Midwest flooding that has overwhelmed levees and swamped wide swaths ofNebraska, Wisconsin and Iowa is creating a ‘slow-moving natural disaster’ that could cost some states billions.
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Hells Angels, street gangs vow to defend mosques as New Zealand braces for Friday prayers
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Jump-seat pilot reportedly saved Boeing Max jet one day before Lion Air crash
A day before a Boeing 737 Max 8 crashed off of Indonesia last year, killing all 189 people aboard, pilots struggled for control of the same aircraft.
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Facebook removed 1.5 million videos of New Zealand attack within 24 hours
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Boeing 737 Max 8 black boxes from Ethiopian Airlines crash sent to France for examination
The flight data and cockpit voice recorders from doomed Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 arrived in Paris on Thursday.
UK becomes latest to ground Boeing 737 Max 8 jets after Ethiopian Airlines crash
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Illinois deputy shot serving warrant dies; suspect crashed on interstate after massive manhunt
A sheriff’s deputy trying to serve an arrest warrant on a parole violator died Thursday of gunshot wounds inflicted by the suspect, who fled the scene.