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FAA and union agree to give air traffic control workers more rest between shifts
The agreement, which will give controllers 10 hours off between shifts and 12 hours off before and after a midnight shift, comes after close calls between planes that were following orders from controllers.
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Winds and lightning strikes stoke Oregon fire, now the largest in the U.S.
Smoke from the Durkee Fire in Oregon was choking the air in Boise, Idaho, and beyond. An air quality warning was in effect for the entire region on Wednesday.
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Peekaboo! A baby tree kangaroo debuts at the Bronx Zoo
The second baby of a tree-dwelling kangaroo made its public debut this week in New York, poking its pink head head out of its mom's furry white pouch.
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Anti-whaling activist arrested in Greenland, could be extradited to Japan
Canadian-American activist Paul Watson was en route to the North Pacific on a mission to intercept a new Japanese whaling ship when police boarded his vessel.
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Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden's student debt relief plan
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion for an administrative stay filed by a group of Republican-led states seeking to invalidate the administration's entire student loan forgiveness plan.
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Head of Hong Kong's top journalist group says she lost 'WSJ' job due to her role
Reporter Selina Cheng says she lost her Wall Street Journal job after refusing her supervisor's request to withdraw from the election to lead the journalism group, which advocates for press freedom.
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'Hellishly hot' southern Europe bakes under temperatures topping 104 F
Temperatures were in the triple-digits in much of the area on Tuesday and authorities warn that they could top 110 degrees F in southern Spain in the coming days.
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Repair crews face threats in Houston by those still without power a week after Beryl
Threats and confrontations have prompted police escorts, charges in at least two cases, and pleas from authorities and local officials to leave workers alone so they restore power.
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Will the Seine be clean enough to swim in by the Olympics? Not even the experts know
Triathlon and marathon swimming are to take place in the Seine, where it has been illegal to swim for more than a century. The water has tested unsafe in recent weeks, and cleaner on other days.
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California bans school rules requiring parents notification of child's pronoun change
The law, which is the first in the nation, bans school rules requiring school staff to disclose a student's gender identity or sexual orientation to any other person without the child's permission.
