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Trump begins firings of FAA air traffic control staff just weeks after fatal DC plane crash

The Trump administration has begun firing several hundred Federal Aviation Administration employees, upending staff on a busy air travel weekend and just weeks after a January fatal mid-air collision at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. Probationary workers were targeted in late night emails Friday notifying them they had been fired, David Spero, president of the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists union, said in a statement. The impacted workers include personnel hired for FAA radar, landing and navigational aid maintenance, one air […]

todayFebruary 17, 2025

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Mississippi lawmaker files ‘Contraception Begins at Erection Act,’ in an attempt to bring men into the conversation

A Mississippi state senator from Jackson has had enough of the litany of bills surrounding contraception and abortion being solely focused on a woman’s role in conception. So he decided to do something about it.  Democratic Senator Bradford Blackmon recently introduced legislation that would make it unlawful for a person to “discharge genetic material without the intent of fertilizing an embryo.” SB 3219, or the “Contraception Begins at Erection Act,” would impose fines of up to $10,000 for men convicted of […]

todayJanuary 23, 2025

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Blinken begins Africa tour in Cape Verde, touting the US as a key security and economic partner

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken began a tour of four African countries on Monday, meeting with the leaders of Cape Verde and Ivory Coast and touting America as the continent’s key economic and security ally at times of regional and international crises. Blinken is visiting Nigeria and Angola next. The tour — which comes as deadly crises and rampant coups threaten the continent’s stability — focuses on trade, security, and democracy promotion. In Cape Verde’s capital, Praia, he met […]

todayJanuary 24, 2024