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NTSB unclear who was at controls in jet crash that killed ex-NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and 6 others

STATESVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Federal investigators are trying to figure out why a business jet carrying retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and six others tried to return to a North Carolina airport just after takeoff but plowed into light poles and trees short of the runway, killing everyone on board.

The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground Thursday after first striking light towers and then a tree line about a third of a mile (550 meters) from the airport's runway. They also don’t know who the was the lead pilot. Biffle was one of three people on board... Read More

Brown attack suspect died the two days before his body was found, autopsy finds

An autopsy determined that the man suspected in last weekend's attack at Brown University and the fatal shooting of a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor days later had been dead for two days when his body was found, New Hampshire's attorney general's office said Friday

Authorities found Claudio Neves Valente, 48, dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a New Hampshire storage facility on Thursday night, said Providence’s police chief, Col. Oscar Perez.

The autopsy determined that Neves Valente, a Portuguese national who had been living in the U.S.,... Read More

Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000

DETROIT (AP) — A life ring and a piece of a lifeboat from the Edmund Fitzgerald were sold at auction Friday for $150,000, a month after the 50th anniversary of the famous ship's sinking in Lake Superior with 29 men aboard.

The relics were discovered by a carpenter in 1975 along the shore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. There were no survivors when the ore carrier perished in a tremendous storm and plunged 535 feet (163 meters) to the lake bottom.

“I'm dumbfounded,” longtime owner Larry Orr, 77, said. “I never believed in a million years it would go for that much... Read More

Hegseth announces operation to 'eliminate' Islamic State fighters in Syria after deaths of Americans

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has announced the start of an operation to “eliminate ISIS fighters, infrastructure, and weapons sites” in Syria following the deaths of three U.S. citizens.

“This is not the beginning of a war — it is a declaration of vengeance. The United States of America, under President Trump’s leadership, will never hesitate and never relent to defend our people,” he said Friday on social media.

Two Iowa National Guard members and a U.S. civilian interpreter were killed Dec. 13 in an attack in the Syrian desert that... Read More

Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professorâs killing was once a physics student

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Thirty years ago, Claudio Neves Valente and Nuno F.G. Loureiro were classmates with bright futures. Both excelled in physics and made their way from their home country of Portugal to the U.S., settling on the campuses of prestigious East Coast universities.

But Neves Valente’s path took a darker turn than his former peer. Investigators say the 48-year-old fatally shot two students last week at Brown University in Providence, where he was a graduate student in the early 2000s, and later killed Loureiro, who led one of the largest laboratories at the... Read More

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NTSB unclear who was at controls in jet crash that killed ex-NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and 6 others

Brown attack suspect died the two days before his body was found, autopsy finds

Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000

Hegseth announces operation to 'eliminate' Islamic State fighters in Syria after deaths of Americans

Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professorâs killing was once a physics student

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NTSB unclear who was at controls in jet crash that killed ex-NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and 6 others

Brown attack suspect died the two days before his body was found, autopsy finds

Life ring, lifeboat piece from Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck sell at auction for $150,000

Hegseth announces operation to 'eliminate' Islamic State fighters in Syria after deaths of Americans

Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professorâs killing was once a physics student

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