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NPR's most-read stories of 2024 include a scam-fighter and zombie second mortgages

5:00am December 20, 2024

How can you outsmart scammers? What would you do if your friend was attacked by a wild cougar? NPR readers wanted to know the answers to those questions and more in 2024.

Boeing reaches tentative deal with its production workers in hopes to avoid strike

10:58am September 08, 2024

The union's members still need to vote on Boeing's proposal and decide whether to authorize a strike if the offer is rejected. If that's the case, a walkout could begin as soon as Friday.

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The Texas attorney general is investigating a supplier of Boeing 737 parts

10:07am March 29, 2024

by Ayana Archie

In January, a door plug flew off a Boeing 737 Max 9 plane during a flight, leaving a hole in the fuselage, some of which are produced by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc.

A United Airlines Boeing 737-900ER arrives at Los Angeles International Airport in 2019.

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The FAA says airlines should check the door plugs on another model of Boeing plane

3:41pm January 22, 2024

by Joel Rose

The Federal Aviation Administration is recommending that airlines visually inspect the door plugs of Boeing 737-900ER jets after some airlines reported unspecified issues with the bolts.

The Federal Aviation Administration must fix oversight weaknesses found following the Boeing 737 Max crashes, according to a new report from the Transportation Department's inspector general.

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Watchdog Faults FAA For 'Significant Misunderstanding' Of Flight System

3:49am February 25, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The inspector general for the Transportation Department says U.S. regulators must address oversight failures that led to two deadly Boeing 737 Max crashes in 2018 and 2019.