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Cities Church is seen in St. Paul, Minn. where activists shut down a service claiming the pastor was also working as an ICE agent, Monday, Jan. 19, 2026 in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Angelina Katsanis)
What to know about the civil rights charges Don Lemon faces for covering church protest in Minnesota
Journalist Don Lemon and eight other people associated with a protest that interrupted a worship service at a Minnesota church have been charged with violating two different federal laws that are designed to prevent disruptions to Americans’ rights.
 
Jordyn Biffle, sister of Greg Biffle, speaks at the memorial service for Biffle and his family in Charlotte, N.C., Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)
NASCAR’s Greg Biffle wasn’t flying his plane before crash that killed him and 6 others
Federal safety officials have concluded that retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was not flying his jet when it crashed last month, killing him and six others.
 
Metropolitan Police Department diver Robert Varga poses for a portrait, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Responders recall a mission of recovery and grief a year after the midair collision near DC
Families and emergency responders are marking the one-year anniversary of the deadly plane collision over the Potomac River.
 
A Norfolk Southern freight train rolls past the U.S. Steel's Clairton Coke Works, in Clairton, Pa., Aug. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Norfolk Southern’s profit slips 12% amid merger costs and economic uncertainty
Norfolk Southern’s quarterly profit slipped 12% amid the uncertain economy, as well as costs related to its efforts to merge with Union Pacific and create a transcontinental railroad.
 
This image taken from video provided by WABI television, emergency services work on a scene of the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash at the Bangor Airport in Maine, late Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (WABI via AP)
Investigation into Maine plane crash that killed 6 held back by snow and winter weather
The director of Bangor International Airport says the federal investigation into the crash of a private jet that killed six people Sunday night has been hampered by extreme weather, including deep snow that has blanketed the scene and covered the burned wreckage.
 
This image taken from video provided by WABI television, emergency services work on a scene of the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash at the Bangor Airport in Maine, late Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (WABI via AP)
Maine plane crash victims include event planner and corporate pilot
The six people killed when a private jet crashed during takeoff at a Maine airport included an event planner on her way to Paris for a job and a corporate pilot who had recently joined the Texas law firm linked to the plane.
 
National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy presides over the NTSB fact-finding hearing on the DCA midair collision accident, at the National Transportation and Safety Board boardroom in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Investigators say deadly midair collision near DC followed years of ignored warnings about traffic
The National Transportation Safety Board says the placement of a helicopter route so close to Reagan National Airport’s secondary runway was a key factor in causing a midair aircraft collision that killed 67 people near Washington, D.C., a year ago.
 
This image taken from video provided by WABI television, emergency services work on a scene of the Bombardier Challenger 600 crash at the Bangor Airport in Maine, late Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. (WABI via AP)
Six people died when a business jet trying to take off in Maine crashed in a snowstorm
Six people died when a business jet crashed during takeoff as a snowstorm moved in and visibility diminished in Maine.
 
A piece of wreckage is lifted from the water onto a salvage vessel near the site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 4, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Investigators will detail causes of the midair collision over Washington, DC, and recommend changes
So many things went wrong last Jan. 29 to contribute to the collision between an airliner and a U.S.
 
A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 5, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
Timeline of the year since an Army helicopter and plane collided over Washington, DC
A collision between a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet killed 67 people near Washington, D.C. in January 2025.
 
A crane offloads a piece of wreckage from a salvage vessel onto a flatbed truck, near the wreckage site in the Potomac River of a mid-air collision between an American Airlines jet and a Black Hawk helicopter, at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Feb. 5, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)
FAA is making the rules imposed after an airliner collided with an Army helicopter permanent
The federal government says temporary rules imposed after last year’s collision of an airliner and an Army helicopter to improve the safety of the crowded airspace around Washington, D.C., are being made permanent.
 
A CSX train engine sits idle on tracks in Philadelphia, Sept. 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
CSX railroad profit slips 2% as shipping demand remained weak and severance costs hurt results
CSX said Thursday that its profit slipped 2% in the fourth quarter as the railroad dealt with weak demand and severance costs from layoffs that new CEO Steve Angel carried out last fall.
 
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to reporters before presiding over the annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Warren Buffett’s successor eyes selling off Berkshire Hathaway’s 325 million Kraft Heinz shares
Warren Buffett’s successor appears to be considering his first significant move after taking over as CEO this month.
 
Austin Rohlfing harvests soybeans on his family's field, Nov. 5, 2025, near Boonville, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
China meets initial soybean purchase goal, but Trump’s shifting trade policy could disrupt deal
The Trump administration says China has fulfilled its initial commitment to buy 12 million metric tons of soybeans, but it’s not clear if the trade agreement announced in October can withstand President Donald Trump’s ever-shifting trade policy as American farmers are still dealing with high product
 
Workers use machinery to dig at a rare earth mine in Ganxian county in central China's Jiangxi province on Dec. 30, 2010. (Chinatopix via AP, File)
Lawmakers propose $2.5B agency to boost production of rare earths and other critical minerals
A bipartisan group of lawmakers has proposed creating a new agency with $2.5 billion to boost production of rare earths and the other critical minerals.
 
Plumes of smoke rise from the area of a UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry, File)
A part that broke on a UPS plane that crashed in Kentucky failed 4 times on other planes years ago
The National Transportation Safety Board says Boeing warned plane owners in 2011 about a flaw in the part that failed and contributed to the engine flying off a UPS plane before it crashed and killed 15 in November but at that point the plane manufacturer didn’t believe it threatened safety.
 
Tourists kayak at sea in front of Nuuk Cathedral in Nuuk, Greenland, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Kwiyeon Ha, File)
Greenland’s harsh environment and lack of infrastructure have prevented rare earth mining
Greenland’s harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have prevented anyone from building a mine to extract the sought-after rare earth elements that many high-tech products require.
 
FILE- Tractor-trailers move cargo out of the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga., Jan. 30, 2018. (AP Photo/Stephen B. Morton, File)
North Carolina may lose $50M in federal funds over flawed immigrant trucker licenses
The U.S. Transportation Department says North Carolina could lose nearly $50 million in federal funding if the state doesn’t revoke commercial driver’s licenses from immigrants who aren’t qualify to hold them.
 
A truck departs from a Port of Oakland shipping terminal on Nov. 10, 2021, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)
California loses $160M for delaying revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants
U.S. transportation officials say California will lose $160 million for delaying the revocations of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses for immigrants.
 
This image taken Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight. (NTSB via AP, File)
Alaska Airlines pilot who safely landed plane after panel blew out says Boeing unfairly blamed him
The Alaska Airlines pilot who was praised as a hero for safely landing a plane after a door plug panel flew off shortly after takeoff in 2004 is suing Boeing because he believes the plane maker wrongly tried to blame him and the rest of the crew in past legal filings.
 
A pelican flies over new marsh grass in front of a state-initiated dredging project near East Grand Terre Island, where the Gulf of Mexico meets Barataria Bay along the Louisiana coast, Aug. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)
Record $9.6 million fine for Third Coast after substantial oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Pipeline safety regulators have imposed their largest fine ever on the company responsible for leaking 1.1 million gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast in 2023.
 
In this Sept. 4, 2013 photo, an air traffic controller works at computer screens and a digital clock showing Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), or Zulu time, is seen in this view looking eastward from the control tower at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)
FAA picks 2 firms to replace 612 outdated radar systems that air traffic controllers rely on
The federal government has picked two companies to replace 612 radar systems nationwide that date back to the 1980s as part of a multibillion-dollar overhaul of the nation’s air traffic control system.
 
Vehicles drive past the El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Trump’s plan to seize and revitalize Venezuela’s oil industry faces major hurdles
President Donald Trump’s plan to take control of Venezuela’s oil industry and ask American companies to revitalize it after capturing that country’s president in a military raid isn’t likely to have a significant immediate impact on oil prices.
 
Smoke rises from Fort Tiuna, the main military garrison in Caracas, Venezuela, after multiple explosions were heard and aircraft swept through the area, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
US military operation in Venezuela disrupts Caribbean holiday travel, hundreds of flights canceled
The U.S. military operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has disrupted Caribbean travel.
 
Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan leaves the federal courthouse after a hearing Thursday, May 15, 2025, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)
Wisconsin judge convicted of obstructing arrest of immigrant resigns as GOP threatens impeachment
Embattled Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan, who was convicted of obstruction last month for helping an immigrant evade federal officers, has sent her resignation letter to the governor.
 
President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Farmers can now learn how much aid they will get from the Trump administration
Farmers are now learning how much aid they can expect to receive from a $12 billion package that President Donald Trump announced earlier this month. The U.S.
 
Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, speaks to reporters before presiding over the annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb., May 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Some Warren Buffett wisdom on his last day leading Berkshire Hathaway
The advice that legendary investor Warren Buffett offered on investing and life over the years helped earn him legions of followers who eagerly read his annual letters and filled an arena in Omaha every year to listen to him at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meetings.
 
Big rigs stack up at the Flying J Truck Stop along Interstate 70 near the small Colorado plains community of Limon, May 21, 2009. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
California delays revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March after immigrants sue
California has announced plans to delay the revocation of 17,000 commercial driver’s licenses until March, but Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the state could lose $160 million if it does that.
 
The Omaha World Herald building is seen in downtown Omaha, Neb. Nov. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)
Lee Enterprises stabilizes finances with $50M investment led by billionaire David Hoffmann
Lee Enterprises has announced a compromise with the billionaire investor who tried to take over the nation’s third-largest newspaper chain this year.
 
Berkshire Hathaway Vice Chairman Greg Abel poses for pictures with shareholders while touring the booths Berkshires companies set up, May 3, 2024, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk, File)
The legendary Warren Buffett steps back this week and Berkshire Hathaway enters a new era
Greg Abel faces the challenge of taking over Berkshire Hathaway from the legendary Warren Buffett this week.
 
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