometimesbe responsible

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Security lines wind through LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday. The airport is one of many that have been crippled by TSA worker shortages.

ICE agents take a more active role in airport security, but long lines persist ahead of the weekend traveler rush

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at 14 major US airports four days ago to assist Transportation Security Administration workers as Congress keeps haggling over how to end the partial government shutdown that has driven mounting TSA staffing shortages and the longest security wait times ever. But

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Security lines wind through LaGuardia Airport on Wednesday. The airport is one of many that have been crippled by TSA worker shortages.

ICE agents take a more active role in airport security, but long lines persist ahead of the weekend traveler rush

CNN, CSPAN POOL, HOUSTON AIRPORTS, KYW By Elizabeth Wolfe, Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrived at 14 major US airports four days ago to assist Transportation Security Administration workers as Congress keeps haggling over how to end the partial government shutdown that has driven mounting TSA staffing shortages and the

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What we know on Day 27 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran: Trump frustrated with Tehran and IRGC navy chief dead

By Jessie Yeung, Issy Ronald, CNN (CNN) — Talks between the United States and Iran are ongoing – though both sides are describing things very differently. US President Donald Trump kept changing tack on Thursday, initially saying Tehran was “begging” for a deal behind closed doors, before telling reporters at a briefing in the White

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Travelers wait in line at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 25

Houston’s Bush Airport has had some of the worst TSA wait times. Here’s why

WSB-RADIO, CNN By Holly Yan, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Increasingly agitated travelers are sacrificing countless hours and missing milestone events as a partial government shutdown spills into its 40th day and the country loses hundreds of airport security employees. Nowhere is the scene more miserable than at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport

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Travelers wait in line at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on March 25

Houston’s Bush Airport has had some of the worst TSA wait times. Here’s why

By Holly Yan, Alexandra Skores, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Increasingly agitated travelers are sacrificing countless hours and missing milestone events as a partial government shutdown spills into its 40th day and the country loses hundreds of airport security employees. Nowhere is the scene more miserable than at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), where

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Smoke rises from Tabriz airport in Iran

A victory ‘for decades’? Netanyahu’s promise after June strikes proved hollow, but Israelis still support Iran war

By Tal Shalev, CNN Tel Aviv (CNN) — The opening strikes of the war with Iran shouldn’t have been necessary if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is to be taken at his word. After the 12-day war with Iran in June, Netanyahu declared unequivocal victory. Israel had “removed two existential threats,” eliminating Iran’s ballistic missiles

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