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Pete Buttigieg · United StatesThe US aviation system is bracing for two simultaneous disruptions at the end of this week – a looming government shutdown and the expiration of a key aviation law.See the Story
US air travel system facing a double blow of disruptions at the end of the week
86% Center coverage: 30 sources
Plane Crash · KentuckyCrews who were searching a heavily wooded area for a plane that went down during a severe storm with an instructor and a student pilot have found two bodies, Kentucky State Police said.See the Story
2 bodies were found in a search for a pilot instructor and a student in a downed plane
43% Left coverage: 10 sources
New York State Politics · New YorkPolice in Peru have arrested a man suspected of perpetrating a wave of bomb threats against U.S. schools, synagogues, hospitals and airports, triggering evacuations, flight delays and other disruptions in five states this month, authorities said on Thursday.
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Peruvian national arrested on suspicion of making 150 US bomb threats
50% Center coverage: 10 sources
Sam Bankman-Fried · New YorkA judge on Thursday closed the door on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s hopes to be free during his trial, although he extended the hours that the cryptocurrency peddler can meet with his lawyers in a federal courthouse.
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Judge rejects an 11th-hour bid to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during his trial
43% Center coverage: 14 sources
Michigan Politics · DetroitA monument was unveiled Thursday in Detroit to commemorate a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, along with the Black friend who helped raise her children following her death.See the Story
Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park
66% Center coverage: 12 sources
Alex Jones · United StatesA bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company.See the Story
Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones' company, lawyer says
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
Europe · SwitzerlandA paralyzed Swiss man has become the first person to test a new technology that reads his thoughts using AI and then transmits signals through his own nervous system to his arms, hands and fingers in order to restore movement.See the Story
Brain implants could restore paralyzed patients' arm movements
34% Center coverage: 6 sources
Plane Crash · AlaskaA small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday.
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Plane that crashed, killing Rep. Peltola's husband, had over 500 pounds of meat and antlers on board
59% Center coverage: 12 sources
Joe Biden · United StatesThe House Oversight Committee on Thursday convened its first hearing in the GOP's impeachment inquiry, presenting a panel of Republican-picked witnesses who said while there is no evidence of a crime by President Joe Biden, more bank records are needed from him and his son Hunter Biden to determine if there might be.See the Story
House GOP’s impeachment witnesses say there's no evidence yet that Biden committed a crime
65% Left coverage: 20 sources
Europe · NetherlandsPeople have been killed in two shootings Thursday at a university hospital and a home in the Dutch port city of Rotterdam, police said, but they did not immediately announce the number of victims.See the Story
Dutch police say people have been killed in shootings at a university hospital and home in Rotterdam
46% Center coverage: 128 sources
Travis King · United StatesAmerican soldier Travis King has arrived back on U.S. soil after being expelled by North Korea, months after he ran across the border into the reclusive state and sparked an international incident.See the Story
U.S. soldier Travis King arrives in Texas after being expelled from North Korea
63% Center coverage: 114 sources
Nikki Haley · United StatesThe seven Republicans on stage at their party's second 2024 presidential primary debate aimed on Wednesday to convince voters they could be a viable alternative to frontrunner Donald Trump, who skipped the event.
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Takeaways from the second Republican presidential debate
58% Center coverage: 150 sources
John Fetterman · United StatesThe Senate voted Wednesday evening to reverse an informal guidance issued by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer last week that senators could wear what they want when voting or speaking in the chamber. The resolution, passed by voice vote with no objections, requires that ”business attire be worn on the floor of the Senate, which for men shall include a coat, tie, and slacks or other long pants.” It did not specify what women should wear.See the Story
U.S. Senate unanimously passes formal dress code following backlash
72% Center coverage: 68 sources
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New York State Politics · New YorkPolice in Peru have arrested a man suspected of perpetrating a wave of bomb threats against U.S. schools, synagogues, hospitals and airports, triggering evacuations, flight delays and other disruptions in five states this month, authorities said on Thursday.
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Peruvian national arrested on suspicion of making 150 US bomb threats
50% Center coverage: 10 sources
Sam Bankman-Fried · New YorkA judge on Thursday closed the door on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s hopes to be free during his trial, although he extended the hours that the cryptocurrency peddler can meet with his lawyers in a federal courthouse.
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Judge rejects an 11th-hour bid to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during his trial
43% Center coverage: 14 sources
Michigan Politics · DetroitA monument was unveiled Thursday in Detroit to commemorate a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, along with the Black friend who helped raise her children following her death.See the Story
Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park
66% Center coverage: 12 sources
Alex Jones · United StatesA bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company.See the Story
Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones' company, lawyer says
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
Sam Bankman-Fried · New YorkA judge on Thursday closed the door on FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s hopes to be free during his trial, although he extended the hours that the cryptocurrency peddler can meet with his lawyers in a federal courthouse.
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Judge rejects an 11th-hour bid to free FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried during his trial
43% Center coverage: 14 sources
Michigan Politics · DetroitA monument was unveiled Thursday in Detroit to commemorate a white mother who was slain in Alabama while shuttling demonstrators after the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery voting rights march, along with the Black friend who helped raise her children following her death.See the Story
Monument honoring slain civil rights activist Viola Liuzzo and friend is unveiled in Detroit park
66% Center coverage: 12 sources
Alex Jones · United StatesA bank recently shut down the accounts of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ media company, citing unauthorized transactions — a move that caused panic at the business when its balances suddenly dropped from more than $2 million to zero, according to a lawyer for the company.See the Story
Bank that handles Infowars money appears to be cutting ties with Alex Jones' company, lawyer says
47% Center coverage: 17 sources
Europe · SwitzerlandA paralyzed Swiss man has become the first person to test a new technology that reads his thoughts using AI and then transmits signals through his own nervous system to his arms, hands and fingers in order to restore movement.See the Story
Brain implants could restore paralyzed patients' arm movements
34% Center coverage: 6 sources
Plane Crash · AlaskaA small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday.
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Plane that crashed, killing Rep. Peltola's husband, had over 500 pounds of meat and antlers on board
59% Center coverage: 12 sources
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Europe · SwitzerlandA paralyzed Swiss man has become the first person to test a new technology that reads his thoughts using AI and then transmits signals through his own nervous system to his arms, hands and fingers in order to restore movement.See the Story
Brain implants could restore paralyzed patients' arm movements
34% Center coverage: 6 sources
Plane Crash · AlaskaA small plane that crashed in rural Alaska earlier this month, killing the husband of U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, was carrying more than 500 pounds of moose meat and antlers from a remote hunting camp when it went down shortly after takeoff, according to an investigation report released Thursday.
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Plane that crashed, killing Rep. Peltola's husband, had over 500 pounds of meat and antlers on board
59% Center coverage: 12 sources
Business · United StatesThe United States imposed sanctions Thursday on a former Sudanese government minister and two companies tied to the African country's paramilitary force that is locked in monthslong fighting with the Sudanese army.See the Story
US imposes sanctions on former Sudanese minister and 2 companies backing the paramilitary force
Coverage: 20 sources
Joe Biden · United StatesAmerica’s emergency oil stockpile has plunged to 40-year lows. The shrinking Strategic Petroleum Reserve is limiting Washington’s ability to shield consumers from the fallout of Saudi Arabia’s aggressive supply cuts, according to Goldman Sachs.See the Story
America’s emergency oil reserve is at a 40-year low — and that could inflate oil prices, Goldman Sachs says
50% Center coverage: 6 sources
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Business · United StatesUnited Airlines has agreed to improve air travel for passengers in wheelchairs after the federal government investigated a complaint by a disability-rights advocate.See the Story
United Airlines will make changes for people with wheelchairs after a government investigation
63% Center coverage: 19 sources
North American Politics · FloridaA shooting at a Florida auto shop that killed two men was triggered by a former customer’s dissatisfaction with work done on his car two years ago, police said Thursday.See the Story
Florida auto shop owner and angry customer shot each other to death, police say
65% Center coverage: 26 sources
Elon Musk · United StatesThe U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Tesla accusing Elon Musk’s electric car maker of violating “federal law by tolerating widespread and ongoing racial harassment of its Black employees and by subjecting some of these workers to retaliation for opposing the harassment.”See the Story
Tesla sued for racial discrimination, retaliation by EEOC
44% Left coverage: 9 sources
Donald Trump · United StatesThe New York civil fraud trial of former President Donald Trump and his company is back on track to start Monday after a state appeals court lifted a temporary stay of the case.See the Story
Trump New York fraud trial cleared to start Monday after appeals panel ruling
50% Center coverage: 26 sources
