
Plane crashed on second attempt to land in heavy fog in Alaska, killing all 8 aboard, officials say
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A plane that crashed at a remote military site in western Alaska, killing all eight people on board, was making its second runway approach in heavy fog when it lost contact, authorities said Friday. The Cessna's two pilots could not see the gravel airstrip and were flying solely by instruments when the plane crashed about midday Thursday, Clint Johnson, the National Transportation Board’s Alaska region chief, told a virtual news conference. Regulations required that a...
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- Plane crashed on second attempt to land in heavy fog in Alaska, killing all 8 aboard, officials say
- Charter boat hauls in 1,260-pound blue marlin believed to be East Coasts largest catch
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- Data cards retrieved from plane and helicopter that collided in deadly Pennsylvania airport crash
- National park maintenance work sidelined as Trumps Freedom 250 takes precedence
US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nations
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U. S. government has notified Congress of its plans to pay $850 million of the several billion it owes to the United Nations, the largest payment the Trump administration would make to the world body since it demanded sweeping reforms in exchange for continued support as its largest donor. The State Department laid out its plans to transfer $725 million as part of its dues to the regular U. N. budget and $125 million toward U. N. peacekeeping operations in Haiti and the...
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- US plans to pay $850 million of the $5 billion it owes the United Nations
- President Trump to stump for Sen. Darline Graham days ahead of South Carolinas GOP Senate runoff
- More troops are reporting unwanted sexual contact, but numbers still fall, Pentagon says
- Supreme Courts chief justice allows work on Trumps $400M White House ballroom to continue for now
- Trump loyalist Ed Martin is leaving the Justice Department to focus on election legal battles
Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over body parts stolen and sold by former morgue manager
BOSTON (AP) — Harvard Medical School says it agreed to pay $53 million to settle class action lawsuits by relatives of body donors whose remains were sold on the black market by its former morgue manager. Harvard Medical School Deans George Q. Daley and Bernard S. Chang announced the development in a letter to the community on Tuesday, calling the actions of former morgue manager Cedric Lodge “despicable, abhorrent, and a flagrant betrayal of our values as a medical community. ”Pending A...
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- Harvard agrees to $53 million settlement over body parts stolen and sold by former morgue manager
- Trump picks Dr. Heidi Overton, a top White House aide, to lead the Food and Drug Administration
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