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WASHINGTON: Federal investigators have launched a probe after two flights aborted landings at Reagan Washington National Airport on Thursday because a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter too close. The Federal Aviation Administration said on Friday that air traffic control told Delta Air Lines Flight 1671, an Airbus A319 that had originated in Orlando, and Republic […]
William_potter | Istock | Getty Images The U.S. Commerce Department is conducting a national security investigation into imports of semiconductor technology and related downstream products, according to a Federal Register notice put online Monday. The official document — which calls for public comments on the investigation — further confirms that chips and the electronics supply […]
The US Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz has expressed outrage over the US Army’s failure to provide a memo relating to its use of Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) in the National Capital Region. On March 31, 2025, Senator Cruz and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell said the US Army’s refusal to hand over the memo […]
American Airlines plane collided with a US military helicopter The pilot of the passenger plane that collided with a military helicopter in Washington DC tried to change the aircraft’s direction at the last minute to try and avoid the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board said in a press conference on Saturday. The accident between […]
article A view from the United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington DC, United States on December 30, 2024. The US Treasury Department was cyberattacked by a Chinese state-sponsored actor in early December. In the letter sent to Congress In a statement, BeyondTrust wrote: “BeyondTrust previously identified and took measures to address a […]
China is looking to challenge the U.S. in artificial intelligence. China’s tech giants have launched their own AI models. Niphon | Istock | Getty Images The Biden administration on Monday said it launched a new probe into legacy Chinese semiconductors that may go into everything from cars to household goods and defense systems. China “routinely […]
Prosecutors say McKinsey provided Purdue advice on measures it could take to ‘turbocharge’ OxyContin sales. Consulting firm McKinsey & Company has agreed to pay $650m to resolve a United States Department of Justice investigation into the consulting firm’s work advising opioid manufacturer Purdue Pharma on how to boost OxyContin sales. McKinsey has entered into a […]
Reports have been flooding in of Black people across the United States receiving disturbing text messages referencing slavery and “picking cotton”, following Donald Trump’s presidential election win. These racist messages have been reported in over a dozen states, including California, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, North Carolina, Virginia, and Alabama, as per CNN. The messages, sent anonymously, […]
Black individuals across more than a dozen states have reported receiving disturbing, racially charged text messages after the US elections Following the recent U.S. presidential election, Black individuals across more than a dozen states have reported receiving disturbing, racially charged text messages referencing slavery and plantation labor. According to reports, these messages, which were sent […]
Federal and state authorities in the U.S. are looking into anonymous racist text messages sent to Black Americans nationwide this week that suggested enslavement, leading to widespread condemnation and warnings. The NAACP civil rights group said the messages urged recipients in multiple states, including Alabama, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia, to report to a plantation […]