Lasers were directed at two airborne Jet Blue flights Thursday near Boston Logan International Airport, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. No one was hurt. Source

“It’s time to continue ur support,” a foreign contact wrote to Abraham Teklu Lemma in 2022, court files said. “Roger that!” he allegedly replied. Source

The NYPD announced Thursday that investigators have found a trap door with a secret compartment in the playroom of a New York City day care where a toddler died and several more children were sickened after being exposed to fentanyl last week. Two people, including the woman who ran the day care, have been arrested in the case. Source

Without replenishment from the Colorado River, the Salton Sea in Southern California is rapidly receding, exposing to the wind a dry and toxic lakebed that could pose ongoing health risks to the surrounding community. Jonathan Vigliotti has more. Source

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy again failed Thursday to get Republican support for a defense spending bill as the possibility of a government shutdown on Oct. 1 appears to grow. Scott MacFarlane has the latest. Source

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Washington, D.C., on Thursday. He attempted to win support for more military aid in Ukraine’s war against Russia. Ed O’Keefe has the details. Source

As some Democrats continue to call for a Democratic primary challenge against President Biden, his campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, expressed confidence that he’ll be the 2024 nominee in an interview Thursday with CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe. Source

Billionaire Rupert Murdoch is stepping down as chairman of his media empire. The 92-year-old mogul will hand over the reins of both Fox and News Corp. to his son, Lachlan Murdoch. Jo Ling Kent has more. Source

Tens of thousands of migrants, most from Venezuela, are risking their lives to cross the Rio Grande into the U.S. Two people, including a 3-year-old boy, were found dead in the river over the past two days. Manuel Bojorquez has more. Source

A charter bus carrying a high school marching band went down an embankment and overturned Thursday in Wawayanda, New York, leaving at least two people dead and several more hurt. Ali Bauman has the latest. Source