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Disaster● Elevated58m ago · Nov 13, 2026, 11:55 PM

News Wrap: Tanker crashes into river cruise boat in New Orleans

GlobeAlert Desk · curated from PBS NewsHour · United States · North America

In our news wrap Friday, a ship collided with a river cruise boat in New Orleans, causing it to sink in the Mississippi River, some Microsoft users were offline for a second day as the company scrambled to restore its widely used suite of workplace software and the White House is tightening rules on how staffers interact with lobbyists.

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