Dangerous conflict at LaGuardia and Trump and Iran’s trade threats over Hormuz: Morning Rundown

In today’s newsletter: Two people are dead after an Air Canada plane collided with a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. Trump and Iran threaten trade by closing the Strait of Hormuz. And the Supreme Court is hearing the case of voting by mail.

Here’s what you need to know today.

2 dead after Air Canada flight, fire truck collide at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, sources say

Two people were killed when a passenger plane crashed into a Port Authority vehicle at LaGuardia Airport last night, officials said. They are pilots and pilot.

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41 people were injured in the accident, involving a Jazz Aviation plane that was supplied on behalf of Air Canada, and they were treated at local hospitals. 32 have been released, the Port Authority said. Some were seriously injured.

The plane was carrying 76 passengers.

The vehicle, which is an air rescue and firefighting truck, was responding to another incident when it was hit, a Port Authority spokesperson said. LaGuardia is now closed and will not reopen until 2:00 this morning, as authorities investigate. The closure may be extended and police have warned people to avoid the area.

Here’s what we know about the collision so far.

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Iran was not swayed by Trump’s threat to strike if the Strait of Hormuz was not opened

Iran has shown no signs of backing down after President Donald Trump threatened to “shut down” its energy industries by closing the Strait of Hormuz, a key trade route.

Tehran has vowed to increase strikes on US and Israeli infrastructure in the region, including energy and key desalination facilities, in response to any attack.

Trump on Saturday evening gave Iran a 48-hour deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but experts say the decision is unlikely to change the country’s resolve – or ease soaring fuel prices.

“Ships will not go through, and insurance companies will not insure ships as long as there is an active war,” said Ross Harrison, executive director of the Middle East Institute.

Here’s what others are saying.

Follow the latest on our liveblog.

More on the Iran war:

• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended the strikes, he said “Sometimes you have to go up to slow down.”

• Iranian missile attack he pierced Israel’s air defenses180 people were injured, which caused some shock among the public and emphasized the failure of Israel’s anti-aircraft capabilities.

Border czar says ICE agents will help at airport security amid TSA shortage

White House border chief Tom Homan said ICE agents will be dispatched to airports across the country today to help TSA officers safely check in and out when lines are too long.

He said he believes that this program will start at major airports that have long waiting times and that agents will cover the security areas but will not provide assistance in checking luggage. Homan added that the authorities will continue their immigration enforcement activities.

“We make a law that enforces immigration at airports all the time. So that’s not going to change,” Homan said.

Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens said his administration has been notified that federal officials will be deployed to the city’s airport beginning this morning to assist with “line management and crowd control.”

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The Supreme Court faces a dispute over incoming votes

The Supreme Court today is debating the issue of voting by mail, weighing whether states can count ballots that are mailed in on time but arrive after Election Day.

The court is considering a Mississippi law that allows mail-in ballots to be counted up to five days after Election Day as long as they are mailed in advance. California, New York and Texas are among 13 states with similar measures.

If the court were to strike down Mississippi’s law, it would upend election laws in those states, as well as for people living overseas, including members of the military. Mississippi’s attorney general is defending his law, pitting the state against the Republican National Committee, fueled by Trump’s hostility toward mail-in voting.

Here’s what you need to know.

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• More Ambulances of Jewish volunteers were set on fire in London in what police are investigating as an anti-Semitic hate crime.

• Videos taken a a meteor in the sky above southeast Texas.

• A explosive heat wave across California and the desert Southwest will continue to build and spread into the central United States.

• A Texas man has been charged with abusing a corpse behind his back threw a bucket with suspected human remains over the phone at an FBI field office.

• Dear NHL reporter Jessi Pierce, who covers the Minnesota Wild, he died in the house and his three young children.

• No. 9 seed Iowa upsetting defending champion Florida 73-72, making the Gators the first No. 1 seed to be eliminated from the NCAA Tournament.

Staff Selection: He became addicted to gambling at the age of 11. In college he bet 15 hours a day.

When I first started reporting on online gambling, I knew that many college students were betting at sports books. But I was surprised to learn that high school kids—and even younger ones—gambled all the time.

I started talking to students all over the US about why online gambling is suddenly so ubiquitous in high schools and middle schools – not just sports books that advertise everywhere, but also betting markets and online casinos.

They explained to me how minors gain access to these apps, which are usually restricted to those 18 or 21 and older. Others used their parents’ Social Security numbers and IDs without their knowledge, or had an older brother or friend act as their bookkeeper. And there has been an explosion of offshore “crypto” casinos that do not require age verification.

My story looks at how Internet gambling has become an open secret in American grade schools – and how concerned parents, teachers and gambling addicts are trying to stop kids from getting into gambling before it’s too late.

– Suzy Khimm, national reporter

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