In today’s newsletter: Two people are dead after an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. Trump and Iran trade threats over the Strait of Hormuz closure. And the Supreme Court hears a case on mail-in voting.
Here’s what to know today.
2 dead after Air Canada plane, fire truck collide at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, sources say
Two people were killed when a passenger jet struck a Port Authority vehicle at LaGuardia Airport late last night, officials said. They are the pilot and co-pilot.
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Forty-one people were injured in the collision, involving a Jazz Aviation flight operated on behalf of Air Canada, and were treated in local hospitals. Thirty-two have been released, the Port Authority said. Some are seriously injured.
The plane was carrying 76 passengers people.
The vehicle, a Port Authority aircraft rescue and firefighting truck, was responding to a separate incident when it was struck, a Port Authority spokesperson said. LaGuardia is now closed and won’t reopen until 2 p.m. today at the earliest, as authorities investigate. The closure could be extended and police have warned people to avoid the area.
Here’s what we know about the collision so far.
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Iran unswayed by Trump’s threat to strike if Strait of Hormuz is not opened
Iran showed no signs of backing down after President Donald Trump threatened to “obliterate” its power plants over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical trade route.
Tehran vowed to escalate strikes on U.S. and Israeli infrastructure in the region, including energy and critical water desalination facilities, in response to any attack.
Trump on Saturday evening gave Iran a 48-hour deadline to reopen the the Strait of Hormuz, but experts say the ultimatum is unlikely to change the country’s resolve — or ease soaring gas prices.
“The ships are not going to pass, and insurance companies aren’t going to insure ships as long as it’s an active war,” said Ross Harrison, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute.
Here’s what others said.
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More on the Iran war:
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended strikes, saying “sometimes you have to escalate to de-escalate.”
- Iranian missile strikes punctured Israel’s air defenses, injuring 180 people, causing some shock among the public and underscoring the fallibility of Israel’s anti-air capabilities.
Border czar says ICE agents will assist at airport security points amid TSA shortages
White House border czar Tom Homan said ICE agents will deploy to airports nationwide today to assist TSA officers with security at entrances and exits where lines have been particularly long.
He said he believed the plan would begin at large airports that have seen longest wait times and that agents would cover security points but wouldn’t provide help with baggage screenings. Homan added that authorities would continue immigration enforcement activities.
“We do immigration enforcement at airports all the time. So it’s not going to change,” Homan said.
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said his administration was informed that federal officers would be deployed to the city’s airport beginning this morning to assist with “line management and crowd control.”
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Supreme Court tackles dispute over mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court today delves into the issue of mail-in voting, weighing whether states can count ballots that are mailed on time but arrive after Election Day.
The court is considering a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted up to five days after Election Day as long as they were sent beforehand. California, New York and Texas are among the 13 states with comparable measures.
If the court were to strike down the Mississippi statute, it would upend election rules in those states, as well as potentially for people who live overseas, including members of the military. Mississippi’s Republican attorney general is defending its law, pitting the state against the Republican National Committee, which has been spurred on by Trump’s hostility toward mail-in voting.
Here’s what else to know.
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- Multiple Jewish volunteer ambulances were set on fire in London in what police are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime.
- Videos captured a meteor streaking in the skies above southeastern Texas.
- A blistering heat wave throughout California and the desert Southwest will continue to build and spread into the central United States.
- A Texas man was charged with abuse of a corpse after he threw a bucket containing suspected human remains over a fence at an FBI field office.
- Beloved NHL reporter Jessi Pierce, who covered the Minnesota Wild, died in a house fire along with her three young children.
- No. 9 seed Iowa upset defending champion Florida 73-72, making the Gators the first No. 1 seed to be knocked out of the NCAA Tournament.
Staff Pick: He got hooked on gambling at age 11. By college he was betting 15 hours a day.
When I first started reporting on online gambling, I knew that many college students were betting on sportsbooks. But I was surprised to learn that kids in high school — and even younger — were gambling all the time as well.
I started talking to students across the U.S. about why online gambling had suddenly become ubiquitous in high schools and middle schools — not just the sportsbooks that advertise everywhere, but also prediction markets and online casinos.
They explained to me how underage kids get access to these apps, which are usually restricted to those 18 or 21 and older. Some used their parents’ Social Security numbers and IDs without their knowledge, or had an older brother or friend who served as their bookie. And there’s also been an explosion of offshore “crypto” casinos that require no age verification at all.
My story looks at how online gambling has become an open secret in American grade schools — and how concerned parents, educators and recovering gambling addicts are trying to stop kids from getting hooked before it’s too late.
— Suzy Khimm, national reporter
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