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LIVE - Passengers face airport delays as US flights resume after nationwide ground stop - The incident, which lasted about four hours, was the longest in the country since the one after 11 September 2001.

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US Air Force says it responded to 'suspected drones' over RAF Lakenheath -- The American military says there were no injuries or damage after "suspected unauthorised drone activity" this evening. -- UK

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'Miracle on Mississippi' - All passengers rescued after New Orleans cruise ship collision -- The collision leaves 32 people in hospital with non-critical injuries, but no-one unaccounted for.

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Watch: Cruise ship seen sinking after collision with cargo ship in New Orleans -- All passengers have been accounted for after a cargo ship collided with a docked cruise ship.

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Setback for SpaceX Starship rocket's double-catch test -- Elon Musk's company aborted an attempted catch of the rocket's booster - instead it came down in the ocean.

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Microsoft outage 'stark reminder' of how much we rely on tech -- Microsoft has apologised for the issue, which it said was due to a technical failure.

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Pressure grows on Trump's Commerce Secretary Lutnick in fallout from Nvidia scandal -- Scott Bessent told CNBC that several government agencies "were in favour of putting Megaspeed on the entity list for months".

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Black Mississippians celebrate a victory almost no one saw coming -- Scott Colom is the first black man to sit in the Senate for Mississippi in 145 years.

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What could El Niño mean for winter weather in the US and Canada? -- El Niño winters typically bring more rain in the southern USA and drier, warmer conditions further north but the impacts on snowfall are complex.

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Democratic Senate leader Schumer set to face leadership challenge -- Maryland Senator Van Hollen says "new leadership" is needed for Democrats following the party's recent midterm successes.

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Watch: How a server outage took down Microsoft Teams and Outlook -- A Microsoft outage is affecting services including Teams, Outlook and AI software Copilot.

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Two horses briefly board public bus in Detroit -- The city said it will provide additional training for bus drivers after CCTV footage revealed the moment the horses and their riders walk onto the bus.

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Military cemetery decorum: The tradition behind Hegseth's Veterans Day reprimand -- BBC's Bernd Debusmann breaks down why Defence Secretary Hegseth's group was reprimanded at Arlington National Cemetery and the history behind its strict rules of conduct.

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How could the Nvidia CEO's affair threaten US national security? -- BBC's Asma Khalid explains how the Nvidia affair could threaten US national security and risk sensitive US technology getting into China.

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'We just ran' - One killed, four injured in shooting near Washington DC gym -- The shooting began Thursday morning local time at a gym in an apartment building about a mile (1.6km) north of the White House.

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How a sex scandal at Nvidia is putting pressure on the White House -- Jensen Huang's personal life may have triggered the crisis, but the questions now reach into the White House itself.

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Before Scott Colom, these two men were the last black US senators from Mississippi -- The Democratic candidate won in a southern state that had not seated a black senator since 1874.

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The rise and fall of Jensen Huang - how the tech superstar became mired in scandal -- Within days, Huang's status as a seemingly untouchable figure leading the global tech race has crumbled.

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Who is Nvidia's interim CEO Colette Kress - and who could take over permanently? -- Chief financial officer Colette Kress in in charge of Nvidia for now, but several others are in the frame as potential successors.

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Democrat Scott Colom makes history as Mississippi's first black senator since 19th Century -- In a state Trump won two years ago by 22 points, Colom's victory extends a string of Democratic wins in the Senate.

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What we know about the US ground stop and what to do if you're affected -- US officials say the disruption was caused by old equipment overloading and not a cyber-attack.

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Trump, Putin and Xi plan historic joint meeting in China next week, White House says -- Trump will discuss the "reduction of nuclear weapons" during the unprecedented talks, a spokeswoman says.

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'We'll get home one day' - US travellers impacted by nationwide ground stop -- Passengers throughout the country were impacted over what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) describes as "safety and communication issues".

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'It's going to take some time' - US Homeland Security secretary on nationwide ground stop -- US Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin also said that there should be 'no fear' and that 'everyone is safe' when discussing a nationwide air traffic outage.

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Watch: How the Microsoft outage affected North America -- The BBC's Nadine Yousif's reports that Microsoft services like Outlook are slowly coming back online, but the company noted users "may still experience intermittent access issues".

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Lauren Boebert, once a MAGA star, loses her Colorado seat -- Boebert, who rose to fame as one of Donald Trump's biggest cheerleaders, will not serve a fourth term in Congress.

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