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The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 will continue flying cargo routes despite a catastrophic crash that killed 14 people in Louisville, Kentucky, as operators work quickly to complete mandated inspections and return aircraft to service. UPS Flight 2976 crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on November 4 when its left engine detached during the takeoff roll. The aircraft, a 34-year-old MD-11 built in 1991, began banking left seconds after rotation as flames engulfed the wing. It struck a UPS warehouse, fuel tanks at Kentucky Petroleum Recycling, and finally crashed into an auto scrap yard with debris stretching half…

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faced Parliament on Wednesday to address growing speculation about his political future, denying he authorized negative briefings against members of his own cabinet as Labour Party tensions spilled into public view. The crisis erupted Tuesday evening when allies of Starmer told multiple news outlets that the prime minister would fight any challenge to his leadership. Those same sources singled out Health Secretary Wes Streeting as a potential rival whose “ambition” was being viewed with “particular suspicion.” Streeting quickly dismissed the reports as “self-defeating nonsense,” telling British media that he could “not see any circumstances under…

Microsoft cannot protect European user data from access by United States authorities even when stored in European Union data centers, a senior company executive admitted under oath during testimony before the French Senate. Anton Carniaux, Microsoft France’s director of public and legal affairs, made the acknowledgment on June 10 during a Senate inquiry examining how public procurement decisions affect national digital sovereignty. When asked directly whether he could guarantee that French citizen data would never be transmitted to American authorities without explicit authorization from the French government, Carniaux responded, “No, I cannot guarantee that, but, again, it has never happened…

The Supreme Court appeared deeply skeptical Wednesday of President Donald Trump’s authority to impose sweeping tariffs under emergency powers, with conservative justices joining their liberal colleagues in sharply questioning the administration’s legal justification for duties that have generated nearly $90 billion in revenue. During more than two and a half hours of oral arguments, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh all pressed Solicitor General D. John Sauer on whether a 1977 emergency powers law gives the president the authority to levy taxes on imported goods without congressional approval. Roberts noted that “the…

Dick Cheney, who transformed the role of vice president into an unprecedented position of influence and became the chief architect of America’s post-9/11 war on terrorism, died Monday night at his home surrounded by family. He was 84. The cause was complications from pneumonia and cardiac and vascular disease, according to a statement from his family. The 46th vice president of the United States had battled cardiovascular disease for decades, surviving multiple heart attacks and eventually receiving a heart transplant in 2012. “Dick Cheney was a great and good man who taught his children and grandchildren to love our country,…

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