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A sudden FAA ground stop strands teams and throws the sports weekend into chaos

The Federal Aviation Administration's decision to ground all flights nationwide Friday threw the sports world into chaos, leaving NBA, NHL and college teams stranded as they tried to reach their destinations, and NFL teams were left to wonder whether the issue would be resolved in time to travel to their games this weekend.

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White House blames 'new technology' for overloading systems that led to FAA ground stop

Thousands of flights to and from the United States were suspended for several hours on Friday due to a ground stop order issued by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An alert put out by...

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Rescues are underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat on the Mississippi River

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tanker struck the American Heritage river cruise paddleboat in New Orleans on Friday with 129 passengers aboard, partially submerging the boat. Rescues were underway on the Mississippi River, officials said.

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Widespread outage hits Outlook, other Microsoft apps

A widespread outage hit Microsoft platforms including Outlook on Thursday, with many users encountering trouble using their email accounts and other errors across the tech giant's suite of apps. As...

November 12, 2026 2:21 pm CST CST

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigns after his affair raises national security concerns

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang resigned Thursday after his extramarital affair raised national security concerns. The company named Colette Kress as interim CEO. She is the current executive vice president...

November 12, 2026 9:29 am CST CST

5 people are shot in the trendy Logan Circle neighbourhood of the nation’s capital, police say

WASHINGTON (AP) — Five people were shot early Thursday in a trendy Washington, D.C., neighborhood within walking distance of the White House, said police, who were responding to multiple locations.

November 12, 2026 9:34 am CST CST

Death toll rises to 5 in Brooklyn building collapse as rescuers dig through rubble

NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters early Thursday removed the bodies of three more people who died after a three-story building in Brooklyn collapsed at the edge of a construction site, bringing the death toll to five, and they kept digging through the rubble to find others who may be trapped beneath the wreckage.

November 12, 2026 6:47 am CST CST

Mississippi elects Democrat Scott Colom as state's first Black US senator since Reconstruction

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Democratic nominee Scott Colom has defeated Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith in Mississippi's closely contested U.S. Senate race after a prolonged ballot counting process, giving the state its first Black U.S. senator since post-Civil War Reconstruction.

November 11, 2026 7:02 pm CST CST

Firefighters dig through rubble after NYC building collapse kills 2 and traps people in wreckage

NEW YORK (AP) — Firefighters dug through the rubble of a three-story building in Brooklyn after it collapsed at the edge of a construction site Wednesday afternoon, killing at least two people and trapping others beneath the wreckage.

November 11, 2026 10:07 pm CST CST

Meghan Markle makes first public appearance since father's arrest

BRUSSELS (AP) — Prince Harry urged tech companies to be more transparent about issues involving children as he and his wife, the former Meghan Markle, made their first public appearance on Tuesday since her father’s arrest on suspicion of possessing images of child abuse.

November 10, 2026 8:31 am CST CST