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Boeing's lawyers argue for settlement opposed by relatives of those killed in 737 Max crashes
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Relatives of passengers who died in two crashes of Boeing 737 Max planes came to a federal court in Texas on Friday to listen as their lawyers asked a judge to throw out a plea agreement that the aircraft manufacturer struck with prosecutors and put the company on trial....
Ethel Kennedy, social activist and wife of Robert F. Kennedy, has died
BOSTON (AP) — Ethel Kennedy, the wife of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, who raised their 11 children after he was assassinated and remained dedicated to social causes and the family’s legacy for decades thereafter, died on Thursday, her family said. She was 96. “It is with our hearts...
Pilot of helicopter that crashed on Australian hotel roof was affected by alcohol, probe finds
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pilot killed when a helicopter crashed on the roof of an Australian hotel two months ago was affected by alcohol and was not qualified to fly at night, an investigation concluded. Two hotel guests were briefly hospitalized for smoke inhalation and 400...
Pilot dies as small plane crashes after taking off from Nebraska airport
NORFOLK, Neb. (AP) — The pilot of a small airplane died in a crash near the runway of the airport in Norfolk, Nebraska. Norfolk police said the crash was reported at 7:39 p.m. Monday, about a half-mile south of the runway at Karl Stefen airport. Police said the single-engine plane...
Ex-NBA player, 'Survivor' contestant Scot Pollard makes contact with heart donor's family
One of the first things that former NBA player and “Survivor” contestant Scot Pollard made sure to do after receiving a heart transplant was to write down his feelings when they were fresh, in the hopes that he would someday share them with the donor’s family. “We want you to...
Pilot dies in a crash of a replica WWI-era plane in upstate New York
RED HOOK, N.Y. (AP) — A replica of a World War I-era fighter plane caught fire and crashed during an airshow in upstate New York, killing the pilot, according to police. Brian Coughlin, 60, died Saturday after the Fokker D.VIII replica went down during an exhibition at the Old...
Survivors grapple with aid cuts and the Taliban a year after massive Afghan earthquake
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — People had just seconds to flee their homes when the terrifying sound of earth cracking open reverberated across western Afghanistan's Herat province. Nobody knows for sure how many people died in a 6.3 magnitude earthquake on Oct. 7, 2023, or in the...
1 dead after accident at Louisiana fertilizer plant
DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — An employee at a fertilizer plant in Louisiana died after getting injured in an accident at the facility, officials said Friday. CF Industries said the incident happened at about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday at its nitrogen fertilizer complex in Donaldsonville....
Bus full of wedding guests plunges into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan, killing 7
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A speeding bus carrying wedding guests plunged into a ravine in southwestern Pakistan on Thursday, killing at least seven people, officials and rescuers said. The cause of the accident near Quetta, the capital of restive Balochistan province, was not...
Thousands of shipping containers have been lost at sea. What happens when they burst open?
LONG BEACH, Wash. (AP) — Russ Lewis has picked up some strange things along the coast of Long Beach Peninsula in Washington state over the years: Hot Wheels bicycle helmets with feather tufts, life-size plastic turkey decoys made for hunters, colorful squirt guns. And Crocs — so...
