Investigation underway after plane slams into fire-rescue truck while landing at LaGuardia

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Investigation underway after plane slams into fire-rescue truck while landing at LaGuardia – CBS News Watch CBS News Two pilots were killed and dozens of people were injured at New York’s LaGuardia Airport when an arriving Air Canada Express plane and a fire-and-rescue vehicle collided on a runway. Tom Hanson and Kris Van Cleave have … Read more

Trump urges GOP leaders not to make deal to end shutdown unless Democrats back voter ID bill

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Despite the chaos at some of the nation’s airports, President Trump urged Republicans not to make a deal to end the partial shutdown unless Democrats back a voter ID bill known as the SAVE America Act. Meanwhile, the president appeared more optimistic about reaching a deal with Iran. Nikole Killion has the latest. Source link

Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method ‘cheating’

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President Donald Trump cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to Palm Beach County records, while publicly condemning the voting method as fraudulent. “Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating. I call it mail-in cheating, and we got to do something about it all,” Trump said Monday. Public records indicate his mail ballot … Read more

Former senior FAA official on what to expect from LaGuardia runway crash investigation

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Federal officials are on scene at New York’s LaGuardia Airport following Sunday night’s deadly ground collision involving a commercial jet and a fire-rescue truck. Steven Wallace, former director of the Office of Accident Investigation at the Federal Aviation Administration, joins CBS News to preview the probe. Source link

4 Jewish charity ambulances set on fire in suspected London antisemitic hate crime

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London police are investigating a suspected antisemitic hate crime which resulted in the burning of four ambulances belonging to a Jewish community organization and damage to the surrounding area. Jesse Brown, editor at the independent media outlet Canadaland, joins CBS News to examine the rise in antisemitic attacks around the world. Source link

U.S. sent Iran a message through mediators, Iranian official says

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Iran has received a message from the U.S. through mediators as a potential precursor to talks between the two countries, a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official told CBS News on Monday. Clay Seigle, senior fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to discuss the war. Source link

Pentagon to remove media offices from building after judge strikes down rules for reporters

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The Defense Department said Monday it will remove media outlets’ office spaces from the Pentagon after a federal judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit challenging limits on reporters’ access to the building.  An area of the Pentagon known as “Correspondents’ Corridor” that reporters have used for decades to cover the U.S. … Read more