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National Transportation Safety Board Chair Jennifer Hammondy says investigators are planning
“Wednesday interviews of both pilots of that Amazon cargo plane that crashed in Miami”
on Sunday. And will then release details from the cockpit voice recorder. The cockpit voice recorder contained more than two hours of good quality audio. Hammondy told reporters that a briefing Tuesday night that evidence recovered from the data recorder suggests that the pilots considered abandoning the landing of the plane
overshot the runway and crashed into two vehicles five people were killed five others were injured. Primary voters in New Hampshire have chosen their nominees to replace retiring Democratic U.S. Senator Jean Shaheen, former Republican Senator John Sinunu who was ousted by Shaheen in 2008, will face Democrat Chris Papas and November Papas currently New Hampshire's
first district congressman.
Justice Department election observers monitored several polling stations in Southern New Hampshire during Tuesday's primary election as part of a nationwide push by the Trump administration to monitor what it calls potential violations of election security. New Hampshire public radio's lows, Guzmond reports at local poll workers say the day was quiet.
Karen Johnson says she's been the election moderator at Beach Street Elementary School
“in Manchester for as long as she can remember.”
She says the operations were smooth, even when federal observers came to watch voting at her polling place. It was totally uneventful. They asked a few questions. They just sat here, watched what was going on for a little bit and I didn't have much
engagement with them. Poll workers across Manchester and neighboring cities echoed that sentiment, reporting a steady stream of voters and no major disruptions despite the federal oversight. Karen Pure News by Mlo Guzmond in Manchester Secretary of State Marco Rubio is talking trade, tariffs, and security cooperation with the new right-wing president of Columbia.
And Bureau's Michelle Calam reports from the first stop of a three-country swing through
South America. Secretary Rubio says he once sat at the same table at a Miami wedding with Abelardo Delias Priam before, as the Secretary jokes, his friend lost his mind and ran for president. But Rubio is clearly glad he did, saying the U.S. security cooperation with Columbia was impeded by the previous leftist government.
So our hope is not just to get back to what we used to do together, which was a lot, but perhaps to build upon it.
“And I think you have a president here now, that's very interested in making that happen.”
Rubio says Columbia needs help with equipment, intelligence, and specialized training to fight the drug trade. Columbia is also seeking relief from President Trump's tariffs. Rubio says they're making progress on a trade deal. Michelle, Calamon, and PR News by Enquia, Columbia.
This is MPR. The trade dispute between the U.S. and Canada is escalating. The White House says the U.S. is banning Canadian dairy products, also most alcoholic beverages and motorcycles, the band is to take effect in three weeks, and comes after Canada impose
retaliatory tariffs on $20 billion in U.S. imports.
President Trump signed paperwork Tuesday that outlines his justification for the ban. Special Indian Secretary Lonnie Bunches, he plans to step down at the end of the year in a statement, Bunch wrote that he leaves the post with mixed emotions, aimed in PR's Andrew Limbong reports that the institution has often been a target at President Trump's criticism. This Smithsonian institution includes dozens of museums, libraries, research centers, and
the national zoo, and Lonnie Bunch has been its head since 2019. Recently, Trump has legged criticisms against the institution, saying it promotes a radical ideology and engages in quote extreme political activism. While Bunch has been fairly reticent to push back against Trump in public, he recently wrote in an email to staffers obtained by MPR, quote, "Our work is driven by scholarship,
accuracy, and an uncompromising commitment to tell the fullness of America's story." The board in charge of the Smithsonian has yet to name an acting secretary, but has announced a national search for Bunch's successor. Andrew Limbong and Pernus. "Live Gallup has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, live file Tuesday in New Jersey,
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