All Eyes On State Roadways For Distracted Driving Month:

Police across Connecticut are continuing to pay close attention to the roadways for National Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

Fifty-three police agencies, the Hartford Courant reported, are taking part in the “U Drive. U Text. U Pay.” campaign, which will run through the end of April.

The program, coordinated through the state Department of Transportation, aims to remind drivers that distracted driving can be deadly.

Officers stopped 76 drivers, gave out 69 tickets, made two arrests and towed four cars just last Tuesday, the Courant said.

If you can’t resist the “ding” of a text or call on your phone, police say your best bet is to power the device off and put it out of sight until your drive is done.

Fines for driver texting or cellphone tickets range by the offense in Connecticut: $150 for the first, $300 for the second and $500 for the third.

Boeing Seeks Solution For Failed Aircraft, Cuts Production:

Aviation experts, pilots and frequent flyers may be able to breathe a sigh of relief after a solution to return the 737 MAX jet to the sky was revealed.

A senior Boeing official said a simple software fix will hopefully prevent crashes like the ones that happened in October and March from happening again.

It has become increasingly apparent in the past weeks that the two jet crashes that killed nearly 350 people were a result of a flaw in the aircrafts’ anti-stalling systems.

Boeing has now said a software change, which it will begin to develop, will be necessary in order to fix the issue.

Until then, the company will reduce the rate in which it produces the aircraft from 52 to 42 a month.

The failed software, known as MCAS, was originally added to the jet to “compensate for its larger, more fuel-efficient engines.” As a result, the engines changed the aerodynamics of the aircraft, thus increasing the likelihood of stalling.

U.S. Labels Iranian Military As Terrorist Organization:

President Donald Trump has declared Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a foreign terrorist organization, making it the first time in history the United States labeled another nation’s military as terrorists.

Iran fought back and labeled U.S. forces in the Middle East as a terrorist organization, according to BBC News.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, who supports Trump’s decision, said the U.S. will continue to “sanction and pressure Iran to behave like a normal nation,” urging allies to follow in U.S. footsteps.

Tensions between the U.S. and Iran have been high since Trump withdrew from the Iran nuclear pact, and BBC reported that labeling Iran’s military as a terrorist organization will “allow the US to impose further sanctions.”