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Flying helicopters near Ronald Reagan National Airport always carries some risk. But the conditions on the moonless night of Jan. 29, when an Army Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines passenger jet collided, were unusually challenging. Many of the factors that contributed to the disaster are still being uncovered as investigators from the National…
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Search crews on Tuesday recovered the final remains of 67 people who died in Washington last week after a collision between a passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter. The authorities said that all but one of the bodies had been identified. “Our hearts are with the victims’ families as they navigate this tragic loss,”…
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The idea was so tantalizing. Drugs in the GLP-1 class, which includes Wegovy and Ozempic, have proved miraculous in treating weight loss and other diseases. And some researchers hoped that the drugs could also help with some of the most difficult diseases to treat — those of the brain, like Parkinson’s. But now, at least…
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A Georgian man charged with buying and reselling stolen watches, handbags and other luxury items in Manhattan’s Diamond District is linked to a group believed to have burglarized the home of Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow, according to a person with knowledge of the case. The man, Dimitriy Nezhinskiy, and another suspect, Juan Villar, were…
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As Elon Musk digs into the federal bureaucracy in his crusade to slash government spending, he has a tool that no aspiring cost-cutter has had before: his own giant social media platform to debate, shame and bludgeon anyone who stands in his way. Since the inauguration, Mr. Musk has attacked journalists and X users for…
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Josh Kraft, a son of the owner of the New England Patriots, Robert K. Kraft, and the head of the team’s philanthropic foundation, announced on Tuesday that he is running against Mayor Michelle Wu of Boston, a progressive Democrat, who is up for re-election this year. At an event kicking off his campaign, Mr. Kraft,…
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That is why the early moments of such a fire are so critical, said Venkatesh Kodur, the director of the Center for Structural Fire Engineering and Diagnostics at Michigan State University. Fires grow exponentially, he said, so it is vital for crews to be able to combat a blaze as much as possible in the…
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Kultida Woods, whose guidance and support helped propel her son, the professional golfer Tiger Woods, to become one of his sport’s most dominant athletes, died on Tuesday. She was 80. In announcing her death, Mr. Woods wrote on social media: “She was my biggest fan, greatest supporter, without her none of my personal achievements would…
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President Trump in just two weeks back in office has moved with astonishing speed and boundless ambition to overturn the existing political, economic, cultural and international order in an even more far-reaching way than many of his supporters or critics had imagined possible. Mr. Trump has thrown the nation’s capital into turmoil by purging enemies…
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A politically diverse group of scholars — who together have advised every president since Bill Clinton and who work at many of the country’s top think tanks — released a report card yesterday on American well-being. The scholars spent months debating which metrics best captured the state of the nation and ultimately agreed on 37.…