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Figure skating community in shock after D.C. plane crash claims lives of coaches, athletes

Two highly-regarded Russian figure skating coaches whose son recently finished fourth at the U.S.

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A nurse in Uganda has died from the Ebola virus, in the first outbreak since 2022

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A nurse in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, died after testing positive for Ebola, a health official said Thursday, in the first recorded fatality since the last outbreak ended in 2023.

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Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

ARLINGTON, Va.

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Merkel criticizes German front-runner Merz over migration vote with far-right support

BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday issued rare public criticism of her successor as the country's center-right leader, the front-runner in Germany's election next month, for putting to parliament proposals for tough new

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Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

ARLINGTON, Va.

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Passenger jet with 64 aboard collides with Army helicopter while landing at Reagan Airport near DC

ARLINGTON, Va.

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An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a court in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.

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An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died

STOCKHOLM (AP) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden has died, a court in Stockholm said Thursday. Swedish media reported that he was killed in a shooting in a nearby city.

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Hamas is set to free 8 more hostages and Israel will release 110 prisoners as Gaza ceasefire holds

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas is set to free three more Israeli hostages as well as five Thai captives on Thursday, and Israel is to release another 110 Palestinian prisoners, in the third such exchange since a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip to

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A small aircraft is down near Washington's Reagan Airport and takeoffs and landings are halted

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Ronald Reagan National Airport says that all takeoffs and landings have been halted after a crash nearby. D.C.

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