
Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash
STATESVILLE, N. C. (AP) — A business jet carrying seven people, including retired NASCAR race driver Greg Biffle and his family, crashed Thursday at an airport in North Carolina, killing everyone aboard, authorities said. The Cessna C550 erupted into a large fire when it hit the ground while trying to land at Statesville Regional Airport, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) north of Charlotte. Flight records show the plane was registered to a company run by Biffle. “Although the post-crash fire...
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- Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle and family among 7 killed in North Carolina plane crash
- Half of $18B in federal funds for Minnesota-run programs may have been defrauded, official says
- Police are investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say
- Federal judge denies request to close Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'
- Hurricane-force wind downs power lines, fans wildfires in Colorado with more on way
Trump's new $1,776 Warrior Dividend to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced during his televised address to the nation Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made possible by tariff revenues, as the president suggested. Instead, the $1,776 payments to troops are coming from a congressionally-approved housing supplement — money they were already set to receive — that was a part of tax cut extensions and expansions bill signed into law in July. Trump's administration identified the of a...
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- US Justice Department sues 3 states, District of Columbia for voter data
- Trump's new $1,776 Warrior Dividend to troops is coming from Pentagon funding, not tariffs
- Democrats keep 2024 election review under wraps, saying a public rehash won't help them win in 2026
- Democrat Eileen Higgins sworn in as Miami's first female mayor after 30 years of GOP control
- Speaker Johnson was ready to move on from ACA subsidies. But his members had other plans
Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions
NEW YORK (AP) — NASA's Hubble Space Telescope got a rare look at the aftermath of two cosmic collisions — and helped scientists solve a decades-old mystery. Many years ago, scientists saw a dense, bright spot near a young star called Fomalhaut. They thought it could be a planet and continued to track it. But in 2023, Hubble's pictures revealed something strange. The bright spot had vanished — and a new one had appeared — a sign that it wasn't a planet after all. Scientists had stumbled...
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- Hubble Space Telescope spies dusty debris from two cosmic collisions
- Along the Texas Coast, a new sanctuary aims to protect the endangered and rare whooping crane
- Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company that wants to power AI
- Catch the Ursid meteor shower as it peaks just before Christmas
- Rain creates a crimson spectacle on Iran's Hormuz Island for the first time this year

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