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One year after Baltimore bridge collapse, NTSB finds 68 US bridges need to be assessed for risk of collapse if hit by ship

By Gabe Cohen, CNN Washington (CNN) — Sixty-eight bridges across the US should be assessed to see if they are at risk of collapse if hit by a ship, transportation safety officials found, while urging the bridges’ owners to undertake immediate vulnerability assessments. The four urgent safety recommendations are part of the National Transportation Safety

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Trump signs executive order to begin dismantling Education Department, raising questions for students and parents

By Kevin Liptak and Sunlen Serfaty, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to begin dismantling the US Department of Education, seeking to fulfill decades of conservative ambition to get rid of the agency, but raising new questions for the country’s millions of public schools, student-loan holders and parents. No

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US denies French claims a space researcher was expelled over messages about Trump

By Saskya Vandoorne, CNN (CNN) — Competing narratives have emerged between Washington and Paris over why a researcher was recently denied entry to the United States, in the latest example of an immigration refusal under the Trump administration testing international relations. France on Thursday said the unnamed researcher was blocked from entering the US earlier

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Landing gear support broke as Delta regional jet landed and flipped at Toronto airport, preliminary report says

By Alexandra Skores, CNN Washington, DC (CNN) — A landing gear support broke as a Delta Air Lines regional jet was landing before it flipped upside down, leaving passengers “hanging like bats” at Toronto Pearson International in February, according to a preliminary report from Canada’s Transportation Safety Board. Less than three seconds before touchdown, investigators

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Mike Johnson Fast Facts

CNN Editorial Research (CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Mike Johnson, speaker of the US House of Representatives and representative from Louisiana. Personal Birth date: January 30, 1972 Birth place: Shreveport, Louisiana Birth name: James Michael Johnson Father: Patrick “Pat” Johnson, firefighter and hazardous materials consultant Mother: Jeanne Johnson Marriage: Kelly

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Members of the Armed Forces of the Dominican Republic observe images transmitted by drones as part of the search operation for Konanki

Why the parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki want their daughter declared dead

By Rebekah Riess, CNN (CNN) — The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki have asked for Dominican authorities to declare their daughter dead. Their request highlights the heartbreaking realities of losing a child and handling the legalities of a missing person case. Investigators believe Konanki drowned “and no evidence of foul play

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Hamas fires rockets at Israel for first time since truce collapses as toll mounts in Gaza

By Dana Karni, Abeer Salman, Kareem Khadder, Jo Shelley and Mahmoud Atef, CNN (CNN) — Hamas fired rockets at Israel from Gaza Thursday, the militant group’s first response to Israel’s renewed offensive in the Strip that shattered a fragile two-month ceasefire. Israel resumed its offensive on Gaza on Tuesday, first bombarding the Strip with airstrikes

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Trump administration unfazed by court losses and sets sights on Supreme Court

By Paula Reid and Casey Gannon, CNN (CNN) — Despite the White House’s repeated attacks on federal Judge James Boasberg, the Trump administration remains confident it will prevail in ongoing litigation about the president’s use of executive power. Even before President Donald Trump retook office, his advisers expected that his executive orders and other policy

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Court docs reveal Idaho quadruple murder suspect bought a knife and victims’ roommates used social media before calling 911

By Lauren del Valle, Jean Casarez and Holly Yan, CNN (CNN) — A flurry of court filings in the quadruple murder case against Bryan Kohberger reveal the suspect bought a knife on Amazon months before the killings and the victims’ surviving roommates texted family and were active on social media before calling 911. The newly

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