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Russia is denying charges. It again violated NATO airspace. Several fighter jets are accused of flying over the skies of NATO member state, Estonia.

NPR's Charles Means has more from Moscow.

Russia's defense ministries said three-mig fighter jets were on a scheduled flight from northwest Russia

to the ex-glave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic Sea and never deviated from their dedicated

flight path. NATO tells a different story. It says Alliance fighter jets scramble to intercept

the Russian planes after they entered Estonian's airspace for a full 12 minutes and what

Estonian authorities called an unprecedentedly brazen

incursion. The incident comes just a week after NATO fighter jets fired on more than 20 Russian

drones spotted over the skies of member state Poland. Russia denied intentionally targeting

that NATO member. The Western governments suggest Russia was likely out to probe NATO's

Eastern defenses.

Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.

The Trump administration is threatening to withhold federal funding from transit agencies in Boston and Chicago

over concerns about crime and safety.

Jeremy Siegel of member station GBAH reports the warning came in a pair of letters sent

by Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy. In his letters to the heads of Chicago's CTA and the

MBTA in Boston, Duffy urged both agencies to, quote, take actions that enhance safety and

reduce crime or risk a loss of federal support.

Jim Aloisi is the former head of Massachusetts State Transportation Department.

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