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Boeing Safety Engineer Filed Ethics Complaint Last Year Over 737 Max Safety Upgrades

7:28pm October 02, 2019

by David Schaper

A Boeing engineer filed an ethics complaint last year accusing the company of rejecting 737 Max safety upgrades. Meanwhile, the FAA has ordered airlines to inspect other 737s for structural cracks.

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Smoke fills the sky after a World War II-era plane crashed Wednesday at Bradley International Airport north of Hartford, Conn.

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7 Killed In Crash Of WWII Aircraft At Connecticut Airport

7:05pm October 02, 2019

by Merrit Kennedy

Officials said 13 people were on board the plane. The FAA says the B-17 was trying to land after reporting trouble and returning to the airport.

U.S. Attorney General William Barr (center) speaks during a July press conference on citizenship data with President Trump and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, D.C.

Latinx Voters Ask Court To Ensure All Residents Counted In Allotting Congress Seats

6:04pm October 02, 2019

by Hansi Lo Wang

The group is concerned the Trump administration won't follow more than 200 years of precedent in dividing up seats in Congress based on numbers that include unauthorized immigrants.

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Houston Mourns Death Of Sandeep Dhaliwal, First Sikh Sheriff's Deputy

6:02pm October 02, 2019

by Elizabeth Trovall

Houston is mourning the death of Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal, who was killed last week. Dhaliwal was the first Sikh deputy in Texas, and a trailblazer nationwide for his community.

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'Los Angeles Times' Investigation Shows How Vaping Crisis Could Have Been Prevented

4:51pm October 02, 2019

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Emily Baumgaertner about how the FDA tried banning vaping flavors, but the Obama administration rejected it.

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President Trump greets Finnish President Sauli Niinistö on the South Portico of the White House on Wednesday. They are holding a joint press conference amid a building impeachment inquiry into Trump.

Trump Holds Press Conference As Impeachment Inquiry Builds

4:47pm October 02, 2019

by Ayesha Rascoe

The press conference with visiting Finnish President Sauli Niinistö comes as House Democrats are threatening a fresh subpoena for White House documents relating to the growing Ukraine scandal.

Director Of U.S. Counterintelligence William Evanina Outlines Espionage Threats

4:38pm October 02, 2019

William Evanina, head of U.S. counterintelligence, speaks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about current espionage threats, as well as the whistleblower complaint against President Trump.

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The World Trade Organization says the United States can impose tariffs on up to $7.5 billion worth of goods from the European Union as retaliation for illegal subsidies to Airbus — a record award from the trade body.

WTO Says U.S. Can Hit EU With $7.5 Billion In Tariffs Over Airbus Subsidies

3:22pm October 02, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The World Trade Organization sided with the U.S. in a years-long dispute over European loans and subsidies to Airbus, putting a value on the damage done to U.S. industry — particularly Boeing.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo discussed the phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during a news conference in Rome on Wednesday.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo Confirms He Was On Trump's Call With Zelenskiy

2:47pm October 02, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The secretary of state confirms he was listening to the conversation between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy during the July 25 call that sparked an impeachment inquiry.

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Akron fire medic Paul Drouhard shows a box containing naloxone hydrochloride, a drug carried in all their department emergency response vehicles to treat opioid overdose patients.

In Opioid Settlement, Johnson & Johnson Agrees To Pay Ohio Counties $20 Million

10:00am October 02, 2019

by Scott Neuman

The agreement removes the drugmaker from the list of defendants in an upcoming federal opioid trial and follows an August settlement in Oklahoma in which it agreed to pay $572 million.