FAA Issues Safety Warning After Several Close Calls; 5 Former Officers Plead Not Guilty in Nichols’ Death

The acting chief of the Federal Aviation Authority issues a call to action over safety after several recent close calls. Those include a plane crossing onto the runway while another was about to take off and a nose dive by a United flight leaving Hawaii.

The five former police officers facing charges in the death of Tyre Nichols plead not guilty at their arraignment on Friday.

Senators from both sides of the aisle are criticizing Chinese slave labor. The U.S. Senate Finance Committee on Thursday held a hearing seeking solutions to fight it—and the outpouring of illegal drugs originating in China. Border officials seized enough fentanyl to kill nearly 10 million people in January, a single month.