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Sinkhole shuts down runway at New York LaGuardia airport

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

By David Shepardson May 20 (Reuters) - A sinkhole on Wednesday forced the closure of one of the runways at New York's LaGuardia airport, prompting cancellations and delays and ongoing emergency repairs. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which manages New York City... Read More.

House committee discusses modernizing the TSA as Trump seeks to privatize airport screening

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

NEW YORK (AP) - A House committee on Wednesday expressed bipartisan support for ensuring Transportation Security Administration officers get paid during future government shutdowns and are equipped with the latest technology, discussing the agency's future as the Trump administration lobbies to make airport screening... Read More.

Judge bars certain evidence from the trial of the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Attorneys for the man accused of sparking last year's deadly Palisades Fire in and around Los Angeles can't introduce evidence or arguments at his arson trial about alleged negligence by the fire department in responding to an earlier blaze, a... Read More.

Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping ‘A’ grades for students

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

May 20 (Reuters) - Harvard University faculty have imposed a limit on the number of "A" grades that can be given to undergraduate students in an effort to end a growing trend of grade inflation at the elite U.S. university. In hundreds of votes cast... Read More.

US provides another $200 million for plan to rebuild New York Penn Station

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

May 20 (Reuters) - The U.S. Transportation Department said on Wednesday it will provide another $200 million to begin construction next year on an $8 billion plan to rebuild New York Penn Station, a key transit artery. U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak and the Trump administration... Read More.

US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama for US Senate

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - U.S. Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advanced to a runoff Wednesday for the Republican nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat in Alabama. Moore is a three-term congressman endorsed by President Donald Trump and Hudson is a... Read More.

Final case at UN tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda atrocities comes to an end

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - The U.N. courts set up to prosecute the atrocities committed during the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia in the early 1990s and the 1994 Rwandan genocide held their final session on Wednesday, bringing to an end a decades-long process for... Read More.

Trump tells Coast Guard graduates they will ‘be tested’ in their military careers

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) - President Donald Trump told the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's graduates on Wednesday that they show "unbelievable heroism and exceptional selflessness" but that the cadets will "be tested further" as they embark on their military careers. Trump's remarks to the... Read More.

Eastern US sweats through another hot day before rain, cold move in

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The eastern U.S. sweated through a second day of early-season heat Wednesday, with some schoolchildren being sent home while others stayed in sweltering classrooms. The Philadelphia school district shifted to remote learning for students at 57 schools, saying that while it has... Read More.

9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement

Wednesday, May 20 by SRN News

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Nine migrants deported from the United States landed in Sierra Leone on Wednesday, the West African country said, in the latest example of the Trump administration's widely criticized deals with African nations to take third-country deportees. Five migrants are from... Read More.

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Sinkhole shuts down runway at New York LaGuardia airport

House committee discusses modernizing the TSA as Trump seeks to privatize airport screening

Judge bars certain evidence from the trial of the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire

Harvard faculty take aim at grade inflation by capping ‘A’ grades for students

US provides another $200 million for plan to rebuild New York Penn Station

US Rep. Barry Moore and former Navy SEAL Jared Hudson advance to GOP runoff in Alabama for US Senate

Final case at UN tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda atrocities comes to an end

Trump tells Coast Guard graduates they will ‘be tested’ in their military careers

Eastern US sweats through another hot day before rain, cold move in

9 deportees from US arrive in Sierra Leone under third-country agreement

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