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Meet the air traffic controller who flies himself to work

Jake Hutzler spends his workdays directing planes from an airport tower. Once a week, he gets there by strapping a propeller to his back and taking to the skies of Colorado.

A $28B hemp THC industry is fighting to save itself from a looming federal ban

In a commercial kitchen outside Raleigh, North Carolina, Nicholas Hohns spreads a blue-green goo into a gridded mold, making one of his company's signature products: potent THC gummies, featuring the primary intoxicating compound found in marijuana.

Dolly Parton's nephew wants more time to defend himself against restraining order from her estate

Dolly Parton's nephew wants more time to get a lawyer in place to defend himself against a temporary restraining order granted to her estate against him and his security company.

What to know about the investigation into Cornell University gang rape allegations

An intense, public outcry over a woman's account of being gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity house prompted New York's governor this week to angrily yank control of the investigation away from the local prosecutor who didn't initially see what happened as a crime.

Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying

A former Miami congressman and longtime friend of U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison in connection with a secret $50 million lobbying campaign on Venezuela's behalf during the first Trump administration.

A National Guard member deployed to Washington, DC, is arrested on firearms charge

A National Guard member deployed to Washington, D.C., as part of a mission launched by President Trump has been arrested for carrying an unauthorized firearm after a traffic stop by U.S. Park Police.

Hawaii's Holei Sea Arch collapses, prompting park service warnings over unstable cliffs

A scenic cliff on the wave-swept coast of Hawaii's Big Island has collapsed, the National Park Service said.

At least 17, most of them Catholic pilgrims, killed in a road crash on a highway in Kenya

A crash involving multiple vehicles on the highway to the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa on Saturday killed 17 people, most of them pilgrims on the way to a prayer site, officials said.

Russian attacks kill 6 in Ukraine and damage Kyiv's Northern Bridge

Russian attacks in Ukraine killed at least six people and damaged Kyiv's Northern Bridge, suspending traffic and causing tailbacks for a third day in Moscow's latest effort to disrupt life in the Ukrainian capital.

Brazilians will vote in a highly polarized presidential race on Sunday. Here's what to know

Millions of Brazilians will vote Sunday in an election dominated by two rivals: incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro who Lula defeated four years ago.

Voters favor Democrats on key issues but lack faith in either party to solve problems: Poll

Aaron Siever was never a single-party voter. But now, the 41-year-old from southwest Virginia is more frustrated than ever with the two political parties whose chief accomplishment, he says, is blaming each other for getting little done.

Doctors warn about the risks energy drinks pose to kids. What families need to know

A newly formed coalition of doctors is highlighting these risks in the wake of a sponsorship deal between Monster Energy and the Big 12 Conference college athletic organization.