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Cargo jet tried to abort unsteady landing before Miami crash that killed 5, flight data indicates
MIAMI (AP) — Flight data suggest an Amazon cargo plane tried to abort an unsteady landing at Miami International Airport before smashing into a van and killing five people inside, according to information investigators released Sept. 8.
National Transportation Safety Board investigators will interview the pilot and co-pilo ... (full story)
Families' interest in their kids' education is falling around the globe as scores drop, test shows
Families’ interest in their kids’ education is falling in many high-income countries as school systems struggle with plunging test scores, according to newly released results from a standardized test taken by 15-year-olds around the world.
Over 760,000 teenagers in dozens of countries took the Programme for Internati ... (full story)
Connecticut towns are installing license plate reading cameras on school buses
City and town leaders across Connecticut have been fielding growing pushback from residents over automated license plate readers, which opponents say raise a range of concerns about privacy.
But as many state and local leaders have called for a pause on the technology to weigh new policy guidance, sSeveral towns are installing A ... (full story)
Cyclospora outbreak followed years of declining FDA foreign inspections
WASHINGTON (AP) — A nationwide outbreak of cyclospora tied to contaminated lettuce has heightened safety concerns about imported food, while underscoring a longer-term trend: U.S. regulators are conducting fewer international inspections to catch contaminated produce before it lands on American plates.
Food and Drug Admini ... (full story)
A Kentucky man with a meat allergy was craving a burger. So he got into ostrich farming
DANVILLE, Ky. (AP) — When a friend approached Brent Williams four years ago with a business proposition to start an ostrich farm, he was more than intrigued — he had a personal motivation as someone who developed a life-threatening allergy to red meat, triggered by tick bites.
The problem, known as alpha-gal syndrome ... (full story)