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WASHINGTON/PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. and European airline regulators on Friday ordered emergency inspections within 20 days of nearly 700 aircraft engines similar to the one involved in a fatal Southwest Airlines engine blowout earlier this week, citing risks of a similar mishap. The directives by the
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A spokeswoman says health secretary Alex Azar is recovering at home in Indianapolis after his second hospitalization in less than a week for treatment of a painful bowel condition.
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Student from Zambia ruled eligible for US poetry contest
A high school student in Maine who fled his native Zambia can compete in a U.S. government-funded poetry contest, a federal judge ruled Friday. The National Endowment for the Arts had blocked the 11th-grader's participation, saying he doesn't meet their U.S. citizenship rules. Allan Monga,
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The European Union needs to be exempted from steel and aluminium tariffs announced by the United States in order to work with Washington on trade with China, France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Friday. "We are close allies between the EU and the United States.
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The Latest: Trump welcomes end of North Korea nuclear tests
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US government orders engine inspections after fatal Southwest Airlines explosion
Airlines have been ordered to inspect engine components implicated in a Southwest Airlines crash. A directive from the Federal Aviation Administration (FCC) gave operators 20 days to inspect fan blades on certain engine types. The call for additional inspections reflected “information gathered from
- Business Insider UK•3 hours ago
Legendary scientist at lab that developed atomic bomb dies
Scientist Nerses "Krik" Krikorian, who was born a refugee and later became a legend in the once-secret New Mexico city where the atomic bomb was developed, has died. Officials at Los Alamos National Laboratory confirmed that Krikorian died Wednesday at his home in Los Alamos, the mountain
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