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Congress loses a flying perk as DHS shutdown continues - 2026-03-24T13:37:23-04:00
Delta Airlines is temporarily suspending specialty services to member of Congress due to resource constraints from the ongoing shutdown of DHS.

A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder - 2026-03-24T12:36:53-04:00
Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection.

Will President Trump act on his threat to take Cuba? - 2026-03-24T11:37:40-04:00
New Yorker writer Jon Lee Anderson describes conditions in Cuba, why it's vulnerable now — and what regime change would mean — considering the Castro family's entrenchment in the Cuban government.

Before running for Congress, Bobby Pulido was a Tejano music icon - 2026-03-24T09:38:33-04:00
Pulido has been a mainstay of Tejano music —a genre blending traditional regional Mexican elements with country, pop and conjunto influences — for more than three decades.

Senate confirms Sen. Mullin as DHS secretary. And, Iran denies U.S. talks to end war - 2026-03-24T07:13:38-04:00
The Senate has confirmed Markwayne Mullin as the next Department of Homeland Security secretary. And, Iran has denied that it's in talks with the U.S. to end the war, which is now in its fourth week.

Pakistan is poised to host the U.S. and Iran for talks to end the war - 2026-03-24T07:08:10-04:00
The Pakistani prime minister said his country stands ready to host negotiations toward a settlement as the war with Iran nears the one-month mark.

Kim vows to 'irreversibly' cement North Korea's nuclear status - 2026-03-24T07:05:14-04:00
In his speech, Kim expressed pride in the country's rapid expansion of nuclear weapons and missiles in recent years, calling it the "right" choice.

Asia boosts coal use as Iran war squeezes global LNG supplies - 2026-03-24T06:35:51-04:00
Analysts say coal may stabilize supplies for now but they warn that continued reliance on the polluting fuel will worsen air pollution.

Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran's last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga - 2026-03-24T05:00:00-04:00
The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s flying for decades in the face of U.S. sanctions.

As parents age, their children face hard choices about when to take the car keys - 2026-03-24T05:00:00-04:00
States have many policies to stop risky older drivers from renewing their licenses. But in practice, it's often adult children who must decide when to take the car keys away from an aging parent.