Day: March 11, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on Tuesday issued two “urgent” safety recommendations after discovering thousands of close calls between helicopters and planes near D.C.’s Ron…

The U.S House passed a continuing resolution Tuesday to avoid a government shutdown that will start Saturday unless a funding bill is signed by the president.

Pilots were forced to avoid helicopters once a month for 13 years.

Current airport flight safety practices create an “intolerable safety risk” that could be eliminated by changing allowed separation distances between helicopters and airplanes, federal officials say.

Unless Congress can pass a spending bill the government will shut down in three days.

House and Senate members seek to distance themselves from Hamas and antisemitism on campus.

Ukraine “expressed readiness to accept” an immediate 30-day ceasefire after key talks with American officials in Saudi Arabia.

The U.S. president on Tuesday escalated his tariff threats against Canada, vowing to boost them on steel and aluminium. “It scares us, it scares families,” says Hamilton union president Frank Crowder. But in the ever-evolving tariff controversy, Premier Doug Ford later said he’d suspend the surcharge on electricity exports pending further talks.

Helicopters should not be allowed to travel over a four-mile stretch over the Potomac River following the deadly air collision near Washington in January, according to urgent safety recommendations…