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What happened in the LaGuardia Airport collision?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. New York's LaGuardia Airport is closed after a deadly collision between a passenger plane arriving from Montreal and a fire truck that was on the runway. Officials say two pilots were killed. Steve Kastenbaum reports federal aviation investigators are there.
The nose of the Air Canada regional jet was completely demolished when it slammed into a fire truck that was crossing the runway just as the plane landed at LaGuardia late last night. Port Authority officials say the pilot and co-pilot were killed. 41 people were taken to nearby hospitals, some with serious injuries. Most have since been released. Two police officers who were on that fire truck were also injured. They were called out to respond to a report of an odor in another passenger jet. For NPR News, I'm Steve Kastenbaum at LaGuardia Airport in New York.
President Trump says he is deploying ICE officers to airports around the country starting today. They're supposed to help TSA agents who've gone without pay for a month. But the head of the union representing TSA agents says ICE agents are untrained and will make airport security worse. President Trump has given Iran essentially until the end of the day today to unblock the Strait of Hormuz. That's where 20 percent of the world's crude oil normally transits. It's headed to countries around the world. Trump says if Iran refuses, the U.S. will, quote, obliterate Iran's power plants. And Piers-Emily Fang says Iran has not entirely shut off the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran is letting through a handful of ships still that belong to countries it perceives as neutral. But then this weekend, a spokesperson for Iran's military operational command center said that the U.S. went ahead. and destroyed Iran's power plants, the strait would totally close until Iran could rebuild those plants. Iran has also threatened to destroy more infrastructure that it sees as supporting U.S. and Israeli interests in the Middle East. That could include water desalination plants, which Gulf countries are very reliant on.
And Pierre's Emily Fang reporting. A jury in Los Angeles is expected to deliver a verdict this week in a trial over social media addiction. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, jurors have heard weeks of testimony about whether Instagram and YouTube were designed to hook young people.
A jury of five men and seven women have been deliberating for more than a week and have indicated they may be close to a verdict. The case focused on a California woman who said she developed depression, anxiety, and body image issues after compulsively using Instagram and YouTube as a young child. Lawyers for the woman say Meta and Google built defective products that led to her becoming addicted to social media and contributed to her mental health struggles. Tech company attorneys say social media platforms are being scapegoated for complex mental health issues that have many root causes. It's the first time the question of social media addiction has been before a jury, and the case is tied to 1,600 other pending cases.
The outcome could shape how those cases eventually settle. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
You're listening to NPR. Police in London say four vehicles belonging to a Jewish charity have been set on fire. They're investigating the fires as a hate attack. No injuries were reported. The vehicles are in a North London neighborhood, and the Jewish charity serves all residents who live there. Hawaii could face more storm conditions today as it recovers from the worst flooding in two decades. From Hawaii Public Radio, Ashley Mizuo reports, evacuation orders have been lifted for Oahu.
As Oahu residents return to their homes, many are faced with mud, mold and significant property damage. For those on the north shore of the island, health authorities are telling residents to boil water due to contamination concerns. Hawaii Governor Josh Green says the cost of the storm could total over $1 billion. There are still active flood alerts for Maui, Molokai, Lena'i and Hawaii Island.
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