Truck lacked

warning tool

NEW YORK (AP) — Federal investigators say a runway warning system didn’t sound an alarm before an Air Canada jet and a fire truck collided at New York’s LaGuardia Airport. The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday that the system didn’t work as intended because the fire truck did not have a transponder.

The plane carrying more than 70 people slammed into the fire truck while landing late Sunday night. The two pilots were killed and several passengers were injured. But most were able to escape the mangled aircraft. Investigators don’t know yet whether the two people in the fire truck heard the control tower’s warnings to stop before pulling into the plane’s path.

Jurors rule

against Meta

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury finds that social media conglomerate Meta is harmful to children’s mental health and in violation of state consumer protection law. The jury announced its verdict Tuesday after nearly seven weeks of trial.

State prosecutors had accused Meta of placing profits over safety in violation of the state’s Unfair Practices Act. Prosecutors also said the company failed to adequately monitor the platforms for child sexual exploitation. Attorneys for Meta had said the company discloses risks and makes efforts to weed out harmful content and experiences, while acknowledging that some bad material gets through its safety net.

Meta owns Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp.

Coyle released

in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban government says that authorities have released American academic Dennis Coyle, held in Afghanistan since January 2025. A statement from the country’s foreign ministry said the academic researcher had been released in Kabul, the country’s capital, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday following Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting.

It said the release followed an appeal from his family and after the country’s Supreme Court “considered his previous imprisonment sufficient.” Coyle was detained in January 2025 on allegations of violating laws, although Afghan authorities never publicly stated what laws he was accused of having violated.